Smart Cities Connect Fall Conference and Expo 2023 | TechConnect | 28 November 2023 | Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center, 201 Waterfront St, National Harbor, MD 20745, USA

Don't miss 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 Smart Cities Connect Exposition. One of the top conferences for bringing together thought leaders from public and private sectors, academia, and non-profit to talk about crucial issues facing our communities. The conference offers high caliber content and the opportunity to interact with experts, colleagues, and peers to discuss the issues that are impacting us.

2023 Speakers

Mariela Alfonzo
Founder/CEO, State of Place

Jawahar Ali
Chief Executive Officer, ISG, Allied Digital Service Limited, India

Christina Anderson
City Planner, City of Kalamazoo, MI

Daryl Anderson
CFO, Swift Rails

Lizzette Arias
Communications Manager, US Ignite

Heather Arnold
Senior Manager, Economic Development for Physical Stores, Amazon

Aaron Asis
Project Director, Watermarks, City as Living Laboratory (CALL)

Carol Boland Whattam
Program Manager of Microgrids and Green Building, City of San Jose, CA

Matthew Booco
Chief Business Development, SHzoom

Ben Brezina
Assistant City Manager, City of Frisco, TX

Todd Brinegar
Senior Vice President of Sales, BrainBox AI

Alison Brooks
Research Vice President – Worldwide Public Safety, IDC

Ann Brooks
External Affairs Manager, Crown Castle

Tim Brothers
Observatory Manager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jeff Buchanan
Fire Chief/Las Vegas &, Former City Manager of North Las Vegas, NV

Chris Canavati
Partner, NCL Government Capital

Nina Carlsen
Government Success Manager for North America, CitizenLab

Georgia Caruthers
Connected Communities Initiative Lead, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Philippe Cases
Co-founder and CEO, Topio Networks

Ashwin Chandran
Smart City Technology Director – Generation Park, McCord Development

Renu Chaudhry
Chief Strategy Officer, OST

Dana Chermesh-Reshef
CEO, inCitu

Keith Chinchar
Vice President of Sales, Ubicquia

Pjoy Chua
Senior Manager of Fuel and Purchased Power, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

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

Kelvin Collins
VP of Economic Development, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.

Andrea Conway
Manager, Online Community Engagement, CitizenLab

Ingrid Cook Moravitz
CEO, SHzoom

Jamie Cooke
COO, Montgomery County, Maryland

Jason Cooley
Executive Director, Allen Community Development Corporation, City of Allen, TX

Lilian Coral
Head of Technology and Democracy Programs, New America

Karlynn Cory
Group Manager, Project Development and Finance, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mark Cotter
CSO, Swift Rails

Nicole Coughlin
CIO, Town of Cary, NC

Jacques Coulon
Mobility Innovation Manager, City of Orlando, FL

Doug Davenport
CEO, Prospect Silicon Valley

Robert Davies
Chief Executive Officer, Stealth-ISS Group, Inc.

Dasha Deckwerth
CISO & President, Stealth-ISS Group, Inc.

Ravindra Deshpande
System Integration Specialist, Allied Digital Services, India

Joyce Deuley
Strategic Communications Specialist, Team b. Strategy +

Edward DeVilliers
President & CEO, DeVilliers Technology Solutions LLC

Michael Dunaway
Assoc Director for Innovation, Smart Connected Systems Division, NIST

Lisa Durbeck
Founder & CEO, Cell Matrix Corporation

Richard Erb
Executive Director, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

David Eye
Director Customer Solutions & Strategic Partnerships – USA, Allied Digital Services, LLC

Andrew Fellows
Faculty Specialist, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

Rachel Fishman
Project Manager, Clean Transportation, NYSERDA

Vanessa Frías-Martínez
Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

Tony Gale
COO, Swift Rails

Michael Garcia
National End User Manager, HID Global

Brad Gates
Manager of Electric Construction and Maintenance, Memphis Gas Light and Water (MLGW)

Katherlyn Geter
Program Manager, The Enterprise Center

Neelima Ghanta
Acting Chief Operations Officer, District Department of Transportation

Harry Giles
CEO, solartonic

Doug Gilliland
President, Taurus of Texas

Nathan Goodall
Sr. Mgr, Business Development, Phase II Staffing and Contracting

David Graham
Chief Innovation Officer, City of Carlsbad, CA

Mike Grigsby
Director of Business Development, Ubicquia, Inc

Elizabeth (Liz) Haas
Professor, New York University

Marcus Harris
Diversity and Economic Opportunity Manager, City of Sandusky, OH

Ali Asad Hasan
Business Development–IoT/Smart Cities, WW Public Sector Partners, Amazon Web Services

Jim Haskins
Director of Community Engagement, Open Sustainability Collaborative

Kirk Haslbeck
Global Field CTO, Data Quality, Collibra

Machesha (Kesha) Hasty
Electric Distribution Program Manager- Smart Cities Outdoor Lighting, Dominion Energy

Robert Heinecke
Founder & CEO, Breeze Technologies, Germany

Jilea Hemmings
Founder, Nourish+Bloom

Mitsi Herrera
Program Director, Office of Broadband Programs, Montgomery County, MD

Kyle Hildebrand
eX² EVP of Project Development and Vivacity EVP of Business Development & Marketing, eX² Technology/Vivacity EVP

Dan Hoffman
City Manager, City of Winchester, VA

John Holden
Smart City Manager, City of Raleigh

David Hoyt
Managing Director, North America, ParkMobile

Laura Humphrey
Housing and Energy Project Coordinator, Three3

Brent Ives
Director of IT, City of Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada

Robyn Jackson
Streetlights and P3 Division Manager, District Department of Transportation

Raza Jafri
CEO, MetaWorldX

Ben James
CEO and Co-founder, Tubular Network

Michelle James
VP of Strategic Industry Programs, CTIA

Jacob Jasperson
Sr. Advisor, Utility Metering Solutions

David Kaneda
CEO, IDeAs Consulting

Kara Keene Lively
Director of Economic Development, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.

Matt Kelley
Head of Retail Go to Market, LiveView Technologies

Salil Kharkar
Vice President and Senior Technical Advisor to COO, DC Water

Rebeka Kik
Assistant City Manager, City of Kalamazoo, MI

Tim Kipley
Chief Customer Officer, Everynet

Ira Kowler
Acting Director, Housing & Community Development, City of Takoma Park, MD

Theresa Kuhns
Chief Executive Officer, The Maryland Municipal League

Brian Laird
Chief, City of Paducah, KY

Jostran Lamontagne
VP Sales and Marketing, Dimonoff

Hans Larsen
Public Works Director, City of Fremont, CA

Matthew Laudon
VP TechConnect, ATI

Karen Lightman
Executive Director, Metro21: Smart Cities Institute

Sera Linardi
Founding Director, Center for Analytical Approaches to Social Innovation (CAASI)

Steve Lindsey
CIO/CTO, LiveView Technologies

Xia Liu
Director, Intelligent Systems, A.U.G. Signals Ltd.

Robert Lockett
Community Development, Rocket Community Fund

Carlos Lopez, Sr.
Product Marketing Manager, Itron

David Loshin
DIrector, Careers and External Relations, University of Maryland

Cory Lowe
Senior Research Scientist, Loss Prevention Research Council (LPRC)

Shane Lucas
Chief Growth Officer and President, Stralto, Inc.

Akshay Malik
Smart Cities Director, City of Philadelphia, PA

Jagannath Mallela
Senior Vice President, WSP

Uma Marques
Testbed Director, VIRGINIA SMART COMMUNITY TESTBED

Michael Marshall
Design Director / Principal, FAIA, NOMA, Michael Marshall Design

Dan Mathers
President and CEO, eleven-x Inc., Canada

Ron Mattson
Smart, Connected & Sustainable Communities Lead, Honeywell

Robert Maxwell
CEO, TGT Solutions

Chad Mcintosh
Interim VP of Loss Prevention, Rite Aid

Melissa McMahon
Parking and Curbspace Manager, Arlington County Department of Environmental Services

Harry Meier
Deputy CIO for Innovation, City of Mesa, AZ

Feroz Merchhiya
CIO/CISO, City of Glendale, AZ

Geoff Millener
Chief Operating Officer, The Enterprise Center

Darin Mingo
Regional Operations Director, ENGIE North America

Joey Mitchell
Vice President, Utility Metering Solutions

Nicolaie Moldovan
Senior Urban Development Specialist & EU Funds Expert, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, Belgium

Jennifer Morgan
Virginia Program Lead, RIoT

Drew Morrison
Policy Advisor for Planning and Project Development, Maryland Department of Transportation/Washington Suburban Transit Commission

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

Kevin Neumaier
CEO, Swift Rails

Rachael Newberry
Program Director, RIoT

Hiep Nguyen
Smart City Officer, City of Winter Haven, FL

Jerri Northedge
Manager of Outdoor Lighting, Dominion Energy Ohio

Jennifer Olzinger
Chief of Procurement, City of Pittsburgh, PA

Sergio Paneque
Former Chief Procurement Officer, State of NY and MI

Stephen Patak
Chief Revenue Officer, Ubicquia

Tom Perttula
Senior Director of Cooperative Purchasing, Sourcewell

Vincent Pirro
Director of Emerging Business, Crown Castle

Kendal Prosack
Local Policy and Community Affairs Manager, Wing

Rick Ralph
CIO, Town of Morrisville, NC

Regina Ramazzini
Community & Partnership Director, TechConnect Division, Advanced Technology International (ATI)

Dennis Randolph
Traffic Engineer, City of Kalamazoo

George Reed
SVP Sales and Marketing NORAM, Siradel

Adam Reiser
North American Sales Director, Opendatasoft

Alyssa Remington
Economic Development Specialist, Department of City Development, City of Milwaukee, WI

Leila Ribeiro
Technology Director, MITRE Engenuity Open Generation

Denise Linn Riedl
Chief Innovation Officer, City of South Bend, IN

Tony Rinaldi
Program Manager, Ameresco

Raimundo Rodulfo
Director of Innovation and Technology / Chief Innovation Officer, City of Coral Gables, FL

Emily Royall
Smart City Administrator, City of San Antonio, TX

Ryan Salm
Business Development, Crown Castle

Rob Salsman
Senior Vice President, Kabam Robotics

Josh Schacht
Smart Mobility Program Manager, City of Alexandria, VA

Rachel Scheu
Principal Director of Research & Innovation Director, Elevate

William Shell
Senior Director of Product Management, Trilogy NextGen

Justin Sherwood
Deputy CIO, Town of Cary, NC

Kacey Siskind
Senior Vice President, HONK

Tom Snyder
Executive Director, RIoT

Mark Stern
Senior Director of Commercial Programs, Philadelphia Energy Authority

Ken Stewart
CEO and President, Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance

Ronda Stewart
Economic Development Director, Rural Oxford Economic Development, Canada

Umair Surani
Director, Smart Cities, Siradel

Iffat Tariq
Chief Digital Officer, I&I Software, Inc.

Brian Tell
COO and Co-Founder, solartonic

Gabe Thomas
Business Development Representative, Acta Solutions

Jennifer Tifft
Director of Strategic Initiatives, City of Syracuse, NY

Bruce Tonn
President, Three3, Inc.

Sofia Troutman
Product Portfolio Manager, Xcel Energy

Paul Turner
Founder & CEO, Virtual America LLC

Paul Vesel
Director of Intelligent Infrastructure, RTE Energy Solutions

Laszlo Virag
CTO and Executive President, Commsignia

George Waring
Senior Engineer, City of Kalamazoo, MI

Andrew Watkins
President and COO, Marketplace.city

Al Wiggins
Commissioner Department of Public Works, City of Atlanta

Sacoby Wilson
Professor and Director, T.H.E. EJ Lab, University of Maryland

Nicole Wobus
Director, Energy, Sustainability and Infrastructure, Guidehouse

Deb Wojcik
Executive Director, Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster

Vince Wong
Co-founder & COO, ElectricFish

Emily Yates
Chief Innovation Officer, SEPTA

Kiran Yeddala
CEO, N-Smart

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

Cindy Zork
Communications Manager, Public Information Officer, City of Hyattsville, MD

2023 Sponsors

• Ameresco
• Ubicquia
• aws
• Collibra
• Commsignia
• Eleven-X
• FiWare
• I&I Software
• IDC
• Itron
• LVT
• Mitre Engenuity
• MSGis
• Quebec
• Siradel
• Stealth
• Swift Rails
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Trilogy NextGen
• UMS
• Wing