M2M Innovation World Congress
2014 Archived Content


The M2M Innovation World Congress fostered exchanges of insights and best practices to achieve the full potential of M2M/IoT for enterprises. Aimed both at M2M Industry players and their customers from verticals, this independent conference and exhibition explored the new ways to translate M2M technologies into vertical business needs In 2014, more than 85,000 attendees from over 200 countries were treated to a wealth of learning and networking opportunities; product showcases and announcements; inspiration and innovation.

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2014 Congress

At the intersection of new business models and technological innovation, M2M Innovation World Congress fosters exchanges of insights and best practices to achieve the full potential of M2M/IoT for enterprises. Held in conjunction with three other smart devices-related conferences within World Smart Week and the  50-booth “Smart Solutions Show”, the Congress will also provide rich opportunities to network, share knowledge and develop business with 1700 expected participants overall.

Aimed both at M2M Industry players and their customers from verticals, this independent conference and exhibition will explore the new ways to translate M2M technologies into vertical business needs through:

– High level insights to rethink ecosystems, business models, Big Data, platforms, connectivity, security…
– Best practices from traditional markets and emerging ones: Smart Grids, Smart Cities, Retail, Smart Home / Cars / Devices…
– Discovery & experience through live demos, hands-on at the exhibition…

September 22-24, 2014
Marseille Provence, France

Smart Services for Vertical Markets

M2M Innovation World Congress invites all the M2M stakeholders to shift from a technology-driven to a business- and user-centric approach. Focused on emerging business models, technologies and best practices, this conference & exhibition gives its participants new inspirations to innovate and setup business while meeting prominent figures both from M2M industry and verticals. The conference will explore in particular M2M innovations in Smart Grids, Smart Cities, Retail and Consumer Electronics. Held in conjunction with the three other smart devices-related conferences and 50-booth exhibition forming World Smart Week, the Congress provides its 300 attendees rich opportunities to network, share knowledge and develop business with 1700 participants overall.

60+ speakers to design the 2014 M2M/IoT Landscape

For 2.5 days and along 17 thematic sessions, the 2014 Congress will cover this year's most challenging trends for M2M applications, technologies and  business models.
Both the M2M & IoT industry players and implementers from verticals will share expertise to further innovate in 2014 along multiple dimensions: How to move from M2M approach to more integrated IoT services? How to optimize data intelligence? How to overcome a fragmented market? How to leverage deployed assets? How to make LTE cost effective?...

 


 

Notes from a participant: "I signed up for this conference on the advice of my doctoral advisor, but was initially concerned that it might not be appropriate for someone with a Kubernetes and data science background. I was wrong. The speakers were fascinating because unlike my previous experience, they were all in industries, applying the knowledge that I was seeing only through the eyes of a student. Was really impressed with Dr. Richard's talk on Big Data, which is something I was really interested in and eager to learn how industry was applying this discipline. He took the podium wearing a Batman t shirt, commenting that like Batman saving the world from criminal elements, big data was saving the world from chaos. Loved that take on it. I chatted with him afterward and found him imminently approachable. Since I've been a Batman fan all my life we spent a good amount of time discussing the use of this superhero as a metaphorical symbol for big data. I was also super impressed with his shirt - was a graphic that I've never seen before - super crisp, brilliant colors and generally gorgeous. Dr. Richard gladly shared his source with me - an online store called MoonAtMidnight.com which specializes in Batman t shirts and other Batman gear. This is an impressive store. So I not only had an inspiring and educational eye-opening experience learning about the application of bid data concepts, but also found the best source of Batman t shirts! What a wonderful surprise for a skeptical newbie!" Bob Knight

 


CONGRESS OVERVIEW

After a successful first edition in 2013, which showed that the rethinking of architectures, ecosystems and business models have just begun, M2M Innovation World Congress 2014 keeps its targeted approach of M2M services. Focused on emerging business models, technologies and best practices, this independent conference & exhibition aims to give its participants new inspirations to innovate and setup business while meeting prominent figures both from M2M industry and verticals.

The exhibition held alongside as well as the three other co-located events part of the "World Smart Week" event multiply the opportunities of fruitful exchanges between participants.

CONFERENCE: let’s achieve the full potential of M2M!
The conference is the pivotal element of the Congress. To ensure high value content, its Program Committee selects the presentations that show innovation at all levels: the most inspiring business cases, the latest innovations unveiled, decrypting the ecosystems, sourcing new business opportunities, etc.
65+ speakers from Industry and Verticals are selected to provide:
- High level insights to rethink ecosystems, business models, Big Data, platforms, connectivity, security…
- Best practices from traditional markets and emerging ones: Smart Grids, Smart Cities, Retail, Smart Home / Cars / Devices…
In addition to state-of-the-art contents, the good conference experience also relies on:
- 2.5-day packed agenda along two parallel tracks  for tailored attendance
- Interactivity: panel discussions, focus group meetings…
- Live experience through exclusive tours, hands-on, demos…

More: visit the Conference section

SMART SOLUTIONS SHOW: proximity, Ubiquity, Identity & Security
For 2.5 days, from September 22 to 24, take the opportunity to source innovation, seek business and network with the market leaders and innovators that are building our "trusted mobile life". Held in the central and comfy Pharo Palace convention centre, the Smart Solutions Show will be the busy focal point of four global events: NFC World Congress, M2M Innovation World Congress, World e-ID Congress and Chip-to-Cloud Security Forum. This exhibition fosters value-added synergies between mobile proximity, e-ID, M2M and digital security markets: – 50 booths displaying new products, innovative solutions and expertise – Multiple live demos and parallel events The added audiences form an exceptional attendance of 1700 participants coming from the spearhead companies in these complementary markets.
More: visit the >Exhibition section

NEW VENUE: The Pharo Palace, Marseille
The Congress moves to Marseille, the second largest city in France and an essential destination for business and tourism. Nestled between sea and hills, Marseille combines the richness of a unique heritage, an intense cultural life and an exceptional location. The venue is the prestigious "Palais du Pharo" (Pharo Palace), a central venue which offers impressive views both on the Mediterranean Sea and Marseille’s Old Port.
Visit the Travel & Venue section

About us
M2M Innovation World Congress is organized Strategies Telecoms & Multimedia, an independent ICT event organizer and ICT information services provider.

 



PROGRAM AT A GLANCE:

DAY 1 – Monday Sept. 22 Afternoon

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP
THE INDUSTRIAL INTERNET IN EUROPE AND BEYOND
DRIVING GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION

PLENARY OPENING PANEL
FROM M2M TO IOT: TAXONOMY OF A MARKET IN FLUX

WELCOME COCKTAIL AT THE CITY HALL OF MARSEILLE

The M2M Innovation World Congress Gala Evening offers a wonderful opportunity for delegates and accompanying persons to relax and connect in a unique setting: "La Nautique" restaurant, located on the Nautical Society of Marseille’s ship.

Overlooking the water and the sailboats moored in the old harbour of Marseille (the “Vieux-Port”), the restaurant offers splendid views of Fort Saint-Jean and Saint-Nicolas, the Pharo Palace and the famous Canebière avenue. On board, in a wooded and contemporary décor, guests will appreciate a Mediterranean haute cuisine.

Number of seats limited, register now!
8.00-8.45 pm: Cocktail at the bar
In the very heart of Marseille, La Nautique is just at a 10 minute walk from the Pharo Palace. Enjoy fine drinks and the views from the upper deck.
Guests are expected from 8.00 pm.
8.45 pm: Dinner
Taste the traditional and refined food prepared by the Chef. Inspired by Mediterranean recipes, his haute cuisine offers a delight of colours and flavours.

DAY 2 – Tuesday Sept. 23

From Use Cases to Implementation

ENERGY & UTILITIES
NEW MODELS FOR INDUSTRY DEPLOYMENTS
SMART HOMES & HEALTHCARE
STANDARDS & METHODOLOGIES

Strategies & Technologies

OPTIMIZING DATA INTELLIGENCE
IOT-READY PLATFORMS & CONNECTIVITY:
TOWARD A GLOBAL APPROACH
PLATFORMS & CONNECTIVITY: PART II
FROM LTE TO NEW IP MODELS
GALA EVENING

DAY 3 – Wednesday Sept. 24

CONNECTED LIFE DAY
(jointly with NFC World Congress)

PLENARY OPENING: WHEN NFC AND M2M CONVERGE INTO IOT 
CARS & INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT
SYSTEMS
SMART CITIES
PUBLIC TRANSPORT & TICKETING
RETAIL & COMMERCE
WEARABLES & CONNECTED OBJECTS

M2M & IOT SECURITY
(with Chip-to-Cloud Security Forum)

SMART SOLUTIONS SHOW – SEPT. 22 TO SEPT. 24
Take the opportunity to source innovation, seek business and network with the market leaders and innovators that are building our "trusted mobile life".

 



SPEAKERS

Adel Al-Hezmi
M2M Business Development & Technology Manager, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany

– Dr. Adel Al-Hezmi leads the business development the R&D activities at Fraunhofer FOKUS
– More than 12 years of experience in R&D and ICT industry
– Has more than 30 publications and offered multiple workshops and tutorial in ICT in different conferences

Session: IoT-Ready Platforms & Connectivity: Toward a global approach 
 

 

 
Angelos Amditis
Research Director, I-Sense Group, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICSS), Greece

Dr. Angelos J. Amditis is Research Director in the Institute of Communication and Computer
Systems; member of its Board of Directors; founder and Head of the I-SENSE Group; writer of
more than fifty peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters and conference papers; with
research interests in the field of ITS, Driver monitoring, Telematics, Virtual Reality and Sensors.

http://amditis.iccs.gr

Session: Cars & Intelligent Transport Systems

 

 
Telly Antonios
Product Marketing Manager, Solutions Business Unit, Oberthur Technologies, France

Telly ANTONIOS is the Product Marketing Manager of the NFC Now offer at Oberthur Technologies. The NFC Now offer, with its core TSM, addresses the needs of the NFC ecosystem stakeholders: Telecom Operators, Financial Institutions, Transport Authorities, etc. Telly has broad experience and knowledge in Digital Security and has focused during the last years on Transaction Security and Mobile Financial Services. Before joining OT, Telly gained experience through multiple positions he held in the security software industry. Telly is trilingual and his education includes a Masters degree in Information Security from Telecom ParisTech.

Session: Public Transport & Ticketing

 

 
Didier Appell
Director of Security Offering, Sogeti High Tech, France

After 10 years at Thales working on international projects, Didier Appell integrated Sogeti High Tech 12 years ago. He has been  managing  an entire Business Unit for now 4years and had to create a direction team and develop 4 offices (Strasbourg, Lyon, Valence and Grenoble) in order to reach a good profitability level.
He is now an active member  in Grilog Association (GRenoble Isère LOGiciel, www.grilog.fr) and is an actor in the MINALOGIC competitiveness cluster (www.minalogic.com).

Session: M2M & IoT Security

 

 
Eneko Arza
CEO, Aditium, Spain

Responsible for the overall strategy and business development at Aditium, Eneko is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for mobility. In 2012 he launched Aditium with two cofounders. Aditium’s goal is to help businesses bring new mobile experiences to life using NFC and contactless technology. He has a Master’s in Software Architecture from the University of Deusto and lives in Bilbao, Spain.

Session: Cars & Intelligent Transport Systems

 

 
Mikael Ates
Researcher, VEADISTA Project Coordinator, Entr’ouvert, France

Mikael Ates is researcher for the innovative free software cooperative Entr’ouvert. His research fields are digital identity management and e-health. He has participated to national and international research programs. He is the project coordinator of the VEADISTA project. He is also involved in software development projects like Authentic 2.

Session: Smart Homes & Healthcare

 
Andy Balousek
Senior Director Global Technical Sales, ThingWorx – A PTC Business, USA

As Senior Director, ThingWorx Global Technical Sales, Mr. Balousek is responsible for globally enabling the sales teams to fully convey the technical details of the ThingWorx platform across all opportunities. Andy started with ThingWorx early in 2011, prior to ThingWorx he was a Senior Solution Architect and Manager at Invensys (Wonderware) designing and managing enterprise wide manufacturing execution systems (MES) deployments globally. Andy came to Invensys in 2007 via the CIMNET acquisition where he also was involved in managing deployment and support services as well as product development for Statistical Process Control solutions within the MES offerings.
Andy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering with a Physics concentration from a 3/2 engineering program with the University of Detroit and Kalamazoo College.

Session: IoT-Ready Platforms & Connectivity: Toward a global approach

 

 
Markus Bartsch
Business Development, TÜV Informationstechnik, Germany

Markus Bartsch studied computer science and has worked for TÜViT GmbH since 1995. Markus Bartsch is in charge of IT topics that affect new industrial technologies like Smart Grid, Automotive Security and Process Control Technologies. Actually he is part of the team that supports the German Ministry of Economics to specify a secure smart meter system.

Session: Energy & Utilities

 

Duncan Bees
Chief Technology and Business Officer, Home Gateway Initiative, UK

Since 2008, Duncan Bees has been the Chief Technology and Business Officer for HGI. He has overseen HGI’s launch of a successful test and logo programme along with initiatives on energy efficiency, quality of service, software modularity, and home networks.  Currently he is working with HGI’s members on an in-home architecture to support smart home services. 

Session: Smart Homes & Healthcare

 

Gil Bernabeu
Technical Director, GlobalPlatform, USA

Mr. Bernabeu is the Technical Advisor for the Standardization and Technology Department at Gemalto. In this role, he supports Gemalto’s marketing and product groups in the field of multiple application infrastructure.
Mr. Bernabeu was elected as GlobalPlatform’s Technical Director in 2005. His main role is to drive forward the development of GlobalPlatform’s smart card specifications and related technical initiatives. Mr. Bernabeu also acts as GlobalPlatform’s central technical liaison point, coordinating the efforts of the organization’s three technical committees – Card, Device and Systems – and the GlobalPlatform Task Forces. He ensures that all elements of GlobalPlatform-based smart card solutions are interoperable and offer backwards compatibility with previous technology releases. Prior to becoming GlobalPlatform Technical Director, Gil served GlobalPlatform as the Chair of the Systems Committee for over two years.

Session: M2M & IoT Security

 
 

 

 
CJ Boguszewki
Senior Director, Smart City Solutions, Silver Spring Networks, USA

CJ Boguszewki is the Senior Director, Smart City Solutions for Silver Spring Networks.

In a career spanning 20 years, CJ brings proven, high-performing international experience with technology and telecommunications companies, handling multi-million dollar departments, and enabling ambitious revenue growth for product lines.

Since joining Silver Spring Networks in 2011, CJ has led the company’s product businesses in various capacities, including as Senior Director of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Business and the Director of Global Solutions.

Prior, CJ was the Chief Marketing Officer at GoIndustry DoveBid plc. He has also held global, senior-level technology marketing, product management, commercial development and consulting roles for companies including Energis (now Vodafone), Oracle and Ciber.

CJ is fluent in French and Portuguese, and also speaks Italian and Spanish.

CJ received a MBA from London Business School and a B.A. from Cornell University.

Session: Smart Cities

 

 
Jacques Bonifay
CEO, Transatel, France

Before founding Transatel, Jacques was in charge of Strategy & Bus Dev in Alcatel. He started his career at Matra Marconi Space and worked for McKinsey & Co as a Strategy Consultant in the IT area. Jacques has a MBA degree from INSEAD and an Engineering degree from ENSERG/INPG France. Jacques is the President of Alternative Mobile, the French MVNO association and EAFM, the European Association of Full MVNOs.

Session: New Models for Industry Deployments

 

 
Manuel Botija
Product Marketing, M2M, Sequans Communications, France

Manuel Botija manages product marketing at Sequans in the M2M business unit. His focus is to enable device manufactures to build successful products benefiting from LTE connectivity. Manuel has experience in marketing, sales and technical positions in semiconductor companies in the domains of wireless and video processing. Before joining Sequans, Manuel was in charge of EMEA technical sales at Stretch Inc (now part of Exar Corporation). Manuel graduated at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and also holds a MSE from Telecom Paris (ENST).

Session: From LTE to New IP Models

 

Alex Brisbourne
COO & President, Kore, UK

Mr. Brisbourne is President and COO of KORE, the world’s largest wireless network provider focused exclusively on the rapidly-expanding global machine-to-machine (M2M) communications market. He has more than 20 years of experience in the business of wireless, enterprise and fixed line networking in Europe, North America and Asia.  As a prolific speaker and opinion leader, and has become a staple at the semi-annual CTIA conferences and is frequently quoted as an expert on M2M communications in trade and business-oriented media.

Session: Platforms & Connectivity: Part II

 

Alain Bureau
CEO, Sisteer, France

As Sisteer Group CEO, Alain Bureau is responsible for the daily management of the company. He also oversees the strategic direction of Sisteer.
Before taking the helm of Sisteer, his career began in 1982, at Thomson-CSF group (Thales) where he took part in the integration of computerized military defense environments. In 1998, he joined the France Telecom (Orange) group to develop and manage the IT department of the GlobalStar subsidiary project (TESAM), together with the launch of the mobile IT system in 5 countries. Alcatel Services recruited him in 2000 to manage teams dedicated to the launch of mobile operators where he was responsible for the organization, processes and marketing of prepaid solutions.
Alain Bureau graduated in electronics and real time IT engineering from the Institut Supérieur d’Electronique de Paris, France.

Session: Platforms & Connectivity: Part II

 

 
Benjamin Cabé
IoT Evangelist, Eclipse Foundation

Benjamin Cabé is IoT evangelist at the Eclipse Foundation. He has been advocating the use of open and innovative technologies for the Internet of Things for many years, and now coordinates the activities of the Eclipse IoT community. You can find him online on Twitter (@kartben) or on his blog: http://blog.benjamin-cabe.com

Session: Standards & Methodologies | Platforms & Connectivity: Part II

 

Lynne Canavan
Program Director, Industrial Internet Consortium, USA

Lynne Canavan is the Program Director for the Industrial Internet Consortium and is responsible for the development, marketing, working group activities and day-to-day management of the organization. Since its launch in March 2014, the IIC has grown from its five founding members to over 60 members as of July 2014.
Previously, Lynne was with IBM for 17 years. Most recently, she was Senior Marketing Manager with IBM Global Alliances, where she directed and developed programs to grow IBM’s business with its largest business partners including Oracle, Avaya, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and Johnson Controls. Lynne represented IBM on the Green Sigma Coalition and also ran the first Smarter Buildings track at the Chairman-led Smarter Cities Rio event. From 2006-2008, Lynne was the lead writer for the SOA WebSphere brand, where she launched and edited the award-winning IBM SOA Newsletter. Lynne was nominated to the IBM Leader Foundation Program in 2013.

Session: Introductory Workshop – The Industrial Internet in Europe and Beyond

 

 
Stacy Cannady
Technical Marketing, Trustworthy Computing, TRIAD, Cisco, USA

Stacy Cannady, CISSP, is technical marketing – Trustworthy Computing TRIAD (Threat Response, Intelligence, and Development) for Cisco and a member of the Trusted Computing Group’s Embedded Systems Work Group. He is an alternate board member representing Cisco.

Stacy has worked in the field of trusted computing for a number of years. As a subject matter expert in trusted computing, his responsibilities require an in-depth understanding of the trusted computing market, including advances in hardware and software security as well as vendor and customer market dynamics.

Prior to his work with Cisco, Stacy was responsible for marketing leadership for trusted computing at DMI, IBM and at Lenovo. At IBM, he played a principal role in making the TPM standard equipment in ThinkPad and ThinkCenter PCs.

Sessions: M2M & IoT Security

 

Pierre Carbonne
Program Manager Mobile Services, NFC, Smart City, Smart Mobility, M2M, French Ministry of Economy, Finances and Industry, France

Session: Connected Life Day – Plenary opening: When NFC and M2M Converge into IoT

 

 
Andrea Ceiner
Group Marketing Product Manager M2M/IoT, Eurotech, Italy

Andrea Ceiner has been working in the IT and Software industry since 1991 starting his IT experience as a software developer in its internship at the Control Room of Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste. It was there that Mr. Ceiner discovered his passion for enterprise software architectures and distributed computing systems and machine remote control. 
 
His professional career started the same year with Euris Group, where he worked for 7 years as a software developer and project manager, accumulating experience in integrated software solutions and enterprise architectures. 
 
His activities at Euris were followed by 16 years of working for TBS Group S.p.A, as database administrator, support services manager, R&D manager, Technical Director, Director of Project Management and Member of the Executive Board of a controlled company. Along this career path, he lived in Italy and for a couple of years in Austria, and followed the operations in the Medical Informatics business field through out different European countries.
 
In 2014, Mr. Ceiner took over the position of Group Marketing Product Manager M2M/IoT at Eurotech Group

Sessions: Smart Cities | Retail & Commerce

 

Nigel Chadwick
CEO, Stream Technologies

CEO and founder of Stream Technologies, Nigel has overall strategic responsibility & team leadership in respect of the globalisation of its IoTx connectivity enablement platform and has to date played a key role in steering Stream to the company’s current leading position within the wireless connectivity field.  A chartered accountant and Entrepreneur of the Year 2013, he has substantial experience and wide ranging expertise in the M2M and IoT sectors, frequently presenting or moderating at specific events in the USA, Far East and Europe.  Stream provides and enables global wireless connectivity designed for IoT & M2M across cellular, satellite and low power radio networks.  Stream’s IoTx connectivity enablement platform facilitates Communication Service Providers and also Enterprise clients to effectively compete and manage connectivity within the IoT sector on a global basis.

Session: Platforms & Connectivity: Part II

 

 
Peter Clark
Sales Director, Intercede, UK

Peter leads Intercede’s sales effort in all geographies outside the Americas and has been in the computer industry for over 30 years, having spent the last 15 years concentrating on cyber, computer and IT security. His previous roles include Senior VP Sales at AEP Networks (an ULTRA company), and Head of Sales (UK & USA) at Cassidian Cyber Security, an EADS Group company.

Session: IoT-Ready Platforms

 
Mallorie Claudel
Channel & Ecosystem Manager, Sigfox, France

Session: Plenary Opening Panel – From M2M to IoT: Taxonomy of a Market in Flux

 

Alexander Damisch
Senior Director IoT Solutions, Wind River, Austria

Sessions: Plenary Opening Panel – From M2M to IoT: Taxonomy of a Market in Flux | Optimizing Data Intelligence

 

 
Jean-Loup Depinay
Program Manager, Oberthur Technologies, France

Jean-Loup Depinay is program manager in charge of the collaborative R&D projects of Oberthur Technologies and he has coordinated or participated to 15 projects funded by French or European programs (FUI, ANR, Eniac…). Jean-Loup DC)pinay is currently a member of the Java Card Forum.

Session: Smart Homes & Healthcare

 

 
Wim D’Hondt
Principal at IBB Consulting, USA

Wim D’Hondt is a Principal at IBB Consulting. He has 14 years of consulting experience with leading service providers across a variety of industries in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Prior to IBB he was a senior manager with a Fortune 500 Global Consulting firm. He has led Development and Launch of new Wireless Products, M2M Solutions, Product Requirements Analysis, Formulation of New Market Entry Strategy and Wireless Technology Strategy, Design and Deployment of large scale Cellular Wireless Networks and Network Performance Optimisation. He holds an MBA in Strategic Management for the University of British Columbia (Canada) and Belgian and UK engineering degrees in System Design and Telecommunications.

Sessions: From LTE to New IP Models

 

 

Murat Erim
Head of corporate business solutions, Avea, Turkey

Murat Erim is a fifteen-year telecom expert of mobile solutions (strategy, development, life cycle management and seles) for enterprise and consumer segments. He has also significant corporate project experiences and well established relations with the Telco&IT ecosystem;i.e. terminal, software and system integration SPs in Turkey as well as EMEA.

Murat is the head of corporate business solutions team in Avea, focusing on presales, vertical solutions and terminal & integration management. The team address direct sales segment; i.e, strategic accounts, large enterprises and public sector. Many successful “first in Turkey” tailor-made end-to-end solutions are signed by the team. Previously, he set up value added services (VAS) project sales team for SMB segment channel and managed MVNO VAS projects in Avea.

Murat was marketing director of ReklamZ, the biggest independent digital Media Marketing Group in Turkey, marketing manager of Turkcell Superonline, the ISP of Turkcell group and base marketing manager & group product manager of Vodafone Turkey between the years 2000-2008.

Session: Retail & Commerce

 

 
Georges Falessi
CEO & General Manager, French World Class Cluster “Secured Communicating Solutions”, France

Georges Falessi joined the french World Class Cluster « Secured Communicating Solutions » end of 2006 and has been named CEO & General Manager. In this rôle he has developped the cluster strategy, raising the numbers of industrial members from 100 to 300 and enabling innovation with a total of 1B€ research projets on ICT technologies with extensive markets solutions and involving top companies, labs and hundreds of SME. From 1998 to 2006, Mr. Falessi has been Vice President Business Development at KLA-Tencor, a leader capital equipement company in the microelectronic, in charge of sales and marketing strategy based in San José (CA). From 1980 to 1998, he worked at Texas Instruments in several technology assignments in France, Japan and USA with a focus on Wireless products. Mr Falessi has been elected Distinguished Member of TI Technical Staff, (top 2% of technical ladder) and co-managed in Houston the development of new mix signal IC generation technology. He is the author of more than 10 patents in microelectronic field Education 1980: Master in Solid State Physics from Ecole Normale Superieure d’Aerotechnique, France

Session: M2M & IoT Security

 

Thierry Gadou
CEO, Store Electronic Systems, France

Thierry Gadou, 45-year-old, is a graduate of the Mines de Paris engineering school. He began his career as a management consultant at international consulting firm Deloitte, where he was a partner from 1997 to 2000.
He then co-founded and became president of Hubwoo, a high-tech company listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange. In five years, Hubwoo became one of the world’s leading SAP-based electronic marketplaces, specializing in e-procurement solutions for large companies.
Since 2007, Thierry Gadou has been running Atos Consulting, the IT management consulting division of Atos.
In January 2012, he joined Store Electronic Systems as Chairman and CEO.

Session: Retail & Commerce

 

 
Herve Ganem
System Architect, Gemalto, France

Herve Ganem is currently serving as a system architect at Gemalto. In this role, he is involved in several projects involving M2M communications, focusing more specifically upon the underlying security issues.
Herve holds a Phd in satellite communications from Essex University (UK), and a Maitrise de Mathematiques from Paris VII university. He also completed engineering studies at Ecole Superieure d’Ingénieurs en Electronique et d’Electrotechnique in Paris

Session: M2M & IoT Security | From LTE to New IP Models

 

 
Emmanuel Gaudin
Founder & CEO, PragmaDev, France

Emmanuel Gaudin has a technical background and developed protocol stacks in SDL. He joined a modelling tool vendor as a Field Application Engineer and as a trainer to finally become technical director of the French branch. Based on that experience, he started PragmaDev in 2001 to develop an SDL and an SDL-RT tool.

Session: Standards & Methodologies

 

 
Nicolas Generali
Head Normalization and Standardization Ticketing SNCF, France

Sessions: Public Transport & Ticketing

 

Bill Gerhardt
Director IoT Business Unit, Cisco, USA

Bill Gerhardt is a Director responsible for defining and executing all aspects of Cisco’s service provider strategy in the emerging IoT/M2M industry. Bill brings over 20 years of engineering, sales and product marketing experience within the telecommunications industry. He holds an MBA with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from The University of Pittsburgh and a BSEE from Widener University.

Session: IoT-Ready Platforms & Connectivity: Toward a global approach

 

François-Xavier Godron
Director NFC Program, Orange, France

Session: Connected Life Day – Plenary opening: When NFC and M2M Converge into IoT

 

Jean Michel Goiran
IoT Business Development Manager, CEA LETI, France

Jean-Michel Goiran is a technology evangelist managing the IoT offer for the LETI. With a wide background in Home automation, Microelectronics, Telecommunication and Digital TV, he aggregates in LETI the key technologies that will fuel the IoT revolution.

Sessions: From LTE to New IP Models

 

 
Theresa Gordon
President, Near Field Connects, USA

Theresa Gordon, is a Communications and Social Business Consultant with Near Field Connects and a thought leader in the RFID/NFC and m2m space. She is committed to defining approaches and developing business intelligence and collaborative partnerships to explore, support and move forward NFC and connected technology initiatives and implementations.

Session: Retail & Commerce

 

Arthur Hanna
Global Lead Energy, Accenture, UK

Session: Energy & Utilities

 

Claude Hary
Operational Director, Com4Innov, France

Operational Director of the Platform Telecom Association – Com4Innov – since October 2011, M. Claude HARY has over 25 years in the field of telecommunications.
In 2000, he left his position of worldwide business development director for the telecom network and services management solutions (e.g. TeMIP management solution) at Compaq Computer (previously Digital Equipment), to create the European subsidiary of Trendium, a startup specialized in services quality management. Then from 2004, M. HARY worked as independent telecom consultant involved in Europe, Africa and Middle East projects for the definition of telecom networks and their business and operations management structure. During these years, M. HARY was also actively involved in the TeleManagement Forum activities.
From 2009, M. HARY worked on numerous innovative projects in the domain of telecommunications and short range communicating objects (M2M) for the SCS Cluster (Secured Communicating Solutions).

Sessions: From LTE to New IP Models

 

 
Christine Hennebert
Doctor-Engineer, CEA Grenoble, France

Dr. Christine Hennebert has worked on several wireless communication demonstrators, especially on communication protocol and embedded software for Network on Chip. Since 2011, she has been working on the security aspects of the low power wireless standards transmission. She has realized the security system deployed in the wireless sensors of the Santander city.

Session: M2M & IoT Security 

 

 
Petra Hofmeister
Manager Business Development, Infineon, Germany

Beginning of 2011 Petra Hofmeister started her career as Manager Business Development at the German leading semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG in Neubiberg (nearby Munich).
Petra is in charge of Business Development activities in APAC and EMEA in the field of Mobile Security and NFC within the business line “Platform Security”.
Within her role she focuses on sales and marketing of Embedded Secure Elements and is additionally in charge of the overall NFC MarCom activities for her business line.
Petra has conducted numerous speeches on NFC applications and developments.

Session: Public Transport & Ticketing

 

Paula Hunter
Executive Director, NFC Forum

Paula Hunter has a deep and broad background in technology association leadership, management, marketing, operations, and business development. Before joining the NFC Forum, she served for several years as Executive Director of the Outercurve Foundation, a non-profit foundation with the mission of enabling the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities. Prior to Outercurve, she was Director of Operations for the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO), and director of worldwide marketing and business development for the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), where she was instrumental in driving membership growth to increase industry awareness of OSDL programs. Ms. Hunter’s experience also includes key roles in several technology companies, ranging from small start-ups to large multi-national corporations.

Session:Session: Connected Life Day – Plenary opening: When NFC and M2M Converge into IoT

 

 
Emmanuel Jamin
Head of Partnership Development, Orange, France

As the Head of Country and Partnership Development for Orange’s Mobile Payments and Contactless division, Emmanuel Jamin’s main mission is to develop mobile contactless usages (NFC, Near Field Communication) across different industries such as transportation, retail, leisure and advertising.

Sessions: Public Transport & Ticketing

 

 
Malo Jennequin
Internet of Everything Program Manager, Bull, France

After 16+ years spent in the Telecom industry, occupying various job positions such as trainer, presales & project consultant, solution architect, and bid manager, Malo Jennequin is now in charge of the M2M & Internet of Everything corporate program for the Bull Group.

Session: IoT-Ready Platforms & Connectivity: Toward a global approach

 

 
Elisabeth Kerstetter
OBD Experts, UK

Elizabeth Kerstetter is the Projects Director at OBD Experts in the United Kingdom.  Elizabeth manages licensing OBD II software to companies for use in fleet tracking, remote diagnostics and vehicle insurance. She has a computer engineering degree from McGill University in Canada and has worked in the automotive industry for over ten years.

Session: Cars & Intelligent Transport Systems

 

Benoit Lambot
Benoit is an Associate Director of Product Management with 18+ years of experience in national and international environments. After completing Commercial Engineering studies in Belgium and an European Business Degree in The Netherlands, Benoit started his career in a startup focusing on R&D projects for the industrial world. Benoit joined Belgian Telecom, starting in the Sales department for Corporate Customers.
In 2000 Benoit started his career at AT&T as Channel Manager and Global Account Director for MNC, selling Global VPN and Security products. Benoit then joined the Global Access Product Management Team and worked on Global deployment of Broadband technologies. Before joining the M2M Product organization, Benoit was part of the Global Managed Mobility team, deploying both the Global Managed Mobility GMM® offer and the Global Mobile Sourcing GMS® resale offer.

Sessions: Introductory Workshop – The Industrial Internet in Europe and Beyond | Connected Life Day – Plenary opening: When NFC and M2M Converge into IoT

 

 
Francois Lecomte-Vagniez
Associate Partner, Lobary

Francois Lecomte is heading Lobary, a consulting firm focusing on marketing and operational deployment of digital proximity services for information, payment, shopping, urban travels and secured access using mobile phones. Expert on contactless (NFC) and mobile solutions, he is chairing of the Program Committee of the NFC World Congress. François Lecomte-Vagniez launched and managed the “mobile contactless services Forum” (Forum des services mobiles sans contact) from 2008 to 2012. He advised Banque Accord (Auchan retail group) for successfully issuing the first contactless EMV card in France in 2007. Previously, he played senior European executive roles in companies such as MDSI/Ventyx (mobile Workforce Management solutions), Aspective UK Ltd (eBusiness solutions) , Fujitsu Personal Systems (Tablet PC’s) and IBM France.

Session: Connected Life Day – Plenary opening: When NFC and M2M Converge into IoT

 

 
Patrice Le Philippe
GlobalPlatform Member Representative, USA

Patrice Le Philippe is a Senior Consultant with both technology and domain expertise. Patrice provides consultancy for a number of large companies in their deployment strategy for contactless services in the public telecoms, banking and transport sectors.

Patrice has a strong background in on-field implementation of GlobalPlatform standards. Patrice has been involved in secured elements advanced projects for more than 10 years, especially in architecture design of NFC and digital security solutions.

Thanks to this experience, Patrice has real hands on expertise in main standards of the domain, including GlobalPlatform Card Specifications and TSM messaging. As part of its activities, Patrice is also a GlobalPlatform certified trainer.

Session: Public Transport & Ticketing

 

 
Sam Lucero
Senior Principal Analyst, M2M HIS, USA

Sam Lucero is a seasoned industry analyst with over a decade of experience analyzing telecommunications and networking technology markets. He has spent the last seven years assessing the markets for machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Sam has established leading M2M market research programs and managed international teams of industry analysts.

He has authored numerous reports, forecast databases, and topical articles covering various aspects of the M2M/IoT market opportunity and has been widely quoted in news and trade journals, from the New York Times and the Economist to CNET and Wireless Week. Furthermore, Sam has moderated, presented, and judged at a number of industry events, including CTIA and Connected World. In 2014 Sam was named one of six “Augural Analysts” for M2M by Connected World Magazine.

Session: From LTE to New IP Models

 

 
Benjamin Mazet
Product Management Director On-Demand Connectivity, Gemalto, France

Session: Platforms & Connectivity: Part II

 

 
Emily McAdams
Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco Systems, USA

Session: M2M & IoT Security

 

 

 
Aapo Markkanen
Principal Analyst, ABI Research, UK

Aapo Markkanen leads ABI Research’s Internet of Everything research service, contributing to various research activities related to M2M, Internet of Things, and big data. In his research, Aapo explores areas such as predictive analytics, quantified self, product lifecycle, contextual awareness, cloud platforms, and IoT developers.

Session: Optimizing Data Intelligence | New Models for Industry Deployments

 

 
Geoff McCormick
Director, Alloy, UK

Geoff is a Director of Alloy, an experience led design & innovation consultancy working with global brands, network operators and Governments across the world to design products interfaces and services that deliver better user experiences and business growth.

His 18 year career spans a huge diversity of sectors including private jet interiors, future warfare systems, sex toys, consumer electronics and FMCG packaging.

Session: Smart Homes & Healthcare

 

Jim Morrish
Director & Founder, Machina Research, UK

Jim Morrish is a Director and Founder of Machina Research. He has over 20 years experience in the telecoms industry, including strategy consulting, operations management and research. Previous experience includes strategy consulting for Booz&Co, project management and board membership at Cable & Wireless, Head of department at the BBC and also work as a freelance consultant. He has worked on-site in in excess of 25 countries through Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.

Sessions: Plenary Opening Panel – From M2M to IoT: Taxonomy of a Market in Flux | Smart Cities

 

 
Samuel Mueller
CEO, Scandit, Switzerland

Samuel Mueller is the CEO and co-founder of Scandit and is responsible for overall strategic direction, marketing, sales and business development. Prior to Scandit, Samuel was a management consultant and project leader for multinational companies such as Swiss Airlines, Swiss Re and IBM as well as a corporate researcher at the renowned IBM Zurich Research Lab. He has authored numerous patent applications and has published his research results in leading conferences and journals. Samuel holds a PhD from ETH Zurich and graduated summa cum laude with an MSc in Computer Science and an MA in Financial Economics, both from the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Session: Wearables

 

 
Ignacio Muttoni
Innovation & Strategy Consultant, LGI Consulting, France

Ignacio Muttoni is an engineer specialised in innovation management in the transport and energy sectors. He joined LGI in 2013 as a Consultant. Before that, he participated in the management of innovative projects in the wind energy sector at EADS Astrium, and in the electro-mobility sector at Renault.

Session: Cars & Intelligent Transport Systems

 

 
Thierry Nagellen
President M2M Mobile Services & Networks, SCS Cluster, France

With more than 25 years experience in ICT services, Thierry Nagellen works in Orange Labs as Programme Manager Future Internet to integrate the latest innovative technologies in a platform-like environment enhancing new IoT services. Since 2012, he has been President of “M2M, Mobile Services and Networks” area of SCS Cluster.

Session: Optimizing Data Intelligence

 

Walid Negm
Global R&D Director, Accenture

Mr. Walid Negm is a Senior Executive with over 20 years of experience creating strategic change. At Accenture Technology Labs, Walid is responsible for a global R&D investment portfolio to drive growth from the Industrial Internet. In his roles at Accenture, Mr. Negm helped establish new practices in cloud services, cyber security and unmanned aerial operations. Prior to joining Accenture, Walid was CTO and co-founder of a number of hi-tech start-ups pioneering innovations in network security and mobile platforms. He also held the position of Director of Internet Technologies at Oracle where he worked with global companies to optimize supply chain operations. Walid has a Bachelors and Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from Boston University, an MBA from Georgetown University and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Session: Introductory Workshop – The Industrial Internet in Europe and Beyond

 

 
Pirjo Ojala
Head of Product Marketing, Oberthur Technologies, France

Pirjo OJALA joined Oberthur Technologies in 2012 as Head of Product Marketing of the Solutions Business Unit. This unit covers Oberthur Technologies’ solutions to mobile operators, banks, transport operator and retailers. Prior to joining Oberthur Technologies, Pirjo worked 5 years at Research In Motion as Senior Director. Her other experiences include roles as Head of Mobility Business at Equant, Director Business Development at Alcatel, and Marketing and Product management roles at BT and IBM. She speaks five languages and as education includes Master of Science degree and MBA from INSEAD.

Session: Platforms & Connectivity: Part II

 

 
Sean O’Sullivan
CEO & Co-Founder, LocalSocial, Ireland

Sean is CEO and co-founder of Rococo Software, where he’s launching a new in-store engagement platform called LocalSocial. He is also co-founder of the Voice Services company Dial2Do (behind dial2do.com, and mysay.com). Regardless of title, his role with each is to help with the technical strategy and vision. From a technical perspective, Sean’s interests are distributed systems, mobile and wireless technology, especially proximity, and the space where the web meets the plain old telephony system.

Session: Retail & Commerce

 

 
Daniel Pakiry
Business Development Energy & Utilities, Ericsson, France

Daniel PAKIRY has participated to the definition of the Ericsson strategy for the Energy & Utilities market segment, and is engaged in business development activities in this segment in the Mediterranean Region for Ericsson. Daniel PAKIRY has more than 20 years of experience in technical and commercial positions, addressing the telecoms and utilities industries.

Session: Energy & Utilities

 

 
Olivier Pauzet
Vice President, Marketing & Market Strategy at Sierra Wireless, France

Olivier Pauzet is Vice President, Marketing & Market Strategy at Sierra Wireless. Olivier brings 15 years of experience in the wireless and M2M industry. He joined Sierra Wireless from Wavecom, where he served as Sales Director in Asia Pacific. Prior to that, Olivier was responsible of the Program Management Group. Before his engagement at Wavecom, Olivier was consultant for Airbus Group in North America. He has a Master in Electrical Engineering from Supelec and a MBA from INSEAD.

Session: From LTE to New IP Models | Smart Homes & Healthcare

 

Ludovic Privat
Co-founder and editor of GPS Business News

Ludovic Privat is the co-founder and editor of GPSBusinessNews.com, a leading online business media dedicated to the consumer GPS and location-based services market. Created in 2007, GPS Business News has over 20,000 monthly readers in 100 countries.

Ludovic is a worldwide recognized expert in the Location-based services industry. He is providing consulting services to large and small companies in the field of location-based advertising, connected car services, GPS navigation, speedcam warning and traffic services, among others.

He has been a panel moderator and speaker at events such as the Consumer Electronics Show, Galileo Application Day, Le Mobile 2.0., GENIVI conference, Future of Nav, Metro’Num and local seminars organized by Ordnance Survey Ireland and Ordnance Survey UK.

Prior to GPS Business News Ludovic was responsible of pan-European public relations at GPS device manufacturer Navman. Earlier in his career he worked as consultant in public relations and marketing for technology companies. In that role he contributed to the launch of flagship mobile and consumer electronics devices such as the TomTom GO or the Handspring Visor and Treo. 

Ludovic holds a master degree in political science. Based in Versailles, France, he has been living in several European countries, Africa and the United States. He speaks English, French and Italian.

Session: Cars & Intelligent Transport Systems

 

 
Bhoopathi Rapolu
Practice Head Analytics, Cyient (formerly Infotech Enterprises), India

Bhoopathi is the Head of Big Data Analytics Practice at Infotech Enterprises. He has over 15 years of experience in Business Intelligence and Technology Management, and has spent the last several years in evangelizing the integration of Operational Real Time technologies with IT technologies primarily for Utilities and Telecom, Aerospace & Transportation.
Bhoopathi has built and run large BI systems at Infosys Limited in the past and has delivered enterprise level solutions for advanced functional and operational analytics platforms.
Bhoopathi is an active speaker, author and blogger. He has spoken on ‘the impact of BI and Big Data solutions on society in general and industry in specific’ at several international and regional forums. Details available at: www.bhoopathi.com/speaking
He holds an Engineering Degree with an MBA in Systems and Strategy from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India.
In his current role as Practice Head of Analytics, Bhoopathi is responsible for Leadership of Business Unit, Solution Delivery, Business Development and Sales Engagement at Infotech.

Session: Optimizing Data Intelligence

 

 
Adi Reschenhofer
Founder & CEO, Wyconn, Austria

Session: New Models for Industry Deployments

 

 
Laurie Reynolds
Managing Director, Aquamatix, UK

Laurie Reynolds is Managing Director of Aquamatix Ltd, a London-based startup pioneering new business models in water management enabled by the IoT. Laurie spent the majority of his career with a major water utility in UK with responsibility for automation and process optimisation, followed by a spell in asset management in the telecoms sector. He set up Aquamatix 3 years ago to exploit the advantages which M2M and IOT offered and to develop a platform for collaborative integration of water assets and catchments. He is a passionate supporter of open standards.

Session: New Models for Industry Deployments

 

 
Fabrice Robert
Head of Innovation, Sogeti High Tech, France

In 2001 Fabrice Robert joined Transiciel wich became later Sogeti High Tech, and was in charge of clients guidance in PLM products lifecycle management aeronautic.  Since 2010, he is working as innovation Manager in Toulouse. He is driving the R&D unit dedicated to intelligent systems (equipments and softwares), to Augmented Reality, to Big Data and to Simulation.
In September 2012, he became the Vice President of the Robotics Place cluster located in Midi-Pyrénées with all the innovation players in Robotic (research, institutions, firms, …), in charge of the innovation commission and training.

Session: Smart Homes & Healthcare

 

 
Philippe Rousselet
General Secretariat, ADCET, France

Session: Smart Cities

 

 
Jerome Schang
Cybersecurity Global Segment Marketing Manager, NXP Semiconductors, USA

Jerome Schang is currently Cyber Security Global Segment Marketing Manager at NXP Semiconductors based in San Jose, California.
Jerome spent the last 13 years in the semi-conductor industry as a wireless product engineer then low power microcontroller marketing manager with Texas Instruments.
Jerome holds an MBA focused on marketing of innovation since 2010 and a MSEE with a major in microelectronics since 2000.

Session: M2M & IoT Security

 

 
Peter Seeberg
Market Segment Manager, Factory Automation, Softing Industrial Automation, Germany

Peter Seeberg is Market Segment Manager, Factory Automation at Softing Industrial Automation GmbH. Peter studied Computer Aided Design at the University of Delft in the Netherlands and has held positions in European Marketing and Business Development Management with several Information, Communication, Technology & Automation companies for over 30 years, amongst others for Intel and Seiko Instruments. Peter is a member of the OPC Europe Advisory Council and represents Softing at the Smart Factory in Kaiserslautern as well as with the Bitkom Industrie 4.0 Interoperability working group. Softing Industrial Automation is a world leading German provider of industrial communication products and technologies for manufacturing and process automation.

Session: Standards & Methodologies

 

 
Pierre-Yves Senghor
Marketing Director, M2ocity, France

Pierre-Yves Senghor, 45, holds a degree from Sup de Co (Clermont-Fd-1990) and a M.B.A. (Cleveland State University – 1991). He started his career in the Industry on Marketing and Business Development positions for Imerys and Umicore. Then, he worked in the Energy&Utility Industry on topics related to smart metering as a Management Consultant. He joined Cosmosbay~Vectis in 2000, Atos Consulting in 2007 and Capgemini Consulting as a Principal Consultant in 2009.

In 2011, Pierre-Yves Senghor joined m2ocity as a Chief Marketing Officer. He is in charge of Marketing, Product Development and Communication.

Created in 2011 as a Joint Venture between Veolia Water and Orange, m2ocity is an operator of M2M telecom networks dedicated to smart metering for water or gas and to other M2M applications. Our M2M solutions will contribute to the sustainable development of tomorrow’s smart city.

Session: Energy & Utilities

 

Dirk Slama
Director of Business Development, Bosch Software Innovations, Germany

Sessions: Introductory Workshop – The Industrial Internet in Europe and Beyond | Plenary Opening Panel – From M2M to IoT: Taxonomy of a Market in Flux

 

 
Angela Spielberg
Consultant, 7Layers, Germany

Angela Spielberg joined 7Layers in 2004 and is responsible for consultancy, development, validation and verification of test cases and test systems for Smart Services and connected devices. In the years before her main focus lay on hardware design and verification, when she worked for Synopsys in Aachen. She received her degree in communications engineering of the Technical University of Aachen, Germany in 1989.

Session: IoT-Ready Platforms & Connectivity: Toward a global approach

 

Ernst-Joachim Steffens
Research Director, Deutsche Telekom, Germany

Ernst-Joachim Steffens is research director at Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs), the central research and innovation unit of Deutsche Telekom. Together with his team of business administrators, technology experts and software developers, he is dedicated to developing novel IT concepts supporting smart business networks.

Session: New Models for Industry Deployments

 

Thomas Svensson
Senior Vice President EMEA, ThingWorx – A PTC Business, sweden

Thomas Svensson has a wealth of experience gained across EMEA, APAC and US territories while working in enterprise software sales for SAAB Aircraft AB, Volvo Corporation, Silicon Graphics and PTC over the last 25 years.  Mr. Svensson currently serves as EMEA Senior Vice President of ThingWorx, a PTC business. In this role, Mr. Svensson is responsible for driving the ThingWorx direct and indirect sales channel strategies and overall business development. Thomas holds a Master of Science degree from the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, where he resides.

Sessions: Plenary Opening Panel – From M2M to IoT: Taxonomy of a Market in Flux 

 

 
Tim Taberner
Eurotech, UK

Sessions: Plenary Opening Panel – From M2M to IoT: Taxonomy of a Market in Flux | Energy & Utilities | Public Transport & Ticketing

 

Rob van Kranenburg
Coordinator of Activity Chain 8: Societal at IERC IoT Research Cluster of the EU Commission

Session: Connected Life Day – Plenary opening: When NFC and M2M Converge into IoT

 

Thomas Weisshaupt
Business Development Energy, Gemalto, Chair Security and Privacy Group, ESMIG

Session: Energy & Utilities

 

 
Lars Wemme
Chair, NFC Forum Payment Special Interest Group, NFC Forum USA

Lars Wemme is Chair of the Payment Special Interest Group (SIG) for the NFC Forum. He also heads the marketing team of the business line Platform Security within the Chipcard & Security Division of Infineon Technologies. With more than 15 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, he is responsible for the deployment of security solutions within emerging markets addressing the need for security in today’s connected world. Applications targeted include Near Field Communication as well as critical infrastructure.

Session: Connected Life Day – Plenary opening: When NFC and M2M Converge into IoT

 

Lee Wright
Director of Global Marketing, Wyconn

 Lee is the director of global marketing at Vienna-based Wyconn (www.Wyconn.com), whose radically simpler approach to M2M/Industrial Internet connectivity lowers the cost and time required for large-scale deployments for OEMs, enterprises, and telcos.  He serves on the marketing committee of the Industrial Internet Consortium.
Lee has held global marketing roles at Texas Instruments and at Nokia, and has extensive experience with new ventures as a consultant to founders, as a launch-and-grow CMO, and as an advisor, founder, and management team member.  This includes founding and serving as the CEO of AnywhereYouGo, the largest mobile application developer community and was acquired by HP, and the head of global marketing for CoreStreet, which provided identity services infrastructure to some of the world’s largest organizations and was later acquired by ActiveIdentity.

Lee graduated from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University.  He lives near Boston in a c. 1780 house (old by US standards) and is the founder of History Camp and The History List, two initiatives to increase interest in and engagement with history.

Session: Introductory Workshop – The Industrial Internet in Europe and Beyond

 

 
Rafi Zauer
Product Marketing Manager, Essence, Israel

Rafi leads the product marketing efforts for the two main lines of business for Essence – the Smart Living and Smart Care cloud-based M2M platforms. Prior to this, Rafi held various positions in strategic marketing in a leading international security electronics company and has also managed to be part of the renewable energy revolution, developing distribution channels and investments in Solar Photovoltaic plants around the world.

Essence is a global provider of scalable; M2M based connected-living solutions for security, communication, and healthcare service providers. Over the past 20 years, Essence has built an impressive installed base, with more than 10 million products deployed and used by Tier-1 service providers worldwide. Essence is committed to developing and supporting solutions that both enhance partners’ businesses and enable people to live fuller and better lives. We provide end-to-end solutions, supporting our partners not only with our hardware equipment, but with professional services, cloud and hosting services, go-to-market strategies and planning, and logistics services, all tailored in order to drive success to our partners

Session: Smart Homes & Healthcare

 

Bill Zujewski
CMO & EVP of Product Strategy, Axeda, USA

Bill Zujewski has over 20 years of product strategy and global marketing experience in enterprise software and business applications. He has a proven track record of defining innovative products for emerging markets and bringing leading-edge and game-changing products to market. Before joining Axeda, Bill was Vice President of Product Marketing at Art Technology Group (ATG), the leader in e-Commerce software acquired by Oracle. Before ATG, Bill led product marketing at edocs, Siebel, and Broadvision and began his career in engineering and software development at Data General and Informix. Bill holds B.S. Degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from The Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Sessions: Optimizing Data Intelligence | New Models for Industry Deployments

 



LIVE EXPERIENCE @ M2M INNOVATION WORLD CONGRESS

Exhibitors Demos at Smart Solutions Show

For 2.5 days, numerous demos are scheduled by the exhibiting companies. A concentrate of innovation in contactless/mobile, e-ID, M2M and digital security technologies.

In addition to the conference and exhibition, M2M Innovation World Congress will offer multiple opportunities to experience innovation in IoT and mobile proximity services for events:

Beacon experience: a first for an event!

In partnership with LocalSocial, the Congress will offer a very innovative experience of Beacons applied to a show. Attendees will be able to use their smartphones to see information about exhibitors, their products, their company, about people near to them like who else is "in the room" at a given talk, and much more. There will also be some fun elements to the Beacon experience, with some special prizes available. Each exhibitor will also be provided with a full "Beacon experience" pack. More on this soon.

NFC Experience

Experience mobile proximity on-site thanks to the NFC badges provided by Nexperts. Your badge will become your business card: exchange contact details with peers, exhibitors, etc. directly onto your smartphone.
The NFC badge is also your credential to access the different areas of the Congress.

Demos Show Space: Innovation live six times a day

In a central space open to all the World Smart Week participants, discover and experience the latest innovations of high-tech companies and institutions that are building our "trusted mobile life".

Exhibitors Demos at Smart Solutions Show

For 2.5 days, numerous demos are scheduled by the exhibiting companies. A concentrate of innovation in contactless/mobile, e-ID, M2M and digital security technologies.

 



2014 Congress: a new wave of innovation for all Verticals. Thank you all!

The second edition of M2M Innovation World Congress has indeed kept its promise to deliver inspirations to innovate for all the M2M/IoT value chain stakeholders.
Thanks to an extended line-up of 80 speakers, enriched contents along 2.5 days and a broader scope of Verticals addressed by the "Connected Life Day", the 2014 Congress has seen its overall attendance increased to 356, despite the impact of the flight disruptions caused by the Air France's strike.
Broadly decided to "IoTize" companies and M2M processes, the participants have exchanged on the most innovative M2M implementations in Industry, Utilities, Connected Cars, Retail, Smart Cities, Smart Homes, Healthcare...and on the disruptions happening in business models and technologies: M2M market, IoT approaches, Big Data, interoperability, connectivity, security... Among this year's highlights, the "industrial Internet" has been at the centre of the exchanges thanks to the introductory IIC workshop.
 

These fruitful exchanges have been extended to the exhibition held alongside the conference as well as to the participants of the three other co-located events, all part of the "World Smart Week" event, which has gathered a total of 1420 ICT professionals.

See you at the next edition on Sept. 15 to 17, 2015.

 



 


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