RTI CEO to Deliver Keynote Presentation at Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) Global Event Series—IIoT Energy Forum

Global Leaders to Discuss Testbeds, Smart Grids, and Additional Emerging Technologies and Applications in Energy


SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity company, today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Stan Schneider, will be delivering the keynote presentation at the Industrial Internet Consortium’s (IIC) IIoT Energy Forum on Friday, February 9.

Schneider will deliver his keynote presentation on behalf of the IIC, from 9:55-10:25 a.m. ET, discussing the recent strides and progress made by the organization. This one-day public Forum is part of the IIC’s Global Event Series, and is the first event in the Series. Offered in partnership with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and hosted by IIC Steering Committee member The MITRE Corporation, the Forum will bring together global energy leaders to discuss requirements, gaps and opportunities for leveraging the data that is building up within and around our energy systems, and to use that data to increase production and decrease costs.

The IIC and NIST’s activities in the energy sector will also be explored—shining a spotlight on smart grids, industrial analytics, security and more. The Global Event Series will offer executive keynote presentations, panel discussions on testbeds, security, standards and architecture, testbed demonstrations and networking opportunities to accelerate adoption of the industrial internet.

The Industrial Internet Consortium is the world’s leading organization transforming business and society by accelerating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). RTI joined the IIC in 2014 as an initial member. Schneider currently serves as a member of the organization’s Steering Committee and serves on the testbed subcommittee. RTI co-chairs the IIC connectivity, data management, interoperability, ecosystem and security teams. RTI also leads testbeds in smartgrid, healthcare and edge intelligence.

Additional details on the event can be found below.

Event Details
What: IIC’s Global Event Series—IIoT Energy Forum
When: Friday, February 9 from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ET
Where: The MITRE Corporation, MITRE 4 Building, 7596 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA, 22102

For additional information, and for a full event agenda, please visit: http://bit.ly/2Bnu5Ag

About RTI
Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connectivity company. The RTI Connext® databus is a software framework that shares information in real time, making applications work together as one, integrated system. It connects across field, fog and cloud. Its reliability, security, performance and scalability are proven in the most demanding industrial systems. Deployed systems include medical devices and imaging; wind, hydro and solar power; autonomous planes, trains and cars; traffic control; Oil and Gas; robotics, ships and defense.

RTI lives at the intersection of functional artificial intelligence and pervasive networkingSM.

RTI is the largest vendor of products based on the Object Management Group (OMG) Data Distribution Service™ (DDS) standard. RTI is privately held and headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.

RTI is hiring aggressively; see www.rti.com/careers.

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Emily Singer
Karbo Communications for RTI
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Cameron Smead
Public Relations Senior Manager, RTI
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