2013 Conference Acknowledgements


Dr. Jurij Paraszczak
Director Industry Solutions and Smarter Cities
IBM

Jurij is Director of IBM Research Industry Solutions and the leader of the Research Smarter Cities program focusing on helping cities manage the complex set of demands placed on their infrastructure by their constituents and on the optimization of flows of energy, people and water through this infrastructure. As the IBM Research lead for Smarter Cities Jurij is responsible for aligning the 10 Research Laboratories around Smarter Cities opportunities emerging around the globe. In this role he is also responsible for integrating research capabilities in, materials and processes, IT innovation, modeling and optimization to implement sustainable solutions with IBM’s customers in industries as diverse as retail, telecom, automotive, electric power, government. In addition Jurij manages a team of specialists who help develop Research innovations in ICT into customer solutions for all industry verticals.