“You hear so many arguments defending the status quo.”—Andrew Rodgers My HighlightsAndrew’s answer to my favorite question is the pain-consumer distance and how the market isn’t self-regulatingThe difference between open ecosystems and open sourceHow it all comes down to capabilities that are unlocked and personal preferenceOpen vs. interoperableWhere open source fitsWalking up the stack from the edge and what open means at each level (hardware, BACnet, APIs, platforms)Why closed ecosystems won’t help us realize our future vision as an industry and how slime molds have it all figured outThe VOLTTRON open ecosystem and how it innovation happens with that modelHow open-source can solve our workforce shortageExamples of other tech from other industries going from closed to open and how open source is free like puppies.How open is Niagara?The vision for VOLTTRON and how AceIOT deploys it for their clients You can find Andrew on LinkedIn. Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get full access to Nexus.