April 7-9, 2026
SEE THE NIAGARA COMMUNITY IN ACTION
What can you expect from the Niagara Summit? A powerful, hands-on Developer Bootcamp. Amazing keynotes from industry leaders and experts. Relevant and helpful brainstorming sessions. Valuable networking opportunities. Thoughtful discussions about next-generation solutions for automation infrastructure technology. And, of course the sights and sounds of National Harbor and Washington, DC!
AGENDA OVERVIEW
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2026
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Registration
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Trade Show Setup
10:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Developer Day
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception & Tradeshow
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2026
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Registration
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast & Tradeshow
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | General Session
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Tradeshow
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Breakout Sessions
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Happy Hour & Tradeshow
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Dinner and entertainment
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2026
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast & Tradeshow
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | General Session
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM | Break
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM | Breakout Sessions
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Tradeshow
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Breakout Sessions
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Closing Reception
AGENDA DETAILS
TUESDAY, APRIL 7
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Trade Show Setup - Exhibit Hall D
DEVELOPER DAY AGENDA
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM | Intro to Niagara Development
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- PRESENTERS: Vikram Nagulan, Vidya Shivamuthy, Trey West, Mithun Tiruvedula, Brian Todd
- DESCRIPTION: Are you new to Niagara? Do you want to get started with Niagara development? If so, this morning session is just for you. We’ll introduce you to the Niagara basics, how to get started developing, and write some code that will help you get started in creating your first Niagara components, drivers, UIs, and cloud integrations.
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11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Morning Q&A
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Amod Kamat, Tridium
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1:00 PM - 2:35 PM | Intro to Niagara 5 & Module Transition
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Rayan Bouhal, Mike James, Nutan Naik, Uday Kumar Rapuru, Prinston Rebello, Patrick Sager
- DESCRIPTION: In this session, members of the Niagara Development will walk you through upgrading a module for Niagara 4 to Niagara 5. Along the way, they will provide valuable trips & tricks that will help you get your code up and running on Niagara 5.
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2:50 PM - 3:05 PM | New Public Interface - BIFrozenSlotContextValidator
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Melanie Coggan
- DESCRIPTION: Melanie Coggan will walk through the new Niagara 5 interface, BIFrozenSlotContextValidator, which provides tighter checks and improved security when working with frozen slots.
- We’ll break down how this validator works at a basic level and how it behaves differently from IPropertyValidator. By the end, you’ll understand when to apply it, what problems it solves, and how it fits into the overall validation process in Niagara 5.
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3:05 PM - 3:15 PM | Java 25 Advanced Topics
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Mike James, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Mike James will dive into the cutting edge of Java 25 as we explore high‑performance parallel streams and powerful new language enhancements. You'll see how these features can simplify everyday coding, improve performance with less effort, and help you build faster, cleaner applications.
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3:15 PM - 3:35 PM | New Theme APIs
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Logan Byam, Layla Scott, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: This year, we’re not just changing themes; we’re rewriting the rules. Join Logan and Layla to unlock Niagara’s new Theme APIs and the revamped NSS 2.0. See how these tools put you in the driver’s seat of Workbench’s look and feel. Whether you’ve been dreaming of a sleek dark mode, wanting your UI to match your team’s personality, or just hoping Workbench would feel a little more ‘you,’ this session will show you how to make it happen and hopefully have some fun along the way.
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3:35 PM - 4:00 PM | Building a Cloud App on NDS
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Vidya Shivamuthy, Radu Siminiceanu, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Radu and Vidya share two streamlined methods for using the Niagara Data Service APIs to build cloud applications tailored to building automation needs. You’ll learn practical techniques for moving Niagara data into modern cloud architectures with speed and reliability.
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4:00 PM - 4:45 PM | Afternoon Q&A
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Amod Kamat, Tridium
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5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception, Prince George Exhibit Hall DE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast & Tradeshow, Prince George Exhibit Hall DE
GENERAL SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM | Welcome to Niagara Summit
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
9:05 AM - 9:20 AM | Importance of the Niagara Ecosystem
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- PRESENTERS: Billal Hammoud, President and CEO of Honeywell Building Automation
- DESCRIPTION: As buildings adopt IoT, edge analytics, and more open, data‑driven architectures, the Niagara Framework stands out for its unmatched interoperability and vibrant global ecosystem. In this session, Billal Hammoud highlights how Niagara unifies diverse building systems, supports emerging tech trends, and enables flexible, future‑ready automation.
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9:20 AM - 9:40 AM | State of the Industry
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- PRESENTERS: 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.
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9:40 AM - 10:10 AM | Niagara Vision & Roadmap
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- 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.
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10:10 AM - 10:55 AM | Executive Leadership Panel: The Future of Building Automation
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- DESCRIPTION: Discussion on industry trends and technology from top partners.
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10:55 AM - 11:00 AM | What's to Come at NS2026
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Tradeshow - Prince George Exhibit Hall DE
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Critical Environments: Designing ‘Healthy’ BAS for Hospitals & Medical Device Clean Rooms
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- MODERATOR: George Keller, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Human health is the driving concern in regulated environments like hospitals, surgery centers, out-patient healthcare offices and anywhere medical devices are manufactured. Peers from the Niagara Community will share how they have designed and implemented Building Automation Systems that enhance safety, reliability, and environmental control in these mission critical facilities. We'll cover comfort issues like managing HVAC delivery to code, as well as water monitoring and management to prevent disease being carried via vapor. Also, a medical device cleanroom case study will be presented.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Energy Management Across Large Education/Healthcare Campuses and Extended Portfolios
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- MODERATOR: Therese Sullivan, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn about how large education and healthcare campuses are advancing energy management by monitoring meter health and deploying modern supervisory architectures that leverage containerization for improved scalability, resilience, and performance across extended portfolios.
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BUSINESS TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Powered by Niagara: A Deep Dive into the Latest Platforms and Capabilities
- TRACK: BUSINESS
- LOCATION: Baltimore
- MODERATOR: Jacqueline Walpole, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Take a deep dive into the newest powered by Niagara platforms - their features and capabilities. Learn how they are enabling faster development, stronger cybersecurity, richer data integration, and more scalable intelligent‑building solutions
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Attract, Grow, & Retain Young Talent
- LOCATION: Baltimore
- MODERATOR: Brooks Brennan, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Gain practical, tactical guidance on how to attract, onboard, upskill, and retain young talent in the building automation industry through targeted recruiting, structured development programs, and engaging career‑growth pathways.
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TECH TRENDS TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Data Modeling Strategies: Ontologies, Open Standards & Data Ownership
- LOCATION: Annapolis
- MODERATOR: Ruben Yanez-Deleon, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Modern systems promise the ability to achieve data interoperatibility, to run analytics and to deploy AI. But those goals and outcomes collapse without disciplined data modeling. This session explains how ontologies, open standards, and ownership decisions form the foundation for scalable, future-ready systems.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Evolving The Buildings Industry towards Zero Trust - Steps that Systems Integrators can Take Now
- LOCATION: Annapolis
- MODERATOR: Kevin Smith, Honeywell
- DESCRIPTION: In today’s threat‑rich environment, system integrators play a pivotal role in helping organizations modernize their security posture. In this session, leading cybersecurity experts break down practical, achievable steps system integrators can take to accelerate their journey toward Zero Trust - for OT, IT and beyond..
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APPLICATION TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Evolving Niagara: A Necessary Revolution
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Michael McLaughlin, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn about key features and ongoing support for Niagara 4 and the evolution of Niagara 5.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Data-Driven Success: Leveraging Data Modeling
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- PRESENTERS: James Johnson, Eric Anderson, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn how data modeling enhances the user experience and provides insight to help users make informed decisions related to building operations.
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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Break - Cherry Blossom Lobby
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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Deploying Niagara BAS Around the World: Trends from APAC, EMEA, LATAM
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- MODERATOR: Michael LeBow, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Discover global trends in deploying Niagara‑based BAS across APAC, EMEA, and Latin America, including integration approaches that unify lighting, HVAC, energy, water, and compressed‑air systems into scalable, connected platforms.
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | New Commissioning Approaches for High-Performing and Cyber Secure Buildings
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- MODERATOR: Michael Stabile, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn how automated commissioning workflows can continuously monitor, tune, and optimize building sub-systems (chillers, boilers, etc.) and related equipment to maintain peak performance and long‑term operational efficiency across a big-metro office tower or large educational campus.
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BUSINESS TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Remote Connectivity & FDD Strategies for a Niagara BAS Service Business
- LOCATION: Baltimore
- MODERATOR: Harry Grissom, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Hear about practical strategies for delivering high‑value Niagara BAS services through secure remote connectivity and effective FDD programs that enhance uptime, streamline diagnostics, and improve customer outcomes.
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Selling Strategies for Intelligent Buildings Today
- LOCATION: Baltimore
- MODERATOR: Michael Youngs, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Explore modern, practical selling strategies that help integrators and solution providers position intelligent building technologies as high‑value, outcomes‑driven solutions for today’s customers.
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TECH TRENDS TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | AI in Real Buildings: What's Working, What's Dangerous, & What's Hype
- LOCATION: Annapolis
- MODERATOR: Ruben Yanez-Deleon, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: AI is now table stakes in building conversations, but most AI ideas fail when exposed to real operational constraints. This session examines where AI delivers practical, repeatable value, where it introduces unacceptable risk, and where industry enthusiasm outpaces reality.
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Niagara + PLCs in Data Centers: Designing Hybrid Control Architectures That Scale
- LOCATION: Annapolis
- MODERATOR: Kevin Mamajek, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Modern data centers demand architectural clarity, not platform rivalry. This session explores how Niagara and PLCs work together in mission-critical environments, defining clear roles for deterministic control, supervisory orchestration, integration, and lifecycle management.
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APPLICATION TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Design Fundamentals: Leveraging Enterprise Features
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Kyle Sardinia, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn about key features used in Niagara enterprise applications including system database, virtual px on demand, provisioning and other tools.
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4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Building Tomorrow: HTML5 UX Development & API Integrations
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- PRESENTERS: Charles Johnson, Lynxspring, James Johnson, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn how to develop HTML based user interfaces for Niagara station graphics leveraging JavaScript libraries and how to leverage API integrations.
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5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Happy Hour & Tradeshow, Prince George Exhibit Hall D
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Main Reception & Event (Sponsored by Jackson Control), Riverview Ballroom
THURSDAY, APRIL 9
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast & Tradeshow, Prince George Exhibit Hall DE
GENERAL SESSION
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM | Welcome to Niagara Summit - Day 2
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
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9:05 AM - 9:25 AM | Guest Speaker
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
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9:25 AM - 10:00 AM | CTO Panel: Which Technological Advancements Should You Watch Out For, Wait For, and Welcome Today
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- MODERATOR: Stephen Holicky, Tridium
- 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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10:00 AM - 10:20 AM | Break - Cherry Blossom Ballroom Lobby
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10:20 AM - 11:20 AM | Niagara & Wireless Tech for Energy, Occupancy Awareness & Other Facility Management Apps
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- MODERATOR: David Graf, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Explore how Niagara and modern wireless technologies are enabling a wide range of facility management applications. Hear from a Home Owners Association President about how he oversaw the deployment of an advanced water-leak detection strategy for a twin-tower, 401-unit high-rise building - just one initiative among many major infrastructure and technology projects. Niagara plus LoRaWan technology can enable efficient large-scale EV charging deployment, energy-efficiency improvements, and data-driven asset management. This panel will cover application integration and data security and privacy strategies that have worked to provide such building owners with the "best in class" software and services they choose.
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BUSINESS TRACK
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM | Building Tomorrow's Building Automation Workforce
- LOCATION: Baltimore
- MODERATOR: Roxette Melancon, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Illustrating a collaborative model that reduces onboarding time, increases employee retention, and creates a sustainable talent pipeline. It will also examine outcomes such as improved workforce diversity, clearer career pathways for nontraditional talent, and stronger alignment between manufacturers, contractors, and training providers.
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TECH TRENDS TRACK
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM | Excellence with Niagara Deployment: Scaling with Discipline
- LOCATION: Annapolis
- MODERATOR: Ben Volkmann, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Explore the Niagara‑powered applications and utilities that enable disciplined, repeatable, and scalable deployments, from standardized templates and provisioning tools to diagnostics, commissioning utilities, and operational dashboards that ensure consistent excellence across every project.
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APPLICATION TRACK
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM | Enterprise Design Fundamentals
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Michael McLaughlin, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn how to manage cyber security in Niagara including a deep dive into properly hardening installations using the multi-tiered Security Dashboard, PKI certificate management and code signing.
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11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch & Tradeshow - Prince George Exhibit Hall DE
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Retrofitting Data Center Legacy Infrastructure for the AI Era
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- MODERATOR: Michael Dennehy, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Discover how organizations are modernizing legacy data center infrastructure to support AI‑driven workloads through strategic retrofits that enhance power capacity, cooling performance, resiliency, and overall operational efficiency.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Best Practices for Deploying Niagara for a National Portfolio: Retail, Healthcare, etc.
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- MODERATOR: Troy Fenley, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn proven best practices for deploying and standardizing BAS across large national portfolios, such as retail and healthcare, ensuring consistent performance, scalable architectures, and efficient ongoing operations across diverse facility types.
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BUSINESS TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Aligning Your Business to Meet Customer Needs Over the Entire Building Lifecycle
- LOCATION: Baltimore
- MODERATOR: Larry Andriunas, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn how to align your business model, services, and technology strategy to support customers across the full building lifecycle, from design and construction to operation, optimization, and renewal, while instilling long‑term value and deeper customer partnerships.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Building Best in Class Experiences by Applying UX Advanced Principles
- LOCATION: Baltimore
- MODERATOR: Emily Weisensale, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Discover how great UX can make your building systems easier to navigate, faster to troubleshoot, and more intuitive for every end user. In this session, we’ll show how responsive design, reduced cognitive load, clear data‑to‑action cues, and personalized visualization can transform complex controls interfaces into streamlined, actionable experiences. You’ll see these principles come alive through practical applications that elevates the value you deliver on every project.
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TECH TRENDS TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | The Wireless Frontier: Seamless Integration of Bluetooth, Wireless, and Smart Sensors with Niagara
- LOCATION: Annapolis
- MODERATOR: Kevin Mamajek, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Explore how emerging wireless technologies, including LoRaWAN, Bluetooth and next‑generation smart sensors can be seamlessly integrated with Niagara to enable faster deployments, richer data, and more flexible facility‑management strategies.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Deploying Niagara in Mission-Critical Environments
- LOCATION: Annapolis
- MODERATOR: Ruben Yanez-Deleon, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: This session explores how mission-critical project teams have designed OT network architectures and deployed Niagara for successful operation in environments where downtime, failure, or ambiguity is unacceptable.
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APPLICATION TRACK
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Cloudy with a Chance of Disruption: Leveraging Niagara Cloud Services
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Jerome Bergquist, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Explore the Niagara Cloud Services to learn how it can help you be disruptive in your markets by leveraging APIs to provide operational insights and value.
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Beyond the VM: Containerized Niagara
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Curtis McKerlie, Tridium, Josh Swanson
- DESCRIPTION: Learn how to deploy Niagara using container runtime environments and how applications like Docker Swarm, Red Hat OpenShift, and Stratus everRun provide high availability and fault tolerance.
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3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Break - Cherry Blossom Ballroom Lobby
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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Lessons Learned from Intelligent Building Projects - Div 25 Intent vs Outcomes
- LOCATION: Cherry Blossom Ballroom
- MODERATOR: Roxette Melancon, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Gain practical insights from real world intelligent building projects by examining how Division 25 design intent compares with actual outcomes, highlighting what works, what doesn’t, and how to drive better integration results on future projects.
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BUSINESS TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Niagara in 2026 and Beyond: What System Integrators and Building Owners Should Expect (and ask for)
- LOCATION: Baltimore
- MODERATOR: Stephen Holicky, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: This session provides a clear interpretation of what Niagara’s direction means for SI business and building owners in 2026 and beyond, focusing on stability, continuity, and which architectural and business decisions are safe to make now.
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TECH TRENDS TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Raising the Bar: Excellence with Niagara Integration
- LOCATION: Annapolis
- MODERATOR: Ed Merwin, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Learn how advanced Niagara integration practices, leveraging smart‑grid connectivity, standardized templates, and purpose‑built control objects to drive higher performance, faster deployment, and more resilient intelligent‑building solutions.
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APPLICATION TRACK
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Mastering Niagara: Hidden Gems, Tips & Troubleshooting
- LOCATION: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
- PRESENTER: Jerome Bergquist, Kyle Sardinia, Eric Anderson and James Johnson, Tridium
- DESCRIPTION: Discover the power of lesser known features, engineering tips and skills for mastering the Niagara application.
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5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Closing Reception, Harbor Social, Gaylord Lower Atrium
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