Webcast: Journey to a High Performance Building

Join us this month for a four-part webcast sponsored by Cisco and Johnson Controls!

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Federal Computer Week and GCN Magazine will host a four-part webcast series, sponsored by Cisco and Johnson Controls. The first topic - Journey to a High-Performance Building will broadcast on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (ET).

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During the webcast you will hear from distinguished government and industry experts on how technological innovation facilitates the platform to attain economic and environmental sustainability. 

YOU WILL LEARN:

  • How the new paradigm for building management is redefining how we collaborate together by harnessing the power of the network;
  • How convergence and synergy of IT and building management can provide sustainable benefits for energy reduction, workforce efficiencies and more;
  • How applied knowledge brings IT and facility teams together and elevate the network to the role of the critical business asset; and
  • When building systems share information and functionality, it can lead to improved: Energy efficiency, Operational effectiveness and Occupant satisfaction.

MEET THE SPEAKERS:

Dave West, Sr. Director, Systems Engineering, Public Sector Segment
Dave West is the Director of Systems Engineering for Cisco Systems’ Public Sector organization. He leads a team of 400 engineers supporting Federal, State, and Local Government, Education, and the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community with the design and deployment of integrated end-to-end, enterprise network solutions. Mr. West’s primary role in this position is to support Public Sector customers by matching their business requirements to scale able, secure, resilient solutions.

Rick Martin, Network Alliances, North America, Network Integration Solutions
Rick is responsible for the management, development, and execution of Technology Contracts which provide the foundational infrastructure to meet and exceed the solution expectations of our clients. Nick has been with Johnson Controls for 5 years and has worked for 25 years in the network and healthcare informatics field with a focus on network design, implementation and management, etc. As the Network Alliances Manager for Network Integration Solutions, Mr. Martin will provide leadership and development of the foundational network infrastructure and strategic partners.

Kevin Kampschroer, Director, Office of High-Performance Green Buildings, GSA
Kevin is the Director of the Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). This new office within GSA has consolidated and is coordinating Federal efforts in the broad realm of building sustainability, acceleration of industry capability and adoption of sustainable principles across all aspects of asset creation, operation, maintenance and disposal. In response to the 2005 and 2007 Energy Bills & Executive Order on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance, he has created the framework for which GSA responds to the challenges of greenhouse gas emissions reductions and of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s mandate to move GSA’s Federal building inventory toward high-performance green buildings.


Mark Your Calendar

Mark your calendars for the upcoming series topics:
  • NOVEMBER 2010
    Journey to High-Performance Building Experience Starts Now!
    Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (ET). 
    Learn how converged networks enable operational efficiencies and sustainability, solutions and benefits from the convergence of IT and Building networks and the roadmap of bringing the IT and Facility ‘silos’ together into a valuable business advantage.
  • JANUARY 2011
    Energy Management
    Learn the Value of a Collaborative View and managing energy use across the building portfolio.
  • MARCH 2011
    Smart+Connected Buildings – Living the Vision

    Learn ‘Best in Class’ examples from around the globe of buildings and communities implementing ‘Smart’ environments.
  • MAY 2011
    Intelligent Buildings – The Economics of Smart+Connected Buildings
    Learn how to analyze and monetize the savings stream, applying traditional, performance contracting and alternative financing methods to upgrade your voice, video and data networks as well as your converged building technologies.

Click here to register for the current as well as upcoming topics.