NOVEMBER 18-20, 2025 | NATIONAL HARBOR, MD
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Steve Adler

Fmr. Mayor of Austin, Professor of Practice, University of Texas at Austin

Stephane Adovelande

Regional Vice President, LAZ Parking

Osh Agabi

CEO and Chairman, Koniku

Karmenly Alegria

Director of Operations, Dallas Innovation Alliance

Mariela Alfonzo

CEO, State of Place

Eleanor Allain

Emergency Plans Officer, Austin Public Health

Ben Allen

Co-Founder & Chief Business Development Officer, GreenLite

Erik Andersen

Vice President, Business Development, Lower Colorado River Authority

Jan-Olof Andersson

Product Manager eID, Scania Group, Sweden

Miguel Arellano

Austin District Deputy District Engineer, Texas Department of Transportation

Amy Atchley

EV Equity Development Manager, Austin Energy

Stephane Attal

Chief Revenue Officer, Ecosystem Informatics Inc., Canada

Dan Ault

Assistant Town Manager/Chief Innovation Officer, Town of Cary

Jodie Bare

Vice President, Global Digital Services & Operations, Parsons

Jonathan Beam

Manager of Community Innovation, US Ignite

Bob Bennett

Ward 2 Alderman, City of Parkville

Chandra Bhat

Joe J. King Chair in Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Noémie Billion

US Head of Development, Greenly

Matthew Booco

VP of Service & Training, SHzoom

Jesse Bounds

Director, Mayor's Office of Innovation & Performance, City of Houston

Elizabeth Boyd

Co-Lead of the Neighborhood Development Action Team, City of Sacramento

David Brossette

Regional Sales Manager, Ericsson Enterprise Wireless

Tiffany Brown

Chief Equity and Implementation Officer, City of Lexington

George Burciaga

Partner at The US Roundtable & Elevate, The US Roundtable

Chris Butts

Chief Information Officer, City of Chapel Hill

Mike Camnetar

President, National Association of Fleet Administrators

Devine Carama

One Lexington Director, City of Lexington

Rachel Castignoli

Senior Consultant, Smart Mobility, City of Austin

Humphrey Chen

Co-Founder and CEO, CLIPr

Bailey Childress

Customer Success Manager, Replica

Kam Chumley-Soltani

Senior Solutions Engineering Manager, Cisco

Quinn Cole

Management Analyst, City of Topeka

Chelsea Collier

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

Ingrid Cook Moravitz

CEO, SHzoom Technologies, Inc.

Jason Cooley

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

Marc Coudert

Climate Adaptation & Resilience Manager, City of Austin

Jim Dale

Interim Deputy Director, Transportation & Public Works Department, City of Austin

Dasha Davies

CISO & President, Stealth-ISS Group, Inc.

Robert Davies

CEO, Stealth-ISS Group, Inc.

Mikel Davila

Co-Lead for the Neighborhood Development Action Team, City of Sacramento

Holly Davis

CEO, Komplement Consulting

Ewam de Freitas

Chief Product Officer, Veea Inc.

Joyce Deuley

Strategic Project & Communications Specialist, Team b. Strategy

Chris Doherty

Fmr. Mayor, City of Scranton, Pennsylvania

Michael Dossett

VP of Strategic Partnerships, G&H International Services, Inc.

Jumbi Edulbehram

Global Business Development, NVIDIA

Brenden Elwood

Vice President of Market Research, CivicPlus

Madeleine Entine

Head of Post-Sales, GreenLite Technologies

Malyiah Finch

Management Analyst, Public Works, City of Topeka

Kevin Fitzmaurice

Manager of Product and Customer Training, SESCO Lighting

Kenneth Fleischmann

Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Ken Fletcher

Founder and CEO, Quarterhorse Technology, Inc.

Chris Foreman

CEO, Marketplace.city

Cameron Freberg

Manager, Electric Vehicles & Emerging Technologies, Austin Energy

Vanessa Fuentes

City Council Member, City of Austin District 2

Beatriz Gago

Sr. Program Manager, Smart Cities Business Strategy, SONDA

Ben Gardner

President, Northeast Group

Genesis Gavino

Chief of Staff, City Manager's Office, City of Austin

Dave Gilford

Head of Policy, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners

Ryan Gillen

Leahy Center Manager | Adjunct Professor, Leahy Center for Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity & Champlain College

Ed Gilliland

Senior Director, Interstate Renewable Energy Council

Ryan Gillingham

Director of Public Works, City of McKinney

Bobby Godsey

EV Community Engagement Manager, Austin Energy

Carishma Gokahle-Welch

Federal Sector Partnership Development Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Nelson Gonzalez

Assistant Innovation & Technology Director/CISO, City of Coral Gables

Macarena Gonzalez-Fernandez

Client Success Manager, Opendatasoft, France

Sherri Greenberg

Assistant Dean for State and Local Government Engagement, University of Texas at Austin

Keri Greenwalt

Public Information and Marketing Manager, Austin Resource Recovery, City of Austin

Frank Gruber

Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Established® & Established Ventures

Scott Haase

Laboratory Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Lynette Hall

Community Engagement Manager, City of Sacramento

Geoff Halstead

Chief Product Officer, Faction Networks

Michael Hammett

Director, Office of Innovation, City of Phoenix

Michael Hancock

Fmr. Mayor of Denver, Colorado, The US Roundtable

Josh Henges

Houseless Prevention Coordinator, City of Kansas City

MSgt Cesar Hernandez

Vehicle Management Superintendent for the 11th Logistics Readiness Squadron, United States Air Force

Laura Hershon

Branch Chief, National Risk Management Center, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)(DHS)

John Holden

Smart City Manager, City of Raleigh

Dave Holler

Vice President of Distribution, ParkMobile

Jared Hubbard

Vice President, Operations and General Counsel, Scytáles

John Hubbard

Police Captain, City of Bentonville

Madison Huemmer

Head of Market Transformation, ParkMobile

Dean Inniss

Senior Consultant, Dynamic Strategic Consulting

Jacque Istok

Field CTO, AMSYS

Kenneth James

Channel Technical Sales Director, Lenovo

Larry Johnson

One Lexington, Community Outreach Coordinator, City of Lexington

Sam Johnson

CEO, Civint

Justice Jones

Wildfire Mitigation Officer, Austin Fire Department

Jiao Junfeng

Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Simo Karpinnen

Product Owner EUDI Wallet Reference Implementation, NiScy Consortium, Scytáles, Finland

Prakash Kartha

Transportation Infrastructure GM, Intel Corporation

Maureen Knight

Director of Category Development, Sourcewell

Melissa Kraft

CIO, City of Frisco, TX

Brooke Krieger

Regional Sales Director, ParkMobile

Randy Lack

General Manager - Computer Vision, AI & Retail Vertical Practice, Dell Technologies

Kimberly LaGrue

Chief Information Officer, City of New Orleans

Dimitrios Lalos

CEO, Marquee Wireless Solutions

Ron Langhelm

Community & Infrastructure Resilience Program Manager, Department of Homeland Security S&T Office of Mission Capability Support

Matthew Lewellyn

Director of Field Operations, San Antonio Water System

Asher Lipman

Product Development, Helpful Places, Canada

Sheryl Long

City Manager, City of Cincinnati

Christian Lowry

Branch Chief and Risk Expert, Emerging Risk, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)(DHS)

Josephine Lukito

Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin

David Marquez

Executive Director, Bexar County Economic Development

James Mason

Assistant Chief of Police, City of Austin Police Department

Firmin Maurice IV

Fleet Director, City of Pittsburgh

Scott McCarley

Product Manager, Connected Outdoor Solutions, Genlyte Solutions a Signify Company

Jani McConnell

VP of Growth and Commercial Operations, IV.AI

Harry Meier

Deputy CIO of Innovation, City of Mesa, AZ

Eric Morin

Vice President of Global Sales, SonicWall

Luis Moura

IT Program Manager – Smart Cities, City of Calgary, Canada

Priya Nair

Intellectual Property Manager, Innovators’ Network Foundation (INF)

Lucian Niemeyer

CEO, Building Cyber Security

Charlie Nobles

Vice President of Business Development, Ubicquia, Inc.

Brandy O'Quinn

Program Director, Interstate Renewable Energy Council

Lillian Painter

Broadband Manager, City of Fort Worth

Matthew Panszczyk

Managing Director, Utilities - Energy, Sand Technologies

Paddy Parvin

Board Advisor | Executive & Non-Executive Engineering & Safety, Total Security Global, United Kingdom

Cully Patch

Senior Program Manager for Cybersecurity and Intelligence, Quanterion Solutions Incorporated

David Payne

Senior Manager, Digital Identity, Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division (ADOT MVD)

Kenneth Payne

Crisis Response Coordinator, City of Lexington

Marcus Peoples Jr.

IT Project Portfolio Manager, VIA Metropolitan Transit

Jean-Baptiste Poljak

CEO, Upciti, France

Kendal Prosack

Local Policy and Community Affairs Manager, Wing

Bill Pugh

Co-Founder, Smart Connections Consulting

Paul Puopolo

Executive Vice President of Innovation, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Alan Rabinovich

WW ThinkEdge Business Leader, Lenovo

Paul Rafalowski

CEO, Routeware

Adam Reiser

North American Sales Director, Opendatasoft

Maurizio Rinaldi

CEO, SONDA USA

Cedric Roberts

Fleet Director, City of Birmingham

Frank Rodriguez

Director, Tektelic

John Rohrer

VP Enterprise Sales, AI Platform Leader, AMSYS

Connor Sadro

Broadband Program Director, Deep East Texas Council of Governments

Grant Samms

Research Analyst, Guidehouse Insights

Jennifer Sanders

Executive Director, North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA)

Jigar Shah

Director of Energy Services, Electrify America

Michael Shepherd

Sr Distinguished Engineer, Chief Technology Office, Dell Technologies

Michael Sherwood

Director of Technology and Innovation, City of Las Vegas

Heather Siegel

Account Executive, Routeware

Emily Silverman

Program Director, Parsons Corporation

Andrew Skabowski

EVP & Chief Operating Officer, CapMetro

Allison Smith

Project Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Buzz Smith

Interim Executive Director, Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance (TxETRA)

Brad Stanton

Managing Director, Commercial, Sand Technologies

Keri Stephens

Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Russell Strickland

Secretary of Emergency Management, State of Maryland

Sharon Strover

Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Asong Suh

Managing Director, Customer Solutions, Sand Technologies

Sravya Sukhavasi

Consultant Solutions Architect, Varidx

Umair Surani

Sr Account Executive, McKinstry

Alysse Swientek

Civic Partnership Manager, CPS Energy

Carlos Tamayo

Smart Cities SME, SONDA

Trish Thomas

Principal & Lead Strategist, Akamai Strategy

Kevin Uhlenhaker

CEO and Publisher, Parking Today Media

Geoffrey Urbach

Product and Partnerships Lead- Emerging Technology, City of San Antonio, Texas

Kyle Vansice

Co-Founder & CEO, Cedar

Nirav Ved

Data and Operations Manager, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO)

Nick Venezia

CEO, Centillion.ai

Samudra Vijay, Ph.D.

Co-Founder and CEO, Varidx

George Villarreal

Division Manager Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, AtkinsRéalis

Andrew Watkins

President & COO, Marketplace.city

Alleigh Weems

Senior Management Analyst, City of Topeka

John Weiler

CEO and CIO, IT-AAC

Jordan Weiss

VP of Marketing, Umojo

Kelly Williams

Chief Innovation Officer, City of Oklahoma City

Troy Williams

Chief Equity Officer, City of Arlington

Caleb Williamson

State Public Policy Counsel, ACT | The App Association

Jean-Ellen Willis

Director of the Division of Transportation and Mobility, City of Dublin, OH

Landre Wilson

IT Applications Analyst Sr., Austin Resource Recovery, City of Austin

Sophia Winston

Energy Policy & Program Manager for the Office Resilience and Sustainability, City of New Orleans

Ruthbea Yesner

Vice President, Government Insights, Education, Transportation and Smart Cities Practice, IDC

Paul Matthew Zamsky

Vice President of Strategic Growth & Global Partnerships, Rekor Systems

Additional Speakers

Smart Grid & Systems Operations, Austin Energy

 
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