In this podcast with Steven Martin, Chief Digital Officer of GE Power, we get a preview of a few themes that will emerge in his keynote at the event on April 5th. Connected Things?Conference Chair, Mark Thirman, spoke with Steve about key GE Power initiatives including; securing?the grid, as GE is an active player in this realm.

In light of the conference theme, ?The Future Arrives,? they discussed GE?s use of machine learning and Digital Twin modeling to predict electric load usage. ?Interestingly, the adoption of solar and battery technology has propelled GE Power to look at the issue of peer-to-peer networking of solar, stored, ?and conventional power generation. Lastly, Mark and Steve talked about GE Power?s view of blockchain?this topic will also be the subject of a new point-counterpoint panel at Connected Things.