The “Summer of IoT”
Accelerates into
Fall and Winter
by JEREMY GEELAN
When the Labor Day weekend ended, and 35 million Americans headed back home by road and 14 million by air, the IT world said goodbye to the “Summer of IoT” — only to discover that the next few quarters, starting with October/November, were going to bring even more Internet of Things events than ever before.
And it’s not just a North American phenomenon either: the IoT wave is engulfing the conferencing world across the globe…
Let me poinpoint here for you twenty of the main events. Believe me, however, that this is by no means a comprehensive list, so if I have failed to include an event your are organizing, sponsoring, or attending, please don’t hesitate to let me know right away — via Twitter where I am @jg21 — and I will happily update and expand this initial list.
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Connected Cloud Summit — with Focus on IoT (twitter: @cloudsummits)— One-day indie event, produced by Jeff Kaplan’s THINKstrategies, Inc. and covering the current and future Internet of Things business opportunities being created by today’s widening array of Cloud services.
Date: 18 September, 2014
Venue: State Room, 60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
URL: www.cloudsummits.com
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Internet of Things (IoT) Workshop 2014
— Hosted by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), at this 2-day workshop attendees will explore the dynamics of the IoT markets and the convergence of platforms and services, with a special focus on the need for an even more interdisciplinary approach to the design of products and services for the IoT markets.
Date: 18–19 September, 2014
Venue: Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA
URL: http://iot.ieeesa-events.org/
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4th International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT 2014)
— The goal of the 2014 Internet of Things Conference is to share, discuss and witness cutting edge research in all areas of development for the Internet of Things.
Date: October 6–8, 2014
Venue: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA
URL: www.iot-conference.org/iot2014
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The Internet of Things World Forum 2014 (hashtag: #IoTWF)
— Hosted by Cisco, IoTWF is an invitation-only event launched in 2013 in Barcelona, to considerable acclaim. It is driven by a Steering Committee of industry visionaries, technologists, executives, and educators who are committed to accelerating the awareness and adoption of IoT technologies.
Date: 14–16 October, 2014
Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, IL
URL: https://www.iotwf.com/
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IoT at Scale — Planes, Cranes & Automobiles (twitter: @iotatscale)
— A RedMonk event in association with SAP, IoT at Scale is aimed at developers, architects and digital innovators. RedMonk co-founder James Governor (@monkchips) notes: “In this event, RedMonk will bring its unique perspective, developer-led approach and craft experiences to SAP TechEd && d-code, creating a space for coders to learn, and make their influence felt as we get under the skin of the emerging IoT disruption.”
Date: 16–17 October, 2014
Venue: SAP Labs, Palo Alto, CA
URL: http://iotatscale.com/
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C3: Silicon Valley Reinvents the Wheel
— Produced by C3 Group, Inc. in partnership with WAJ, this one-day event will bring together thought leaders from the auto and tech worlds to discuss not only the future of cars, but also how technology is transforming transportation. The event will feature engaging panel discussions on topics ranging from next-generation powertrains and fuels to 21st Century automotive retail, from cutting-edge in-dash connectivity to self-driving technology, as well as advanced vehicles and product demonstrations from automakers, their technology suppliers and visionaries from Silicon Valley and beyond.
Date: 20 October, 2014
Venue: Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA
URL: www.c3siliconvalley.com
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IOTAconf Internet of Things Conference (twitter @iotaconf | hashtag #IOTAConf)
— Run by the same team that produces the HTML5DevConf — with which it is co-located — IOTAconf Internet of Things Conference aims to cover all the latest developments in Machine Learning, AI algorithms, Connected Devices, Wearables, Big Data for devices, Robotics, Architecture for IoT and Monetization/Funding.
Date: 20–21 October, 2014
Venue: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
URL: www.iotaconf.com
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M2M Summit 2014 (hashtag: #M2MSummit14)
— Produced by the M2M Alliance, the M2M Summit is now in its eight year, and this time round says it expects more than 60 exhibitors and over 1,000 visitors from 30 countries. As in previous years, the congress and accompanying exhibition will present and discuss the top themes and technical Innovations in M2M communication. Among the main themes for 2014: international cooperation, uniform standards, the Internet of Things and the benefits of M2M in the “Industry 4.0" sector.
Date: 20–21 October, 2014
Venue: Congress Center Dusseldorf, Germany
URL: http://www.m2m-summit.com/
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IoT Expo 2014 Toronto (twitter: @IoTExpoToronto)
— The third event this year in the mushrooming international IoT Expo™ conference series, after two well-received events in the USA and UK, IoT Expo 2014 Toronto brings the high-energy IoT Expo formula to another new country, this time it’s Canada…
Date: 21 October, 2014*
[*postponed to May ‘15 — for the reason see the next entry]
Venue: Metro Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario
URL: http://IoTExpoToronto.com
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Structure Connect 2014: Building the Internet of Things
(twitter: @gigaom | hashtag #StructureConnect)
— Produced by GigaOm Events and emceed by Mathew Ingram, GigaOm’s Senior Writer, Structure Connect is an event that I consider to be so much of a must-attend that I postponed my own next IoT Expo [see previous entry] just to allow me to follow it. I don’t know what higher compliment than that I could possibly give! ☺
Date: 21–22 October, 2014
Venue: Bay Center, San Francisco
URL: https://events.gigaom.com/structureconnect-2014/
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GLAZEDcon London: The Dawn of the Wearable Economy
— Created and produced by San Francisco-based Wearable World, GLAZEDcon London will be seeking to combine the future of innovation, growth and entrepreneurship to help with accelerating forward the Wearable and Internet of Wearable Things ecosystem. It is a curated environment that will bring together technology pioneers, founders, executives, influencers and investors.
Date: 22 October 2014
Venue: BL-NK, 37 East Rd. London N1, England
URL: www.glazedcon.com
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11th Annual Connected Health Symposium
(twitter: @connectedhealth | hashtag #cHealth14)
— The Connected Health Symposium is a change-agent conference that promotes innovative thinking and the application of personal consumer health technologies to support new models of care delivery. With a focus on trends at the intersection of technology and new models of health care delivery, the Symposium convenes thought leaders in an effort to grow the rapidly-expanding connected health marketplace.
Date: 23–24 October, 2014
Venue: Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center, Boston, MA
URL: http://symposium.connectedhealth.org/
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SmartWeek 2014 (twitter: @SmartWeek2014)
— Masterminded by Helen Kontozopoulos (@helenissocial), this event features a 3-Day IoT conference, held at the University of Toronto and MaRS Discovery District. The aim: to bring together, in Toronto, top IoT thought leaders from industry, startups, inventors and academics – those whose collective ingenuity is redefining the entire human experience.
Date: 24–26 October, 2014
Venues:
• 24 October: MaRS Discovery District, Toronto, Canada
• 25–26 October: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto
URL: www.SmartWeek2014.com
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IBM Insight Internet of Things — IoT Deep Dive
(hashtags #IBMinsight #IoTDeepDive)
— Part of IBM Insight 2014, the IoT Deep Dive, led by IBM’s IoT Community Leader Anita McKeithen, is being held 11:00AM — 5:00PM on the Sunday before the main event.
Date: 26 October, 2014
Venue: Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
URL: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/ibm-insight-internet-of-things-iot-deep-dive-registration-12304520151
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CoIoTe 2014: The First International Conference on Cognitive Internet of Things Technologies
— Endorsed and organized by the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) Cognitive IoT Technologies aims at gathering enthusiastic researchers and practitioners from Artificial Intelligence and IoT-related areas sharing the common goal of addressing the new challenges posed by the cognitive aspect of IoT, by using new or leveraging existing AI techniques.
Date: 27 October, 2014
Venue: NH Leonardo Da Vinci hotel, Rome
URL: http://coiot.org/2014/show/home
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2nd Annual Internet of Things Global Summit (hashtag: #IoTSummit)
— Focusing on the role of the public and private sectors as well as of the citizen, this event will look at what needs to be done to develop the required standards and to deliver an environment to drive the Internet of Things forward and ensure its full potential is met. By examining the current IoT ecosystem and the emerging technologies appearing on the market, it will ultimately deliver turnkey information to the IoT community as the drive for a more efficient, more inclusive and smarter world continues.
Date: 27–28 October, 2014
Venue: The National Press Club, Washington, DC
URL: http://eu-ems.com/
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5th Internet of Things China (hashtag unknown)
— The result of a collaboration between EU-China IoT Summit, hosted by IERC, and the 5th Internet of Things China, “China Connected Vehicle & ITS Expo” – to give it its full name – is a roll-up of multiple sessions covering a wide range of topics including smart transportation, healthcare and agriculture based on a Smart City development framework as advocated by Shanghai’s municipal government.
Date: 28–29 October, 2014
Venue: The Golden Hall, Shanghai Mart, Shanghai, China
URL: http://2014.iotexpo.com/en/
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IoT/M2M 2014: Connecting the Next 50 Billion
— Now in its fourth year, the IoT/M2M 2014 event will offer a refreshed line-up with new exciting technology demonstrations from the world of IoT/M2M including sensor, communication and data technology plus new age applications.
Date: 30 October, 2014
Venue: Freescale, Glasgow (Colvilles Road East Kilbride)
URL: www.eventbrite.com/e/iotm2m-2014-registration-12705870601
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Summit IOT360: The Gateway to Innovation (twitter: @iot360)
— Organized by the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) – a community of ICT innovators working together to make a better world – this 2-day, multi-track conference aims to bring together industry representatives, makers, vendors, experts, developers and others to plan, learn, network, collaborate, strategize and more effectively tap into the immense potential of the IoT.
Date: 28–29 October, 2014
Venue: Centro Congressi Frentani, Rome, Italy
URL: http://iot-360.eu
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QCon San Francisco (twitter: @QConSF hashtag: #qconsf)
— Held in SF’s Hyatt Regency, located right on the Embarcadero waterfront, QCon San Francisco is a truly international software development conference. A practitioner-driven conference, QCon is designed for technical team leads, architects, engineering directors, and project managers who influence innovation in their teams. IoT is of course on the agenda this year.
Date: 3–5 November, 2014
Venue: Hyatt Regency, San Francisco
URL: https://qconsf.com/
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M2M Summit Scandinavia
— This will be the second edition of M2M Summit Scandinavia — a two-day congress that will cover all the hot topics in the world of machine-to-machine and the Internet of Things.
Date: 4–5 November, 2014
Venue: Kista Exhibition Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
URL: www.m2m-summitscandinavia.com
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Iot Korea Exhibition
— 3-day event being held at the COEX Korea Exhibition Center in Seoul, Korea. This event showcases products like device operating systems, open source platforms, sensor batteries, energy harvesting and many more related Industrial Products.
Date: 5–7 November, 2014
Venue: COEX Korea Exhibition Center, Seoul, Korea
URL: http://10times.com/iot-korea-exhibition
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Internet of Things Expo (twitter: @ThingsExpo)
— Produced twice a year by the team behind Cloud Expo®, this is a sub-event of Cloud Expo, held in parallel with other co-located sub-events including Big Data Expo, the DevOps Summit, WDDC Expo and the WebRTC Summit.
Date: 4–6 November, 2014
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
URL: www.thingsexpo.com
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Internet of Things Summit San Francisco (hashtag: #IOT2014)
— Produced by the RE.WORK team, this summit aims to bring together entrepreneurship, science and technology to re-work the future and tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges. The event will showcase the opportunities of the internet of things and the potential for a positive impact on business and society.
Date: 6–7 November, 2014
Venue: Broadway Studios, San Francisco, CA
URL: www.re-work.co/events/internet-of-things
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The Internet of Things West Conference (twitter: @IoTShow)
— Organized by the Webcom Communications Corporation, this conference will be covering areas like M2M and Machine Intelligence, Big Data, Data Acquisition & Analytics, Facility and Enterprise Wide Connectivity, Wearables, and IoT Security. Co-located with two other complementary events: Remote Monitoring and Control 2014 and the 2014 Antenna Systems Conference.
Date: 6–7 November, 2014
Venue: Green Valley Ranch Resort, Las Vegas, NV
URL: http://www.remotemagazine.com/IoTWest/
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ThingsCon Amsterdam (twitter: @ThingsCon | hashtag: #ThingsConAMS)— Timed to coincide with during the Amsterdam E-week, ThingsCon Amsterdam is a one-day conference about the future of the hardware business, with a special focus on the Internet of Things and the design of new products and services that combine software and hardware.
Date: 7 November, 2014
Venue: Info.nl Office, St. Antoniesbreestraat 16, 1011HB Amsterdam
URL: www.thingscon.nl
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Arab Future Cities Summit Dubai 2014 (hashtag #AFCSAE2014)
— His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has launched a strategy to transform Dubai into a Smart City, Arab Future Cities Summit, the Middle East’s premier smart cities event,. will be attended by over 350 of the region’s senior city stakeholders, high-profile government authorities and cutting-edge technologists representing the world’s leading smart city brands.
Date: 10–11 November, 2014
Venue: Sofitel Dubai The Palm Resort & Spa, Dubai, UAE
URL: www.smartcitiesdubai.com
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Connected Automobiles 2014 (twitter: @ConnectAuto2014)
— Being held as part of “Smart Mobility World” (SMW), the European reference event for 21st century mobility, Connected Automobiles 2014 is 2-day event exploring on-board technologies for interaction management of V2V and vehicle infrastructure.
Date: 12–13 November, 2014
Venue: Lingotto Congress Center, Turin, Italy
URL: www.connectedautomobiles.eu
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IDC’s Asia/Pacific Internet of Things Conference 2014
— Tag-lined “Billions of Things, Trillions of Dollars”, this one-day event will attempt to “demystify” the Internet of Things by exploring the consumer, government and enterprise solutions that will drive the industry forward. In addition, it aims to examine how companies today are leveraging the power of IoT to generate new business models and opportunities.
Date: 18 November, 2014
Venue: Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
URL: http://www.ap.idc.asia/events
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Smart City Expo 2014: World Congress (twitter: @smartcityexpo)
— This world leading Congress in smart solutions has after just three years become a must-visit event for cities, companies and experts alike.
Date: 18th-20th November, 2014
Venue: Gran Via Exhibition Centre, Barcelona, Spain
URL: www.smartcityexpo.com
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Fog Computing Expo (twitter: @fogcompute hashtag: #FogComputingConference)
— Produced by TMC and Crossfire Media, this is a single-track, 2-day event aimed at those who seek to understand the concepts of Fog Computing and how massive amounts of data can be stored “closer to home” but managed centrally.
Date: 19–20 November, 2014
Venue: San Jose Marriott Hotel, San Jose, CA
URL: www.fogcomputingexpo.com
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IDC’s Asia/Pacific Internet of Things Conference 2014
— Tag-lined “Billions of Things, Trillions of Dollars”, this one-day event will attempt to “demystify” the Internet of Things by exploring the consumer, government and enterprise solutions that will drive the industry forward. In addition, it aims to examine how companies today are leveraging the power of IoT to generate new business models and opportunities.
Date: 25 November, 2014
Venue: Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore
URL: http://www.ap.idc.asia/events
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IoT WORLD FORUM 2014: (twitter: @IoTConferences)
— Produced by London-based World Media Online, publisher of Machine to Machine Magazine, this annual event is named with confusing similarity to Cisco’s Internet of Things World Forum (IoTWF), the IEEE’s World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), and also Internet of Things World produced in San Francisco by Informa Telecoms & Media.
Date: 25–26 November, 2014
Venue: Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London
URL: http://iotinternetofthingsconference.com/
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Connected Car & Data Privacy Conference
— Produced by Ernst & Young, this 2-day event has a great speaker line-up, with sessions exploring the challenges for automotive, insurance, software, telecommunications, logistics and other industries presented by the industry move toward ubiquitous connectivity.
Date: 26–27 November, 2014
Venue: Sofitel Kurfürstendamm Hotel Berlin, Germany
URL: http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/EY-Agenda-Connected-Car-Berlin-2014_Aktuell/$FILE/EY_Agenda_Connected_car_Berlin_2014-Neu.pdf
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ThingMonk 2014 (twitter: @thingmonk)
— Chaired by RedMonk analyst and co-founder James Governor, this independent annual event, founded in 2013, is aimed at the programmers, designers, practitioners and visionaries that are making the Internet of Things a reality in the UK.
Date: 2–3 December, 2014
Venue: Shoreditch Works Village Hall, East London
URL: http://thingmonk.com/2014/08/20/thingmonk-2014/
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The Business of IoT
—Being held in conjunction with ThingMonk [see above], the conference for IoT Practitioners, The Business of IoT is a one day, single track conference bringing together business leaders, entrepreneurs and technologists in the heart of London’s TechCity. The aim is to bring together established and up-and-coming players in the commercial IoT space, to reflect and discuss what needs to happen to leverage the huge potential of connected devices across and build bridges into the often closed ecosystems of different vendors.
Date: 4th December, 2014
Venue: Shoreditch Works Village Hall, East London
URL: http://thebusinessofiot.io/
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Industrial Internet Consortium: Quarterly Members Meeting
— Produced by the IIC, founded in 2014 as an independently-run consortium of technology innovators, industrial companies, academia and government to further development, adoption and wide-spread use of interconnected machines, intelligent analytics and people at work. The consortium’s 85+ members are all involved in intelligent industrial automation, including AT&T, Cisco, GE, Intel, and IBM (the five founding members).
Date: 9–11 December, 2014
Venue: Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
URL: http://iiconsortium.org/lgb14/index.htm
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Lastly, here is a glimpse of a few of the main IoT events already planned for early 2015:
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015 (twitter: @wef)
— According to WEF Exec Chairman Klaus Schwab, a major part of Davos 2015 will be devoted to future of the Internet, and it is hard to imagine that future being discussed in any depth without reference to the Internet of Things.
Date: 21–24 January, 2015
Venue: Davos, Switzerland
URL: http://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2015
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IoT Evolution Expo — Miami 2015
— In the same family of events as M2M Evolution [see above], IoT Evolution Expo is a 4-day event that aims to teach companies how to leverage the Internet of Things to create new sales opportunities, improve business processes, discover new revenue streams, enhance customer engagement, and elevate end user experience. The accompanying Expo will showcase IoT solutions and developments, as well as M2M technologies, and January’s event will include a first ever Drone Zone 360.
Date: 27–30 January, 2015
Venue: Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida
URL: www.iotevolutionexpo.com
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Jfokus IoT
— Sweden’s largest annual developer conference for Java developers, founded in 2007, Jfokus has, for the second year, an IoT sub-section, Jfokus IoT. Organized since its inception by Mattias Karlsson (@matkar).
Date: 2–4 February, 2015
Venue: Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre, Stockholm, Sweden
URL: www.jfokus.se/iot/
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3rd BLN Internet of Things Forum 2014
— Founded in 2013, the first UK-based BLN IoT Forum helped define the commercial opportunities for entrepreneurs in IoT. The third forum will focus on realising the commercial potential of IoT bringing buyers, suppliers and investors in the sector together to talk about doing business, learn more about the funding, the products and the relationships that are needed for success in the market.
Date: 11–12 March, 2015
Venue: Cambridge, England
URL: http://iot.thebln.com
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CODE_n @ CeBIT 2015: Into the Internet of Things
(twitter: @CODE_n)
— CODE_n @ CeBIT is one of Europe’s leading innovation events. When CeBIT opens its doors, CODE_n will once again present 50 of the most promising digital startups from all around the globe over the course of five days. Internationally renowned designers Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram will take on the design of Hall 16. They will develop an impressive architectural approach aimed at bringing this year’s CODE_n theme to life, including a spectacular robotic installation that will turn the idea of industry 4.0 into a true-to-life experience. But there’s even more: a first-class conference program, panel shows and concerts will be rounding off the CODE_n activities at CeBIT 2015
Date: 16–20 March 2015
Venue: Hall 16, CeBIT 2015, Hannover, Germany
URL: www.code-n.org/cebit.html
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IoT Nexus: CONNECTIVITY (twitter: @IoTNexus)
— Produced by FC Business Intelligence, IoT Nexus is a 2-day expo & conference targeted at “solving the challenges faced by M2M connectivity providers.”
Date: 24–25 March, 2015
Venue: Royal Garden Hotel, London
URL: http://iot-nexus.com
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Net Futures 2015 (hashtag #netfutures15)
— Organized under the auspices of the European Commission, NET FUTURES wishes to maximize competitiveness of the European technology industry through the formation of an interconnected community involving companies, organizations and people active in research & innovation, market validation & living lab research, business development, entrepreneurship & enterprise strategy, and policy making. It is expected to be a key event on IoT, open source, smart cities & startups!
Date: 25–26 March, 2015
Venue: Brussels, Belgium
URL: http://netfutures2015.eu/
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IoT Asia 2015 (hashtag: #IoTAsia)
— Held for the first time in 2014 and organized by the Singapore Industrial Automation Association (SIAA) through the SingEx Group. The second annual IoT Asia event will continue to raise the profile of the IoT industry in Asia Pacific by highlighting relevant technological developments and capabilities to businesses (end-users), augment understanding, and generate interest towards greater IoT adoption.
Date: 8–9 April, 2015
Venue: MAX Atria @ Singapore Expo & Convention Centre
URL: http://internetofthingsasia.com
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ThingsCon 15 (twitter: @ThingsCon | hashtag #ThingsCon)
— Produced by @joinpolymer, @KrgerMax & @peterbihr, this is a two-day conference in Berlin, launched in 2014, about the future of the hardware business ranging from Internet of Things, wearables and connected devices to 3D printing and new manufacturing techniques.
Date: 8-9 May 2015
Venue: Berlin, Germany
URL: www.thingscon.com
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Internet of Things Developers Conference (hashtag #IoTDevCon)
— Targeting the IoT product developer, IoT DevCon 2015 will focus on technologies ranging from the ultra-low power microcontrollers to the multicore-enabled aggregation hubs to the software and security infrastructure required for monitoring and management of the enormous bundles of data generated by the virtually unlimited numbers of smart objects now being interconnected via the Internet of Things. (Launched in 2014.)
Date: 6–7 May, 2015
Venue: Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
URL: www.iot-devcon.com
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Internet of Things World (twitter: @IoTWorldNews)
— Produced by Informa Telecoms & Media.
Date: 13–14 May, 2015
Venue: Moscone Center, San Francicso, CA
URL: http://iotworldevent.com/
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IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2015
— Themed “Smart City & Smart World,” with its proximity to Tech City, the fastest growing technology cluster in Europe, this flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society will feature a comprehensive technical program including twelve Symposia and a number of Tutorials and Workshops. IEEE ICC 2015 will also include an Industry Forum & Exhibition program including business panels and keynote speakers.
Date: 8–12 June 2015
Venue: London, England
URL: http://www.ieee-icc.org/2015
Originally published at www.aonetwork.com.
