Marin Ivezic, Partner PwC
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Marin Ivezic, Partner PwC

Marin Ivezic is a Partner at PwC. From his start in law enforcement more than 25 years ago, Marin came to focus on emerging threats of cyber-kinetic attacks – cyberattacks on Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) that threaten people’s physical well-being, lives or the environment. Now, as a Partner in PwC, […]

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Eric Byres, CTO
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Eric Byres, CTO

Eric Byres is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in the field of industrial control system (ICS) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) cybersecurity. He is the inventor of the Tofino Security technology – the most widely deployed ICS-specific firewall in the world – licensed by industry giants Honeywell, Schneider Electric, and Caterpillar. Eric is also known for his leadership in international standards and research for industrial communications. Eric holds an extensive list of accomplishments, which includes founding the BCIT Critical Infrastructure Security Centre, providing guidance to government security agencies and major energy companies on protection for critical infrastructures, sitting as the chair of the ISA SP-99 Security Technologies Working Group, representing Canada for the IEC TC65/WG10 standards effort, and testifying to the US Congress on the Security of Industrial Control Systems in National Critical Infrastructures. He has received numerous awards from international organizations and was made an ISA Fellow in 2009. In 2013 he received ISA’s highest honor: Excellence in Leadership.

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Mike Quindazzi, Managing Director
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Mike Quindazzi, Managing Director

Mike Quindazzi is managing director and business development leader for the Southwest region and U.S. digital services for PwC. He has 28 years invested in gathering industry experience and crafting his management consulting abilities, leading teams and global companies on innovation, strategy and transformational initiatives. He is a keynote speaker on the global mega trends […]

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US Cities Exposed: Industries and ICS security
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US Cities Exposed: Industries and ICS security

Today, 54% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 66% by 2050. [2] According to the 2010 US Census, that number is even higher in the US, with 81% of the country’s population living in urban areas. [3] The largest metropolitan statistical areas in the US […]

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Refinery of the Future type of projects: benefits and opportunities
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Refinery of the Future type of projects: benefits and opportunities

This month two members of IIoT World have been invited by HPE to visit their IoT Innovation Lab in Houston and two separate sites where IIoT implementation is already a reality, leveraging the benefits of the intelligent edge. A couple of years ago, Texmark has undertaken a three-phase IIoT journey, combining HPE and Aruba solutions with […]

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Jochen Kreusel, Market Innovation Manager Power Grids Division
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Jochen Kreusel, Market Innovation Manager Power Grids Division

Jochen Kreusel, born in 1963, is a market innovation manager of the group’s Power Grids division (ABB). He studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen University (Germany), where he was also granted his doctorate. 1994 he joined ABB, where he held managing positions in marketing and technology Before his current position he was heading ABB’s Smart […]

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Marc Antoine, Digital Business Line Manager
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Marc Antoine, Digital Business Line Manager

Marc Antoine was recently appointed digital business line manager for BU Power Generation & Water within the Industrial Automation division.   Marc joined ABB in 1985 and spent a number of years in engineering, customer project management and on-site commissioning of control systems and advanced applications. In the early 2000’s he led the development of a […]

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How digitalization helps steam power plant to stay relevant and profitable today
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How digitalization helps steam power plant to stay relevant and profitable today

In most of the world today, power producers are operating in uncertain times. As traditional operating models are upended by new sources of energy, particularly wind and solar, steam power plant operators find themselves running plant and equipment in ways never intended by their designers. This stresses not only the equipment but also budgets and […]

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Sleman Saliba, Global Product Manager Energy Management
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Sleman Saliba, Global Product Manager Energy Management

Sleman is responsible for the global market introduction of energy optimization solutions for virtual power plants, industrials & commercials, and smart cities. In this way, he brings together his passions: Protecting our climate for future generations and make ABB the market leader in green energy. He believes that the integration of renewable power generation is […]

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Adrian Timbus, Vice President Portfolio, Power Grids Business
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Adrian Timbus, Vice President Portfolio, Power Grids Business

Adrian Timbus received his master and doctoral degree from Aalborg University in Denmark in 2003 and 2007 respectively. Since 2007, Mr. Timbus held several positions at ABB, spanning from R&D, to product management and strategy definition. He has been working in the renewable area for more than a decade and his expertise spans across product […]

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Smart Cities – Moving Toward Utopia with Security in Mind
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Smart Cities – Moving Toward Utopia with Security in Mind

More than half (54%) of the world’s current population resides in urban areas compared with just 30% in the 1950s. In 2009, the global population was estimated at 6.8 billion —around 3.7 billion lived in urban areas. By 2050, 66% of all people will be urban dwellers. Urbanization does not always occur organically. To accelerate […]

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Servitization: Moving Beyond Bits and Bytes for Better IIoT Outcomes
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Servitization: Moving Beyond Bits and Bytes for Better IIoT Outcomes

IIoT has often been presented as a cost-saving mechanism or a means to make factories more productive. It is all that, of course. But the benefits of IoT don’t end there since they allow for the “servitization” of products. Products used to be complete once they left the factory floor. A car, a tractor or […]

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