Reinventing energy, together? Now, that’s a theme we can totally get behind! AWS has invited VIA to give a pitch, participate on a panel, join the exclusive AWS Women Reinvent Energy event, and host a “pod” during an action-packed two days at their major event, AWS Energy Symposium in Houston, TX.

VIA’s COO, Kate Ravanis will be both giving a pitch and on a panel during the session, “Clean Energy Accelerator | Pathways for powering rapid piloting of emerging technologies,” on Wednesday, August 14th beginning at 11:00am CT. Becky McClements, VIA’s Client Delivery Lead, will join Kate for the two days where they will participate in the exclusive “Empowering the Future of Energy” event hosted by AWS Women Reinvent Energy event on Tuesday, August 13th.

If you are attending, but might not catch Kate and Becky at the events above, stop by to meet them in Pod 8P on Tuesday from 11:00am – 6:00pm and Wednesday from 7:00am – 6:00pm. For more information on the event, including the agenda, visit AWS’ event page.

Have you ever wondered what role cybersecurity plays in development and humanitarian aid organizations? Us too! That’s why we’ve invited Stan Byers, Cybersecurity Team Lead at USAID, to VIA’s HQ to chat with our CEO, Colin Gounden, for the latest installment of our VIA Visionaries interview series.

Holding true to the purpose of our VIA Visionaries series, Stan shares a collective mission with VIA of making our communities cleaner, safer, and more equitable. We’re going to chat about Stan’s role at USAID, an independent U.S. government agency that is responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance, and his remarkable career. From advocating for clean energy in post-conflict regions to driving cybersecurity initiatives at the national level, Stan has surely cemented his standing as an exceptional expert in cybersecurity and humanitarian aid.

Be sure to RSVP for the event on our LinkedIn page and tune in to our YouTube channel on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 2:30pm ET to watch!

If there’s one thing devoted VIA followers know about us: we love all things clean energy and Switzerland 🇨🇭! That’s precisely why we are thrilled to host Arnab Chatterjee, Postdoctoral Researcher at EMPA’s Urban Energy Systems Lab, for the latest installment of our VIA Visionaries interview series.

In Arnab’s current role at EMPA, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research in Switzerland, he is involved in research projects that explore user behavior and energy systems using machine learning. One project we are particularly excited to chat with Arnab about is called LANTERN (Living Labs Interfaces for Energy Transition). LANTERN is an 8-year clean energy project, one that VIA is proud to be a partner in. To hear more about this project and Arnab’s experience in developing smarter, more energy-efficient buildings, tune in to our livestream on Friday, April 5th at 10:30am ET, by RSVPing on our LinkedIn event page.