Dr. Gottumukkala to demo VBEOC at Global City Challenge

US Ignite, together with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and our partners to host the premier one-day Internet of Things and Smart City Expo in Washington, DC on Monday, June 1. 

Dr. Raju Gottumukkala, Director of Research, will demo the Virtual Business Emergency Operations Center at event. The V-BEOC is a web-based information sharing platform that facilitates collaboration between public, private and non-profit organizations. The portal leverages nation’s best practices in information sharing, lessons learned from research in public-private partnerships, and experience in leading the Louisiana Business Emergency Operations Center (LA BEOC), and has grown into a national network of organizations ready to implement the technology. The V-BEOC technology is customizable, user friendly, and capable of supporting existing processes and existing incident management systems such as WebEOC.

Throughout the day-long expo, attendees will have the unique opportunity to hear about technological innovations from over 40 cities that pursue smart city initiatives and projects that take issues such as clean air and water, disaster response, energy efficiency, remote healthcare, public safety, effective transportation, and urban planning.