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Dinu de Kroon
Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Lighthouses and the Path to Impact: Adopting AI at Speed and Scale
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, introducing technology alone is not sufficient to effectively capture and sustain the full potential of productivity improvements. Successful leaders have built a strategic roadmap and evolved their entire operating model to achieve desired outcomes, including environmental sustainability, faster innovation, more accessible products and services, higher customer satisfaction, and engaged workforces. The playbook that has emerged from the Global Lighthouse Network – an initiative by the World Economic Forum, co-founded with McKinsey & Company – can serve as inspiration when seeking the path to success. This session will explore the rapid proliferation of machine intelligence, the importance of incorporating a range of technology solutions, as well as the 6 key success factors required to execute at-scale deployments and create sustainable and profitable growth.
Dinu is a partner at McKinsey’s Zurich office. With a focus on elevating client aspirations in operational performance, he integrates lean principles with cutting-edge AI, digital, and automation technologies. Leading the Swiss Operations Hub, Innovation & Learning Centers, and overseeing the Global Lighthouse Network’s activities in EMEA, he is at the forefront of driving impactful change.
Joost Demarest
CTO, KNX Association
KNX - Constantly on the Move
KNX, a robust and innovative technology, continuously improves while maintaining steadfast backward compatibility. This is proven through his historical evolvements, solid technical foundation, and central role in automation. Recent extensions, such as KNX Secure and KNX IoT development, combined with ongoing improvements, ensure it stays future-proof. With standardized interoperability and a 30+ year track record without compatibility issues, KNX stands the test of time, offering both reliability and adaptability.
Since 1992 responsible for Certification of Home and Building Control Equipment on the basis of the EIB protocol, since 2001 on the basis of the KNX technology.
Secretary of the KNX Technical Board, KNX Certification Group and KNX Executive Board; member of KNX Working Group Interworking. Since June 2006 CTO/CFO of KNX Association. Member of several international standardization committees.
Othman D. Aldahash
CEO, iot squared
Innovative Business Models
For IoT business there are many innovative business models that could increase your customers adoption, such as software as a service, platform as a service, equipment as a service, data as a service, and many more.
Othman D. AlDahash assumed the leadership of iot squared as the CEO of the company since 2022. With over 20 years of experience in the ICT industry, Othman has held several senior leadership positions in product portfolio management, product marketing, business development, strategic alliances, and general management. Othman holds an MBA from Claremont Graduate University – Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management.
Yasser Alsaied
Vice President of IoT, Amazon Web Services
Data-driven Outcomes: How IoT Powers Generative AI Innovation
Generative AI is transforming nearly every facet of technology. It is revolutionizing the way developers craft applications and how end users engage with them. While Generative AI foundation models can be powerful out-of-the box, they need access to relevant, high-quality data sources to ensure they are properly trained for your organizations unique use cases. Join Vice President of IoT at AWS, Yasser Alsaied, in a thought-provoking keynote presentation to discover how IoT data is driving the next generation of AI breakthroughs. In this session, we’ll explore real-world examples from automotive, smart home, and industrial sectors, and discuss how leveraging your organization’s IoT data can catapult generative AI into new realms of innovation.
Yasser leads the Amazon Web Services IoT business that includes IoT Core, Industrial, Automotive, Robotics, and IoT devices. AWS IoT services are among the highest connected IoT services globally and continue to grow in the fields of digital twins, smart cities, as well as connected smart vehicles. Yasser joined AWS from Qualcomm, where he was Vice President of IoT and managed teams that released Qualcomm’s first WLAN chip for mobile phones.
Hervé d'Halluin
Traceability & RAIN RFID Leader, Decathlon United
How Decathlon is answering to sustainability challenge and future regulations thanks to the RAIN RFID?
For 15 years now, Decathlon has implemented the RAIN RFID all along its value chain. Today, 100% of Decathlon’s products bear an RFID Tag, stuck directly during manufacturing.
Today, facing sustainability expectations and future european regulation challenges, discover how RAIN RFID technology is key for Decathlon to build a disruptive product traceability system.
Join the session to discover Decathlon, learn more about the history of its RAIN RFID project, and understand how the technology is an enablers to the future.
Hervé is leading the Decathlon RFID Project. This project is one of the first, biggest, and most advanced in the retail segment. It is deployed all over Decathlon supply chain in the entire world. Since the beginning of the year, 100% of Decathlon products bear a Rain RFID Tag. Hervé is leading the team in charge of building these high-value creation solutions implemented in Decathlon stores, warehouses and factories.
Hervé d'Halluin
Traceability & RAIN RFID Leader
How Decathlon is answering to sustainability challenge and future regulations thanks to the RAIN RFID?
For 15 years now, Decathlon has implemented the RAIN RFID all along its value chain. Today, 100% of Decathlon’s products bear an RFID Tag, stuck directly during manufacturing.
Today, facing sustainability expectations and future european regulation challenges, discover how RAIN RFID technology is key for Decathlon to build a disruptive product traceability system.
Join the session to discover Decathlon, learn more about the history of its RAIN RFID project, and understand how the technology is an enablers to the future.
Hervé is leading the Decathlon RFID Project. This project is one of the first, biggest, and most advanced in the retail segment. It is deployed all over Decathlon supply chain in the entire world. Since the beginning of the year, 100% of Decathlon products bear a Rain RFID Tag. Hervé is leading the team in charge of building these high-value creation solutions implemented in Decathlon stores, warehouses and factories.
Yasser Alsaied
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Reinventing Business and Operations with IoT Solutions
Billions of IoT devices will connect with the cloud over the next five years. Organizations are unlocking their data to create new business models through these connected devices, coupling them with artificial intelligence and driving outcome-based analytics that enhance customer experiences, optimize operational efficiencies, streamline asset management, and improve workflow safety. This session highlights new innovations in IoT and robotics that are helping commercial, industrial, and automotive organizations securely and reliably transform business and operations by sending data to the cloud and bringing actionable insights back to the device to effectively deliver business value.
Jessica Poliner joined relayr in February 2022 as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and also serves on the board of directors for relayr, IoT Financial Services, and Munich Re’s IoT Advisory Council. Jessica brings over fifteen years of leadership experience working in global diversified industrial companies and has a strong track record of growing businesses. Jessica holds a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from Marquette University Law School and a Bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University.
Dmitri Belotchkine
Technical Director, Europe. TXOne Networks
ICS Security: How to Navigate Successfully in a Multi-Vendor and Multi-Site World
Production and process industry digitalization and connectivity to IT services and cloud introduce new threats in OT. New connections and smart IoT devices tear down the ICS isolation myth. Vendors must be prepared and support OT asset owners to manage the risks of possible consequences. When new IoT assets and connectivity are added to production networks, new countermeasure requirements must be considered. Valmet is developing and deploying secure ICS products and services using on-premise and cloud computing. The session introduces concerns and new OT countermeasure solutions responding to new threats and managing risks for production.
Since 2006 Heinz Lux has been responsible for the KNX Association which promotes the KNX protocol: The worldwide STANDARD for Home and Building Control.
Before that, he advised industry on their strategic projects concerning Home and Building Management & Control networks as an independent consultant. From 1990 to 2000 he was employed by Siemens in various positions related to home and building automation.
Andrei Ciobotar
Chief Technology Officer, Relayr
Celebrating 10 Years of IoT
In this interactive session, relayr’s CTO Andrei Ciobotar discusses how the IoT use cases have evolved from their earliest days to the present – opening new pathways across industries. Join Andrei as he examines the rise of IoT through the lens of the relayr’s journey. Discussion will focus on how the Industrial IoT came into being – the relayr story, the next generation of predictive maintenance, the rise of mature IoT solutions: from edge to end-to-end platforms, and practical use cases illustrating the power of IoT-powered solutions
Andrei Ciobotar joined relayr in 2017 as Director of Analytics. A former CTO and co-founder of the AI startup Neokami, acquired by relayr, he brought a wealth of knowledge and expertise. Today, in his role as CTO, Andrei is the driving force behind the success of relayr’s three engineering disciplines – cloud development, edge development, and artificial intelligence.