Smart Cities Connect 2022 | TechConnect | 26 September 2022 | Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, 201 Waterfront St, National Harbor, MD 20745, USA

Join your friends and conference delegates in the expo and meet industry leading innovators, entrepreneurs and enterprise leaders representing 150 world class companies, universities and startups. Recognized as the largest gathering of smart IoT technologies and services companies serving cities across North America and the globe. See the future of smart cities unfold in the expo.

Who Should Exhibit:
Technology and Service Companies with innovative Smart City solutions that address areas such as:

• Energy & Resilience
• Transportation
• Buildings
• Communications
• ICT Networks
• Security
• Water
• Heathcare
• Education
• Environment
• Data Analytics
• Mobile Applications
• Emergency Services and more.

2022 Speakers

Mariela Alfonzo
Founder, State of Place

Michael Allegretti
Chief Strategy Officer, Rubicon

Mike Allison
Head of Government and Cities, Nokia North America

Keith Armonaitis
Lead - Tech Innovation Lab, The Port Authority of NY and NJ

Bar Asherov
Head of Sales for North America, Zencity

Erica Atwood
Senior Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Criminal Justice and Public Safety, City of Philadelphia

Michael Baker
Business Development Innovation Products, Hexagon

Bob Banerjee
Vice President of Products, Intellisite

Brenda Bannan
Co-Director, Center for Human-Machine Partnerships, George Mason University

Gerald Becker
Vice President, Market Development & Alliances, Quanergy Systems, Inc.

Phil Beecher
Chief Executive Officer, Wi-SUN Alliance

Laura Benold
Managing Editor and Communications Director, Smart Cities Connect Media & Research

Chase Berenson
Consultant, Technology, Planning, and Implementation Consulting, E Source

Lee Bienstock
Global Head of Enterprise Partnerships, Google Devices and Services

Jeffrey Booth
Director, Sensors and Platforms Technology Center Science & Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security

Mike Cannon
CTO, Stafford County Virginia

Brian Carey
Founder/CEO, Knaq

Craig Carroll
Vice President Sales, Global Traffic Technologies, LLC

Mark Cave
Geographic Information System (GIS) Analyst, City of Virginia Beach

Sylvain Chapon
Marketing and External Relationships Executive- Key expert, ENGIE HQ - Paris, France, France

Ernest Chrappah
Director, District Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA)

Amber Cobb
Director of Partnership, RIoT

Courtney Cogdill
Program Manager, The Ion

Chelsea Collier
Editor-at-Large, Smart Cities Connect Media & Research

Jeremy Collins
Director, North Carolina Office of Digital Equity

Jason Cooley
Chief Innovation Officer, City of Frisco, TX

Kevin Curtis
Solutions Executive Federal Domain Specialist, Business Group, Verizon

Gregg Daly
Collector of Revenue, City of St. Louis, MO

Lee Davenport
Director of Community Development, US Ignite

Jordan Davis
Executive Director, Smart Columbus

Aaron Deacon
Managing Director, KC Digital Drive

Christian Doolin
Director of Strategic Innovation, City of Tallahassee, FL

Michael Dunaway
Assoc. Director for Innovation, Smart Grid and Cyber Physical Systems Program, NIST, Lead, Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC)

Michael Dunkwu
Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division, Hexagon

Bill Eger
Energy Manager, City of Alexandria, VA

Shonte’ Eldridge
Executive Government Advisor, AWS

Richard Erb
Executive Director, TechConnect

Andre Fowlkes
President, Start Co.

Vasudha Gadhiraju
Director of Innovation and Technology, Town of Normal

Christine Galib
Senior Director, Programs, The Ion

Joe Gallo
Co-founder/Illinois Smart City & Region Association (ISCRA), Mayor/Rolling Meadows, IL

Erwin Gianchandani
Senior Advisor for Translation, Innovation, and Partnerships, National Science Foundation

Calvin Gladney
President and CEO, Smart Growth America

David Graham
Chief Innovation Officer, City of Carlsbad

Neil Graham
Chief Revenue Officer, PayIt

Regina Gray
Director of the Affordable Housing Research and Technology Division (AHRT), U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development

Abhijit Grewel
Senior Marketing Manager, Industrial and Commercial IoT, Silicon Labs

Andrew Halbrook
Public Works Utilities Manager, City of Ruston, LA

Jack Hanley
Chief Operating Officer, Connected Cities Integrators, Inc.

Gerard Hayes
President & CEO, Wireless Research Center of North Carolina

David Herlihy
Division Chief, Digital Experience and Innovation, Arlington County

Paul Hoekstra
Mobility BU Director U.S.A, TNL U.S.A.

Dan Hoffman
City Manager, City of Winchester

Bryant Johnson
Assistant Director of Solid Waste/General Services, City of Clearwater

Tim Johnson
Director of IoT Sales, Public Sector, T-Mobile

Jason Kalkman
Principal Solutions Architect (PSA), Office of the CTO, Nokia Enterprise

Jason Kang
CEO, Kinnos

Adi Karisik
Global Technology Leader – Operational Technology (Cybersecurity), Jacobs Engineering

Teddy Kavaleri
Chief IT Officer (CIO), Office of Unified Communications, District of Columbia

William Kendrick
Consultant, OST, Inc.

Mitch Klein
Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships, IoT, Silicon Labs

Jeffrey Kok
Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Information Officer, Mill Creek Residential

Micah Kotch
Managing Director, URBAN-X

Matthew Laudon
CEO, TechConnect

Leonard Lightner
CED Director/Deputy Mayor, City of Allentown

Karen Lindquist
Co-founder and COO, Green Stream Technologies

Liza Massey
Chief Informaton Officer, County of Marin

Stacey Matlen
Director of Innovation Programs, Partnership for New York City

Rachel McClure
Assistant Collector, City of St. Louis

Doug McCollough
CIO, City of Dublin, OH

Heather McGaffin
Director of Emergency Operations Office of Unified Communications, District of Columbia

Felicite Moorman
CEO, Stratis IoT

Alex Moreno
Corporate Engagement Manager, The Ion

Noah Otto
Smart City Coordinator, City of Raleigh, NC

Dominic Papa​
Vice President, Smart State Initiatives, Arizona Commerce Authority

Christophe Papin
VP Business Development Smart Cities, Siradel, France

Shawn Parker
Vice President of Business Development & Government Affairs, SiFi Networks

Harsit Patel
Support Services Manager, City of Harrisonburg, VA

Avi Patwardhan
Managing Director, Jacobs Smart City Practice

Dale Pennington
President, E Source

Jeff Petry
Director of Administration, City of Eugene, OR

Brett Peze
Client Services Consultant , Verra Mobility

Nicole Raimundo Coughlin
Chief Information Officer, Town of Cary

Regina Ramazzini
Community & Partnership Director, TechConnect

Stephen Rau
Captain, Operations Division Falls Church Police Department, Falls Church, Virginia

George Reed
SVP Sales and Marketing NORAM, Siradel

Rachel Reilly
Founder, Aces & Archers

Scott Richards
Chief Marketing Officer, META Material

Paul Rothman
Director of the Smart Cities + IoT Lab, Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology, City of New York, NY

Jennifer Sanders
Co-founder & Executive Director, North Texas Innovation Alliance

Joel Scharlat
Director of Operations, Cyber Bytes Foundation

Eric Seiter
Vice President Customer Delivery, Landis+Gyr Americas, Landis+Gyr

Justin Sherwood
Business Relationship Manager, Town of Cary

Mari Silbey
Senior Director of Partnerships and Outreach, US Ignite

Michael Simon
VP of Strategic Partnerships, Zencity

Dr. Indu Singh
Senior Scientist, OST, Inc.

Gurdip Singh
Director, Division of Computer and Network Systems, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Allison Smith
Assistant Director of the Office of Advanced Planning and Sustinability, Louisville Metro Government

Eric Smith
Director, Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, U.S. Department of Commerce

Amir Softic
Information Technology Manager, City of St. Louis, MO

Gary Stuebing
Manager Engineering, Global IoT Standards, IoT Architecture, Technology and Standards, Cisco

Cleo Subido
Interim Director, Office of Unified Communications, District of Columbia

Tyler Svitak
Executive Director, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance

Larry Tittle
Founder and CEO, ClearWorld

Scott Tousley
Chief Development Officer, Inca Digital

Ted Townsend
Chief Economic Development Officer, Greater Memphis Chamber

Ryan Trujillo
Director of Support Services, City of Colorado Springs, CO

Robert Tse
Senior Policy Advisor, Rural Utilities Service, Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Peter Tseronis
Founder and CEO/Chair, Utilities SuperCluster, Dots and Bridges/Global City Teams Challenge

Vincent Vandenberge
Head of Livin’, ENGIE Digital, France

Melissa Wandall
President, National Coalition for Safer Roads

Andrew Watkins
President and COO, Marketplace.city

Jay Wheeler
President, Underground Refuse Systems Inc.

Del White
SVP of Global, Quantela Inc.

John Whitehead
VP of Sales, North America Public Safety, Hexagon

Christina Willingham
Manager, Smart Mobility Office, Austin Transportation Department, City of Austin

Benjamin Worcester
Captain, Dept. of Public Safety, Stafford County, Virginia

Emily Yates
Smart City Director, City of Philadelphia

Ruthbea Yesner
Vice President, Government Insights and Smart Cities, IDC Government Insights

Paul Young
President and CEO, Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC)

2022 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Darkpulse

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Rubicon
• Ubicquia

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• AECOM
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Ameresco, Inc.
• Blink Charging Co.
• Comcast
• Dell Technologies
• Electric Cab of North America
• GEM
• IDC
• NREL
• Progress Solar Solutions®
• Quebec
• Signify
• Siradel
• Teradata
• Wi-SUN Alliance

PREMIER PARTNERS:
• US Ignite