VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
21st & 28th July 2020, 09:30am - 12:30pm
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09:30 Opening remarks from the chair
Annie Turner, Editor, Mobile Europe & European Communications
09:40 A strategy of collaboration and partnerships to drive IoT maturity
Is collaboration and strategic partnering the key to growing IoT, maturing the service proposition and making it profitable? How can we make these collaborations and partnerships work in practice?
Jiri Laznicka, Chief Technology and Information Officer for IoT, Orange Group
10:00 Q&A
10:05 Why the mobile network is the problem & also the solution for IoT device security
How FirstPoint is using a network-based approach to tackle risks to cellular IoT devices
Noa Ouziel, Business Development Director, FirstPoint Mobile Guard
10:30 Exploring the low power wide area network (LPWAN) technologies that underpin massive IoT
Taking stock of LPWAN technologies’ maturity as massive IoT prepares to take-off: evaluating vertical IoT applications and ecosystems driving NB-IoT, LTE-M, LoRa, Sigfox, and other emerging LPWAN technologies.
Adarsh Krishnan, Principal Analyst, ABI Research
10:50 Q&A
10:55 The breakthrough in smart home
Are smart homes getting any smarter? What’s holding back the smart home revolution? Are suppliers and platform not meeting the customer needs? Or are smart home technologies still too expensive for the average consumer? Are there still too many devices on too many different systems and platforms to be easily managed?
Kai Steuernagel, Head of IoT Architecture and Frontend Development – Consumer IoT, Deutsche Telekom
11:15 Q&A
11:20 Realising IoT value amidst massive disruption
The IoT market is seeing a new generation of disruption, particularly for the role of the telecoms operator. In this session Matt will examine the new tide of disruption in IoT, the ‘new normal’ for it is delivered and the need to us AI and data analytics capabilities to truly realise the value.
Matt Hatton, Founding Partner, Transforma Insights
11:45 Q&A
11:50 What’s the role of 5G in IoT?
How big will be the impact? In what sectors, and when?
Dr John Davies, Chief Scientist – Future Business Technology, BT
12:10 Q&A and Closing Remarks
09:30 Opening remarks from the Chair
Annie Turner, Editor, Mobile Europe & European Communications
09:40 How Vodafone is approaching the security challenges of IoT
How can IoT defend itself against the multitude of vulnerabilities that come with a multitude of connected devices? What are latest solutions and strategies available to operators?
Tim Snape, Head of Security – IoT, Vodafone
10:00 Q&A
10.05 5G IoT security sensitive use cases, cyber threats and mitigation
Prof. Dror Fixler, CEO & Co-Founder, FirstPoint Mobile Guard
10:25 Q&A
10:30 Facilitating connectivity in IoT
In addition to discussing the connectivity landscape and what connectivity providers need to stay relevant and meet market demands, Fernando will share his thoughts on NB-IoT and the critical role of connectivity to support cellular IoT in terms of cost and scale. He’ll also reference the recent BICS and Avnet Silica news announcement.
Fernando Llobregat Baena, Head of IoT Enterprise, BICS
10:50 Q&A
10:55 Industrial IoT is having its “iPhone moment”: what this means for telecoms
Martin Garner, Lead Analyst, IoT, CCS Insight
11:15 Q&A
11.20 Finally delivering on the 50 billion vision
What have we learnt in the last decade? What are the pitfalls for the coming decade?
How do we get to a ‘GSM moment’ when everyone coalesces around a common platform and vision? When will we reach 50 billion connected devices?
William Webb, Independent Consultant
11.40 Q&A and Closing Remarks
