Dr David Smith, Senior Analytical Solutions Engineer, AI Center of Excellence, United Kingdom: Dr Smith is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and holds a PhD in Fluid Mechanics from Imperial College London. Until 2018 he worked in industry mainly for EPC companies, leading design, development and commissioning of process and combustion systems associated with power plants. Moving to AVEVA Dr Smith joined the AI Center of Excellence where his main activities are the integration of AI technologies with AVEVA’s first principles simulation products.