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Featuring keynote speakers, technical presentations, committee meetings, and more, Haystack Connect is known for the quality of its technical program.

Program

All times listed are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT/UTC-4)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Haystack in Practice: Real World Examples
Moderator: Nick Gayeski, Co-Executive Director, Project Haystack

11:00am-11:30am

Welcome & Opening Remarks: Nick Gayeski, Richard McElhinney, and Alex Rohweder, Co-Executive Directors, Project Haystack

Haystack Essentials Training: Emma Eynon and Steve Eynon, Co-Founders, Fantom Factory

11:30am-12:00pm

Haystack & The MSI Role – Leveraging Haystack Systems to Ensure Strong and Efficient Integrations: Matt Schwartz, Associate Principal, Altura Associates, LLC

12:00pm-12:30pm

Haystack in Practice – The End User Perspective: Gerry Hamilton, Director Facilities Energy Management, Stanford University

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Getting Technical with Haystack
Moderator: Nick Gayeski, Co-Executive Director, Project Haystack

11:00am-11:40am

Benefit Project and Redesigned Protos: Brian Frank, Technical Lead, Project Haystack

11:40am-12:05pm

A Solid Foundation: Harmonizing Brick and Haystack to Simplify the Building Metadata Landscape: Gabe Fierro, Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Colorado School of Mines / National Renewable Energy Laboratory

12:05pm-12:30pm

A Technology Deep Dive for Making Technology More Accessible with Haystack Tagging: Gareth Johnson, Chief Software Architect, J2 Innovations

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Haystack in Practice: The Manufacturer Perspective
Moderator: Alex Rohweder, Co-Executive Director, Project Haystack

11:00am-11:25am

Haystack Domain Modeler: Deepinder Singh, CEO, 75F; Alex Rohweder, CEO, J2 Innovations; Shilpa Basappa, Director of Product Development, 75F; Matt Blount, Director of Strategic Projects, 75F; and Jamie Lee, Product Marketing Manager, Siemens

11:25am-11:50am

AI, Algorithms, and Haystack: Deriving Additional Data Value: Jean-Simon Venne, Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, BrainBox AI

11:50am-12:15pm

Closing the Gap Between BMS and Data Analytics with Haystack: Jamie Lee, Product Marketing Manager, Siemens

12:15pm-12:35pm

Niagara Haystack 4 Tag Dictionary: Eric Anderson, Software Engineer, Tridium

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The Role of Semantic Tagging and Haystack in Implementing Digital Twins & Controls
Moderator: John Petze, Executive Board Member, Project Haystack

11:00am-11:20am

Extending Haystack to Digital Twins and the Industrial Metaverse: John Burton, CEO, UrsaLeo

11:20am-11:40am

Making Integration a Plug-and-Play Proposition: Anto Budiardjo, CEO, Padi, Inc.

11:40am-12:00pm

Digital Twinning, AI Enablement, and Interoperable Smart Heating Systems: Nicolas Waern, CEO & Digital Twin Specialist

12:00pm-12:30pm

Small to Medium Controls with Pure Haystack: Alper Uzmezler, Managing Partner, Anka Labs

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022

Haystack in Practice: How Leading Organizations Are Implementing Haystack
Moderators: Richard McElhinney, Co-Executive Director, & Marc Petock, Executive Secretary, Project Haystack

11:00am-11:30am

Haystack in Practice – The End-User Perspective: Sabine Lam, Workplace Technology and Data Lead, Google, and Trevor Sodorff, Director of Engineering Analytics, DB Engineering

11:30am-12:00pm

Haystack in Practice – The End-User Perspective: Aaron Brondum, Vice President, Prescriptive Data

12:00pm-12:30pm

State Wide Application of Semantic Tagging to Normalize Proprietary Schema of Building Data: Thomas Yeh, Technical Advisor, NYSERDA

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Haystack in Practice and Project Haystack Working Groups
Moderator: John Petze, Executive Board Member, Project Haystack

11:00am-11:20am

Haystack in Practice – The End-User Perspective: Cory Perdue, President/CEO, Datakwip

11:20am-11:45am

Haystack Labs Working Group: Mike Melillo, Programming Team Lead – SkySpark/Tridium, Albireo Energy; Leroy Simms Jr, CEM, LEED AP, Co-Founder, Analyst & Consultant, ABI Advantage LLC; and Matthew Steen, BEMP, Software Engineer, Commercial Buildings Controls and Analytics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

11:45am-12:10pm

VRF Working Group Update: Michael Lakhdar, Systems and Solutions R&D Engineer, ConserveIT

12:10pm-12:30pm

Introduction to the EV Charging Working Group: Rick Jennings, Data Analytics Application Engineer, SkyFoundry

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