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09:00 – 09:30 |
Registration | Virtual Exhibition & Networking |
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Opening Talks |
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09:30 – 09:40 |
Master of Ceremonies: Simon Mead, CEO, CW (Cambridge Wireless) Welcome to the conference |
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Gold Keynote Sponsor: ghd
Chair: Simon Fletcher, Real Wireless & Chair of CWIC Organising Committee Introductory industry speaker: Jennifer Didoni, Vodafone Keynote: Tim Moore, ghd |
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10:30 – 10:35 |
Award announcements: Connected Product & Most Innovative Start-Up Of The Year | |
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10:35 – 11:00 |
Break | Virtual Exhibition & Networking |
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Track 1 | Track 2 |
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Transport Solutions & Logistics
Gold Track Sponsor: Zizo
Chair: Julie Bradford, Real Wireless
Viable connectivity to vehicles for road and rail is coming, with innovators claiming Edge for low latency applications – typically infotainment. Air and Sea Ports are increasingly vocal markets for new approaches to wireless service delivery and automation. Can logistics provide the application that shapes the market or are other forces like autonomous electric vehicles the shaping force?
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Gold Track Sponsor: 8west
Chair: Simon Fletcher, CTO, Real Wireless
The health sector is a notoriously conservative technology adopter but Edge and IoT may pave the way to its transformation towards truly autonomous care. Companies are shifting health systems out of the hospital and into the era of telesurgery, remote monitoring and connected ambulances. However, do practitioners and patients trust the way in which the market is going?
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11:55 – 12:00 |
Comfort Break |
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Plenary Session | |
| 12:00 – 12:55 |
Digital Infrastructure & Smart Cities
Chair: Carole Ciliberti, Capita
According to IDC, by 2023 >50% of new enterprise infrastructure deployments will not be in corporate data centres but at the Edge where data exchange and interconnections between businesses and cloud services are booming. This plenary explores the tech that allows businesses to leverage faster connectivity, lower latency, personalised services, user insights and compelling business models.
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A Word from our Lunch Sponsor |
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13:00 – 13:05 |
Award announcements: Greatest Impact On Diversity & Inclusion In Technology & Most Impactful Tech For Society | |
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13:05 – 14:00 |
Lunch | Virtual Exhibition & Networking |
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Track 4 |
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| 14:00 – 14:55 |
Gold Track Sponsor: Ryff Silver Track Sponsor: Imagination Technologies
Chair: Caroline Gabriel, Rethink Technology Research
The Creative Industries is the UK’s fastest growing sector whose boom is driven by the adoption of technology that improves audience experience and production times. Edge’s lower latency can enable a content revolution via the democratisation of console gaming via cloud-based computing, the delivery of immersive mixed reality experiences to mobile and the streamlining of production workflows.
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Chair: Ben Brabyn
Increasing demand for personalised financial services, the move to cashless payments and the rise of mobile banking makes the financial sector ripe for Edge. Newer technologies can foster financial inclusivity with accessible payment mechanisms and the ability to bank the unbanked. What benefits and concerns are there around fraud and security? Where can AI and Edge solutions help?
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14:55 – 15:25 |
Break | Virtual Exhibition & Networking |
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A word from our conference supporters |
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Product as a Service in a Connected World
Gold Plenary Sponsor: Product as a Service 'PaaS' Consortium Silver Plenary Sponsor: Sierra Wireless
Chair: Chris Porthouse, Imagination Technologies
As more consumers purchase online and there is an increase in connected devices, brands are looking to engage with their consumers at a deeper level through digital innovation and services. We will explore “Product as a Service” models and whether cloud connectivity and having the right data at the right time in a more sustainable and secure way can lead to more compelling consumer experiences and deeper insights. We will also look at some of the challenges and opportunities of adopting and scaling up digital innovation within enterprises to avoid ‘silo thinking’ and allow collaboration more openly through a shared digital platform approach.
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16:25 – 16:30 |
Award announcement: Best Application Of Edge Technology & Outstanding Woman Engineer Of The Year | |
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16:30 – 17:00 |
Break | Virtual Exhibition & Networking |
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Opening the RAN / Does Government intervention in Standards ever end well?
A thriving multi-vendor supply chain requires inter-operable equipment framed by open standards – but isn’t that what the telecoms sector is good at? So why are we reaching a crunch point at the advent of 5G? Can Governments through funds, policy, regulation really shape the market in equipment and solutions providers or are any such initiatives doomed to fail? |
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17:40 – 17:50 |
Closing Remarks |
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17:50 – 18:30 |
Bring Your Own Drinks & Canapés| Virtual Exhibition & Networking | |
* This is a draft agenda which may be amended
