Meet IBM at Distributech 2022!

Malathi Srinivasan
3 min readMay 23, 2022
Sustainability themed IBM Booth at Distributech

IBM is a Premier Sponsor for the annual Distributech Conference, May 23–25, 2022 @ the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Center in Dallas, TX. Distributech is the largest global transmission and distribution conference and tradeshow — in the world. This flagship event attracts 13000+ attendees. It has 7 tracks , 400+ exhibition booths and several networking options/events

Visit the Sustainability themed IBM booth #2535 in the Exhibit Hall to enjoy a coffee from our coffee bar. Learn how we’re enabling electricity, gas, water and waste companies to transform their businesses. The IBM booth @ DTECH showcases solutions around industry topics such as sustainability, grid resilience, and clean electrification. Meet with IBM Technology & Consulting experts to talk about IBM technology solutions and services such as such as Intelligent Asset Management, Environmental Intelligence, to support your for energy & utility business.

You can also engage with Spot, Boston Dynamics’ mobile robot which IBM has outfitted with AI and edge computing to extend the EE&U workforce.

Spot, the mobile robot

Hear from IBMers and guest speakers at our 3 Knowledge Hub sessions on digitalization of the grid, utilities of the future, and grid edge technologies.

1. AI-Driven Storage and DER Management on a Secure Open Platform

Knowledge Hub : Digitizing the Grid

Monday, 5/23 @ 10:30 AM; 143, Exhibit Floor

Join Larry Chalupsky from IBM to learn about how energy storage is quickly becoming a dominant strategy to support NetZero and EV changes in the market, with Grid Storage & None Wires Alternatives.

2. Optimizing Utility Assets with AI-Powered Technology

Knowledge Hub : Utility of the Future

Monday, 5/23 @ 4:00 PM; 1041, Exhibit Floor

Join Terry Saunders from IBM to learn about how utilities are applying AI and IoT data integration as they evolve their asset maintenance and replacement strategy, towards a risk-based management model that yields many benefits.

3. Journey to the Edge — Oncor’s Human Technology Partnership in Real Time

Knowledge Hub : Grid Edge Technologies

Tuesday, 5/24 @ 1:00 PM; 1509, Exhibit Floor

Join Rebekah Eggers from IBM, along with Josh Power, Jeremy Williams, and Mario Lozano from Oncor, to learn about how their work aims to accelerate sustainability outcomes, human-technology partnerships + the future of digital tools & talent, and practical use cases for analytics in motion & decision-making at the edge.

Arrange meetings with IBM executives, partners, and subject matter experts in our meeting room #3608. Ask your IBM representative about our VIP reception on May 23rd @ the Perot Museum. Attendees will have exclusive access to the museum for the entire evening, food & beverage, and networking opportunities with IBMers, partners and peers.

We look forward to an engaging 3 days with you at Distributech. For more details on how IBM is helping utilities around the world, visit https://www.ibm.com/industries/energy

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Malathi Srinivasan

Malathi wears many hats – award winning Tech Marketer with 20 years of experience; mother; aspiring singer; urban farmer; world traveller; newbie programmer!