Now we would like to introduce you several upcoming events that will take place in 2022:

CES Las Vegas 2022

This is an in-person event that will take place on January 5 and it will end on January 8. It offers information, products and services which are related to electricity delivery automation and control systems, as well as energy efficiency, demand response, renewable energy integration, advanced metering, T&D system operation and reliability, communications technologies, cyber security, water utility technology and more. You can learn more at https://www.distributech.com/welcome

Geo Week 

This is a conference that will take place from 6th February to 8th February 2022 in Denver, Colorado. It is about showcasing practical applications, sharing best practices and innovative approaches to complex projects. If you would like to register now, you can do it at https://www.geo-week.com/

Cisco Live 

From February 7 to February 11, you can attend an annual customer and partner conference which will provide you with education, connections, and inspiration, which will be in-person in Amsterdam.  You will be given an opportunity to meet with professionalists to discuss your technical and business-related questions, as well as build your personalized agenda from the most engaging content which is professionally delivered by the best speakers in the industry.  You can learn more at https://www.ciscolive.com/emear.html?cid=cleur4401

Game Developers Conference 

When can you visit this event? The answer is quite simple – from March 21 to March 25. You will be delivered five days of expert-led education on key game development. You will get a chance to learn more about specific features and gain insight into future games. You will be inspired by new techniques, and discover creative new approaches. For more information, you can visit https://www.gdconf.com/conference-overview

Microsoft Envision: Episode 4

If you are interested in Microsoft and their products, you can attend their event which will be online on April 12. This is a digital series where you’ll be given an opportunity to join thought leaders from across industries in order to explore today’s critical business and technology trends and innovations. Learn more at https://envision.microsoft.com/home

Gartner Data & Analytics Summit

Where? In London, in-person. When? On May 9-11. This is an event that will provide you with access to the latest Gartner research. One of the topics will be connected with Data and Analytics Strategy, AI and Machine Learning, Role of the CDO and CAO, and much more. If you are interested and you would like to participate, you can join at https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/emea/data-analytics-uk

Women in Tech Global Conference

On June 7-9, there will be a conference that ​​​​​​is hybrid and will bring women in tech, minorities and allies from all over the world together through an interactive platform that will be featuring live ceremonies, keynotes, engaging panels, breakout rooms, etc. You can register now at https://www.womentech.net/women-tech-conference

Esri User Conference

This event will take place in San Diego, California, in-person, On July 11-15. More information is coming soon, as well as the opening for registration, but if you are interested, you can visit https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/save-date where it will be posted. You will be inspired at the Plenary Session, where you will hear from Esri president Jack Dangermond, special guests, and Esri staff.

Black Hat USA

This event will take place On August 6-11 in Las Vegas, in person. There is no information available now, but you can expect it soon at https://www.blackhat.com/upcoming.html

Industry of Things World

Both live in Berlin and online via their digital event platform hubs101, the event will take place on Sept 19-20. You can register now and discuss use and business cases like IIoT Strategy, New Business & Service Models, Smart Factory, and more. This sounds interesting to you? Then, go register at https://www.industryofthingsworld.com/

RE•WORK Toronto AI Summit

On Oct 19-20 you will be given a chance to participate in this event where there will be 90 speakers and 600 attendees. You can download the brochures and view the schedules for every one of the stages by clicking on this link: https://www.re-work.co/summits/deep-learning-summit-2022

Mercedes-Benz will host fans in their Brand Center at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center from August 30 through September 12. Mercedes-Benz will invite fans to walk over a pathway of kinetic tech floor tiles, created in partnership with Pavegen, that will generate reusable clean energy with each footstep. As guests walk over the Pavegen floor tiles, the weight from their footsteps will compress an electromagnetic generator, which in turn will transform each individual footstep into a small amount of energy that is converted into clean electricity.

For each consumer who walks the pathway, Mercedes-Benz will make a $1 donation per footstep to The National Energy Education Development Project (NEED) to help bring sustainability resources to schools through curriculum and customizable programs. NEED will expand its upcoming pilot curriculum around electric vehicles and create additional training for students and teachers across the country around electrification and the future of transportation. Monique Harrison, Head of Brand at Mercedes-Benz USA, said:

“Mercedes-Benz is committed to an electric future, and with the Mercedes-EQ family of vehicles, we’ve set our sights on the intelligent evolution of transportation that will help create a smarter way of living. We are excited to engage consumers to help us create clean energy and support NEED’s efforts to train and empower the next generation of the STEM workforce, and hope that with this initiative we will spark excitement from kids to take part in the future of electric transportation.”

Mercedes-Benz will officially reveal the EQS, the first all-electric luxury sedan from Mercedes-EQ, to New York consumers with two vehicle displays at the Mercedes-Benz Brand Center. Fusing technology, design, functionality and connectivity, the EQS is the pinnacle of electric luxury, bridging the gap between elegance and sustainability. The first models being introduced to the U.S. market include the EQS 450+ and the EQS 580 4MATIC and will launch later this fall.

Fans will also have the chance to play a new visually virtual reality tennis game which will feature an LED wall to display energetic movement as the match is played. Taking place on the iconic blue courts of the US Open, guests can use rackets with sensors to serve and hit a virtual ball back and forth in the Mercedes-Benz Brand Center.

Scratch was already a popular option. It’s been around since 2007 as a way to make animations and simple video games by combining Lego-like icons representing different coding functions. But in the 12 months beginning in March 2020—as schools across the country went remote for health reasons—usage spiked, and the number of projects shared on the service rose to 23 million, roughly double the amount from the previous year.

Meanwhile the service has been going through some big changes behind the scenes. Starting in 2019, leaders have been moving the project out of the Media Lab to spin it off as its own nonprofit, called the Scratch Foundation, with new digs just across the Charles River in Boston. And there’s a new focus on supporting better teaching practices around using Scratch rather than just doing software updates. (A new refresh of the Scratch system had just been released in January 2019.)

As part of that push, the group is holding its first online conference for educators next week. In the past, Scratch had held events at the Media Lab for teachers, but those were always limited to a few hundred participants and required a registration fee. This year the event is free, and there’s no cap on attendees—already more than 4,000 people from about 120 countries have signed up.

EdSurge connected this week with the MIT professor whose research group developed Scratch, Mitch Resnick, to hear what’s next for the coding tool and what he learned from remote learning during the pandemic. The interview has been lightly edited for grammar and readability.