VIA at SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, FL

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VIA is thrilled to participate in this year’s SOF Week 2025, taking place this week from May 6-9, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. VIA’s VP, Business Development and Transformation, Stan Byers, and Senior Market Strategy Specialist, Carol Wang, will be attending the 3-day event where they are eager to share the latest from VIA. 

SOF Week brings together the Special Operations Forces community and industry partners to collaborate and showcase the latest innovations and strategies for modern special operations. For more information about the event, please visit the official SOF Week website.

VIA exhibiting at AFCEA TechNet Cyber 2025 in Baltimore, MD

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VIA has been invited to exhibit at AFCEA TechNet Cyber 2025, taking place from May 6-8, 2025 at the Baltimore Convention Center. VIA’s Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Babiec and Director, Client Delivery, Haden Snyder will be exhibiting at Booth #2225. Be sure to stop by to chat about VIA’s VIA’s solutions, SLAM AI and Zero Trust Fabric (decentralized authentication and authorization). 

The event, attended by military leaders, government officials, and industry experts, is focused on, “exploring the evolving landscape of cyber threats and the innovative technologies needed to stay ahead.” For more information about the event, please visit the official AFCEA TechNet Cyber 2025 website and follow along with us on LinkedIn and X.

Alpine Tech Forum – Davos 25 selects VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden for keynote presentation

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Alpine Tech Forum has selected VIA’s CEO, Colin Gounden, to give the keynote presentation during the action-packed event on January 21, 2025 in Davos, Switzerland. The presentation is happening alongside the acclaimed World Economic Forum event which brings together leaders from around the globe to “improve the state of the world.”

The keynote presentation, “Defense First: Digital Security, Resiliency, Usability,” will cover the critical needs of the defense sector and how companies like VIA can address them using a Web3, decentralized approach.

Following the keynote presentation, Colin will moderate a panel featuring the U.S. Navy CTO, Justin Fanelli, on innovation in the Armed Forces sector. That evening, VIA is hosting an exclusive, invite-only dinner with leadership from defense, Web3, and AI organizations across Switzerland and Europe. Visit the event page to register today!

Make sure to follow VIA on LinkedIn and X for a special announcement live from Davos! 

Alpine Tech Forum – Davos 25 invites VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden to moderate panel in Davos, “Rapid Innovation in Defense, The Armed Forces View” featuring U.S. Navy CTO

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Davos is THE place to be in January 🇨🇭

VIA’s CEO, Colin Gounden, has been invited by HomeofBlockchain.swiss to moderate the panel, “Rapid Innovation in Defense, The Armed Forces View,” at the Alpine Tech Forum – Davos 25 on January 21, 2025. The panel, featuring U.S. Navy CTO, Justin Fanelli, Arun Gupta of NobleReach, and Lars Minth from Swiss Armed Forces, will cover innovation and procurement in defense, collaboration between startups and government, and scaling defense technologies across borders. If you plan to be in Davos, make sure to register for the panel on the event page. This is a must-attend event!

Following the panel, VIA is hosting an exclusive, invite-only dinner with leadership from defense, Web3, and AI organizations across Switzerland and Europe. Make sure to follow VIA on LinkedIn and X for a special announcement live from Davos! 

 

Defense TechConnect selects VIA for poster presentation at upcoming conference in Austin, TX

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Another trip to Austin, Texas, to discuss cutting-edge solutions for the DoD’s most pressing challenges!

VIA’s Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Babiec, is heading to the Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit & Expo on December 3-5, 2024. VIA was selected for a December 3 poster presentation about SLAM AI, our ultra-secure GenAI architecture for natural language analysis and visualization of sensitive data.

To learn more about the event, attended by top military, industry, and investment leadership dedicated to national security-related innovation and societal advancement, visit the event website and follow us on LinkedIn and X for photos and insights.

VIA’s Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Babiec, invited to attend exclusive two-day symposium, Vertex | Tactical Information and Network

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The United States Army anticipates it will soon have to manage “unprecedented amounts of data coming from sensors, uncrewed systems and Soldiers.” Based on VIA’s experience, we know these innovations are introducing new data protection challenges that traditional solutions aren’t designed to address.

VIA’s Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Babiec, has been invited to attend the exclusive two-day symposium, Vertex | Tactical Information and Networks, on November 19-20 in Austin, Texas. During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to learn firsthand the Army’s most critical needs through keynote speeches and small group discussions. VIA is honored to be included in the conversation and is eager to showcase VIA’s data protection work with the DoD.

Follow VIA on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Threads to hear insights and see pictures from the event!

Switzerland Global Enterprise invites VIA’s CEO to join webinar to share experience with data sovereignty and protection in Switzerland

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Concerned about data sovereignty? Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 8:00 am CET to attend the webinar, “How Switzerland Delivers Data Sovereignty and Security in AI”.

VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden has been selected by Switzerland Global Enterprise to join the webinar, alongside fellow leaders in AI and Web3, to share VIA’s experience protecting data sovereignty. Led by Alexander Brunner, an expert advisor in the Swiss AI and blockchain ecosystem, the webinar will gather insights from participants on opening strategic offices in Switzerland, the relevance of Swiss law and data protection, and security in AI.  

Don’t miss your chance to hear the insights firsthand, register for the webinar here.

VIA Visionaries: Digital Inclusion with Bhaskar Chakravorti of Tufts University

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It’s Back to School time! What better way to mark the occasion than bringing in an exceptional guest speaker for our latest VIA Visionaries event, Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University.

Not only is Bhaskar the Dean of Global Business at Tufts University, America’s oldest exclusively graduate school of global affairs, but he is also the Executive Director of Fletcher’s Institute for Business in the Global Context and founder and chair of Digital Planet, one of Fletcher’s flagship research programs that studies the impact of technology on lives and livelihoods around the world.

Bhaskar will sit down with VIA’s CEO Colin Gounden to talk all things digital inclusion: what the term means, why it is critically important for us to consider on a global scale, and how digital trust and digital currencies relate.

Join us on September 12, 2024 at 2:30pm ET for this must-watch event, streaming live from VIA’s HQ in Somerville. RSVP on LinkedIn and be sure to tune in at the YouTube event link.

AWS invites VIA’s COO, Kate Ravanis and Client Delivery Lead, Becky McClements to participate in AWS Energy Symposium event

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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.

VIA Visionaries: Cybersecurity Lessons from the Frontlines with Stan Byers of USAID

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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!

VIA team travels to France for the finals of ABB Scaleup Challenge 2024

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We made it to the finals of the ABB Scaleup Challenge 2024! What started out as 150+ high-caliber competitors from 35 countries around the world has dwindled down to three (including us!) in our category: Smart Buildings.

VIA team members, CEO Colin Gounden, Client Delivery Lead, Becky McClements, and Expansion Manager, Ray Neubauer, can’t wait to showcase the value of Skylight in Switzerland to support grid resilience, carbon reduction, and data protection. The final 2.5 day event takes place in Sophia Antipolis, France from April 25-27. The winner will be announced at the end of the day on April 26th, followed by a fun-filled day on April 27th at the 7th Monaco E-Prix race.

Follow along on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Threads to hear the latest from VIA in this journey!

VIA Visionaries: Exploring Swiss Energy Systems with Arnab Chatterjee

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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.

VIA attending Energy Exchange in Pittsburgh, PA

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VIA’s Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Babiec, and Director, Client Delivery, Haden Snyder will be attending the upcoming Energy Exchange conference, hosted by the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program.

Renowned as the largest agency-driven training event and tradeshow for the federal utility community, the event focuses on innovative strategies, emerging technologies and solutions paramount to advancing towards a clean energy economy. Further details on the event can be found on the Energy Exchange website.

VIA’s Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Babiec and Senior Government Solutions Specialist, Sam Cruickshank attend AFCEA New Horizons 2024 Event

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VIA’s Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Babiec and Senior Government Solutions Specialist, Sam Cruickshank attended AFCEA’s annual New Horizons event in Newton, MA – just around the corner from VIA’s HQ. The event brings together industry, academia, government, and military experts, to cover the latest in science and technology for defense and homeland security. Further details about the AFCEA Lexington-Concord chapter, visit their website: https://www.afcealexcon.org/.

AWS invites VIA’s Chief Commercial Officer Joe Babiec to represent VIA at CERAWeek Innovation Agora

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AWS has invited VIA’s Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Babiec, to host a booth at AWS’ Agora House during CERAWeek 2024. According to the Financial Times, CERAWeek is “arguably the most important event on the energy industry’s calendar.” Innovation Agora is CERAWeek’s open marketplace hosting 200+ pods, 420+ sessions, and 650+ speakers with the goal of sharing ideas and insights on energy innovation, emerging technologies, and solutions.

If you are attending Innovation Agora, reach out to Joe Babiec and meet him at AWS’ Agora House: #370 AB from March 18-21. For more information on the event, check out the Innovation Agora website.