Is Your Data Journey Taking Too Long?

In a recent survey, only ~25% of utilities report having achieved more than half of their digital roadmap, citing issues with data availability, quality, and readiness. The issue? The energy transition has already arrived. Renewable penetration is outpacing new transmission capacity, DERs continue to challenge traditional grid operations, and capital planning must take into account a radically different energy future. As a result, the demand for data-driven insights is outgrowing traditional data infrastructure, process, and workflows. It’s time for an evolved approach.

In this panel with Microsoft and Cognite, we’ll discuss three digital technologies that make the data-to-insight process more efficient from the desk to the field. 

• Cloud/Azure - How is cloud being adopted securely for industrial environments?
• Industrial Data Operations - How does this enable efficiency in the data stack?
• Digital Twins - How is the concept evolving and how can they be deployed?

Rather than investing in the next big trend, 2022 will be about leveraging your data to get more from your existing investments. Join us live for this discussion and learn how these technologies can be used in conjunction to deliver more value from your data and analytics.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Hanna Grene, Director, Energy & Sustainability at Microsoft. Power & Utilities Leader for the Americas

Hanna Grene is the Director for Power and Utilities, Americas at Microsoft. In this role, Hanna leads strategy and partnerships that drive innovation towards a decarbonized, secure, resilient power grid. She works closely with Fortune 500 Power and Utilities leaders and policymakers to accelerate investment in digital transformation and the energy transition.

Hanna has been published as a subject matter expert on energy and climate issues with local and national press and is an advisor to the International Energy Agency. She is a Board Member for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and Advisor for GridForward.

Dr. Francois Laborie, President, Cognite North America

Francois is President of Cognite North America, overseeing Cognite’s expansion and operations in the US and Canada. Francois has had an extensive career in the technology industry, serving in both research and executive roles. Before leading Cognite North America, Francois managed Cognite’s overall product and marketing activities and the Cognite alliance and partner strategy, as CMO. 

Francois has master’s degrees in computer science and engineering from the National Institute of Applied Sciences and a Ph.D. from the Toulouse Computer Science Research Institute.

Gabriel Prado, Sr. Director of Product Marketing, Cognite

Gabe Prado is the director of product marketing for utilities at Cognite and has a background in industrial test and measurement and predictive analytics. At Cognite, he helps utilities identify where new data management technology and practices can be used to reduce the time and costs to deploy digital applications.