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SUMMARY:powerNEXT Industry Matchmaking Series
DESCRIPTION:Get Matched with Industry in the Power Sector\nRegistration is now open for the 2024-25 Industry Matchmaking Series\npowerNEXT, Foresight’s power technology network, is hosting an industry matchmaking series.\nThis series of matchmaking sessions will draw on the previously established small group reverse pitch format, with a panel of end users or independent power producers and utilities bringing a targeted sector focus to each event, including power generation, transmission, distribution and energy storage.\nThese matchmaking sessions aim to build connections between Canadian power technology SMEs and key audiences for their products and services, as well as help these audiences better understand innovation cycles and startup needs.\nOur SME-industry matchmaking program is supported by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP).\nTopics and Dates:\nRole of AI January 22, 2025\nTomi Lahti, Senior Product Manager at MXIE Industrial Apps, and Stavros Sachinis, Senior Energy Business Development Manager at Nokia, will discuss the digitalization of the grid, virtual power plants, and campus flexibility harnessing. They will also discuss how the Nokia MX Industrial Edge enables edge AI, where data from assets and campuses is key for scalable, efficient energy AI optimization deployment and maintenance. This discussion will also discuss the Collaborative Intelligent Agents for Smart Energy Management (CIASEM) project goals and targets.\nSpeakers \nTomi Lahti ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomi-lahti ), Nokia\nTomi Lahti is a seasoned software and digitalization professional who fights climate change and nature loss with data-driven industrial digitalization—there is no green without digital! Tomi has been working with multiple software solutions, lately with MXIE’s third-party ecosystem and, before that, with Industrial OT data solutions like data historians, analytics, and AI solutions.\nStavros Sachinis ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/stavrossachinis/ ), Nokia\nStavros leads Global Business Development & Sales Strategy for the Energy Orchestration Venture under Nokia Strategy and Technology. He is exploring new adjacent business opportunities for Nokia in the power utility industry. Stavros has 20 years of experience in the energy sector and has pioneered the commercialization of cutting-edge Distributed Energy, Demand Response, Virtual Power Plant and Energy Efficiency innovations, generating value for homes, businesses and system operators across the UK, Europe and the United States.\nEach includes a 90-minute panel discussion from 9 to 10:30 am PT.\nInstructions:\nWhile this is a free program, you must be a client of IRAP with an assigned Industrial Technology Advisor (ITA) to participate.\nIf you are not currently an IRAP client, feel free to register anyway. We’ll send your information to IRAP to verify your eligibility.\nIf you have any questions about the event, you can contact Samantha Agtarap, the powerNEXT Program Manager.\nRegister ( https://foresightcac.com/powernext-venture-application )\n
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