Emerging technologies from 3D printers to Google Glass were on display
yesterday as Exelon Corporation hosted its first Innovation Expo in the
Chicagoland area, aimed at bringing together employees and outside
experts to explore how to apply creative solutions to complicated
business problems.
Building on the last expo’s theme of “big data,” this event focused on
“data driven decisions,” or how to harness the rapid volume of data that
companies and consumers generate and interact with every day to devise
meaningful business solutions.
At the Innovation Expo, experts from APX Labs, C3 Energy, Imaginatik and
other companies presented innovative technologies and discussed how they
are harvesting massive amounts of data to learn more about their
customers, increase productivity and improve results. More than 500
employees attended the all-day event.
“Over the past few years, Exelon has increased its investment in and use
of innovative solutions that promise to revolutionize the energy
industry,” said Sonny Garg, senior vice president and chief information
and innovation officer for Exelon. “Yesterday’s event helps us leverage
new technologies that improve the safety and efficiency of our workforce
while developing new energy products and services to better serve our
customers.”
Exelon has committed to the use of emerging technologies to improve
performance, from deploying droids and robotics at its nuclear
facilities to partnering with startup companies to leverage Google Glass
or other wearable innovations to improve efficiency and minimize hazards.
In advance of the Innovation Expo, Exelon challenged employees to submit
posters showcasing the innovative ideas and technologies that they or
colleagues currently are developing. Approximately 45 posters were
displayed and judged at the event as part of the companywide competition.
Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is the nation’s leading competitive
energy provider, with 2013 revenues of approximately $24.9 billion.
Headquartered in Chicago, Exelon has operations and business activities
in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Exelon is one of the
largest competitive U.S. power generators, with more than 35,000
megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and
lowest-cost power generation fleets. The company’s Constellation
business unit provides energy products and services to approximately
100,000 business and public sector customers and approximately 1 million
residential customers. Exelon’s utilities deliver electricity and
natural gas to more than 6.6 million customers in central Maryland
(BGE), northern Illinois (ComEd) and southeastern Pennsylvania (PECO).
Follow Exelon on Twitter @Exelon.
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