I thought that this IoT conference in Europe might be of interest.

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Jeff Stollman
stollman.j@gmail.com
1 202.683.8699

Truth never triumphs — its opponents just die out.
Science advances one funeral at a time.
                                    Max Planck

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Carla Ciminera <cciminera@ecobrussels.eu>
Date: Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 9:55 AM
Subject: Invitation to DEF Conference
To: stollman.j@gmail.com


Dear Jeff,

 

On behalf of Jacques Bus, Secretary General of Digital Enlightenment Forum, I would like to invite you to a high level one-day conference in Brussels on

 

The Future of the Internet of Things in Europe

Thursday, November 26, 2015

The Hotel

Boulevard de Waterloo 38, 1000 Brussels

 

Full conference programme below.

 

The conference and all refreshments are free of charge.  If you would like to register, please respond to this email. If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Kind regards,

Carla Ciminera

Tel: +32-2-345 7203

Gsm: +32-474-956859

email: cciminera@ecobrussels.eu

On behalf of Digital Enlightenment Forum

 

Conference presented and organised by:

 

In cooperation with AIOTI: the Allliance for Internet of Things Innovation

 

 

The Future of the Internet of Things in Europe

Thursday, November 26, 2015

The Hotel

Boulevard de Waterloo 38, 1000 Brussels

 

 

9.00–9.30:

Welcome and Coffee

9.30–10.00:

Welcome by the President of DEF, George Metakides

IoT EU approach and expectations, Mario Campolargo, (Director EC/CNECT)           

 

Key notes on the emergence of an IoT Ecosystem

10.00–10.25:

Technology developments - Karabet Krikorian (Head of WEU IoT & Industry 4.0 Solution Innovation, Huawei)

10.25-10.50:

Services development - Wim de Waele (Eggsplore, BE)

Coffee

 

11.15-12.15:

Panel session on IoT policy

Chair: Thibaut Kleiner (EC/CNECT)

 

  •  Introduction by the Chair
  •  AIOTI policy paper – Robert MacDougal (chair AIOTI Policy WG, Vodafone)
  • IoT and Microsoft - Cornelia Kutterer (Policy Director Microsoft EMEA)
  •  Changes in the IoT landscape - Sébastien Ziegler (IoT Forum, Mandat Intl)

Discussion          

Lunch

 

13.15-14.15:

Panel session on IoT Standards

Chair: Yun Chao Hu (Director Standardisation and Partnership Strategies, Huawei) 

 

 

  • Introduction by the Chair
  • AIOTI work on Standards - Patrick Guillemin (Chair AIOTI Standards WG, ETSI) (TBC)
  • IoT Product standards - Harm Jan Arendshorst (Head IoT product development , Verizon)
  • Lessons learned - Ulrich Seldeslachts (LSEC, BE)

Discussion

14.15-15.00

Key notes on Trust and Societal Impact

 

 

IoT and ISOC perspective - Frédéric Donck (ISOC)

The citizen at the heart of IoT - Jacqui Taylor (FlyingBinary, UK)

Coffee

 

 

15.30-17.00:

Panel session on IoT  Applications

Chair: Thanassis Tiropanis (Web Science Institute, Univ of Southampton, UK)

 

  • Introduction by the Chair
  • Agriculture - Tamme van der Wal (AeroVision, NL)
  • Communication  - Markus Dillinger (director for Industry Communication Applications, Huawei)
  • Smart cities - Hans Schaffers (Saxion Un.)
  • Manufacturing - Patrick Kennedy (EFFRA)

Discussion

 

17.00-17.15:

Closing remarks

17.15-18.30:

Cocktail and networking

 

                           

Updates: https://digitalenlightenment.org/event/future-internet-things-europe