emPOWERUP Live: Arizona

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

GrayMatter & Velotic’s emPOWERUP Live Workshop

Location: Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, 60 E 5th St, Tempe, AZ 85281

8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Arizona Time) – Sept. 22, 2026

Agenda

8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. Welcome & Intro by Shaun Judd, GrayMatter

9:00 a.m. - 10 a.m. Cybersecurity & Building Secure OT Network Infrastructure – Scott Christensen, Cyber Practice Director, GrayMatter

10 a.m.– 10:15 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Leveraging Zero Trust, Network Segmentation, Secure Remote Access and Cybersecurity for Legacy Systems – Brandon Determan and Joe Baxter, OT & ICS Cybersecurity Advisors, BlastWave

11:15 a.m. – 12 p.m. Operations Back Up and Disaster Recovery – Zach Vera, Channel Account Manager, AMDT

Noon - Lunch Will Be Provided

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. SCADA Optimization & Alarm Management with Proficy iFIX & CIMPLICITY 2026 Release + Future Roadmap & Universal Package, Gimmi Filice, Sr. Product Manager, Velotic

1:30 p.m.– 1:45 p.m. Break

1:45 p.m.– 2:45 a.m. Proficy Historian 2026 & Using Historian Data with CSense Analytics and Proficy Operations Hub to Improve Processes and Predictive Maintenance – Gimmi Filice, & Smita Bhat, Sr. Product Managers, Velotic

2:45 p.m. Q&A + Troubleshooting Roundtable

Velotic Electrification Software LLC (formerly GE Digital LLC) discussion on moving to their new entity - InnovatePro Management USA LLC – Ron Lasecki, Sr. Channel Manager

Hands-On: Dashboards & Digital Logs