• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Laiq Ahmad

GE Power Digital

Chief Technology Officer

As Chief Technology Officer at GE Power Digital, Laiq is responsible for leading digital transformation for enterprises and industrial sectors. Laiq leads technology strategy and innovation, digital product architecture and engineering, data science and advance analytics for GE’s Digital Energy Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) software products. GE software manages more than 40% of all global electricity based on AI, ML and other technology innovations. Prior to joining GE, Laiq was working at PG&E, one of the largest utilities in US serving 17 million customers, as their Head of Enterprise Architecture and Digital Innovations. Laiq earned his MBA from Bundelkhand University, MS from Boston University, ALM from Harvard University and Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering and Product Development from MIT.

Sessions With Laiq Ahmad

Thursday, 14 March

  • 03:30pm - 04:30pm (CST) / -

    Power: Realizing value from digital transformation
    Panel Power Technology/Innovation

    The power sector is experiencing a confluence of major technological shifts: growing penetration of renewables; use of digital technologies to help predict, manage, and control complex power networks; and increasing concerns for security of power networks from cyber-attacks. How will the power sector navigate through these changes while continuing to meet demands of customers? How are new entrants disrupting the sector? What will be the role of regulation in the face of fast changing digital technologies?