IT Security

Smart IoT London

by Mark Rowe

CloserStill Media, organisers of Data Centre World and Cloud Expo Europe – the cloud and data centre business and technology events – have announced a new event for enterprise IT people and service providers. Smart IoT London is taking place at London ExCeL on April 12 and 13, 2016.

The event will host an educationally-led conference programme, presented by business and technology executives. The conference streams will cover pressing IoT issues. Organisers add that the multi-stream event will be dictated by a Board of Patrons chaired by technology innovator Dr John Bates, author of the best-selling book in the IoT space, ‘Thingalytics’. Dr Bates said: “Smart IoT London will be an exciting big event platform for the global IoT sector.”

Complementing over 80 education sessions, the event will feature an international showcase of service providers and the latest IoT hardware and software solutions including devices, connectivity, applications, platforms and services. The supplier landscape will target key industry sectors including healthcare, manufacturing, retail, automotive, smart cities, the connected home and smart buildings.

Market researcher Gartner has predicted that by the end of 2015, there will be an estimated 4.9 billion connected “things” in use, with this figure expected to rise to 25 billion by 2020. Tata Communications has found that companies who have already invested in IoT have seen an average revenue increase of 28.5% , and have committed an average increase of 38% above their current IoT investment over the next 3 years.

“IoT offers enormous potential and covers so much ground that it needs focus, data and inspiration at its heart. This event aims to fulfil all three,” added Dean Johnson, SVP of Creative Innovation, Brandwidth Group and Smart IoT Speaker.

John Davy, Group Event Director of Smart IoT London, said: “If the IoT is all about ‘connection’, then Smart IoT London is the place to get connected. By illustrating the IoT in action, helping our visitors to understand, harness and integrate this exciting technology, Smart IoT London will deliver a diverse audience of senior business and technology decision-makers. We will address both business and technical aspects with dedicated conference streams, as well as covering smart verticals and a start-up innovation zone. Choosing London for the inaugural event was a straight forward decision with London’s growing reputation as the global IoT development hub with full government backing for the IoT.”

Matthew Griffin, CEO of the 311 Institute and Smart IoT Speaker agreed: “Smart IoT London sits in the heart of Europe’s technology capital, one of the world’s leading IoT epicentres. The race to realise the benefits of IoT is not one that can be run alone and Smart IoT London will help entrepreneurs and business form valuable, lasting partnerships.”

Visit www.smartiotlondon.com.

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