The 5th Future of Wireless International Conference

Everything Will Be Connected

(Did you really say 50 billion devices?)

1st & 2nd July 2013, The Moller Centre, Cambridge

Latest News... Carol Savill-Smith, mEducation Research Manager, Connected Living Programme at GSMA and Volker Buscher, Director, Arup have now joined the line up of impressive speakers!

Confirmed Keynotes for the conference include ... Prof Christopher Bishop FREng, FRSE, Distinguished Scientist, Microsoft Research; Bill McFarland, Vice President, Technology for Qualcomm Atheros; Stuart Orr, Managing Director, Communications Industry, Accenture; Kevin Jou, CTO, MediaTek; John Cunliffe, CTO Ericsson Western & Central Europe, Ericsson; joint presentation from Steve Townsend, Group CIO, Matthew Griffin, Head of Information Management & Business Relationship Management, Transport for London; Mike Short, Vice President of Public Affairs, at Telefónica Europe; Frank Mackel, UK Managing Director, Rohde & Schwarz; Rolf Meakin of PWC, Warren East, CEO, ARM and Matthew Postgate Controller BBC Research and Development, BBC.

Additional presentations will be heard from distinguished speakers from: Rohde & Schwarz, Agilent Technologies; Freescale; u-blox AG; Arkessa; Vodafone; CSR; University of Bristol; Bango; Philips Research Laboratories; Beecham Research; Oracle; Hildago; Ofcom; AlertME; NEC Europe; Weightless SIG; Airwave; Orange Labs; Neul; GSMA; Envirologger Ltd; Sony Mobile Communications AB; NTT DOCOMO; Real Wireless; CSC, South of England Local Enterprise Partnership; BT Health; Clearview Traffic, Arup and Alloy. Click here to view the full Conference Programme

Conference Overview

Staggeringly, just 30 years since the launch of cellular, over 6 billion people now have a mobile phone. Yet we may be on the threshold of a far bigger global shift in humanity’s use and application of wireless and communications. It’s now possible to connect large numbers of physical objects to the Internet and Cloud and give each of them an online digital representation. What really happens when every ‘thing’ is connected to the Cloud and by implication to everything else; when computers know where everything is and can enhance our perception and understanding of our surroundings? How will we interact with this augmented physical world in the future, and what impact will this have on services, infrastructure and devices? More profoundly, how might this change our society, business and personal lives?  

In 2013, The Future of Wireless International Conference explores strategic questions about this “Internet of Things”. How transformational could it be and how do we distinguish reality from hyperbole? What about the societal, business and technical challenges involved in moving to a future world where everyday objects are connected and autonomous? What are the benefits and pitfalls – will this be utopia or dystopia? What is the likely impact on your business and what new opportunities will this create? Is your business strategy correct, are you too early, or do you risk being too late? Will this change your business, your life? – almost certainly. Come to hear informed analysis, gain insight, and establish new business connections at this un-missable event.

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