Schedule
Monday, February 24, 2020
Welcome to City of the Future
Jason Rodriguez
Zpryme, CEO
Erin Hardick
Zpryme, Lead Research Analyst
Christopher Moyer
Zpryme, Sr. Director, Content & Research
Opening Keynote
Paula Gold-Williams
CPS Energy, President & CEO
Day to Day Transformations: The San Antonio Model
Paula Gold-Williams
CPS Energy, President & CEO
Erik Walsh
City of San Antonio, City Manager
Connected Cities -- Smart Cities
Brian Dillard
City of San Antonio, Chief Innovation Officer
Vivian Bouet
CPS Energy, Chief Information Officer
Sree Pulapaka
San Antonio Water System, Chief Information Officer and Vice President
Steve Young
VIA Metropolitan Transit, Vice President of Technology & Innovation
Jonathan Tijerina
CPS Energy, Senior Director of Business & Economic Development
Resilience in the Digital Age
Amanda Keammerer
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, Vice President of Cybersecurity Director of CyberSecurity San Antonio
Rahul Gupta
Deloitte, US Smart Infrastructure Leader
Fred Bonewell
CPS Energy, Chief Security, Safety & Gas Solutions Officer
John Stafford
Smart Energy Water, Vice President
Hugh Miller
NETSYNC, Head of Innovation and Strategy
Building a Climate Ready San Antonio
Anita Ledbetter
Build San Antonio Green, Executive Director
Electric and Autonomous Mobility: Designing the Future of Transportation
Paul Snyder
College for Creative Studies, Chairperson, Transportation Design Department
Drew Higgins
CPS Energy, Senior Director Products & Services
Aniela Kuzon
Ford Mobility, Co-Founder and Global Lead, City Innovations
David Dollihite
Bridgewater Consulting, Managing Director
Sam Sargent
Capital Metro, Deputy Chief of Staff
Designing the Future of Transportation
Paul Snyder
College for Creative Studies, Chairperson, Transportation Design Department
Experience is the Best Teacher
Dan Menelly
The DoSeum, Chief Executive Officer
Education for All in the City of the Future
Candelaria Mendoza
City of San Antonio, Smart City Coordinator
Dan Menelly
The DoSeum, Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Mike Flores
Alamo Colleges District, Chancellor
Molly Cox
SA2020, President & CEO
The Heart of a Community - Economic and Workforce Development
Frank Almaraz
CPS Energy, Chief Administrative & Business Development Officer
David Zammiello
Project QUEST, President & CEO
Michele Boggs
San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, Executive Vice President of Business Development
Erin Autin
Zpryme, Director, Research Programs
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Welcome Back! Day 2 Opening Remarks
Christopher Moyer
Zpryme, Sr. Director, Content & Research
Erin Hardick
Zpryme, Lead Research Analyst
No Traffic, No Accidents, No CO2
Tim Woods
Autonomous Vehicle Alliance, General Manager
The Sustainable Energy Future
Jan Vrins
Guidehouse, Global Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure Segment Leader
Edward Yim
Department of Energy and Environment, Policy Advisor, Energy Administration
Carolyn Shellman
CPS Energy, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel
Christopher Moyer
Zpryme, Sr. Director, Content & Research
Christine Cole
Itron, Global Technical Marketing
Bringing Global Thinking to the Connected Community
Clint Vince
Dentons, Chair, U.S. Energy Practice and Co-Chair of Global Energy Practice
Paula Gold-Williams
CPS Energy, President & CEO
Tim Lake
Cisco, Director of Operations, Central US Public Sector
Chelsea Collier
Digi.City, Co-Founder
Grid Modernization
Kimberly Britton
EPIcenter, Chief Executive Officer
Cris Eugster
CPS Energy, Chief Operating Officer
Erin Hardick
Zpryme, Lead Research Analyst
Carla Frieh
ComEd, Director of Engineering
Clean, Safe, and Sustainable: The City’s Water
Seyi Fabode
Varuna, CEO & CoFounder
Jonathan Quarles
SolAir Water Inc, Founder & CEO
Erin Autin
Zpryme, Director, Research Programs
Suzanne Scott
San Antonio River Authority, General Manager
Sustainable by Design
Chris Castro
City of Orlando, Director of Sustainability and Resilience
Sarah Yaeger
City of Pittsburgh, Climate and Energy Planner
Douglas Melnick
City of San Antonio, Chief Sustainability Officer
Natalie Jakub
Green Living Science, Executive Director
Christopher Moyer
Zpryme, Sr. Director, Content & Research
Building Innovation Hubs
Krista Covey
VelocityTX / Texas Research Technology Foundation, Vice President, Economic Development & U.S.A. Innovation Programs
Paul Riser
TechTown Detroit, Director of Detroit Urban Solutions
Joyce Deuley
Geekdom, Program Manager, Pre-accelerator
Chelsea Collier
Digi.City, Co-Founder
Creating the New Urban Landscape
Gopinath Akalkotkar
City of San Antonio, City Architect
Leo Gomez
Brooks City Base, President & CEO
Irby Hightower
Alamo Architects, Principal
Anita Ledbetter
Build San Antonio Green, Executive Director
Dylan Lockwood
Zpryme, Online Content Editor
It Takes a Village
Mike Grigsby
Cisco, Smart Cities & IoT | Government Digitization | Public Safety Technology | Transportation Innovation
Erin Hardick
Zpryme, Lead Research Analyst
Policies for the Connected Community
Bianca Wylie
Centre for International Governance Innovation, Senior Fellow
Emily Royall
City of San Antonio, Smart City Coordinator