Where does processing occur? The cloud is drawn by thousands of network architects, but when it comes to managing real-time mission critical information, closer is better. The question then becomes how autonomous is the decision and is it using AI to analyze other resources? This session will help define fog and edge architectures and show how they are working together to advance the technology of managing critical data at scale.

How did Blockchain migrate from BitCoin to a darling of industry? As companies look to manage distributed ledgers and the logistics around digital twins and IoT, blockchain has become the model.

Where are the benefits and value in Fog Computing models? Efficiency and effectiveness are key drivers and this session is about the value that Fog brings to Industrial IoT.

Blockchain may be the only logical way to secure all of this information and data, as it is created, stored and shared between systems, expanding the attack surface for cybercriminals. With any new technology comes new cyber-security threats. The need to protect digital and computer infrastructure has never been more critical and having a decentralized network that is heavily encrypted can, by orders of magnitude, make securing Industry 4.0 at scale possible. As enterprises are adopting block chain because of its ability to match their future design.

Smart Cities strategies are often complex and represent a mix of solutions being delivered at the same time. How can blockchain be used to integrate the solutions that involve shared resources with regional authorities having jurisdiction.

Edge computing is an essential and foundational element of distributed computing architectures. This session explores different models of data ingest, analysis and decision making that leverage the best of the edge and cloud computing.

The Connected Car has arrived. As the features and capabilities of smart cars expand the need to support analytics with authentication and security is essential. Block chain represents the opportunity to manage data and optimize AI.

The industrial smart meter market is projected to grow significantly over the next five years, where as many as half a billion smart meters will be installed globally. Many countries will soon become reliant on Internet-connected smart meters to deliver their electricity - but this increases the risk of electric grid cyber-attacks. This talk will focus on securing these meters via the Wi-SUN Alliance’s Field Area Network. As part of the discussion, this talk will cover provisioning digital certificates and how they play a role in making smart meters secure and Wi-SUN compliant.

The OpenFog Consortium published a Reference Architecture (later re-published as the IEEE 1934 standard) describing many of the key capabilities of fog computing. This talk will discuss the highlights of the OpenFog Reference Architecture, and also introduce what comes next. This includes the to-be-published OpenFog Technical Framework document, that goes much deeper into the technologies that enable fog computing. Finally, we will briefly discuss the architectural implications of the recently-announced merger between the OpenFog Consortium and the Industrial Internet Consortium, and how the OpenFog architectural vision will dovetail with the work underway in the IIC Edge Computing Task Group.

Many assets are subject to sharing and exchanging of ownership. Managing the supply change in manufacturers using blockchain represents a new era in just in time manufacturing strategies. Everything from component management to and on development and warehouses all face the challenge of tracking tracing and transferring assets. Learn how blockchain can be applied to optimize these requirements.

Which blockchain solutions are out there and what strategies make sense? Do cryptocurrencies enable new services, or hinder blockchain for enterprise adoption? What is involved in using blockchains? Does every implementation require mining, for example? This is where you will learn about the nuts and bolts of blockchain as a solution.

Flexibility and interoperability in the field of IoT software is a paramount objective. The mix of platforms, “things”, applications, intelligence, etc. which are connected in an IoT deployment is extensive. And it’s still growing. How do you create a software platform that connects to a variety of old & new, greenfield and brownfield devices and sensors, allows the incorporation of various edge analytics, communicates to a diverse set of cloud and enterprise platforms like Azure IoT Hub, Google IoT Core, AWS IoT? The solution, as exhibited by the EdgeX Foundry (an open source, vendor neutral IoT platform hosted by the Linux Foundation), is to use a microservice architecture. In this session, learn about EdgeX Foundry, how it works, and see how its microservices architecture can help.

Launching a successful blockchain startup has proven to be difficult with many unforeseen challenges and setbacks causing some companies with even the best ideas to fail. How do companies navigate through the blockchain landscape? What are the best paths to product development, testing, and scale? What is the best way to position and to which buyers? Should companies refer to their technology as distributed ledger, vs. blockchain given some skepticism in the market after a challenging 2018? These are just a few of the business dynamics we will explore on our blockchain journey, sharing examples of successful companies and how they moved the needle.

This panel is a question and answer discussion about how IoT benefits from distributed processing, aggregation and augmenting resources. It looks at IoT and the way that operational information from sensors are gathered, analyzed and processed.

Does blockchain improve the anonymity factor or does it leave a record the can be linked and break HIPPA compliance rules? The answer is that it depends on the implementation. This session is about the best practices needed to take advantage of blockchain for patient care, in pharma trials, and more.

Will there be a blockchain 2.0? Are there requirements waiting to be included in the future? Will there be a single blockchain standards body or is Blockchain going to be flavored by various organizations?

When it comes to IoT people are developing solutions either to save money, make money or to comply with regulation. However much of the regulatory environment is trying to provide a framework for success in deployments. This general session looks at the issues being debated in government and how it will impact IoT solutions.

Our classic session where we ask the simple question; who makes money, and where does smart money go to invest in IoT? This panel of movers and shakers gives us their perspective on the who and why of IoT success.

Although the number of IoT projects continue to increase, the failure rate of IoT deployments is still surprisingly high. With a blank check and unlimited corporate access, system integrators can make almost any combination of IoT devices, networks, and IoT platforms work together. But what if an organization must implement through their own IT department and do so within a defined budget? George Mulhern, CEO of Cradlepoint, explains how to build Enterprise-grade IoT solutions that meet the requirements of both the IT and OT teams and increase the success rate of IoT deployments.

As a distributor, SYNNEX focuses on operational efficiency – from conception to completion. We bridge the missing gap by creating IoT Solutions customized for specific industry and vertical needs. From the factory line to the time a product is delivered, real-time tracking and automated inventory management reduces losses and increases profits. The capabilities of our market-ready solutions are endless, and this session will focus on the multiple facets of IoT that lead to informed decision making, increased productivity, and future success.

There is significant potential for IoT technologies to impact health and wellness. A key enabler is the capture and analysis of streaming data in real time generated from connected devices such as monitors, wearables and sensors. We will review the research project conducted with NCSU Engineering and UNC-Chapel Hill Medical School focused on healthcare and wearables use cases applying analytical innovations.

Scaling the IoT: Enabling a world in which consumers and businesses enjoy rich new services, connected by intelligent and secure mobile networks.

The Internet of Things often represents small elements that have big impact when applied the level of a city or region. This session starts by looking at how some incremental deployments have tremendous impact.

What are the components to an IoT solution? What is the proper way to source a strategy? This session looks at the big picture of IoT design, development and deployment.

The primary care physician is the starting point for most patients within the healthcare process. This initial visit includes many IoT-friendly processes, including Electronic medical Records management, referrals to specialists and surgeons and examinations. In this session, the speakers will dig into the IoT-enabled options to streamline those procedures.

Industry 4.0 represents one of the most innovative verticals in IoT. Enabling Enterprises to benefit from IoT while maintaining production requires new solutions. This panel identifies actionable insights for Industrial IoT Edge applications with examples of analytics, productivity and quality that directly impact ROI.

Atlanta has embraced the adoption of Smart City solutions for themselves and the region. This panel discusses the strategies involved at a local and regional level.

Dr. Gerry Hayes will lead the IEEE working group session about sensor harmonization and the current draft standard, P2510, that is under review by the IEEE.

With all the data being stored and transferred into and out of medical facilities, connectivity is critical at every point along that process. In addition, communications between departments and facilities can be time sensitive, and directly impact patient care. Of course, all of these cases also require top notch security, in addition to fast, reliable connectivity. Here, we will examine the methods and options for accomplishing this.

The IoT market in South America is projected to bypass $19 billion by 2023, according to a market research report published by P&S. The region's IoT boom is largely attributed to the number of governments increasing their efforts across the region and the development of smart cities across the continent. How are major organizations in this region preparing for and contributing to the flourishing South America IoT market, and how is the global IoT market responding?

For most of the world resources are scarce and need to be properly managed. For those that live where resources are abundant the issue is one of caretaking. The bottom line is the need is universal to manage, monitor and protect sustainable resources. This session looks at the full spectrum of using IoT with Sustainable resources.

While IoT has many uses one place that IoT Gateways are being utilized is in Failover of wireline services. This benefit enables other use cases to tag along. This discussion is how Enterprises take advantage of gateways .

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, is the legislation in the U.S. designed to protect the privacy and medical information of patients. There is similar legislation all around the world, and IoT technology implementation in Healthcare is directly impacted by the legally mandated compliance to these regulations. IoT providers need to know how to navigate these regulations and help their customers remain compliant to the law, while still accomplishing the goal of keeping patient information safe while improving patient outcomes through better data sharing within the IoT, and this session will dig into some of those solutions.

Managing Production is the focus of Operations, reporting on production is the focus of IT. The result is that one looks at the means to the end while the other looks at the end result. This often materializes in a failure to communicate effectively. How does IoT enable better understanding between the departments to improve production, planning and profit?

This session gets to heart of developing a Security strategy for IoT with practical advice about assessing the risks, deploying solutions, establishing policies and programs and ensuring compliance.

Street lighting is ubiquitous, and therefore Smart Lighting controllers can potentially carry numerous sources of data. Once every street lamp is connected, cities can favorably exploit a wireless network canopy, 30 feet in the air, enabling interaction with a wide variety of assets such as smart edge-vision and sound-recognition systems, environmental sensors, digital displays, actuators, etc. The connected assets can then be controlled and monitored remotely through dedicated open, expandable and secure interfaces.

Everyone has a tendency to look at the application and ignore the issues associated with configuration and billing. Remember if you can't bill for it, IoT is just a hobby.

Patient exams amount to data collection, which is the starting point for any IoT system. This session will look at how IoT-enabled sensors can help streamline those examinations, thanks to smart and connected medical devices.

It’s one thing to gather “Big Data”, it’s another thing entirely to determine how to find the relevant data and put it to action. This session is about how analytics can bring insight and measurable improvement when using IoT to gather, deliver and execute.

In today’s market, customers are looking for trusted advisors and consultants that are able to help them solve problems by enabling IoT deployments. More than an idea, SYNNEX is simplifying and solving problems by creating purpose-built solutions, providing intelligent data, and automating systems enabling you to increase overall efficiency and productivity for your customers.

You have a Smart City strategy. Now what? The answer is in the analytics. How do you take the information gained and make Big Data – relevant data. This is a discussion about the lessons learned in delivering on the promise of IoT in Smart Cities.

In this session, we’ll discuss why you should bypass the public internet and use a global private network to improve and secure your business, support scale and interoperability for IoT devices, provide direct secure access to cloud-based enterprise applications, and navigate the exciting opportunities that lie ahead in the age of digital transformation.

Diagnosis has in the past been an eldritch art, combining patient data, studies and statistics, doctors’ professional experience, and symptom analysis in the supervising physician’s mind. Now, thanks to advanced machine analytics, doctors have better data available than ever before, and they are using it to inform ever more accurate diagnoses. We’ll show you how.

The justification for expanding services in manufacturing requires more customer insight. This discussion is about where to find the value and how to deliver services customers need.

IoT is not an out of the box solution. For most solutions the existing platform represents 80% of the solution but you need additional customization. How do engage the customer, establish the requirement and avoid feature creep and delays?

In order for IoT and Smart Cities to support public safety, our first responders need fast access to critical data during emergencies. Former Baltimore Fire Chief Ray Lehr will discuss this challenge, share an overview of FirstNet, and spotlight recent cutting-edge projects that are currently leveraging this technology.

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence technologies are now widespread and it’s important to step back and consider how far we have come. What have we learned about creating models, experimenting with design, and ensuring fairness and representation of our users? The lifespan of a product is changing, and static products are no longer viable. Any devices coming out in the future must be able to learn over time and produce feedback. In this session, Ricardo Prada, Director of UX at Google, will discuss how creating models and doing experimentation in design has brought us to the current state of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and will continue to change the world.

What are the economics of migrating processing to the edge? What is about the cloud that makes Edge Computing and Edge processing attractive. This discussion is about migrating processes that need real time interfaces for actuation and AI. It also is a discussion about how to optimize the edge of better data center and cloud interfaces. Learn what is happening at the edge of the network.

At the intersection of fashion and technology is FashionTech. Explore the latest in wearables and its use of LED lights, fiber optics, microcontrollers and fashion connected to and controlled by multiple devices and the internet. Join us as we discuss this emerging technology, and be inspired by a diverse Fashion Show of today's world of FashionTech.

Fleet is one of the largest markets for IoT and for good reason. Managing containers and loads; vehicle location, performance and maintenance; ELD requirements; and driver behavior requires a lot of data and even more intelligence than modern trucks already provide in great amount. How do Fleet managers get the essential information to be a success. How does the truck industry support the integration of this information directly. This session looks at how trucking is changing from start to finish.

Within the factory, assets and inventory can be tracked with sensors, allowing for better accountability and product management. From there, industrial IoT allows the business to look at almost all components of the operation–from employees to forklifts–as assets that can provide opportunities for revenue growth if managed correctly. Using intelligence as part of the product development IoT model can also have an impact on development of processes, changing how products are innovated and built.

When it comes to commuting, timing is everything. With IoT timing can become even more precise and valuable to the customer base. This session is looks at how people move and how solutions can be deployed for mass transit and personal transportation including bikes and scooters.

As technology goes, we live in a world where smaller seems better. But imagine that your most valuable computing asset might also be your largest asset – the very building that houses your operations. And it might be your best worker: outfitted with technology to connect it to the digital world, it’s highly skilled and performs around the clock. This indispensable “employee” offers smart, reliable and resourceful service, and stands to get even more valuable over time.

This session will focus on two separate real life cases of Predictive Maintenance. In both cases we enabled industrial customers to improve the technical availability of their machines and robots. The presentation will detail steps and issues resolved in developing the Data Lake and the required Machine Learning algorithms that enable corrections and improvements to industrial controls. By combining traditional Engineering approach (FMEA, RCM and Kaizen) with the Machine Learning approach (full data set analytics and multivariate correlation analysis) a Digital Twin is developed. This impact the specific manufacturing process that is way more reliable and predictable than what could be done in the past just with the Engineering approach. As these approaches continue to develop AI becomes a reality.

The technology used in Seat Pleasant's Digital Transformation includes an operational data platform (i.e. command and control platform, smart city platform) that allows Cities to aggregate data from disparate sources and visualize that data in a single view. This allows the City to share data across departments, and the solution also allows for the development of KPIs for measuring productivity and SOPs for improving the efficiency of processes. The solution was developed by IBM and is called the Intelligent Operations Center. There is a Public Safety/Emergency Management Module/Add-on to the IBM Intelligent Operations Center that was developed by Priority 5. This component allows our public safety individuals monitor crime activity across jurisdictions, plan for emergencies by understanding the interdependencies of critical infrastructure and respond effectively to emergencies by improving communication and coordination.

Today, it is vital that retailers know their customers better than they know themselves. Success can no longer be defined as giving customers what they want, but by anticipating what consumers need before they need it. Moving forward, success will be measured by how well retailers can personalize, customize and digitize consumers’ experiences. This is why the in-store experience is ready for disruption. From the fitting room mirror all the way to the storefront window to browsing and buying in a self-service environment – consumers are looking for seamless, integrated experiences, regardless of the channel allowing them to transition effortlessly from their digital device to physical store and move between platforms such as apps to text messages. The next evolution of IoT will be about the collection of the IoT experience made possible by a group of devices — and making those devices work in concert to deliver a more fully IoT-enhanced experience.

The market for LPWANs is red hot and with opportunity comes innovation. This panel of gateway manufacturers is about how the market diversity has lead to their ingenuity on how they have applied technology and application in the market.

Despite the growth of the IoT, ever approaching ubiquity, most devices are still unconnected. And many enterprises are either reluctant to buy all-new, smart equipment, or not in the position to make such a capital outlay. The answer, of course if aftermarket add-ons. LPWAN can be a critical piece of that solution. Delegates in this session will learn how and why.

Today’s IoT landscape often requires developers to connect a variety of sensors and devices speaking dozens of protocols into IoT platforms. Likewise, the IoT platforms, after ingesting data from the sensors and devices, have to prepare the data for a particular endpoint (cloud or enterprise system) or get the data into an intelligence or analytics engine. Again, developers must negotiate a diversity of endpoint protocols, data formats, and special needs. Our IoT platforms are, like it or not for the foreseeable future, dual transformation engines. In this session, learn how EdgeX Foundry – an open source, edge platform backed by more than 70 companies - is creating a scalable and flexible platform that will address all the types of sensors (and their protocols) and all the cloud/integration systems (and their protocols) that need to be woven into your IoT solution.

Advances in AI are already demonstrating the potential to augment what humans are capable of, and they are already fundamentally changing our lives in ways we couldn’t have imagined even five years ago. As AI becomes a critical part of mainstream products, services and other innovations the deployment of these technologies becomes critical. Fog and edge are deployment models for AI that is already revolutionizing the way that we think about the intelligent edge. In this session we will explore how fog and edge are delivering on AI’s promise in terms of rapid deployment and scaling, as well as enabling scenarios that are challenging with the cloud alone.

The landscape of IoT Devices continues to shrink in form factor, bandwidth, and power consumption. These attributes demand an endpoint to be super-efficient in onboarding, software delivery mechanisms, as well as security constructs. Often, the devices are addressable through non-Internet Protocol naming and require data delivery to be handling in payloads meant for signaling traffic. Most solutions look to provide a way to retrieve data in proprietary methods and consider the endpoint to be disposable if modifications are required on the embedded software. Introduced in this session will be methods and procedures for retaining the endpoints with a software management lifecycle approach to maintaining and improving the capabilities for the full mechanical age of a device.

How are IoT leaders developing smart city awareness and driving commitment from critical stakeholders? How do leaders in smart cities, counties, and states achieve success through collaboration and key partnerships? What technology challenges lie ahead, and how are leaders overcoming those challenges and working toward a new generation of smarter infrastructure, sustainability, safety, and citizen services?

Connectivity in remote areas is a constantly evolving challenge in IoT, and satellite connectivity is one of the best solutions we’ve found for the problem. Now, LPWAN is joining the IoT space race. Learn how it works, and where it’s already being used.

Production is the place where success is often the most tangible and in the case of industrial the ability to benefit from trial and error is an operational necessity. This session looks at test bed case studies and how they have impacted Industry 4.0.

Most medical after care these days happens at home, from post-operative care to maintaining medications. In addition, around the world, many people in need of care cannot get physical access to medical services. Solutions to these problems might lie with the IoT in the form of remote patient care and streamlined communications. Delegates in this session will learn about how this can work, and how the IoT enables and secures these remote solutions.

Power plants, radar systems, traffic lights, communications and weather systems are ingrained in our every day life. Many of these infrastructure systems exist for decades, if not longer, so security and longevity are paramount. Currently, all of these systems are built from scratch, with little re-use of existing software building blocks, which drains resources, money and time. It also leads to fragmentation and duplication of effort. This is where open source comes in. Many of these critical civil infrastructure systems are powered by Linux or Debian, which offers a golden opportunity to streamline efforts. For example. Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP), aims to speed implementation of Linux-based civil infrastructure systems, build upon existing open source foundations and expertise, establish de facto standards by providing a base layer reference implementation, and contribute to and influence upstream projects regarding industrial needs.

There has been much hype in recent years that autonomous vehicles are going to happen in the next year (for three years running). But, the reality seems to indicate that any substantial trials are 2-3 years away and, even then, are likely have drivers in the car for handling unusual situations and increasing safety. There will be some pure plays in very defined routes like taxi and bus fixed routes. Join a list of industry luminaries to discuss the state of the autonomous vehicle market to discuss how all the hype over autonomous vehicles is going to turn into reality. Attendees should find out from attending what is going to work and what’s not – at least over the next few years.

To close the IoT Evolution health conference, we will look back at the entire patient journey, and posit what an entirely IoT-enabled medical experience will look like in the not-to-distant future.

Everybody has critical and hazard prone assets, but how many of us are compliant for safety and best performances all the times? How do you handle escalations in the value chain? FOG Edge computing IoT is a great approach. EKATRA will show 2 case IoT studies to Reduce the Overhead of Staying Compliant in several fuel deposits and even nuclear plants.

How can cities set themselves up to be Smart Gigabit Communities? What are the missing pieces that cities need to unlock before they can foster tech adoption? Join Scott Turnbull for a programmatic overview of recent US Ignite projects, including a discussion of IoT trends and a roadmap for fostering both innovation and adoption.

Obviously Industry 4.0 is not going to go through the same hype cycle as cellular generations, but the time has come to look at the accomplishments of IIOT 4.0 and ask the simple question. How do we get to the next phase of optimization and execution? This panel looks at the standards and best practices and then what gaps and opportunities exist for improvement.

Jumpstart your day at IoT Evolution Expo enjoying a continental breakfast and coffee while sharing ideas with colleagues and potential partners on the expo floor.

Security is like an onion it has several layers and sometimes cutting through the layers can make you cry. How do you implement a full strategy that covers everything from the physical security of sensors in the field to back end systems vulnerable to denial of service and other Internet based cyber attacks? This panel gets past the fear to speak about the practical.

LPWAN is a solution that extends range while lowering cost. The result is a solution that fits almost all network requirements for IoT transmissions. However, the vertical markets vary widely as to their needs and make it so solution selling can limit the discussion. How do LPWAN manufactures and service providers point to the opportunities.

5G is a lot of things its solving the large and small problems of network delivery, but it’s biggest issue for IoT is marrying the technology to what exists and the innovation in all network solutions. This panel looks at how IoT benefits from 5G using solutions that exist today and technologies coming to us in the near future.