31 March - 2 April, 2025
INTRODUCTION AND PRODUCT NEWS
MONDAY, 31 MARCH, 13:00 - 13:30
PRESENTER: Amod Kamat and Jason Woollard, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: Our developer community is welcomed by Amod Kamat, followed by Jason with a curated overview of product developments since the last Niagara Forum.
DEMYSTIFYING FOX IN NIAGARA
MONDAY, 31 MARCH, 13:30 - 14:00
PRESENTER: Scott Hoye, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: Scott Hoye demonstrates how to code your own FOX connections between Niagara stations, including new FOX over WebSocket connections. Learn custom ways to remotely query and command a system of Niagara devices.
SETTING UP A SAMPLE CI/CD PIPELINE FOR THIRD PARTY NIAGARA MODULES
MONDAY, 31 MARCH, 14:00 - 14:25
PRESENTER: Bill Smith, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: Join Bill Smith for a session aimed at scaling the reliability, maintainability and security of your projects by embracing CI/CD.
WEB SECURITY AND NIAGARA UX BEST PRACTICES
MONDAY, 31 MARCH, 14:25 - 14:50
PRESENTER: Vikram Nagulan, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: Learn how to best use Niagara tools and APIs to create secure web views with Vikram Nagulan.
CUSTOM CONVERTERS IN THE UXBUILDER
MONDAY, 31 MARCH, 14:50 - 15:15
PRESENTER: JJ Frankovich, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: JJ Frankovich will show you how to write a custom converter that can animate your px pages in new ways from the UxBuilder.
UI INCLUDING THIRD PARTY LIBRARIES
MONDAY, 31 MARCH, 15:45 - 16:10
PRESENTER: Andy Sutton, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: Andy Sutton explores the use of third party libraries in Niagara Ux widgets.
GETTING STARTED WITH NIAGARA CLOUD APIs
MONDAY, 31 MARCH, 16:10 - 16:35
PRESENTER: Asif Jafar, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: Join Asif Jafar as he presents the benefits, and potential use cases for, Niagara Cloud APIs including a demonstration of the new Live Read/Write functionality.
NDRIVER OVERVIEW
MONDAY, 31 MARCH, 16:35 - 16:55
PRESENTER: Ajay Matthew, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: Ajay Mathew explains the fundamentals of Niagara's NDriver framework and what motivates developers to build on it.
DEVELOPER DAY - Q&A
MONDAY, 31 MARCH, 16:55 - 17:30
DESCRIPTION: Tridium's developer team answer questions during Developer Day at Niagara Forum 2025.
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL - PLENARY SESSIONS, 9:00 - 10:15
WELCOME TO NIAGAR FORUM
PRESENTER: Paul Rogers, Managing Director, Tridium Europe
HONEYWELL INVESTMENT IN NIAGARA
PRESENTER: Billal Hammoud, President & CEO Honeywell Building Automation
TRIDIUM VISION
PRESENTER: Andrew D'Amelio, VP, GMTridium
TRIDIUM EMEA STRATEGY
PRESENTERS: Paul Rogers, Managing Director, Tridium Europe
SUSTAINABLE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT BY HELLO!PARKS
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 10:45 - 11:15
PRESENTERS:
- Anna Bencze, HelloParks
- Robert Hadhazi, SmartNode Kft.
DESCRIPTION: HelloParks real estate provides their concept service package for tenants, using an App in addition to the BMS solution. Hear from Anna Bencze and Rudolf Patai how Niagara helps HelloParks meet the requirements for environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting.
NIAGARA PRODUCT VISION
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 11:15 - 12:00
PRESENTERS: Stephen Holicky, Chief Product Officer, Tridium
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 9:00 - 9:30
PRESENTER:
- Paul Rogers, Managing Director, Tridium Europe
- Dave Molin, President, Global BMS, Honeywell
KEYNOTE SPEECH: HAMISH TAYLOR - TRAINS, PLANES ……… AND TOILET CLEANERS! (WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT NIAGARA?)
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 9:30 - 10:30
PRESENTER: Hamish Taylor
DESCRIPTION: With a CV that the London Times described as “takes some beating”, Hamish is a world leader in Customer-led Transformation. From Procter and Gamble and Price Waterhouse to Head of Brands at British Airways, CEO of Eurostar, and CEO of Sainsburys Bank - all before he was 40!
Since then, he has inspired over 350 organizations in 48 different countries with his message that “Your success is not about you …. but how you interact with the world around you!” He will share his stories about how to place your customer at the core of all activities and work to their agenda – not yours!
DRIVING VALUE WITH NIAGARA
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 13:45 - 14:30
PRESENTERS:
- Duane Wald, LoRaWAN Alliance
- Mark Tubinis, Veea CCO
DESCRIPTION: The adoption of LoRaWAN within buildings has exploded in recent years, due to its ease of install during retro fitting and a collection of new sensors providing wellbeing insights. This session will explain the technical basics of LoRaWAN and its applications, as well as presenting the first Niagara Powered LoRaWAN device from Veaa. LoRaWAN devices enable smart building owners to easily add new data sets to their platforms to provide improved control and monitoring and support of their digital transformation journey.
BACS MARKET & NEW UK/ EU REGULATIONS & INCENTIVES
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 13:45 - 14:30
PRESENTERS: Jeremy Towler, BSRIA
DESCRIPTION: As all nations work towards net zero, there has been a growth of government backed requirements and incentives to add more control and monitoring to buildings. In this session Jeremy Towler of BSRIA will provide insight into the drivers, trends and metrics of the global building automation and control systems (BACS) market, as well as current EU regulations (such as EPBD) and how the community can find new growth opportunities.
AI & THE WORLD OF SMART BUILDINGS
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 14:30 - 15:15
PRESENTER:
- Ravi Rabheru, Intel AI CoE
- Stephen Holicky, Chief Product Officer, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: How excited (or worried) should we be about AI? Will it transform our industry, enhance it, or possibly destroy it? This session will help you find out what AI is (and what it isn’t), the risks and rewards, how it’s being applied, and the likely outcomes. Where could AI benefit our industry? Is there a place for next gen AI embedded in building-controls applications, and if so – how?
PROMOTING YOUR BUSINESS AND SOLUTIONS THROUGH COLLABORATION AND AI MARKETING TOOLS’
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 14:30 - 15:15
PRESENTER: Neil Salt, Evolvr
DESCRIPTION: Neil Salt of Evolvr will dismantle the challenges of solo marketing and discover how collaborative, AI-first strategies can transform your business. Learn the science behind the 7-11-4 framework—seven hours of engagement, eleven interactions, and four channel—to turn prospects into loyal buyers. We’ll decode buzzwords like co-branded campaigns and digital twins (a dynamic virtual model of your business) and show you how to use them alongside partners—end customers, integrators, distributors, and tech brands—to co-create campaigns that multiply credibility, reach, and profit.
PROTECTING YOUR DATA - CYBER SECURITY & GDPR
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 15:45 - 16:30
PRESENTER:
- Bill Smith, Tridium
- Kaitlyn Haase, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: This session will review the current and upcoming Cyber Security requirements (such as NIS 2 and CRA) and what Tridium is doing to protect Niagara devices from miscellaneous attacks. Our legal expert will then explain how Tridium is managing our own data security process within GDR and our commercial agreements.
NIAGARA CLOUD SUITE - WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 16:30 - 17:15
PRESENTER:
- Nicole Love, Tridium
- Pavlo Pazelskyi, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: Niagara Cloud Suite now enable cloud connectivity to reduce FM costs, reduce the risk of data loss and provide a access to years of rich tagged data within the cloud. Tridium's cloud product manager Nicole Love will give a high lever overview of the offerings and installers and partners can leverage these new tools to create new opportunities for your clients.
COMMUNITY PRODUCT SHOWCASE - ONE SIGHTSOLUTIONS
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 15:45 - 16:05
PRESENTER: ONE SIGHTSOLUTIONS
DESCRIPTION: The Niagara Framework is more than the sum of its parts, and with our OEM and Reseller Partners, the range of use cases extends beyond buildings and into new verticals. This is portability - and more!
COMMUNITY PRODUCT SHOWCASE - FLORAWISE
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 16:10 - 16:30
PRESENTER: FLORAWISE
DESCRIPTION: The Niagara Framework is more than the sum of its parts, and with our OEM and Reseller Partners, the range of use cases extends beyond buildings and into new verticals. This is portability - and more!
COMMUNITY PRODUCT SHOWCASE - INNON
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 16:35 - 16:55
PRESENTER: INNON
DESCRIPTION: The Niagara Framework is more than the sum of its parts, and with our OEM and Reseller Partners, the range of use cases extends beyond buildings and into new verticals. This is portability - and more!
COMMUNITY PRODUCT SHOWCASE - ISMA CONTROLLI
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 16:55 - 17:15
PRESENTER: ISMA CONTROLLI
DESCRIPTION: The Niagara Framework is more than the sum of its parts, and with our OEM and Reseller Partners, the range of use cases extends beyond buildings and into new verticals. This is portability - and more!
NIAGARA 101 - HOW NIAGARA TRANSFORMS YOUR BUILDINGS
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 11:00 - 11:45
PRESENTER:
- Jesse Poulton, One Sightsolutions
- Ged Tyrrell, Tyrrell Building Technologies
- Richard Scott, Tyrrell Building Technologies
DESCRIPTION: This high-level session, focused on end-user applications, will explain the value of Niagara as an open platform, the importance of data structure, low-cost retrofitting and proving a future-proof base technology. Learn how end-users can use Niagara to keep what they have, be "future ready" and mitigate against technical risk.
ESG REPORTING - WHY AND HOW?
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 11:00 - 11:45
PRESENTER:
- Russ McKay, IBM
- Georgina Macrae, IBM
DESCRIPTION: Take a deep dive into ESG reporting elements and why it's important in modern built environments, see Maximo, IBM's flagship Asset Management solution, in action alongside Envizi, which provides a rich ESG reporting environment - and how they both work seamlessly with Niagara
KEYS TO SUCCESS IN PUBLIC SECTOR PROJECTS
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 11:45 - 12:30
PRESENTERS:
- David Hornosky, Tridium
- Trevor Morrison, The Building People
- Mark Petock, Lynxspring
- Robert Renz, US Army Corps of Engineers
DESCRIPTION: Navigating government-backed public sector works is often fraught with difficulty - economic, contractual and regulatory. Hear how Niagara has been successfully deployed across significant parts of the US Government and the Department of Defense from the team that has actually made it happen.
DESIGNING SMART BUILDINGS WITH NIAGARA - A CONSULTANT'S VIEW
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 11:45 - 12:30
PRESENTERS: Tony Leca, Ethnic Consulting
DESCRIPTION: Explore the theory behind what it will take to design a ‘self-driving’ building. From advanced BMS integration tools that integrate Access and Security systems to identify users and perform deep learning occupancy sensing. through to smart contracts, blockchain and AI, learn how it's possible to design a completely autonomous building.
NIAGARA - TODAY AND TOMORROW: A TECHNICAL NEWS UPDATE
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 13:45 - 14:30
DESCRIPTION: Tridium's Product team, will present the updates on Niagara since our last Forum, followed by an overview of the latest innovations introduced in Niagara 4.15
UNLOCKING POTENTIAL: THE NIAGARA CLOUD SUITE ADVANTAGE
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 14:30 - 15:15
PRESENTER: Curtis McKerlie, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: During this presentation, Curtis McKerlie, will provide an extensive overview of how the Niagara Cloud Suite facilitates seamless and secure connectivity to the cloud. Attendees will gain a profound understanding of how the Niagara Cloud Suite contributes to a secure and efficient business operation by providing essential features such as seamless cloud connectivity, encrypted disaster recovery backups, historical data archiving, API data access, and remote connectivity.
BUILDING A BEST-IN-CLASS USER EXPERIENCE: ESSENTIAL DESIGN TIPS
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 15:45 - 16:30
PRESENTER:
- Matt O'Connor, Tridium
- Emily Weisensale, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: In today’s digital landscape, effective visual design plays a pivotal role in enhancing user experience, engagement, and satisfaction. In this presentation join Matt O'Connor, our Expert User Experience Designer, aims to provide an insightful exploration into the principles and practices that make design not only visually appealing but also functional and accessible. To show examples of these best practices using Niagara, Emily Weisensale will demonstrate the new UX Builder, which enables customers to create and customize PX Pages directly through a web browser.
CONTAINERISED NIAGARA EXPLAINED
TUESDAY, 1 APRIL, 16:30 - 17:15
PRESENTER:
- Jacqueline Walpole, Tridium
- Paul Fahy, Tridium
- Peter Shepherd, Forest Rock
DESCRIPTION: In this session, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of Niagara's subscription-based licensing model, which offers flexibility and scalability for users. Jacqueline Walpole and Paul Fahy will delve into the distinctions between containers and virtual machines (VMs). Both technologies enable the deployment and management of Niagara in isolated environments; however, they achieve this in different ways. We will walk through the step-by-step process of setting up a Niagara Supervisor within a container, highlighting best practices for configuration and management. Peter Shepherd of Forest Rock will share real-world experiences from using the technology.
HARNESSING DATA: UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS OF EFFECTIVE MODELLING
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 11:00 - 11:45
PRESENTER: James Johnson, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: Join James Johnson in discovering the latest updates in data modelling, which include the Haystack 4 dictionary and its migration, as well as the introduction of new Niagara dictionary tags and rules alongside the Brick dictionary. This session will also explore solutions that utilise hierarchies, tagbased PX bindings, and analytics. Additionally, we will highlight the new Relational Manager available with 4.15.
INSPIRING INNOVATIONS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 11:45 - 12:30
PRESENTER:
- Terrance Hall, ACS
- László Krucsó, SmartNode
- Carlos Ivan Conde Martin, Honeywell
DESCRIPTION: In this session we explore current trends in customer innovation, and we will provide insights into emerging practices and technologies that are shaping the future. Furthermore, we will take a closer look at the Niagara tools that are enabling our customers to elevate their engineering efficiency, which in turn allows them to deliver massive projects more rapidly than before.
MASTERING NIAGARA APPLICATIONS: OPTIMISATION AND TROUBLESHOOTING FOR SUCCESS!
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 13:40 - 14:30
PRESENTER:
- James Johnson, Tridium
- Ausra Morkunaite, Tridium
- Jason Woollard, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: Discover how to optimize Niagara applications by learning from experts James Johnson, Ausra Morkunaite and Jason Woollard. They will highlight several cool features and best practices. This popular session will emphasise addressing common problems, examining various scenarios, and utilising tools to identify their root causes.
DEMYSTIFYING PKI CERTIFICATES IN NIAGARA: A SI'S GUIDE
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 14:30 - 15:20
PRESENTER:
- Dominik Zühlke, Tridium
- Scott Hoye, Tridium
DESCRIPTION: In the realm of IT security, understanding the role of PKI certificates is crucial, especially for System Integrators (SIs). In this presentation, Dominik Zuehlke will provide a comprehensive overview of PKI certificates in simple terms, addressing common misconceptions and equipping SIs with knowledge to effectively implement and manage these vital security components. Scott Hoye will demonstrate Niagara's Certificate Signing Service to show how to optimise the management of signed certificates across multiple devices.
SUSTAINABILITY AND AI DRIVEN INNOVATION IN RETAIL APPLICATIONS
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 13:40 - 14:00
PRESENTER:
- Melih Ballıkaya, Florawise
- Tuna Balsoy, TeknoSA
DESCRIPTION: Hear from Melih Ballıkaya of Florawise and Tuna Balsoy of TeknoSA how their collaborative project leverages Niagara technology to revolutionize energy efficiency and sustainability in retail. Integrating advanced AI-driven solutions, the project addresses key challenges in energy management, reduces environmental impact, and enhances operational efficiency across TeknoSA stores.
BREAKING BOUNDARIES: HOW LORAWAN IS TRANSFORMING BUILDINGS AND OUTDOOR SPACES
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 13:40 - 14:00
PRESENTER: Aleem Aftab, Forest Rock
DESCRIPTION: LoRaWAN continues to dominate the narrow-band ISM radio space for connecting Wide-Area Networks. Here you'll discover 5 essential use cases for LoRa applications and how it delivers reliability, connectivity and flexibility across large footprint solutions.
TRANSFORMING HERITAGE BUILDINGS WITH IOT AND INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 14:00 - 14:20
PRESENTER: David Green, Head of Innovation, Blenheim Palace
DESCRIPTION: Retrofitting IoT technology into historic buildings presents unique challenges, but it also unlocks immense opportunities for sustainability. Using a case study at Blenheim Palace as an example, this session demonstrates how Niagara has integrated LoRa WAN, smart radiator valves, MS Power BI and Tyrrell Analytics to enable real-time continuous energy optimisation and data insights while respecting the building's heritage, and breathe new life into historic sites.
NIAGARA & DIGITAL TWINS - DELIVERING THE DREAM
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 14:00 - 14:20
PRESENTER: Tino Zander, Phoenix Contact
DESCRIPTION: The native service in the Niagara framework enables the automatic creation of digital twins for building technology in the Analytics Cloud using Sparkplug B technology. Niagara acts as a one-tool edge solution to link operating data from building automation and perform an analysis that enables an automatic comparison with simulated ideal values.
NIAGARA IN MULTI-SITE RETAIL - A REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL 14:20 - 14:40
PRESENTER: Luca Lunghi, Coop Italy
DESCRIPTION: Coop Italy currently owns over 1,000 retail stores, most of which have a BMS system installed from a wide mix of manufacturers. Learn how Niagara integrates them all into a common platform, allowing efficient and effective remote management, whilst retaining investment in existing control systems on premise.
BUILDINGS - THEY'RE ALIVE!
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL 14:20 - 14:40
PRESENTER: Turchian Omer, Director, Innon Energy
DESCRIPTION: Buildings need to be able to constantly adapt to the requirements of the occupants, but at the same time, they need to be comfortable, eco-friendly and deliver on energy and carbon targets too. In this session, Turchian will outline how to square the circle and keep these conflicts in balance using the power of Niagara combined with LoRa WAN technology.
TECH PARTNER PRODUCT SHOWCASE - CONEXAO TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 14:40 - 15:20
PRESENTER: Amit Dorugade, Conexao Technology Solutions
DESCRIPTION: Tridium's Technology Partners bring their own additive muslcepower to the Niagara Framework. Insights, data analytics, space and energy optimisation, ESG, M&V.....the list goes on! Come and learn how our Technology Partners are using the power of Niagara to make 1+1=3.
TECH PARTNER SHOWCASE - NEEVE
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 14:40 - 15:20
PRESENTER: Trevor Pope-Ellis, Neeve
DESCRIPTION: Tridium's Technology Partners bring their own additive muslcepower to the Niagara Framework. Insights, data analytics, space and energy optimisation, ESG, M&V.....the list goes on! Come and learn how our Technology Partners are using the power of Niagara to make 1+1=3.
COMMUNITY PRODUCT SHOWCASE - PHOENIX CONTACT
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 14:40 - 15:20
PRESENTER: Deepan Patel, Phoenix Contact
DESCRIPTION: The Niagara Framework is more than the sum of its parts, and with our OEM and Reseller Partners, the range of use cases extends beyond buildings and into new verticals. This is portability - and more!
COMMUNITY PRODUCT SHOWCASE - MILESIGHT
WEDNESDAY, 2 APRIL, 14:40 - 15:20
PRESENTER: Nicholas Cao, Milesight
DESCRIPTION: The Niagara Framework is more than the sum of its parts, and with our OEM and Reseller Partners, the range of use cases extends beyond buildings and into new verticals. This is portability - and more!
COMMUNITY PRODUCT SHOWCASE - TYRRELL PRODUCTS
