Breakout Sessions
Thank you for attending this year's conference! Below you will find presentations from many of the technical and sales sessions. Please click on "View More Info" within each breakout session to access the presentation.
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Some projects don’t forgive mistakes. 24/7 casinos. National training facilities. Utility-scale BESS sites. In this fast-paced session, three Potter ESD partners reveal how they designed, sold, and delivered complex installations where performance, reliability, and execution determined who won the job — and who didn’t.
This breakout provides an overview of PotterSpec, highlighting how it simplifies the online creation and management of engineering specifications, followed by a preview of new features and enhancements planned for 2026. The session will also explore Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) applications, showcasing potential Potter solutions through real-world diagrams and use cases. The discussion concludes with an open forum, allowing attendees to share upcoming project scenarios and collaborate on practical, compliant solutions.
Join the Potter Customer Experience team to learn how we’re transforming customer feedback into meaningful improvements designed to elevate your experience as an ESD. We’ll walk through key tools available to ESDs, including Custom Learning Tracks, Customer Portal, Quote Tool, PotterSpec, and enhanced support services.
This course introduces the core technologies, system interfaces, and essential testing tools used by fire alarm technicians in the field. Instruction focuses on understanding equipment functions, panel interactions, and the technology backbone that supports reliable fire alarm operation. Participants gain a clear, practical foundation in the technical elements that drive modern fire alarm systems.
A system-level demonstration showcasing Potter’s end-to-end connectivity solutions. The session will feature live demonstrations of IntelliView cloud integration through PotterNet, IntelliCom, IntelliView Link, and Fire Panel Programmer. The focus will be on highlighting the power, simplicity, and scalability of Potter’s solutions—especially for enterprise-level systems.
Bidding ERCES/BDA projects is not always straight forward, participate in a break-out session discussion with the PotterERCES sales team looking at the different considerations to be accounted for during the bid process. We’ll discuss topics inclusive of Add Alternates, Contacting Radio Lic. Holders, Site Surveys and different approaches we’ve heard from the field.
Cyber Security remains an essential force to protect your organization and your customers. Let’s discuss recent changes in technologies, standards, and practices to help keep your organization secure.
In this training session, we will explore nitrogen generators as a mission-critical support system for modern fire protection. The session explains how controlling conditions inside dry and preaction sprinkler piping reduces corrosion and improves long-term system reliability. Attendees will learn how Potter’s nitrogen generators go above and beyond the competition to provide the ultimate in corrosion resistance. The session emphasizes practical awareness of the components, Potter’s patented features, and field coordination, equipping you to confidently support this expanding technology without needing to become sprinkler experts.
A look at ERCES/BDA installation and commissioning practices, general install overview plus tips and tricks for a successful startup and project close-out.
This session will provide an overview of Alyssa's Law and the opportunity it presents to grow our business as adoption is being done state by state (similar to when Carbon Monoxide detection made its way through the country for the fire alarm business). Adoption usually comes with funding and thus, can create new business for all of us. We will then provide an overview of the existing competition and showcase our soon to be launched solution and how we differentiate.
This session will be focused on explaining how Valcom solutions can meet the needs in not just K12 applications, but also in Industrial/manufacturing/warehousing and in healthcare. We will provide examples of use cases, success stories, and typical needs and solutions that Valcom can provide to meet those needs.