In this episode, OMG Chairman & CEO Bill Hoffman chats with Liang Downey, MBA MEng, and Industry Blackbelt at Microsoft. She is an industry advisory for the power utility industry.

They discuss Microsoft's commitment and investment in digital twins in industry. Liang explains that Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. She touches on the evolution of digital twins and Microsoft's influence on the digital twin ecosystem.

She discusses her organization's work in designing and testing systems and running electrical simulations. In the utilities industry, Microsoft is investing in GenAI to enable natural language communications between physical and digital twins. She also offers advice for companies getting into digital twins -- be agile and start with small projects.

Windmill image from the Microsoft publication "Orchestrating the Grid: Tackling Utilities Largest Opportunities and Challenges."

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