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Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
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Traceability is the next big frontier in demanding clean energy from source to socket, argues former IBM Global Smart Grid Systems Leader, Steve Hoy. by Steve Hoy. We track almost everything these days: packages, food, supply chains, even pets. But energy, especially clean energy, has remained obscure, hidden behind a confusing mesh of regulation, plans and wildly divergent pricing.
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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
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