Events

Over 200 leaders in the wireless power industry will gather for the 7th annual International Wireless Power Summit November 5-6, 2015 in San Diego, CA. Taking place at the Paradise Point Resort & Spa, this conference and exhibition will focus on ‘Wireless Power goes Mainstream: How to Make Money in Wireless Charging.’ Wireless Power 2015 will bring together global experts to discuss applications, new technologies and how to achieve commercial success and broader use for wireless products.

Advisors for Wireless Power 2015 include Ron Resnick, President, Power Matters Alliance; LeRoy Johnson, Engineering Consultant, Johnson Product Development, LLC; John Perzow, VP Market Development, Wireless Power Consortium; AJ ElJallad, Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy & Business Development, ON Semiconductor; Steve Goacher, Business Development Manager, Wireless Power, Texas Instruments; Siamak Abendinpour, Senior Analog IC Designer, IDT and Mark Estabrook, Director of Strategic Marketing, MediaTek.

“The wireless charging industry is growing exponentially, with more and more novel applications being developed for commercial use. This event has matched the industry trend and this year you’ll be joining 200+ of the industry’s most influential members in beautiful San Diego. You won’t want to miss out on the information that will be shared; the conversations that are only possible face-to-face and the technologies that will be demonstrated,” said John Lewinski, head of U.S. events for Smithers Apex.

“Whether you are an analyst, R&D manager, product manufacturer, or CEO, Wireless Power 2015 will provide you with the key contacts and insights to develop your business as wireless power technologies proceed toward widespread commercialization” added Lewinski.

Historically, this conference has attracted companies that span the supply chain, from researchers to end-users. Past attendees came from organizations like Energizer Household Products, LG Electronics, Powermat, Audiovox, 3MOcean Tomo, IKEA of Sweden, Google, Intel, WiTricity Corporation, and Motorola Mobility to name just a few.

Don’t forget, for QTOOTH readers there is a $200 discount on tickets for the event if you use code WP2015 during registration!

For complete information about Wireless Power 2015, please visit the conference website at http://www.wirelesspowersummit.com.

IDC (International Data Corporation) have predicted the Internet of Things (IoT) market will reach $7 trillion in just five years. However, despite this, a recent study found that 73% of companies have yet to make any “concrete investments” in the IoT. Are you ready for a smart, connected world? How will it impact your workplace, job and even your home?

The RE.WORK Internet of Things Summit is a unique opportunity to meet influential technologists, data scientists, engineers, leading industry players and entrepreneurs all in the same room. Discover the latest IoT advancements from a global line-up of experts and maybe even become an IOT disrupter yourself!

The summit will take place in Boston on 28-29 May, with over 40 IoT experts discussing the Industrial Internet, the Connected Home, Wearables, Embedded Devices, Smart Cities, Next Generation Wireless Infrastructure, Personalized Medicine, and the Connected Car. Speakers will include exciting new startups, leading technologists and engineers, and world-class researchers from notable companies and institutions including: Google, MIT, INRIX, BigBelly, City of Boston, AliveCor, Misfit Wearables, Zubie and SafeLogic.

Boston is at the heart of a thriving technology ecosystem, centered around world-leading academic institutions of MIT, Harvard and many more schools, as well as some of the leading Fortune 500 companies in the world including Staples, EMC2 and Boston Scientific. Not to mention unprecedented venture capital investments helping to create the perfect entrepreneurial hub in the city.

This May, top Boston based companies will share their insights into IoT technological trends, applications and insights at the global summit. Sessions from Boston innovators not to be missed include:

Smart Waste Management at the Heart of a Smarter Boston

BigBelly was founded in with the goal of transforming one of the least efficient and resource- intensive industries on the planet — waste collection. Their aim was to stop cities collecting refuse and waste too often and thereby wasting fuel and labor, and creating unnecessary CO2 emissions; or too little and creating problems with overflowing trash cans which causes health and safety issues. The BigBelly solution is smart bins that go far beyond their solar powered motors, equipped with a wireless monitoring system that tracks its trash intake and status, communicating the information over a cloud.

These smart bins are spreading through Boston’s streets and university campuses, revolutionizing the city’s waste management and adding to a growing network of smart devices. Brian Phillips, Executive VP of Strategic Planning at BigBelly, is spearheading the company’s strategic partnerships and next generation product development and capabilities, and will present at the IOT Summit.

City of Boston – Connecting the Citizens of Boston

Boston’s New Urban Mechanics serves as the Mayor’s civic innovation group, piloting experiments that offer the potential to significantly improve the quality of City services. New technology – from smart phones to GPS – and a resurgent spirit of civic engagement have created increased opportunities for closer connection and communication between City government and its citizens.

Nigel Jacob, co-founder of New Urban Mechanics, and the team are exploring ways to deepen this connection by creating new programs for community empowerment. Of the dozens of
projects piloted in Boston, many incorporate IoT technologies to increase community engagement and involvement. Interesting projects include Soofa, a solar-powered seat with the capability to charge two smart phones and collect air quality or other environmental data, and Citizens Connect, a mobile application that empowers residents to be the City’s eyes and ears, engaging them in the process of maintaining their own city neighborhoods.

OnKöl – Elderly Technology Adoption for Connected Caregiving

“Aging in place” elderly people are the fastest growing demographic in the US, and have so far been relatively ignored by the IoT revolution. OnKöl however saw the opportunity to create a better life for the elderly who choose to not live in a care home, and have created an IoT device that simultaneously notifies selected family members and other caregivers of everything from vital signs to incoming and outgoing calls to emergency or panic situations. That way, the caregivers and interested parties can get out in front of specific events or anomalies, before they become full-blown emergencies.

At the Internet of Things Summit, Erich Jacobs, CEO of OnKöl, will discuss the reasons why the elderly are downplayed in the current revolution, the benefits of the getting the elderly to adopt IoT, and how historical hurdles to elderly technology adoption can be overcome through both innovation and design.

Involution Studios – Revolutionizing Human Healthcare with Non-Invasive Sensors

Juhan Sonin is the Creative Director at Boston-based design firm Involution Studios, who focus on harnessing digital, materials and networking technologies to create new user experiences. Design has a huge role to play in translating emerging technologies for everyday users and user experience is integral to IoT being integrated seamlessly. Involution Studios are at the forefront of revolutionising design in human health by tracking real-time health data using non-invasive tools, whilst ensuring a user-friendly and enjoyable experience. Their vision to create a world of automatic health sensing where data about our wellbeing is collected and measured invisibly illustrates the changing role of design in emerging technologies and the convergence of engineering and design disciplines in the IoT.

Make Your Plan

The time to act is now. As said by John Ansbach, General Counsel, General Datatech,
“Collaboration (or lack thereof) will define the success of IoT in the next few years, and the players who find their way here with the vision to see what others do not will be the definitive winners in the new IoT-defined landscape.”

Within the next few years, connectivity in devices, products and infrastructure we use will become a mainstream service, so it’s now that we need to understand where the opportunities lie for consumers and industry players, as well as identifying where the competitive threats from a more connected world will leave you behind.

The Internet of Things Summit is taking place in Boston on 28-29 May. For more information and to register, please visit the event website: re-work.co/events/iot-boston

Don’t forget: Use the QTOOTH20 code at checkout for an additional 20% off!

Fitbit, Google, Under Armour and Lowe’s Anchor Two Days of Can’t Miss Panels, Sessions and Developer Training

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is set to welcome Fitbit, Google, Under Armour and Lowe’s Home Improvement as keynote speakers at the second annual Bluetooth World event in Santa Clara, April 14-15, 2015. Bluetooth World, the global flagship conference hosted by the Bluetooth SIG, focuses on how Bluetooth® technology and Bluetooth Smart technology are enabling the Internet of Things (IoT). The event will bring together over 700 attendees, 90 speakers and 40 exhibitors for an in-depth exploration of how Bluetooth technology is transforming the connected world.

Bluetooth World is a unique opportunity for industry leaders, developers, engineers, analysts and media to gather and explore the growing IoT landscape enabled by Bluetooth technology. The release of Bluetooth Smart has enabled a new wave of innovation and is considered by many to be the premier wireless technology for the IoT due to its reliability, ubiquity and flexibility. This event enables participants to share and learn best practices, explore various growth opportunities, evaluate business models and network with colleagues across the wireless and IoT ecosystem.

“Bluetooth has become much more than what many people realize. It’s the wireless technology that is going to make the IoT a reality,” said Errett Kroeter, Senior Director of Brand and Developer Marketing at Bluetooth SIG. “Bluetooth World is an opportunity to learn about the key role Bluetooth plays in IoT implementations and how companies large and small can benefit. We are excited to hear how companies like Fitbit, Google, Under Armour and Lowe’s are using Bluetooth Smart in innovative ways. These companies are at the forefront of a new age of connectivity and will provide unique insight and knowledge to conference attendees.”

Bluetooth World features a two-day, two-track (Developers’ Summit and Technical Strategy) conference format that consists of keynotes and panel discussions exploring the biggest trends around Bluetooth technology and the IoT market. Content tracks will encompass multiple industries including smart home, wearables, automotive, sports and fitness, medical, beacons, start-ups and wireless audio. The event will offer developers and OEMs opportunities to gain the business and technical knowledge to bring their innovations to life and will introduce new developer tools that will make developing with Bluetooth even easier than before.

Attendees have the opportunity to participate in panel discussions, including case studies of successful technology and market implementations, as well as Analyst Breakfast Briefings and the Bluetooth World Hackathon. The Analyst Breakfast Briefings, led by analysts from Gartner, IHS Technology and ABI Research, will forecast the IoT market potential. The Bluetooth World Hackathon will challenge developers, designers and entrepreneurs to build connected devices that shape the next generation of the connected world.

Additional speakers from LG Electronics, Samsung, Indiegogo, Siemens and Nokia Growth Partners, as well as media, analysts and developers will further the conversation on Bluetooth Smart and the future of wireless connectivity.

Featured Sessions

The Long Tail of Smart Devices

Scott Jenson, Google

The Smart Home in Retail

Jason Rogers, Lowe’s Home Improvement

Connected Fitness Applications and Partnerships

Chris Glode, Under Armour Connected Fitness

Innovative IoT Solutions for ‘Emotional Home’ and Bluetooth

Kanwar Chadha, Binatone Global/SiRF Technologies

Featured Panels

Innovations Around the Newest Bluetooth Releases

(Moderator: Bill Morelli, IHS; Panelists: Minsoo Lee, LG Electronics; Sonny Vu, Misfit Wearables; Arun Mahasenan, Honeywell Global Labs; Clint McClellan, Indie Health/Continua Health Alliance; Svein-Egil Nielsen, Nordic Semiconductor ASA; David Bean, Frontline Test Equipment, Inc.)

Managing the Successful Start-Up: Funding and Development

(Moderator: Stephen Statler, Statler Consulting LLC; Panelists: Ben Bateman, Indiegogo; Paul Asel, Nokia Growth Partners; Nathan Smith, Wink)

Featured Workshops

Competing Standards for the Internet of Things – What Bluetooth Smart Needs to Win

Jeff Hagins, SmartThings – part of Samsung

Thinking Like a Customer and Testing Like an Engineer

Roland Labana, Motorola Mobility

Making the Bluetooth Developer Studio Your Own

Mark Kirby, Matchbox Mobile

Real World Beacon Architecture and Deployment

Aaron Emigh, shopkick

Developing Cloud Connected Sensors using IPv6 over Bluetooth Smart

Pål Kastnes, Nordic Semiconductor

You can find the full conference program at http://bluetoothworldevent.com/event-program/. Registration is open at http://bluetoothworldevent.com/register/ with special rates for SIG Promoters and Associate Members, startup companies, developers and students.

And if you don’t qualify for either of those discounts, use the following code during checkout. It allows QTOOTH readers to register for 15% off the standard Bluetooth World 2015 pass: I8PBJ/QTSTANDARDCONF

The Bluetooth SIG, along with event partner Informa, will also host Bluetooth Asia in Shanghai, China, August 18 – 19, 2015 and Bluetooth Europe in London, UK, September 15 – 16, 2015.

About Bluetooth^® Wireless Technology

Bluetooth wireless technology is the global wireless standard enabling simple, secure connectivity for an expanding range of devices and serves as the backbone of the connected world. Bluetooth Smart technology, through an updatable platform and low power consumption, creates new application opportunities for the mobile phone, consumer electronics, PC, automotive, health & fitness and smart home industries. With nearly three billion devices shipping annually, Bluetooth is the wireless technology of choice for developers, product manufacturers, and consumers worldwide. Backed by industry leading companies, the Bluetooth SIG empowers over 25,000 member companies to collaborate, innovate and guide Bluetooth wireless technology. For more information, please visit www.bluetooth.com.

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Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) in partnership with Informa Telecoms & Media is excited to announce Bluetooth World 2015.  Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, this unique conference will take place at the Santa Clara Convention Center on April 14-15, 2015.  As the only global conference that focuses on Bluetooth® technology and its increasing role in the Internet of Things (IoT), experience first-hand how Bluetooth is the most commonly used wireless connectivity technology in a world that is rapidly adopting new ways to connect devices to a potential $1.3 trillion ecosystem of “things” and the internet.

Bluetooth World 2015 Event Program

QTOOTH attended this last year and the quality of the talks and the sheer volume of useful information was incredible.  If you are in the industry or aspire to be in the industry, this should be considered a must-attend event. Two event-packed days filled with keynote presentations, panel discussion, Q&A sessions, a well-run networking area, a hackathon, and more… In fact so much is scheduled that parts of each day are split into two tracks: Track A for Technical Strategies and Track B which is a Developers’ Summit. It can be very hard to decide where you want to be at any given time. Luckily, they do permit you to bounce back and forth.

Thought Leadership Series

One of the extras of this years conference is the Thought Leadership Series. This consists of interviews of some of the leading luminaries of the Bluetooth world. It is accessible by anyone and is part of the lead up to the event itself. So far it has been:

Maxine Bingham (IoT Perspectives) discusses the future of Bluetooth, Mesh technology and iBeacons

Andrew Xue (ActvContent) discusses the needs and applications of iBeacons

Anthony Gonzales (Force Impact Technologies) on the development of Sports IoT

Mark Kirby (Matchbox Mobile) on the role of Bluetooth Smart within the IoT ecosystem 

Simon Slupik (SeedLabs) discusses where the future of Bluetooth/IoT is headed and Mesh technology within the smarthome (Video)

Check out the complete series here: http://bluetoothworldevent.com/thought-leadership-series/

Want to go to Bluetooth World 2015… but on a budget?

QTOOTH might be able to help you with that! Use the following code during checkout. It allows QTOOTH readers to register for 15% off the standard Bluetooth World 2015 pass: I8PBJ/QTSTANDARDCONF

You can find the registration page here: www.bluetoothworldevent.com/register