Tech talk: ACCELERATING DATA-POWERED DISASTER RESPONSE FOR UTILITIES WITH DISASTER TECHNOLOGIES AND KINETICA

Sean Griffin

CEO

Disaster Tech

Samm DiStasio

VP Business Development

Kinetica

DATE / TIME: Wednesday, September 30, 10 AM PDT l 10 AM BST l 10 AM SGT

MEET THE HOSTS: Sean Griffin, CEO, Disaster Tech & Samm DiStasio, VP of Business Development, Kinetica

Utilities are constantly dealing with threats and hazards, including hurricanes and wildfires, that disrupt service, threaten citizen safety, and incur significant damages. For emergency managers tasked with preparing for disasters as well as coordinating swift disaster response, leveraging data and analytics to enhance operational workflows is critical. In this Tech Talk, we’ll share how Disaster Tech has developed an innovative platform to help emergency managers and utilities analyze and visualize data at massive scale and high performance to optimize disaster response and accelerate time to restoring services.

IN THIS TECH TALK WE'LL DISCUSS:

How Disaster Tech, Kinetica, and NVIDIA, partner to offer a “single pane of glass for data and analytics” for emergency managers at utilities
How the Disaster Tech platform helps utilities to better serve their communities and while also saving time, money, and lives
Example applications of the Disaster Tech platform for utilities where new capabilities are unlocked through the use of high performance analytics
How AI can be applied for storm prediction and restoration
A demo of the Disaster Tech platform for utilities in scenarios like hurricane emergency response