10:00
Registration & Networking over Tea and Coffee
10:30
Introduction to the Cambridge Wireless Connected Devices SIG from Nick Hunn of Onzo
10:40
Building the Connected World, Antony Rix of TTP
Wireless technology has become an integral part of our lives, but how and why should it progress further? This presentation will assess future opportunities and challenges that will arise from pervasive wireless technology.
11:05
Q&A
11:10
Market Opportunities for Connected Devices in 2020; Robin Duke Woolley, Founder & CEO, Beecham Research Ltd
The market opportunities for connected devices is growing rapidly, both in terms of numbers of devices
as well as new service opportunities and business models. This presentation will explore these
opportunities.
11:35
Q&A
11:40
A Trip to the Future; Ian Pearson, Futurizon
Ongoing miniaturisation will allow digital jewellery to replace mobile devices such as phones and tablets,
using augmented reality as the interface. It will enable a full bypass network too, encouraged greatly by
the desire to recreate some privacy in a world of total surveillance.
12:05
Q&A
12:10
Buffet Lunch & Networking
13:30
The Consumer View, Applications & Use Cases for Everyday; Nick Hunn, WiFore Consulting
For most consumers, the phrase "Internet of Things" has little meaning. Yet if it we are to achieve the
vision of a connected world, we need to design products and services which are affordable, useable and
desirable. This presentation looks at the opportunities that exist to excite and delight users in a variety of
different market areas.
13:55
Q&A
14:00
The Connected Living Vision – Realising the Opportunity, Business Models, Ecosystems and Opportunities; Richard Cockle, Programme Director, Connected Living, GSMA
Connected Living will network many different types of product and service, creating new opportunities
within and outside the existing M2M market. How can operators address this opportunity? How could ecosystems develop to meet such diverse requirements? How can we overcome barriers in key vertical markets such as smart cities, health, automotive and education?
14:25
Q&A
14:30
Celebrating the Complexity of 10^10; Nick Foggin, Independent Consultant
In a world of 10^10 connected devices, the clash between the necessarily macro world-view of
telecommunications companies and the unavoidably micro-level nature of innovation will become ever more acute. For a functional and sustainable economic model to emerge, large corporations will have to learn how to embrace the complexity that powers the next phase of sector growth, while innovators will have to take a step beyond the mantra of disruption, and learn how to navigate the hegemony and hierarchy of the world of 'big infrastructure'.
14:55
Q&A
15:00
Tea/Coffee & Networking
15:30
Connecting 50 Billion Devices – the Wide-area Network Perspective; John Haine, Innovation Coordinator, Wireless Technology, u-blox AG
Connecting 50 billion devices will need “anywhere, anytime, zero cost” networking. Wide area wireless
networking today is synonymous with cellular – how do today’s and tomorrow’s cellular networks
measure up to the challenge of ubiquitous connectivity?
15:55
Q&A
16:00
Short pitches from Start-Ups with Novel Products & Services including:
• Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, EyeHub partner who will talk on ‘A secure and sustainable
internet of things’. This talk will address the primary concerns around security in a world of
connected products and objects as well as point to what the Eyehub project is doing to address
them.
• Stan Boland, Neul who will talk about ‘Weightless networks for the Internet of Things’
16:35
Panel Session with All Speakers, chaired by Antony Rix of TTP
16:55
Fill in Evaluation Forms & Event Closes