Congratulations to a Summit well done! Richard Newberry, Tim Vogel, and team KMC Controls delivered another three-part agenda of product and technical training, motivation and industry insight, and networking and entertainment in a compressed and energized two days of Genius Summit at Chicago’s luxurious Langham Hotel. The best news yet, is that KMC Controls is ready to share the majority of the breakout sessions that were filmed. They will be available in the coming weeks… stay tuned!
Welcome to Chicago and the KMC Genius Summit!
KMC Controls is once again hosting its semi-annual customer event, the 2018 KMC Genius Summit, on Jan. 18-20. Taking place at the beautiful Langham Luxury Hotel in Chicago, KMC is helping equip its customers with product knowledge, best practices training and a heavy dose of innovation. As KMC prepares to launch its latest iteration of the KMC Commander IoT platform, partners couldn’t be more thrilled to attend the event.
“We have built a curriculum of sessions that will help draw our partners into the coming age. IoT is not going away, and we believe our complete line of edge-to-edge solutions is exactly what will help them achieve a firm footing for the future.” — Richard Newberry, CEO, KMC Controls.
KMC is thrilled to provide two fantastic keynote headliners below this Friday and Saturday. In addition, you’ll be hearing from Rick Lisa, Intel, and Luis Alvarez, Alvarez Technology Group.
Keynote Speakers
Mike Abrashoff took command of the worst-performing ship in the Navy’s Pacific Fleet – 12 months later it was the best ship in the entire Navy… using the same crew. Having sold nearly 1 million copies of his book It’s Your Ship, he now helps individuals and companies take organizational change head on, without excuses.
Josh Linkner is a two-time New York Times Bestselling author, five-time tech entrepreneur and hyper-growth CEO, and founding-partner of Detroit Venture Partners. To Josh, creativity and innovation are the lifeblood of all human progress. As such, he’s spent his career harnessing the power of creative disruption.
About KMC Controls
Founded in 1969, KMC Controls is an American manufacturer of open, secure and scalable Internet of Things (IoT) and building automation solutions. From secure hardware devices to smart and connected software, KMC delivers embedded intelligence and optimized control. KMC is committed to providing innovative and intuitive solutions from responsive and supportive people. By teaming up with leading technology providers, KMC’s solutions help their customers increase operating efficiency, optimize energy usage, maximize comfort and improve safety.
KMC Genius Summit: Bring More of Your Team!
Space is limited for the KMC Genius Summit breakout sessions, so go into the app, sign in and add the sessions you want to attend to your schedule. To get the app, pull up this email on your phone, click the button below, and follow the onscreen instructions. [Read more…]
KMC’s Complete Building Control Solutions are the Best on the Market: Open, Secure, Scalable, and Easy
We’re the Experts. For nearly 50 years, KMC has provided state-of-the-art building automation and control solutions to a global network of system integrators and distributors. Our products are controlling buildings of all sizes [Read more…]
KMC Genius Summit 2018 Hosted at The Langham Luxury Hotel in Chicago, IL, January 18-20, 2018
KMC is proud to present the 2018 KMC Genius Summit, hosted at The Langham Luxury Hotel in Chicago, IL. We’re bringing together our best partners for two days of world-class training sessions and in-depth technical product training. Not to mention evenings of fun and new networking opportunities! Attending the KMC Genius Summit will open your eyes to new possibilities and potentially revolutionize the way you do business.
Venue: The Langham Luxury Hotel, Chicago, IL
KMC Controls is proud to host our Genius Summit at the Langham Luxury Hotel in Chicago! Majestic views of the cityscape, the Chicago River, and Lake Michigan. All housed in a skyscraper designed by renowned architect Mies van der Rohe. Situated in downtown Chicago, The Langham is mere minutes from the Loop, Grant Park, Magnificent Mile, Millennium Park and Navy Pier. KMC Genius Summit room rate is $255 / night.
Learn more about this fantastic facility at their website www.LanghamHotels.com.
Genius Summit Sessions
We’re offering some incredible sessions to give you exactly what you’re looking for. Want to learn to implement Commander and gain insight from our initial releases? Want to take your business to the next level and develop a holistic sales strategy to achieve new goals? Are you looking for a real-world IoT solution to provide your clients? We’ve got what you’re looking for. Our 18 sessions are being broken up into 3 tracks, from which you’ll be able to pick and choose the sessions you most want to attend. Session sign up with take place in November/December 2017.
Business Track: Sales Strategies, Digital Transformation and Managed Services
Dig in and learn more about how you can take your business to the next level. Aslan trainer John Ferguson will be back to share more insights on how to improve your overall sales strategy. In another session, we’ll discuss how the changing digital climate is impacting your business. Other sessions will include how to add managed IoT services to your product stack and how workforce transformation influences your team.
Technology Track: APIs, Cybersecurity, Data Tagging and more!
As technology continues to explode (in a good way!), it becomes more and more difficult to stay in the know of what’s going on or how things work. In our technology sessions, we’ll cover the basics of how APIs work, the growing trends in cybersecurity, tagging conventions like Haystack and EdgeX, and the bigger role analytics is beginning to play in IoT and building automation.
Educational Track: Product Updates, IoT, and Other General Topics
These sessions will focus on KMC product updates, a demo of our updated KMC Commander IoT platform, an introduction to new products, as well as sessions regarding workforce transformation and the role of collaboration in IoT data sharing.
Session details and signup will be made available to registered attendees a couple months before the event. You don’t want to miss this incredible opportunity, and we look forward to seeing you this Winter in Chicago!
2016 ControlTrends Awards Highlight: The Light Commercial Controls Solution of the Year
Catch all the excitement as the global ControlTrends Community crowns the 2016 Light Commercial Controls Solution of of the Year Award winner. In this case, it will take two crowns as both KMC Controls and Proton Optergy get recognized for their outstanding solutions.
2016 ControlTrends Awards Light Commerical Control System of The Year from Eric Stromquist on Vimeo.
Click here to learn more about Proton Opetergy and click here to see what makes KMC so special.
REMINDER – End of Life – Last order date May1st
A reminder from our friends at KMC
“As announced last year, end of life for the legacy BACnet controllers BAC-58XX and VAV’s BAC-7XXX is less than 2 weeks away. I know you may already be using the next generation Conquest controllers…but I wanted to send one last reminder.
If you need to order these devices you must place your order no later than May 1, 2017…or sooner.”
2016 ControlTrends Awards Highlight: The Light Commercial Control System of the Year
Catch all the excitement as the 2016 ControlTrends Awards Light Commercial Control System of the Year Award is presented.
2016 ControlTrends Awards Light Commerical Control System of The Year from Eric Stromquist on Vimeo.
The Easy Way to Do A VVT Retrofit
Looking to do a VVT Retrofit? Our friends at KMC Controls offer several easy, cost effective ways for the control pro to get the job done.
KMC Controls at 2017 AHR
We had a chance to stop by the KMC Controls Booth at the 2017 AHR Show. Great products, great people and a great company.