Session Overview
OT/IT Feeds AI – Then OT Executes the AI commands. Explore how Operational Technology (OT) networks shape the effectiveness of AI in building control systems. This session delves into the potential of fully autonomous buildings, featuring expert panel discussions on what’s possible today and on the horizon. Attendees will learn to harness analytics and AI to enhance workflows and streamline facility operations in adaptive buildings. Gain practical insights into integrating AI with OT to achieve smarter, more efficient control systems.
Key Topic Discussion Points:
- How Operational Technology (OT) networks affect the deployment of AI in building control systems.
- Can fully autonomous buildings become a reality? Insights and discussions from our expert panel.
- Leveraging analytics and AI to streamline facility operations through adaptive workflows in modern buildings.
Tracy Markie, CEO/Founder, Engenuity Systems, Inc
As CEO & Founder of Engenuity Systems Inc., Tracy drives one of the leading suppliers of advanced networked control and IoT products and the platforms and solutions to manage and monitor them. Engenuity has been developing and supplying off-the-shelf and custom products since 1994 and continues to work at the leading edge of controls and IoT technologies.
Danielle Radden, Director of Growth, Facil.ai
Danielle Radden is an expert in the human side of innovation, dedicated to transforming how we adopt and use technology to manage and operate buildings. As the Director of Growth at facil.ai, she focuses on making advanced technology more accessible to the people in the field, solving real-world problems, ensuring they have the tools and support needed to drive the industry forward. She also serves as the Executive Secretary for the Building Intelligence Group, contributing to the advancement of innovation in building practices. Danielle’s history as a scientist, psychologist, and storyteller give her a unique viewpoint that is vital to the advancement of built environment.
Troy Harvey, CEO/Founder, PassiveLogic
Troy Harvey is the CEO, co-founder, and Chief Product Architect of PassiveLogic, creator of the world’s first platform for powering autonomous infrastructural robots. As a technical CEO, Troy has been the vision behind the PassiveLogic platform since its inception, guiding the design direction of each hardware and software tool within the ecosystem. The optimization of buildings, cities, and other controlled systems is the clearest actionable opportunity Troy sees to solve the world’s most pressing climate challenges.
Troy has secured 56 patents and is credited as a co-inventor on an additional eight. He is a globally recognized thought leader on the future of AI and its applications for the built world and decarbonization. He has presented to the Swift and core Machine Learning teams at Apple and has spoken at the AEE World, FII Priority Summit, NVIDIA GTC, VERGE 22, AI DevWorld, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence’s Fall Symposium, Tech Connect Europe, ASHRAE, and AHR Expo. He, and PassiveLogic, have been featured in publications such as Axios, Commercial Observer, Crunchbase, Forbes, and Wall Street Journal.
PassiveLogic has raised $84M from investors, including: nVentures (NVIDIA’s venture arm), Era Ventures, Keyframe Capital, Addition, RET Ventures, noa ventures (formerly A/O Proptech), and Brookfield Growth.
Etrit Demaj, Cofounder, KODE Labs
Etrit Demaj is the cofounder of KODE Labs, an international cloud-based vendor-agnostic and open operating system for smart buildings. After working in the real estate industry for over 15 years, Etrit gained deep knowledge and realized the built world was a goldmine of under-leveraged data. He founded KODE, with his brother, Edi Demaj, to bring forth a suite of software products that help the real estate industry embrace the benefits of cloud computing, data engineering, machine learning and other developments in technology faster than ever before. KODE’s approach has always been very human centric.
