ZOOM ON EVENTS
The IoT Solutions World Congress 2018 Announces its First Speakers
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Figure 1: IoT Solutions World Congress will take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 16 to 18 October 2018.
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he speaker schedule at the IoT
IoT and a partner of Microsoft; and Edy
Roger Bou, Director of IoTSWC,
Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC)
Lingosari, Global Managing Director of
highlights the work of the programme
is taking shape. From 16 to 18
Accenture.
committee: “working to bring together
October the industrial internet event,
Nine core themes have been established
innovative success stories to analyse
organized by Fira de Barcelona, will
for IoTSWC 2018 as cornerstones for
IoT deployment in multiple industries
bring together more than 250 global
the more than 125 scheduled seminars:
and identifying the trends to plot
experts to debate real applications of
product manufacturing, healthcare,
the convergence of technologies,
the IoT which are transforming different
energy and utilities, connected transport,
standards and new applications.�
industrial environments and creating new
construction and infrastructures,
The program committee is led by
business models. The initial confirmed
open industry, enabling technologies,
the Industrial Internet Consortium
speakers include Gloria Zaionz, emerging
blockchain and artificial intelligence, the
(IIC) and made up of almost thirty
technology and innovation guru; Bert Van
latter two feature their own subject-
representatives of leading firms and
Hoof, Group Program Manager at Azure
specific forums.
entities.
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