Track: Open Industry

This session captures the journey that Vestel Electronics, a consumer electronics group based in Turkey, faced while transitioning to an IOT-enabled world. Hear how they migrated to a multi-cloud ecosystem in order to reduce the IT burden and allow for more time to develop their services. You will learn from real-life examples of converting conventional products to IoT and creating new IoT products from scratch. You will leave this session with best-practices for making your cloud work with 3rd party partners while ensuring security. 

27% of corporate IoT transformation projects are stuck in proof of concept limbo. What’s the solution? This session will explore insights from our latest industry pulse report, highlighting three different case studies connected by one crucial factor: the central role of people in the success and scaling of IoT transformation. An automotive OEM launched a 5-year rollout of an enterprise software solution intended to streamline productivity across the company. An international multichannel distribution company needed to develop, validate and realize a best-in-class mobile solution to support its technicians. A major food packaging company made a significant investment in its equipment, including state-of-the-art automation. But anticipated results remained elusive. What was missing? An IoT transformation plan that included people.

Pentair is a global leader in providing smart, sustainable water solutions for customers across various market verticals. In this presentation, learn how IoT is transforming Pentair's solutions in the industrial, commercial and residential markets, by walking through several case studies. Learn best practices for developing partnerships that result in faster deployment of IoT solutions globally.

Today, technical standards for interoperability and innovation represent key protocols (Ethernet, WiFi, LTE, etc.) that ensure compatibility and to promote competition. Moving forward these technical standards will underlie the development of an increasingly seamlessly internet-connected Internet of Things. As standards are developed, patented technologies are often contributed to the effort. "Standards essential patents" (SEPs) are patents covering technology implemented into a technical standard to the degree that an implementer of the technical standard must use the patent. Understanding SEP-related legal and policy issues is important to any organization that creates technology or provides products and services related to technical standard.  Join this session to learn about, and engage on, SEP licensing negotiation tactics, international perspectives on IP enforcement, emerging legal and policy developments across key venues, and the ultimate impact on IoT technology developers.

ARCELIK is a pioneer company for IoT security in the home appliance market.  They provide consumers with new services that make tasks easier, from downloading new programs to installing new software releases for appliances and receiving remote diagnostics and monitoring. This session will present a case study on how ARCELIK added embedded security to home appliances.  Learn how they developed a system architecture that enables a secure connection for their products, enabling them to provide their customers with convenient services without compromising on security, including remote diagnostics and monitoring, the ability to download new programs and the ability to install new software releases for appliances.

Test Drives, Challenges and Testbeds Oh My! Industrial Internet Consortium Leads the Way This session will explore where organizations are deploying IoT today and the specific problems they are solving. Join our panel of experts for a lively discussion on the state of the IOT market, and how the Industrial Internet Consortium is leveraging its diverse membership of enterprises, vendors, and service providers to collaborate and solve real-world problems.

The face of Industry and IoT is changing. This once homogeneous field is becoming more diverse than ever before. Learn from a panel of female leaders how they got where they are today and the obstacles they had to overcome on their journey. The panel will include representatives from large, international companies as well as the public sector. 

At any given point in time, Larsen & Toubro has around 400+ active project sites, with a fleet of 35000+ construction equipment of different makes, models, and vintages. Construction progress has considerable dependence on availability and productive utilization of construction equipment, so ensuring proper allocation, availability, and productivity are of paramount importance. This session will explore how they retrofit their equipment with required sensors, intelligent edge processing, near real-time streaming of data and information, data ingestion & storage, analytics, and visualization. Discover how this enables them to make effective decisions on mobilization, hiring, buying, resizing, and enhancing utilization and productivity of their equipment, thereby accelerating construction progress.

IoT is fundamentally transforming how we live, work and play. As companies begin to move past the now well-trodden path of initial use cases in IoT such as predictive maintenance, they are beginning to harness the power of sensor-enabled, real-world data to reimagine why, how, and where they deploy IoT- and ultimately, how they make money from it. Lessons from these trailblazers illustrate that success lies in focusing not just on the technology, but more holistically, on a true transformation of the business. In this session we will cover novel IoT use cases and critical ingredients for success in enterprise IoT initiatives.

The journey to the boardroom can, at times, be an overwhelming undertaking filled with questions about what to expect, how to prepare, and how to be an effective board member. During this session with Women in the Boardroom CEO & Founder Sheila Ronning, you will get answers to burning boardroom questions, including: Types of boards, Job & responsibilities of a director, Being an effective board member, The risks of serving, Time commitment of serving, Compensation for serving, What skills and experience are boards looking for? What boards are you qualified for and interested in? Why serve on a board, and What you can do to get your seat at the table.

Study after study has shown that diversity leads to more creative teams and increases a company’s bottom line. Nowadays, every organization that wants more creative, engaged, and innovative teams is investing in Diversity & Inclusion teams and initiatives. Yet while commitment to diversity has been on the rise, the yield of these commitments is still falling short of the mark. Diversity by itself creates chaos, whereas creating a culture of inclusion and belonging allows you to reap the benefits of having diverse teams. This can be a daunting task to take on, yet it can yield the highest return on your investment in your most valuable asset – your employees! Join us for a conversation about how diversity enables teams to outperform others and learn about ways to create inclusive environments that empower your teams to innovate and create at their best.

Learn what companies are doing to promote women leaders and diversity in the workplace. Hear about programs that are working, lessons learned, goals for the future, and how culture has changed as a result. 

Managing and correctly disposing of or recycling the world's waste is a problem that has reached critical levels. By utilizing mobile, IoT and predictive analytics, the companies charged with disposing and recycling everyday waste are taking a more pro-active approach to the problem. They are also getting customers more involved in the process and building electronic bridges that connect smart trash receptacles, trucks, and landfills in a conservation network that can eventually lead to a cleaner planet. This presentation will outline the techniques and some of the innovative pilot projects launched by a major U.S. waste management company as it combines emerging technology with sustainability best practices to preserve the world for future generations.

Worldwide spending on IoT will reach $745B this year with an expected 14.2B connected IoT devices in operation.  So, it’s no surprise that most every company in the world has IoT systems in place or is at least thinking about how they might be included as part of an overall enterprise strategy.  Most deployments will incorporate intelligence at the edge to pre-process collected data - expected to amount to more than 79 zettabytes by 2025, according to IDC. Join us as end-users on the frontline of enterprise initiatives voice their opinions on key areas in enterprise IoT deployments. The discussion will focus on what is technically effective and socially acceptable, including data ownership, privacy, regulatory compliance and even algorithmic bias – all important as new regulations take shape and laws put in place that dictate just who controls IoT devices and the data they generate.

As large U.S. cities set their sights on IoT, AI and other emerging technologies as part of expansive smart city deployments, relatively small Cary, North Carolina is taking the lead by launching small pilot programs that target such real-world challenges such as water usage, waste management, and city-wide parking.  Carys smart city game plan is to find ways to use technology to make it easier and more efficient for residents to access town services and bring together industries, partners and communities to make it happen. By adopting a start-up mentality, the people driving initiatives can think more creatively and develop solutions that provide better services that improve the towns culture. Join Town of Cary CIO Nicole Raimondo as she outlines the technology roadmap for one of the fastest-growing and technologically progressive cities in the U.S.

This session will explore how Ibercaja, a leading bank in the rural sector in Spain, built a precision agriculture IOT product to digitize new and young farmers. Due to the expansion of ebanking, Ibercaja was losing physical contact with this main sector of customers in rural areas.   Discover how Smarteye helped to improve their production, control and protect the environment, and finally to create a new business model to transform the engagement with their main clients.