Dr Da Silva, a Co-PI in the Smart Grids Big Data Spoke and Department head, Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University was present, as a representative, at the meeting held on Friday, June 9 where more than 90 people from across sectors and disciplines—academia, government, nonprofits and industry—met at the Microsoft Chevy Chase Pavilion near Washington, DC, to assess the progress of the South Big Data Hub and shape its future. The second South Big Data Hub All-Hands meeting was a day of catching up on current efforts and sparking new collaborations.