Speakers 2021

Day 1 – August 31

Welcome Keynote by Dr. Gene Bourgeois, Provost and VP of Academic Affairs at Texas State University

Intro to TXST CIEDAR – Andres Carvallo, Professor of Innovation, MARC Fellow, and Co-Director of CIEDAR at Texas State University

The Future of Research Keynote – Dr. Walt Horton, Chief Research Officer and Associate VP of Research and Federal Relations

The Future of Research Panel – Moderator Ron Epperson, Director of Industry Relations of University Advancement at Texas State University. Panelists include Catherine Crago – Head of Strategic Initiatives, Housing Authority of the City of Austin & Austin Pathways, Amir Sternhell – Chief Strategy Officer at Sertainty Corp., Scott Smith – President & CEO of Augmented Training Systems, Neal Kohl – Sr. Director of Innovation Strategy at Dell, Walt Trybula – IEEE Fellow and Semiconductor Expert

10:30 – 10:45 – Coffee Break

Smart Cities Keynote – Noel Bernal, City Manager of Brownsville TX

Smart Cities Panel – Moderator Llewellyn King, Producer of White House Chronicle and Writer for Forbes. Panelists include Dr. Rebecca Davio – Associate Professor at Texas State University, Bert Lumbreras – City Manager of San Marcos TX, Scott Sellers – City Manager of Kyle TX, Helen Ramirez – Deputy City Manager of Brownsville TX

Industrial IoT and Private Networks Keynote Interview – Robert Schwartz, President and CEO of Anterix

Industrial IoT and Private Networks Panel – Moderator Bill Marsh, Principal at CMG. Panelists include Michael Welsh – Business Development Manager for 5G and Edge Computing at AT&T, Ryan Gerbrandt – COO at Anterix, Edison Llerena – Corporate & Technical Fellow at Easymetering, Liam Quinn – SVP and Senior Fellow at Dell Technologies

Smart Energy & Utilities Keynote – Dr. Arshad Mansoor – President and CEO of EPRI

Smart Energy & Utilities Panel – Moderator Andres Carvallo, CEO of CMG & Co-Director of CIEDAR at TXST. Panelists include Dr. Semih Aslan – Associate Professor atTexas State University, Darren Schauer – CEO/GM at GVEC, Richard Medina – VP of Grid Transformation & Engineering at CPS Energy, Kenny Mercado – EVP of Utilities at CenterPoint Energy, Gabriel Reyna – Managing Partner – Bandera Capital, Larry Tittle – Founder and CEO of Clearworld

Digital 360 Summit Awards Intro (HOF & EOTY). Keynotes by Pat Wood III – President of Hunt Energy Network and former FERC Chairman and Texas PUC Chairman, and Jon Wellinghoff – Founder and CEO of GridPolicy and Former FERC Chairman. Both Digital 360 Summit Hall of Famers.

D360S Hall of Fame Award – Inductee Audrey Zibelman – VP of Z at The Moonshot Company (Alphabet/Google)

D360S Entrepreneur of The Year Award – Larry Tittle – Founder and CEO of ClearWorld

Day 2 – September 1

Welcome Keynote by Steve Frayser, Executive Director of Star Park and Co-Director of MARC at Texas State University

Intro to CMG – Andres Carvallo, Founder & CEO of CMG

Water & Smart Technologies Keynote – Bob Champagne – VP of Customer Experience Solutions at SEW

Water & Smart Technologies Panel. Moderator Robert Mace – Executive Director of Meadows Center at Texas State University. Panelists include Dr. Keisuke Ikehata – Assistant Professor at Texas State University, Pieter Stockmayer – Biz Dev Leader at Flyability, Jose De La Cruz – Director of Project Delivery at SAWS, Bob Champagne – VP of Customer Experience Solutions at SEW, Scott Williamson – Founder and CEO of Capstone Metering

HPC Enables Digitalization Keynote – Robert Hormuth, Corporate VP, Architecture and Strategy of Data Center and Embedded Solutions Group at AMD

HPC Enables Digitalization Panel. Moderator Eric Dean – Industry Relations at Texas State University. Panelists include Dr. Jacob Kornerup, Senior Research Group Manager at NI, Jay Boisseau – AI & HPC Technology Strategist at Dell Technologies, Dr. Tanzima Islam – Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Texas State University, Michael Schulte – Senior Fellow Design Engineer at AMD

Smart Mobility Keynote – Dwight Smith, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer at Paragon VTOL Aerospace

Smart Mobility Panel – Moderator Bill Marsh, Principal at CMG. Panelists Col Martin Salinas – Chief Operating Officer at AFWERX, Darran Anderson – Director of Strategy and Innovation at TXDOT, Dwight Smith – Founder and Chief Visionary Officer at Paragon VTOL Aerospace, Jason JonMIchael – Assistant Director of Smart Mobility at City of Austin, Dr. Feng Wang – Associate Professor at Texas State University

Smart Buildings & Infrastructure Keynote – Curtis Rodgers – Principal at Brick and Mortar Ventures

Smart Buildings & Infrastructure Panel – Moderator Andres Carvallo – CEO of CMG / Professor and Co-Director of CIEDAR at Texas State University. Panelists include Curtis Rodgers – Principal at Brick & Mortar Ventures, Pat Meagher – Principal atCMG, Alper Uzmezler – CEO of Anka Labs, Edi Demaj – Co-Founder of KODE Labs, John Dwyer – COO and Co-Founder of Tynt Technologies

Sensors and Edge Computing Keynote – Bill Greene – Senior Director of CPU Engineering at ARM

Sensors and Edge Computing Panel. Moderator Dave Anderson – President of SEMI North America. Panelists include Ray Almgren – CEO of SwiftSensors, Mike Bates – General Manager of Energy at Intel, Justin Patrick – SVP of Devices at Itron, Scott Hinson – CTO at Pecan Street, Brent Lunsford – Principal at Memstronics

Day 3 – September 2

Welcome Keynote by Dr. Chris Hailey, Dean of College of Science and Engineering

Intro to Texas Innovation Corridor Keynote – Jason Giulietti, President of Greater San Marcos Partnership

Smart Factory & Industry 4.0 Keynote – Sarah Chowdhury – Lean Program Manager at Signify

Smart Factory & Industry 4.0 Panel – Moderator Dr. Jesus Jimenez, Professor and Interim Director of Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University. Panelists include Dr. Damian Valles – Associate Professor at Texas State University, , Tom Lednicky – Composite Materials and Processing Science Engineer at CFAN, Gib Andrews – Industry 4.0 Manager at Vitesco Technologies, Paul Brown – EVP and Chief Operating Officer at XECO Energy, Eric William Sherrill – National Sales Director at Toolkit Technologies

AI and Cloud Computing Keynote – Ali Hasan, Business Development Leader for IoT & SmartCities at Amazon

AI and Cloud Computing Panel – Moderator Don Morrison – VC and Former Executive at Intel, Chordiant, SCO. Panelists include Dr. Ziliang Zong – Associate Professor at Texas State University, Elena Bondareva, Advisor at PowerLedger, Tucker Jones – CEO of Lumina-Labs, David Inbar – Founder & CEO at Dejalytics, Dave Albano – President & CEO of RestorePoint, Ali Hasan, Business Development Leader for IoT & SmartCities at Amazon

Industrial Control Platforms Keynote – George Karayannis – General Manager of Smart Cities at Honeywell

Industrial Control Platforms Panel – Moderator Andres Carvallo – CEO of CMG/ Professor and Co-Director of CIEDAR at Texas State University. Panelists include Charlie Nobles – VP of Utilities at Ubicquia, Sunil Cherian – Founder and CEO of Spirae, George Karayannis – General Manager of Smart Cities at Honeywell, Dr. Farhad Ameri – Professor at Texas State Univeristy, Jon Grooters – Director of Strategic Accounts at Generac/Enbala

Industry & New Business Models Keynote – Dr. John Butler, Professor at McCombs School of Business and Director of Texas Venture Labs at The University of Texas at Austin

Industry & New Business Models Panel – Moderator Tom Rose, Principal at CMG. Panelists Jim Steffes – EVP of Strategy and Regulatory at Washington Gas Light, Don Whaley – President of OhmConnect Texas LLC, Jon Wellinghoff – CEO of GridPolicy, and Gabriel Reyna – Managing Partner – Bandera Capital, Akash Kanojia – Professor at NYU Law School and former Trader and Portfolio Manager at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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