Global IoT Summit to focus on ‘Innovating Digital Economy with IoT Solutions & Services’ with top Global MNCs, IT Services companies, Startups, Industry bodies and Thinktanks
Bangalore, November 19, 2015: India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the premier trade body representing the Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) industry, along with, The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE, Bangalore Chapter), with a mission to foster entrepreneurship globally, will be hosting the first edition of IoTNEXT – a platform to Learn, Explore and Network on ushering the next era of Internet of Things (IoT) innovation.
This year, with the theme “Innovating Digital Economy with IoT Solutions & Services”, the platform will attempt to address the convergence of multi-disciplinary facets of the technology ecosystem with IoT- hardware, IT, Big Data, Cloud and Connectivity, hence enabling a more agile, efficient and cost effective solutions and services with industry collaborations and partnerships.
With aggressive focus by Indian Government on “Digital India”, “Smart Cities” and “Make in India” to drive the growth and development of the nation, with a rapidly maturing multi-disciplinary talent base and accelerating startup ecosystem, this growth momentum would provide an impetus for driving digital economy innovation with IoT, not just in India but all around the world.
IoTNEXT 2015 is bringing together an esteemed list of global experts and decision makers from IoT focused System OEMs, IT Services companies, network providers, IoT startups/entrepreneurs and end-users for a 2 day summit to explore trends, vision, best practices, deployment scenarios and financial models along with panels and expert talks to take deeper dive into specific technology domains and case studies.
This Global IoT summit will include sessions and tracks on ‘Industry 4.0 and Make in India’, ‘Smart Cities’, ‘Smart Agriculture and Water’, ‘Driving Innovation’ and ‘Healthcare Product Showcase’. Sharad Sharma of iSPRIT will take us through a journey of few innovative Indian startups who are leapfrogging in technologies and markets and Professor Sadagopan, Head of IIIT-B will head a panel on Academia-Startup connect to discuss fundamental technologies that are required for the next wave of IoT Innovation. The ‘Healthcare Product Showcase’ will showcase innovative and impactful next-age IoT enabled Healthcare products. Application for the showcase is still open for corporates and startups at www.iotnext.org.
Companies presenting and participating at the Global IoT Summit include GE, Siemens, Bosch, Analog Devices, IBM, Accenture, Tata Consultancy, Foxconn, Nabard, Microsoft, Samsung and many more.
Noteworthy guests for IoTNEXT2015 include:
– Vikram Kirloskar, Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd.
– Dr. Juergen Moessinger, Vice President – Engg Services, Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions
– Terri Bresenham, President & CEO, Sustainable Healthcare Solutions, GE
– Scott Coleman, General Manager, Microsoft Ventures US
– Dr. Aloknath De, Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Samsung India
– Munesh Makhija, Vice President & Managing Director, GE India Technology Center
– A Gururaj, MD, Vittal Innovation City (Former Director & General Manager, Flextronics)
– Josh Faulger, Country head, Foxconn, India
– KK Narayanan, MD & CEO, Metahelix
– John Walsh, President, Sypris Electronics Inc.
… amongst many others
