Dr. Nasrin Sadeghianpour, Senior Smart Grid & AI Scientist at BluWave-ai, moderated a panel on "How smart cities are leveraging AI for clean energy," with a focus on transportation electrification, at the World Summit AI on April 21, 2021.

Featured panelists included:

Frank Muehlon, President of E-Mobility Division, ABB
Francis Lalonde, Vice President of Transportation, Walmart Canada
Laurie Heuff, Director, Distribution Engineering and Asset Management, Hydro Ottawa

QUESTIONS

00:00 - Introduction

4:00 - Topic 1 - Panelists discuss sustainability initiatives at their respective companies:

04:20 - Francis Lalonde, Vice President of Transportation, Walmart Canada
7:40 - Frank Muehlon, President of E-Mobility Division, ABB
12:40 - Laurie Heuff, Director, Distribution Engineering and Asset Management, Hydro Ottawa

15:15 - Topic 2 - Challenges in fleet electrification for fleet operators:

16:11 - Francis Lalonde, Vice President of Transportation, Walmart Canada
20:50 - Frank Muehlon, President of E-Mobility Division, ABB

26:40 - Topic 3 - Challenges in fleet electrification for utilities:

27:22 - Laurie Heuff, Director, Distribution Engineering and Asset Management, Hydro Ottawa

33:15 - Topic 4 - Value of data, the gaps, and how AI can help with the challenges presented:

35:11 - Francis Lalonde, Vice President of Transportation, Walmart Canada
37:07 - Frank Muehlon, President of E-Mobility Division, ABB

39:42 - Topic 5 - Operationalizing AI in the real-world, sustaining the quality of operations with imperfect and missing data

41:01 - Laurie Heuff, Director, Distribution Engineering and Asset Management, Hydro Ottawa
42:52 - Francis Lalonde, Vice President of Transportation, Walmart Canada

45:00 - Q&A Session

45:23 - What if you don't have any data? No historical data to build a simulator?
- 45:33 - Francis Lalonde, Vice President of Transportation, Walmart Canada
- 45:38 - Dr. Nasrin Sadeghianpour, Senior Smart Grid & AI Scientist, BluWave-ai

47:46 - Conclusion

For more information please contact:

Marlene Alt Corporate Marketing, BluWave-ai Email: [email protected] Phone: +1 613-608-0116

How Smart Cities are Leveraging AI for Clean Energy:

Fleet Electrification Panel at World AI Summit

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