April 15-17, 2024
SEE THE NIAGARA COMMUNITY IN ACTION
What can you expect to takeaway from Niagara Summit 2024? If you are an SI/MSI, you'll learn new ways to build your business and navigate technology trends from peers who have relevant, practical experience during two days of breakout sessions. There will be keynotes from industry leaders and experts to inform and inspire you -- and plenty of helpful brainstorming sessions.
If you are a developer on the Niagara Framework, you'll have hands-on guidance for building better products during Developer Bootcamp. The networking opportunities will be invaluable.
And, of course there is the fun and excitement of being together with fellow Niagara Community members in Anaheim, California!
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AGENDA OVERVIEW
MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2024
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Registration, Ballroom Foyer
10:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Developer Day, Pacific Ballroom
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Trade Show Setup, California Ballroom
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception, Lanai Deck
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2024
7:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Registration, Ballroom Foyer
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast & Tradeshow, California Ballroom
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM | General Session, Pacific Ballroom
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Tradeshow, California Ballroom
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Breakout Sessions, Hilton Anaheim
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Lunch & Tradeshow, California Ballroom
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Dinner and entertainment, House of Blues
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2024
7:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Registration, Ballroom Foyer
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast & Tradeshow, California Ballroom
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM | General Session, Pacific Ballroom
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM | Break & Tradeshow, California Ballroom
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Breakout Sessions, Hilton Anaheim
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Tradeshow, California Ballroom
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Breakout Sessions, Hilton Anaheim
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Closing Reception, Splitsville
Agenda subject to change
AGENDA DETAILS
MONDAY, APRIL 15
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Trade Show Setup - California Ballroom
DEVELOPER DAY AGENDA
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Overview of API Updates
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D
- PRESENTER: Logan Byam, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Overview of important Niagara API updates in Niagara 4.13 and 4.14.
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10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | Secure Coding 101
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D
- PRESENTER: Melanie Coggan, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: A brief introduction to writing secure code in Niagara. This presentation will cover various processes to help write secure code, and will discuss several security coding guidelines, including error handling, input validation, using cryptographic algorithms, as well as Niagara-specific security considerations.
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11:15 AM - 11:45 AM | Creating a Custom Tag Dictionary
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D
- PRESENTER: Tim Urenda, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: In this session, we’ll briefly review the contents of a tag dictionary and how tagging is used in Niagara. Then we’ll dive into exporting and importing a tag dictionary to a JSON file, the JSON structure of an exported dictionary, and customizing your own dictionary. Finally, we’ll cover developing your own components to support custom dictionary functionality.
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11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Markeplace & New Developer Program Updates
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D
- PRESENTER: Bob Neubaum, Pavlo Pazelskyi, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn about updates to Niagara's Marketplace and the recent changes to the Niagara Developer Program and find out why you should become a member.
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Lunch
- LOCATION: Sunset Deck, 5th Floor
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Developer Showcase
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D
- PRESENTER: Grégory Hairapetian, VayanData & Michael Rader, Mira-Tech
- DESCRIPTION: Grégory Hairapetian will show how to monitor a fleet of Niagara stations with Niagara 4.13 features and Datadog to improve the maintenance team reactivity.
- Michael Rader will show an example on how tags can be used for implementing a smart custom naming system:
- In large systems, end customers or consultants typically specify a “naming scheme” to which all datapoints must adhere. Naming points manually according to such a scheme is a time consuming and error prone undertaking. It hinders solution reuse and is not robust against changes to the naming pattern. The demonstrated solution uses a custom tagging implementation to entirely automate the naming process, making it quickly adaptable to changes, and fostering reuse of application parts. As a developer you will learn how to extend the tagging system with your own tags, how to automatically apply tags to specific entities, how to implement “information inheritance” using tags, and how to integrate your naming system with the Niagara NEQL search engine. Also, some advanced techniques like using tags to “spy” on other components in the Niagara system are demonstrated.
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2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Using Niagara Cloud Suite APIs
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D
- PRESENTER: Norm Beekwilder and Vidya Shivamurthy, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: In this talk learn how to consume the Niagara Cloud Suite APIs to enable your applications to use Niagara station data. We will go over how to get set up with access tokens and then show the APIs in action.
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2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Break
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom Promenade
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM | Web Security and Niagara Ux Best Practices
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D
- PRESENTER: Vikram Nagulan, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn how to best use Niagara tools and APIs to create secure web views.
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3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | Developing a Secure IP Driver with Niagara's NDriver Framework
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D
- PRESENTER: Brian Todd, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Building a Niagara driver with NDriver and Java Secure Sockets Extension for secure communication to IP devices.
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4:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Community Q&A
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D
- PRESENTER: Amod Kamat, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: The Niagara Development Team will answer questions submitted by the Niagara Community.
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5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception (sponsored by Intel), Hilton Anaheim Lanai Deck, 5th Floor
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast & Tradeshow
- LOCATION: California Ballroom
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM | Welcome to Niagara Summit
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom
- PRESENTERS: Sadiq Syed, Honeywell and Andy D'Amelio, Tridium
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM | Sustained Commitment to Progress Through Partnership
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom
- PRESENTERS: Kevin Dehoff, Honeywell
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9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Niagara Vision and Roadmap
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom
- PRESENTERS: Stephen Holicky, Director, Offering Management, 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.
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10:15 AM - 11:10 AM | CEO Industry Leaders Panel
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom
- MODERATOR: Ed Merwin, Tridium
- PANEL:
- Scott Cochrane, Cochrane Supply
- Steve Kenny, Honeywell
- Marc Petock, Lynxspring
- Bill Schwebel, Johnson Controls
- Martin Villeneuve, Distech,
- Scott Cochrane, Cochrane Supply
- DESCRIPTION: Discussion on industry trends and technology from top partners.
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11:10 AM - 11:25 AM | Niagara Customer Showcase
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Ed Merwin, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Showcase and recognize end user customers and their contribution to the community.
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11:25 AM - 11:30 AM | What's to Come at NS2024
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom
- MODERATOR: Stephen Holicky, Director, Offering Management, Tridium
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Tradeshow - California Ballroom
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
ANNIVERSARY TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | University of Kentucky - Medical Center BMS Success Leads to Wider Campus Use
- TRACK: ANNIVERSARY
- LOCATION: Avalon, Lobby, 1st Floor
- MODERATOR: Ed Merwin, Tridium
- PRESENTER: Roberta Tincher, University of Kentucky
- DESCRIPTION: UK first presented their campus wide solution in 2004. 20 years later the campus has expanded to over 1 million points and many integrations and applications since their first R2 implementation.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Modernizing Operations & Maintenance in Educational Facilities by Extending BMS to Cloud
- TRACK: ANNIVERSARY
- LOCATION: Avalon, Lobby Level, 1st Floor
- MODERATOR: Vincent Fonti, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Session will be about modernizing Operations & Maintenance for large education campuses. Detail will include cloud BMS strategies.
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BUSINESS TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) Powered Service Contracts: Unlocking the Potential of Niagara
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: El Capitan, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Michael Youngs, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: In this session, learn how LONG Building Technologies implemented FDD across 5.2M sq. Ft and growing and created an Impact-Driven Service program that has resulted in 50% longer service contracts and 66% higher revenue. By leveraging continuous monitoring through building analytics, LONG service technicians are able to prioritize efforts, focus on resolving high-impact issues, identify more pull through revenue, and train and retain talent.
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Niagara Integrations for Small & Midsize Commercial Buildings
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: San Simeon, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Roddy Hogg, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Edge control, cloud connectivity and Niagara value-add integrations bring big BMS benefits to small/mid-size buildings. Multi-family and mixed residential/commercial buildings could achieve vital energy saving and comfort advantages from a BMS.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Selling to the Government, Military and Non-Traditional Influencers
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: El Capitan, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- PRESENTER: Michael Dennehy, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: David Hornosky shares his experiences selling into U.S. Military and Government enterprises. Then from an international perspective, Rob Bartman of Tridium EMEA outlines how to tell the Niagara story to decision makers from the IT space and at greenfield accounts that dont understand our terminology, what makes us different, and how flexible and open our solutions really are.
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TECH TRENDS TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Exploring AI Use Cases in Building Automation & Facility Management - Part 1
- TRACK: TECH TRENDS
- LOCATION: Huntington, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Michael Stabile, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Some early ways the Niagara Community is using Chat GPT and other generative AI tools.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Exploring AI Use Cases in Building Automation & Facilites Management - Part 2
- TRACK: TECH TRENDS
- LOCATION: Huntington, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Andy Ordway, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: A discussion on Facility Management Maturity Model and Generative AI as it applies to prioritizing alerts and eliminating false alarms. Plus a discussion on Niagara-based Hive-Technology which incorporates AI to manage RTUs.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Precise Control & Optimization of Critical Environments
- TRACK: TECH TRENDS
- LOCATION: San Simeon, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Rob Cherian, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: A case study on airflow and temperature control in operating rooms will be presented.
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PRODUCT ENG TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Defending the Cyber Castle
- TRACK: PRODUCT ENGINEERING
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D, Ballroom Level, 2nd Floor
- PRESENTER: James Johnson, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn how to manage cyber security in Niagara including a deep dive into properly hardening installations using the multi-tiered Security Dashboard, Certificate Signing Service and code signing.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Leveraging Niagara Cloud Suite
- TRACK: PRODUCT ENGINEERING
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D, Ballroom Level, 2nd Floor
- PRESENTER: Kevin Mamajek and Nicole Love, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: See how the Niagara Cloud Suite provides seamless secure connectivity to the cloud, encrypted disaster recovery backups, historical data archiving, API data access, remote connectivity and more.
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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Break & Tradeshow - California Ballroom
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ANNIVERSARY TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Creating High Performance BAS Systems - A GSA Case Study
- TRACK: ANNIVERSARY
- LOCATION: Avalon, Lobby Level, 1st Floor
- MODERATOR: David Graf, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Creating High Performance Integrated Systems for US government buildings. Focusing the BAS strategy, defining KPIs, Cyber Security concerns, etc. Real GSA Case Studies and Examples used to illustrate.
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Niagara Beyond Buildings - From London Underground to Local Car Wash
- TRACK: ANNIVERSARY
- LOCATION: Avalon, Lobby Level, 1st Floor
- MODERATOR: Paul Price, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: This session features three new use cases for Niagara demonstrating its power and flexibility to meet control needs in potentially unlimited applications around the globe:
- 1) FSG Smart Buildings, as the energy management partner for the North American-based convenience store chain Circle K, has recently integrated Circle K car washes into Niagara control systems. This integration aims to optimize energy usage within the car wash facilities while providing real-time visibility.
- 2) Veea is using Containerized Portable Niagara on their wireless VeeaHubs for projects including precision agriculture applications globally. Several projects in Indiana are the immediate focus in the U.S.2) Veea is using Containerized Portable Niagara on their wireless VeeaHubs for projects including precision agriculture applications globally. Several projects in Indiana are the immediate focus in the U.S.
- 3) Tyrrell Products has been working with London Underground over the last two years to develop and deploy an intelligent voice annunciator and video display system.
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BUSINESS TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Focus on the Niagara User Experience (UX/UI) - Advanced Visualization
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: El Capitan, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Roxette Melancon, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Building stunning Uis with modern visualization overlays and other Niagara-native tools to deliver a better Niagara user experience.
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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Pathway to Decarbonization: Incorporating Energy Retrofits
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: San Simeon, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- PRESENTER: Kendall O'Neill, Acuity
- DESCRIPTION: New cloud-hosted platforms for aggregating and managing energy efficiency and carbon reduction data are game-changers. his panel will map out a pathway that leverages them to reach sustainability goals faster.
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Cyber Fluency for the OT Environment
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: El Capitan, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Greg Fitzpatrick, Cochrane Supply
- DESCRIPTION: Best practices in designing and evolving an operational technology network that can be understood and overseen by IT staff with a cyber defense mindset.
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Building New Products Around Niagara Containers
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: San Simeon, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Michael Smith, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Hear about the value that Containerized Niagara offers from a panel of product manufacturers.
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TECH TRENDS TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Niagara in Data Centers, Plus Enterprise-Scale N4 Migration Success
- TRACK: TECH TRENDS
- LOCATION: Huntington, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Michael LeBow, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Experts explore the use of Niagara for Data Center environmental control and other aspects of DCIM, citing their latest deployments.
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Using Advanced Connectors to Implement a Cloud Solution: MQTT Transports
- TRACK: TECH TRENDS
- LOCATION: Huntington, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Kyle Sardinia, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Stretching Niagara integrations beyond HVAC/Energy to encompass Lighting, Vertical Transportation (elevators/escalators), CCTV and Access Control is happening with greater frequency as more specifications call for Smart-Enablement Designs.
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PRODUCT ENG TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Accelarated Engineering
- TRACK: PRODUCT ENGINEERING
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D, Ballroom Level, 2nd Floor
- PRESENTER: Jerome Bergquist and James Johnson, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: See how component and device templates help enforce standards and improve engineering efficiency and accuracy.
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Exploring the Value of Data Modeling
- TRACK: PRODUCT ENGINEERING
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D, Ballroom Level, 2nd Floor
- PRESENTERS: Michael McLaughlin, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn about updates to data modeling including the Haytack 4 dictionary and migration, new Niagara dictionary tags and rules, and the Brick dictionary while exploring solutions that leverage hierarchies, tag based px bindings and analytics.
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Tradeshow Open
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | House of Blues - Reception & Event (Sponsored by Redaptive)
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast & Tradeshow
- LOCATION: California Ballroom, Ballroom Level, 2nd Floor
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM | Welcome to Niagara Summit
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom, Ballroom Level, 2nd Floor
- PRESENTERS: GM, Tridium
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9:05 AM - 9:25 AM | Make Sustainable Attainable Panel
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom, Ballroom Level, 2nd Floor
- MODERATOR: Sarah James, Honeywell
- DESCRIPTION: Covering new approaches to funding energy retrofits. Thanks to cloud, analytics and data management tech, energy efficiency as a service model as pioneered by Redaptive is possible. Abby will cover new USA tax incentives, IRA, etc.
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9:25 AM - 10:10 AM | CTO Panel Explores Tech Trends and Industry Change
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom, Ballroom Level, 2nd Floor
- MODERATOR: Jason Urso, Honeywell
- DESCRIPTION: This panel will explore tech trends like cloud, AI, machine-learning, quantum computing and cyber etc. Realizing there are two different paces of change: that in real estate and that of tech innovation. CTOs will discuss how to navigate the smart buildings industry.
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10:10 AM - 11:00 AM | Break and Tradeshow - California Ballroom
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ANNIVERSARY TRACK
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Department of Defense Niagara Deployments: Use Cases from US Navy and Army Reserves
- TRACK: ANNIVERSARY
- LOCATION: Avalon, Lobby, 1st Floor
- MODERATOR: Michael Dennehy, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: The largest Niagara Enterprise for the US Navy is located in the Northwest and comprises over 500 sites and 800 Jaces. Learn how this large-scale DOD enterprise is architected and managed. The team will share best practices and lessons learned in a long-time journey from R2 to N4.
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BUSINESS TRACK
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Recruiting, Training and Retaining Niagara-Certified Talent
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: El Capitan, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Roxette Melancon, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: This panel will discuss the challenges of recruiting, training, and retaining Niagara-experienced people, in the light of a generational change in the industry, and the SI role growing to encompass more networking, cyber and data-savvy skills.
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TECH TRENDS TRACK
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Wireless Technologies and Applications Enable New Niagara Use Cases
- TRACK: TECH TRENDS
- LOCATION: Huntington, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Mike Smith, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Wireless technologies have been available for 30 years with some moderate success in the IOT and BMS industry. New technologies seem to show more promise as a reliable medium to transfer data in adverse environments. This panel will provide details on multiple wireless technologies and how they have been successfully applied and integrated with Niagara.
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11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Integrating Occupancy Awareness into BMS - Cutting Edge Use Cases
- TRACK: TECH TRENDS
- LOCATION: San Simeon, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Jacqueline Walpole, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: IoT strategies and sensor networks, cloud computing, and AI-informed analytics are brought to bear on tuning environments per occupancy. Through Niagara BMS integration, facility teams in the buildings showcased here are achieving high air quality levels and energy savings at the same time.
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PRODUCT ENG TRACK
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | Enterprise Design Fundamentals
- TRACK: PRODUCT ENGINEERING
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D, Ballroom Level, 2nd Floor
- PRESENTER: Kyle Sardinia, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn how to leverage multi-tiered system database, hierarchies and on demand Px views with enterprise systems.
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11:45 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Tradeshow - California Ballroom
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ANNIVERSARY TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | UC Irvine Progress Toward Decarbonization
- TRACK: ANNIVERSARY
- LOCATION: Avalon, Lobby, 1st Floor
- MODERATOR: Michael LeBow, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: UCI adopted Niagara Framework and migrated core campus buildings to Niagara 4 in about 2016/2017. UC-I presents the results/outcomes from the vantage of 2024.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | London Smart-Enablment Projects
- TRACK: ANNIVERSARY
- LOCATION: Avalon, Lobby, 1st Floor
- MODERATOR: Paul Rogers, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: The role of the MSI now sees us stretch this integration further to encompass wider systems within a building, such as BMS, Energy, Lighting, Security, Vertical Transportation, CCTV and Access Control, and now commonly bringing in web service data from external sources (e.g. Internet of Things cloud platforms such as occupancy and air quality sensors).
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BUSINESS TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Make Sustainable Attainable
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: El Capitan, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Sarah James, Honeywell
- DESCRIPTION: New cloud-hosted platforms for aggregating and managing energy efficiency and carbon reduction data are game-changers. This panel will map out a pathway that leverages them to reach sustainability goals faster. Speakers will cover the challenges of aligning stakeholders around energy retrofits, as well as how to secure energy retrofit funding by tapping incentive programs and on-bill financing.
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Army Reserve Approaches Realtime HVAC and O&M Optimization with Niagara
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: San Simeon, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: David Hornosky, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Eric McKay with PNNL with show a project with the Army Reserve on Enterprise Building Control System for Grid Optimization. Then, Stephanie Johnson with PNNL will discuss a pilot project with the Army Reserve focused on simplifying the approach towards predictive O&M by monitoring HVAC equipment performance with Niagara.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | How Niagara Supports the Changing Design Environment
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: El Capitan, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Michael Stabile, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: The Division 25 specification package (integration automation) includes owners design standards outlines use case implementation, network design, integration requirements, data ontology and tagging, connected systems and cybersecurity guidance. We will discuss how Tridium Niagara software and hardware has been utilized in multiple designs including enterprise/campus wide architecture.
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TECH TRENDS TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Deriving Tangible Value from Tags & Relations, plus Ontology Update
- TRACK: TECH TRENDS
- LOCATION: Huntington, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Therese Sullivan, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: This panel will discuss aligning ontologies and dictionary standardization efforts, with reports on progress from the ASHRAE 223P group and Project Haystack.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Niagara at the True Edge - A Manufacturers Panel
- TRACK: TECH TRENDS
- LOCATION: Huntington, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Marc Petock, Lynxspring
- DESCRIPTION: A panel discussion with manufacturers selling Niagara-Framework powered devices.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Digital Innovations Coming to Commercial and Insustrial
- TRACK: TECH TRENDS
- LOCATION: San Simeon, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Michael Dennehy, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION:
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PRODUCT ENG TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Engineering Tips & Tricks
- TRACK: PRODUCT ENGINEERING
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D, Ballroom Level, 2nd Floor
- PRESENTER: Jerome Bergquist, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Elevate your Niagara programming skills by learning to leverage new features, best practices and hidden gems.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | HTML Visualization
- TRACK: PRODUCT ENGINEERING
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D, Ballroom Level, 2nd Floor
- PRESENTER: James Johnson, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn how to utlize HTML pages for local Niagara station graphics and how to leverage cloud based applications for reports and dashboards.
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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Break & Tradeshow - California Ballroom
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ANNIVERSARY TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Cyber Security Roundtable
- TRACK: ANNIVERSARY
- LOCATION: Avalon, Lobby, 1st Floor
- MODERATOR: Aaron Burrows, Aleta Technology
- DESCRIPTION: Deep-dive discussion into the cyber threat landscape and defense approaches. Topics like risk and gap assessments and the ISA 62443 Framework will be covered.
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BUSINESS TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Niagara Beyond Buildings - Monitoring Energy Assets
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: El Capitan, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Ed Merwin, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Come to hear about the use of Niagara Framework to ‘monitorize’ and control Renewables, Water Treatment, Oil & Gas and other Use Cases (City of Cuneo, Aqualia)
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TECH TRENDS TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Access Control Integration: Case Study and Value of Open systems
- TRACK: TECH TRENDS
- LOCATION: Huntington, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- MODERATOR: Amir Taleghani, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Niagara Partner, Open Source Controls, demonstrates integrating all building services including HVAC, Access Control, Lighting and other plug loads into a Niagara-based BMS, followed by a panel discussion on the value of open systems and tech trends in the access control market.
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PRODUCT ENG TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | LDAP and Oauth and SAML, Oh My!
- TRACK: PRODUCT ENGINEERING
- LOCATION: Pacific Ballroom C-D, Ballroom Level, 2nd Floor
- PRESENTER: Kyle Sardinia, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn about updates to Niagara authentication including Google Authenticator and SAML workflows, Windows authentication for SQL servers, Oauth2 email authentication, and examples of hybrid SAML solutions using the Niagara IdP Service in conjunction with a third party IdP.
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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Containers Versus Virtual Machines
- TRACK: PRODUCT ENGINEERING
- LOCATION: San Simeon, Concourse Level, 4th Floor
- PRESENTER: Curtis McKerlie, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn about Niagara subscription based licensing, the differences between containers and virtual machines, and how to deploy a Niagara supervisor utilizing Docker for container orchestration.
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5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Closing Reception, Splitsville, Downtown Disney
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