GCTC Expo Updates and Announcements
Hello all,
I am happy to announce that the GCTC Expo, along with the co-located US Ignite Application Summit and the Smart City Innovation Summit, will be among the largest smart city conferences of the year. With representatives from more than 100 cities participating in the expo, attendees and exhibitors alike will get to experience innovative IoT projects from across the globe all under one roof.
Registration for the GCTC Expo is free and includes complimentary access to the exhibition floor of the two co-located events, US Ignite Application Summit, and Smart City Innovation Summit. Please visit our event website to register http://www.gctcexpo.org. We hope to see you June 13-14 in Austin, TX!
Newly Confirmed Speakers
The former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley will offer a plenary presentation at the Expo. Additionally, Mayor Mary Salas (Chula Vista, CA) and Mayor Gary McCarthy (Schenectady, NY) will join a GCTC Expo Mayors' Panel Discussion Monday, June 13.
Recently Confirmed Cities Participating in the GCTC Expo
Bellevue, WA
Genoa, Italy
Glasgow, Scotland
Newport News, VA
Portland Oregon
Greenville, SC
Porto, Portugal
San Leandro, CA
Schenectady, NY
Shirahama, Japan
Exciting Sidebar Events at the GCTC Expo
IES-City Framework Workshop in Austin - June 15-16
The IES-City Framework project has launched, and the working group meetings have begun. We are planning for a mid-project workshop in Austin on June 15-16, 2016. More details to come, but we encourage you to plan to attend. At this workshop, we will review the progress of the three working groups who are expected to present and collaborate to plan the final deliverable. Please join us for this pivotal meeting to discover Pivotal Points of Interoperability. For details on the work of the working groups, please visit - https://pages.nist.gov/smartcitiesarchitecture/community/. To register, please visit: https://appam.certain.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x30667187c
NTIA Panel at the GCTC Expo: Enabling Smart Cities with Infrastructure and Policy
What will happen to a city's wireless spectrum resources when millions of smart devices are brought online? How can cities ensure that residents and businesses can take advantage of the latest smart technologies? Hear experts from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and NTIA's Institute for Telecommunication Sciences discuss how they're leading cutting-edge research on spectrum sharing and interference, helping communities expand their broadband infrastructure, and developing policies that foster innovation. This session will illustrate how laying the right infrastructure and policy groundwork can enable smart cities to flourish. Find out more: http://www.ntia.doc.gov
Opportunities to Engage with GCTC Partners
GE Intelligent World Hackathon
GE just launched the Intelligent World Hackathon, a global online competition to encourage urban innovation using sensor data with Predix, GE's Industrial Internet of Things platform. During the competition, software developers and data engineers will be among the first to use the Predix cloud to analyze sensor data from these networks -- allowing them to build apps that improve city living in one of four major areas: parking and traffic, pedestrian planning, intelligent commercial and retail buildings, and public safety.
All participants get a free Predix developer account during the hackathon, along with a shot at $55,000 in cash prizes. The grand prize, second prize, and category winners also receive a year-long free Predix account, as well as a meeting with GE Ventures, GE's startup incubator. To learn more, please visit-- http://intelligentworld.devpost.com/
GCTC Expo Logistics Helpful Tool and Resource
For those participating in the GCTC Expo as a presenter or exhibitors, please note that the website now includes a helpful Frequently Asked Questions page - http://www.gctcexpo.org/GCTC_FAQ.html.
I hope to see you all at the GCTC Expo.
Best Regards,
Sokwoo Rhee
Associate Director of Cyber-Physical Systems Program
National Institute of Standards and Technology