Celebrating Discovery Park District

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Join us for a day of discovery and see how next-generation solutions are moving from testbed to scalable, real-world deployment into neighborhoods like Purdue's Discovery Park District—soon to become one of the most connected innovation communities in the nation.

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At-a-Glance

Autonomous Tech Showcase

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Purdue entrepreneurs pitch the latest big ideas in smart cities. Companies and Purdue entrepreneurs demonstrate many types of autonomous vehicles (throughout the day).

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Guided Tour

11:00 am - 11:30 am

A guided tour of the Convergence Center for Innovation and Collaboration opens private industry’s front door to Purdue.

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Lunch & Poster Session

11:15 am - 1:00 pm

Remarks are provided by special guests. Lunch is provided by a caterer and food trucks. Engineering undergraduate and graduate students share how their research projects will impact the future.

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Panel 1

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Smart Cities in the Heartland panel discussion featuring Stephen Goldsmith, Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Policy, Harvard Kennedy School Bloomberg Center and a panel of Indiana mayors.

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Panel 2

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Lab To Life panel discussion featuring David Broecker, Purdue Research Foundation Chief Innovation and Collaboration Officer, and tech leaders from Saab, Cisco, US Ignite, and XQ Message.

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Panel 3

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Global Roadmap to 6G: a Tech Diplomacy Dialogue featuring Mung Chiang, EVP and Engineering Dean, Purdue University, and industry leaders from Nokia, Intel, Qualcomm, and Ericsson.

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Autonomous Tech Showcase

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10:00-10:02 am: Welcome
10:02-10:09 am: Jiansong Zhang, assistant professor, Polytechnic Institute: Robotic Construction Systems for Automated Building Construction (OTC contact: Matthew Halladay; mrhalladay@prf.org)
10:09-10:16 am: Jeff Siskind, professor, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Human Speech Analysis and Processing for Object Detection in Autonomous Vehicles (OTC contact: Dipak Narula; dnarula@prf.org)
10:16-10:23 am: Kaushik Roy, Edward G. Tiedemann Jr. Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Byunghoo Jung, professor, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Smart Current Monitoring of Electrical Systems (OTC contact: Matthew Halladay; mrhalladay@prf.org)
10:23-10:31 am: Mohammad Reza Jahanshahi, associate professor, Lyles School of Civil Engineering: Autonomous Defect Detection in Structures (OTC contact: Will Buchanan; wbuchanan@prf.org)
10:31-10:37 am: Somali Chaterji, assistant professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering: Smart Deployment and Operation of Semi-Autonomous Drone Swarms (OTC contact: Matthew Halladay; mrhalladay@prf.org)
10:37-10:45 am: Wavelogix: IoT Sensing and Data Analytics for Infrastructure Testing and Monitoring (CEO: Jennifer Rhodes (jennifer@wavelogix.tech), CSO: Luna Lu)
10:45-11:00 am: Yung-Hsiang Lu, professor, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Indoor Drone Demonstration with James Goppert, Managing Director, UAS Research and Test Facility (OTC contact: Matthew Halladay; mrhalladay@prf.org)

Live demonstrations and displays of autonomous vehicles and devices throughout the day

Guided Tour

Take a guided tour of the Convergence Center for Innovation and Collaboration and see the spaces where private industry collaborates with Purdue faculty, students, and one another—where ideas are turned into discoveries and global challenges are translated into innovations and impact.

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Welcome Remarks & Lunch

11:15 am - 1:00 pm
Remarks from Mitch Daniels, President, Purdue; Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski; and Mung Chiang, EVP, Purdue.
Lunch is provided by a caterer and food trucks.

Poster Session

11:30 am -1:00 pm
Engineering undergraduate and graduate students share how their research projects may impact the future.

Panel Discussion

Smart Cities in the Heartland

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

When people think about smart cities, they usually picture sprawling metropolises like New York and Tokyo. However, when experts talk about the way that technology is reinventing how and where people choose to live, a groundbreaking project from the Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) is becoming the model for smart cities themselves—and for how cities need to reinvent themselves for the new lifestyles that people are demanding in the wake of COVID-19.

Watch the Smart Cities in the Heartland Panel Live

Moderator

Stephen Goldsmith
Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Policy
Harvard Kennedy School Bloomberg Center

Panelist

Scott Fadness
Mayor, Fishers, Ind.

Panelist

James Lienhoop
Mayor, Columbus, Ind.

Panelist

James Mueller
Mayor, South Bend, Ind.

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$15,000 awarded to three finalists of the West Lafayette Smart City Challenge

Innovation Partners Institute at Purdue Research Foundation announces West Lafayette Smart City Challenge

Panel Discussion

Lab To Life

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The Discovery Park District is an exciting new community being created across more than 400 acres on the Purdue campus. Over the next decade, this mixed use development will become home to more than 10,000 new residents, tenants, employees, and visitors -- all living, working, and enjoying this vibrant community together. This digitally advanced community is rapidly becoming one of the most sought after connected communities in the nation with remote workers flocking to the District from outside Indiana. The District has also become a magnet for innovators and entrepreneurs wanting to evaluate and test advanced networks, novel technologies, and business models aimed at a variety of different community use cases. Called “Lab To Life”, this real-world test bed is one-of-its-kind in scale, infrastructure, and governance and is attracting leading companies wanting to explore the potential of the District. On May 25th, come and meet several of these companies and listen to their ideas and plans during our Lab To Life panel discussion. The panel will highlight several emerging and exciting developments for the District. Learn why the Lab To Life platform is emerging as one of the leading communities for innovation in the county.

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Moderator

David Broecker
Chief Innovation and Collaboration Officer
Purdue Research Foundation

Panelist

Nick Hamilton
Client Executive, US Public Sector

Panelist

Kelby Price
Corporate Development & Business Strategy

Panelist

Lee Davenport
Director of Community Development

Panelist

Keren Ronen
Director of Industry Ecosystem Partnerships

Panelist

Scott Remillard
US Air Traffic Management (ATM) Business Development

Panel Discussion

Global Roadmap to 6G: a Tech Diplomacy Dialogue with Industry Leaders

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

6G is expected to succeed 5G technology around 2030 and will become a foundation to all other industries. 6G will also bring the potential for radical advances in industry capabilities, ranging from manufacturing floors and logistics supply chains to autonomous transportation and precision agriculture. The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue launched a task force with participation from Cisco, Dell, Ericsson, Intel, Nokia, and Qualcomm to produce a “Roadmap to 6G” that will be released in 2023.