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SEE THE NIAGARA COMMUNITY IN ACTION

The era of the Internet of Things (IoT) has arrived – a time when openness and connectivity are vital to realising operational efficiencies in commercial buildings.

Niagara Forum China 2026 is the place to learn what truly open systems can achieve and how to make the most of the opportunities offered by the IoT. The Niagara Framework has the power to connect diverse devices and systems in ways that have never been imagined before. Whether you are designing for an office, hospital or data centre this truly open platform empowers users to achieve more than they thought possible.

Niagara Forum China brings together the Niagara Community to learn more about the Niagara Framework, exchange ideas, and make connections with other industry leaders. It provides an opportunity to gain insight into emerging trends and technologies.

Who should attend?

Building Owners      System Integrators      Manufacturers
Engineers Facility Managers Environmental Executives
Developers Consultants Industry Professionals

AGENDA OVERVIEW

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2026

8:30 AM - 1:30 PM | Exhibitor Setup
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Registration Open
1:30PM PM - 5:30 PM | Developer Day Sessions 
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Exhibition and Networking 
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Niagara Night 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026

7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration Open
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Exhibition and Breakfast 
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Plenary Sessions
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Exhibition and Lunch
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Breakout Sessions
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Drinks Reception
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Gala Dinner 

AGENDA DETAILS

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

 
8:30 AM - 1:30 PM | Exhibitor Setup
 
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Registration Open
 
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Exhibition and Networking

 

DEVELOPER DAY AGENDA

Tridium's lead software developers and architects will be sharing their expertise and knowledge with experts from the Niagara Developer Community. Hear about how to code with new techniques, tips and tricks, as well as master classes on how to extend features in the Niagara Framework.

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Niagara 101 Introduction

PRESENTER: Wang Bo, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: Introduces beginners to the fundamentals of the Niagara Framework, Including the SW architecture, key features, core products and typical application scenarios of the Niagara platform.

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Niagara Solution Design and Best Practice

PRESENTER: Li Tianyu, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: Focuses on standardized Niagara solution design, covering system architecture planning, project structuring, data modeling and configuration specifications. Learn industry best practices to build stable, scalable and easy-to-maintain smart building systems.

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Niagara Enterprise Feature Introduction

PRESENTER: Emily Wang, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: Introduce key features used in Niagara enterprise applications including system database, virtual components, provisioning and other tools.

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Coffee Break for Developer Partners
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Niagara Application Tips and Troubleshooting

PRESENTER: Sharon Yi, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: Discover the power of lesser known features, engineering tips and skills for mastering the Niagara application.

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Niagara & AI Use Cases

PRESENTER: Martin Huang, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: Discover how to link your Niagara station with AI tool and apply AI to better design, adjust  and optimize your smart building project.

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Niagara 5 Introduction and Module Transition

PRESENTER: Zhong Tong, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: Briefly introduce the changes in Niagara 5 compared with Niagara 4, explain how to migrate modules developed in Niagara 4 to Niagara 5, and outline the relevant considerations.

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Developer Q&A

Please submit questions to our panel via tsupportap@tridium.com for this Niagara Developer Ask Me Anything session.

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Niagara Night

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

 

7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration Open
 
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Exhibition and Breakfast 

 

PLENARY SESSIONS

 
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM | Welcome to Niagara Forum

PRESENTERS: Alex Cui, Sales Manager, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: Welcome partners to the Niagara Forum China

9:10 AM - 9:20 AM | State of the Industry

PRESENTER:  Andrew D'Amelio, VP, GM, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: As the buildings industry accelerates toward smarter, more connected operations, the Niagara Framework continues to be a key enabler of open integration and unified building management. In this session, Andrew D'Amelio shares Tridium's view into the current State of the Industry. 

9:20 AM - 9:35 AM | Intelligence Connectivity, Win Together

PRESENTER: Simon Liu, Tridium AP GM, Tridium

DESCRIPTIONS: Tridium China's today, growth priorities, focused vertical markets, localization and Niagara Community development.

9:35 AM - 10:00 AM | Niagara Vision & Roadmap

PRESENTER: Stephen Holicky, Chief Product Officer, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: The keynote session will provide insight into the Tridium vision, key priorities of the direction of our company, and will showcase recent developments and soon-to-be-released features of our products.

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM | Using Niagara to Advance Your Building's AI Journey

PRESENTER: Amod Kamat, CTO, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: With AI breakthroughs and blooming, such as large language models, impact the building industry in genera. Most particularly, how can these new AI technologies be leveraged in the context of Tridium’s Niagara Framework®? This session will explore some of the possibilities along with journey from Analytics to Agentic AI.

10:20 AM - 10:55 AM | Break
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM | New Product Launch: Niagara portability hardware

  • Alex Cui, Tridium
  • Stephen Holicky, Tridium
  • Amod Kamat, Tridium
  • Martin Huang, Tridium
  • Yang Tao, Robustel
  • Sam Chen, Robustel

DESCRIPTION: New hardware enabled by Niagara FW, new wireless (LoRaWAN) product launched for B-IOT and I-IOT

11:05 AM - 11:25 AM | Accelerating Energy & Carbon Management of China’s Building

PRESENTER: Ma Hong, Vice Director, Smart Building Committee, ABEE

DESCRIPTION: Definition of smart building standards in China, trends of smart buildings  and synergistic role of smart building standards.

11:25 AM - 11:40 AM | Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Smart Building Ecosystem Co-construction Launch Ceremony

PRESENTER: Alex Cui, Tridium, Leaders from HKPC/SOE/Shenzhen BEIA

DESCRIPTION: Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Smart Building Ecosystem Co-construction Launch Ceremony

11:40 AM - 11:50 AM | The founding ceremony of the Niagara Institute of Education

PRESENTER: Simon Liu, Cenger Chen, Xu Feng

DESCRIPTION: The founding ceremony of Niagara Education Research Institute China establishment, the digital library project launch, the first research topic of urban renewal release, and the white paper on urban renewal talent cultivation publish.

11:50 AM - 12:00 PM | Tridium 30th Anniversary Ceremony

DESCRIPTION: Celebration ceremony of Tridium 30th anniversary

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Exhibition and Lunch
 

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

BUSINESS & APPLICATION TRACK

 
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM | Opening

PRESENTER: Alex Cui, Sales Manager, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: Tridium China strategy and BA market trend

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM | Building Operation 3.0 - From Automation to Autonomy

PRESENTER: Jill Wang, GM of Digital Business, Honeywell Technologies

DESCRIPTION: FORGE COGNITION drive more efficient building operations with enterprise-grade 

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM | Seamless Communications with RSVAD System Concept Design and Functional Operation

PRESENTER: Thomas Podgurski, Technical Director, Royal Service Group

DESCRIPTION: Coordination of designer, Building automation, Testing and commissioning, What's new in the most popular way to control Air conditioning in a modern office building. 

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM | Panel discussion: Powered by AI, Driving Business Transformation

PANELISTS: Haibin Liu, Lu Ming, Connie Lim ,Tang Juemin, Yang Pengyu, Alex Cui 

DESCRIPTION: Discussion on industry trends and new technology in today’s quickly changing Building Management System industry. How do they adopt these changes and drive consistent business growth. ;How do they adopt new vertical market like Datacenter, FCMS, After-Market, Overseas business expansion.

TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCT TRACK

 
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM | Opening

PRESENTER: Amod Kamat, CTO, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: Welcome and opening

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM | Tridium Professional Service Introduction

PRESENTER: Martin Huang, Application Sales Manager, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: Report on the work of the professional service team of Tridium APAC in the past three years, as well as local products and planning.

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM | AI Energy Platform

PRESENTER: Zhang Yan, CTO, Tianjin Sense Technology Co., Ltd

DESCRIPTION: Niagara-powered Prediction, Diagnosis and Optimization for Chilled Water System, enables early fault detection, stable strategy formulation, and gradual energy savings within safe operational boundaries, achieving reliable efficiency improvement for building energy systems.

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM | Equipment Management & Space Operation

PANELISTS: Xu Weijiang, GM, Weiyi Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Lt

DESCRIPTION: 2D/3D framework connects space, devices, organizations and energy.

EDUCATION TRACK

 
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM | Opening

PRESENTER: Simon Liu, Tridium APAC GM, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: Welcome and opening remarks by Tridium, highlighting our commitment to nurturing IoT and smart-building talent through industry-education collaboration, and setting the agenda for today's summit on innovation, skills, and the future of BA/IOT education.

1:40 PM - 2:00 PM | The Educational Solutions for Urban Renewal

PRESENTER: Xu Feng, Education BD Manager, Tridium

DESCRIPTION: How Tridium's Niagara framework supports smart urban renewal with a focus on unified energy management and control across buildings and campuses. It further introduces Tridium's educational kits and teaching resources, demonstrating how hands-on IoT platforms prepare students for real-world smart-building and energy careers.

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM | Smart Maintenance and Energy-saving Practices of Central Air Conditioning Systems

PRESENTER: Gao Zhiming, PHD, Shunde Polytechnic University

DESCRIPTION: Focus on three core dimensions of HVAC system optimization. First, it realizes energy-saving optimization. Second, it builds a smart operation and maintenance system based on AI algorithms. Third, it establishes an anomaly diagnosis model via big data analysis.

2:20 PM - 2:40 PM | Niagara Empowers Efficient Implementation of Research Projects

PANELISTS: Tian Hao, Engineer, Tianjin University

DESCRIPTION: Explore how to integrate and apply Niagara technology in innovation-driven projects, thereby improving the efficiency of project implementation and deployment while delivering reliable quality assurance.

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM | Break

BUSINESS & APPLICATION TRACK

 
3:10 - 3:30 PM | Niagara Wireless Retrofit and Distributed Facilities

PRESENTER: Chen Suifu, Product & Solution VP, Guangzhou Robustel Co.,Ltd.

DESCRIPTION: Joint Practice of Wireless connectivity, Edge and Distributed operations.

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM | Exploration and Practice of Alibaba's AI-Driven Spatial Intelligence

PRESENTER: Ethan Xia, Product Director, Qincheng Smart Space Technology Service (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

DESCRIPTION: 

1. Alibaba's Real Estate Business Scenarios and Operation System

2. Building Digital Infrastructure for Smart Campus Operations

3. New Technical Elements Brought by AI to Spatial Intelligence

4. Practical AI Application Cases Across Multiple Scenarios

 

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM | Intelligence for Manufacturing Sites

PRESENTER: Lu Wanyuan, CPO, Suzhou Reel Wisdom Technology CO.,Ltd.

DESCRIPTION: Based on Niagara framework, develop workshop-level cross-scenario multi-AI collaborative intelligents. The solution enables to promote on-site optimization for small and medium manufacturing enterprises.

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM | AI Smart O&M Practices Based on Niagara 4

PANELISTS: Teng Lin, GM, Guangzhou Pearl River New Town Energy Co., Ltd

DESCRIPTION: Based on Niagara 4, the Zhujiang DCS system d integrates AI energy management to realize software-driven intelligent O&M of energy station.

TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCT TRACK

 
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM | HK BACnet BTL certification and the electricity requirments for the AI data centre

PRESENTER: Dr Joshua Li, Manager, Smart City Department, HKPC

DESCRIPTION: HK BACnet BTL certification and  the electricity requirments for the AI data centre

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM | Smart Buildings Standardized Construction and Practice of Edge Connectivity

PRESENTER: Zhang Yanzhou, Deputy Director, Intelligent Design Center, Nanjing Yangtze River Urban Architectural Design

DESCRIPTION: Focusing on  the core value and common misunderstandings of edge connectivity construction. The three-tier integrated standardized architecture and shares practical implementation methods with practice.

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM | Smart Building System Design: A Case Study in Intelligent Integration

PRESENTER: Dominic Ng, Associate Director & Gilderoy Ng, Senior Consultant, NV5 Net Zero

DESCRIPTION: Future-Ready Buildings Powered by Data Analytics and Building Intelligence

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM | Boundless AI Co-Intelligence Development

PANELISTS: Tang Junjie, Chief Architect, Qingdao Haier Air-Condition Electronic Co., Ltd.

EDUCATION TRACK

 
3:10 - 3:30 PM | Industry–Education Integration Reform and Practice

PRESENTER: Liu Junli, Vice Principal, Tianjin Institute of Software Engineering

DESCRIPTION: Established in response to the supply-side reform of talent cultivation, TJISE takes innovation as its core, building closed-loop industry–education integration. Bringing real enterprise projects into the classroom, it anchors cultivation to industrial demands, forging a distinctive integrated talent development pathway.

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM | Practice of Industry-Education Integration between Tridium and Dongguan Polytechnic

PRESENTER: Yang Kai, Associate Professor, Dongguan Polytechnic

DESCRIPTION: Shares practical experience in industry-education integration for intelligent building programs. The talk covers Niagara-based laboratory construction, curriculum design with real-world IoT platforms, and proven strategies for student success in IoT competitions, offering actionable insights for vocational colleges.

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM | Niagara + AI+ Teaching Applications

PRESENTER: Huang Ricai, Teacher, Guangzhou Polytechnic University

DESCRIPTION: 

1. Positioning of Niagara Technology in Vocational Undergraduate Courses for Building Electrical and Intelligent Engineering

2.Empowering Industry Scenario Teaching: Niagara Integrated AI Applications

3.Teaching Case Study Share

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM | Construction and Practice of Engineering-Applied Training Bases for the Integration of Industry and Education

PANELISTS: Yang Zhangli, Head of the Teaching and Research Section, Chongqing Polytechnic University of Electronic Technology

DESCRIPTION: Introduce the Top-Level Design, Construction Philosophy, and Construction Achievements of the college's industry-education integration engineering application-oriented training base.

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Panel Discusstion: Challenges and Solutions for Talent Cultivation in Urban Renewal in the Context of AI

PANELISTS: 

  • Zhang Zhengrong
  • Xu Yansheng
  • Liu Guanghui
  • ShengYan
  • Ren Fengjuan
  • Han Xianguo
  • Cenger Chen

DESCRIPTION: An adaptive talent ecosystem drives sustainable urban renewal.

Challenges:

  • Skill gaps and rapid technological displacement
  • Interdisciplinary demand and educational lag

Solutions:

  • Curriculum reform and innovation
  • Industry–academia collaboration
  • Lifelong learning and policy support

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Drinks Reception 
 
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Gala Dinner

Conference Dress Code: Business Casual 

Agenda subject to change