May: The Internet of Energy with SwitchDin

Our May event is on at 6:30pm, Thursday, May 2nd, 2019.

Another excellent opportunity this month to hear from practitioners at the forefront of real world IoT applications. Grant Traynor, SwitchDin CTO, has more than 25 years experience in project management, system integration, and high performance software and data systems. Grant has been CTO of SwitchDin since 2015, leading their development team to build an integration platform for solar and battery systems.

Grant will demystify the modern electrical grid for us and explain the opportunity presented by harnessing distributed generation, and how SwitchDin are enabling game-changing technologies like demand response management and virtual power plants.

As usual, outside the main event there will be a news recap, plus plenty of opportunity to talk business and tech with like-minded folk from the local area. Feel free to bring up a drink from the bar downstairs or even order a meal from the restaurant, plus there'll be free finger food after the talks. All are welcome, but please RSVP so we can get the catering right.

• Important to know
Newcastle IoT Pioneers meet on the first Thursday of every month except January. The meeting kicks off at 6:30pm in the upstairs function room at the Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield. Look for the staircase in the middle of the pub. All welcome, free finger food, drinks available for purchase from the bar downstairs.