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Event Organizer

Forum Global www.forum-europe.com

Forum Global specializes in policy focused conferences and events, providing a platform for discussion and debate on topical issues across a variety of different sectors. These events are organized with clients and partners and aim to progress ideas and actions on important issues, all within a balanced and neutral setting.

 

Forum Global is the international arm of Forum Europe, which was founded by Giles Merritt, columnist for the International Herald Tribune, and is widely recognized as the leading EU dedicated event provider.

 

Headed by a team of events specialists with over 19 years of experience, Forum Global works successfully with businesses, institutions and governments alike. Its strategic services can maintain and develop your key policy networks, and also deliver forums where key issues can be aired and debated.

Platinum Sponsors

Alcatel Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com

The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leading innovator in the field of networking and communications technology, products and services. The company is home to Bell Labs, one of the world's foremost research centers, responsible for breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry.

 

Alcatel-Lucent innovations are regularly recognized by international institutions for their positive impact on society. In 2012 and for the second year running, Alcatel-Lucent was named one of the Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators, recognition for the company’s continued addition to its world-class patent portfolio, one of the largest in the telecom industry. Alcatel-Lucent has also been recognized for its sustainability performance.  In 2012 the company was ranked Technology Supersector Leader by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Through its innovations, Alcatel-Lucent is making communications more sustainable, more affordable and more accessible as we pursue our mission of Realizing the Potential of a Connected World.

 

With operations throughout the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The Company achieved revenues of Euro 14.4 billion in 2012 and is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.

ESOA www.esoa.net

ESOA is a non-profit organisation established with the objective of serving and promoting the common interests of satellite operators from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the CIS. The Association today represents the interests of 21 satellite operators who deliver information communication services across the globe. Together ESOA Members provide invaluable communications services to the whole world including emergency communications, live broadcasting, maritime and aero communications, secure services for governments, 24-7 monitoring of industrial processes such as energy plants and a whole range of other communications capabilities that society has come to rely on.

Qualcomm www.qualcomm.com

Qualcomm is the driving force behind the growth and progress of the global wireless industry. It is the world’s leader in patents and other intellectual property that provide the technological basis for the global wireless communications industry. That goes for existing 3G (third-generation) technology that makes wireless Internet data as well as voice transmissions practical around the world. It also applies to next-generation, 4G technology, which delivers an even more enhanced and seamless user experience.

 

In addition to licensing its intellectual property to more than 170 companies worldwide, Qualcomm also manufactures highly sophisticated chips that are the engines of some of the most advanced wireless handsets and devices on the market. The company is the driver behind the very latest next-generation devices, which combine mobile communications, computing, and consumer electronics, that are now coming to market.

Gold Sponsors

ARM www.arm.com

The world's leading semiconductor intellectual property (IP) supplier.

ARM is at the heart of the world’s most advanced digital products. Our technology enables the creation of new markets and transformation of industries and society. We design scalable, energy efficient-processors and related technologies to deliver the intelligence in applications ranging from sensors to servers, including smartphones, tablets, enterprise infrastructure and the Internet of Things.

Our innovative technology is licensed by ARM Partners who have shipped more than 50 billion Systems on Chip (SoCs) containing our intellectual property since the company began in 1990. Together with our Connected Community, we are breaking down barriers to innovation for developers, designers and engineers, ensuring a fast, reliable route to market for leading electronics companies.

AT&T www.att.com

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) helps millions around the globe connect with leading entertainment, mobile, high speed Internet and voice services. We’re the world’s largest provider of pay TV. We have TV customers in the U.S. and 11 Latin American countries. In the U.S., our wireless network offers the nation’s strongest LTE signal and the most reliable 4G LTE network. We offer the best global wireless coverage*. And we help businesses worldwide serve their customers better with our mobility and secure cloud solutions.

Google www.google.com

Google’s mission is to organize the world‘s information and make it universally accessible and useful. We build web applications, or “apps”, to make it simpler for people to share information and get things done together.

 

Silver Sponsor

Intercede www.intercede.com

Intercede is a cybersecurity company specialising in creating digital trust in an increasingly mobile and connected world.

 

While the race to digitalisation provides opportunities for innovation, it also coincidentally leaves us more vulnerable to cyberattack. The advent of the Internet of Things has seen more devices than ever connected to the Internet, yet as we become more digitally connected as a business and as a society, we open up more attack vectors for cyber criminals to enact insidious hacks and breaches for their own gain. Intercede provides software and services that counteract the privacy and security implications of the Internet of Things age. By ensuring internet-connected devices are properly identified and authenticated, our solutions enable businesses and consumers to trust the devices, facilities and networks they use, so that they can benefit from innovation without worrying about the risks. Intercede has been delivering solutions to UK and US government and large global enterprises for over 20 years; the company’s solutions currently manage over 11 million digital identities and secure over 80% of trusted applications globally. 

T-Mobile www.t-mobile.com

As America's Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services through leading product and service innovation. The Company's advanced nationwide 4G LTE network delivers outstanding wireless experiences to approximately 59 million customers who are unwilling to compromise on quality and value. Based in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile US provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile and MetroPCS. For more information, please visit www.t-mobile.com.

Lanyard Sponsor

GreenPeak www.greenpeak.com

GreenPeak Technologies is the industry leading Smart Home semiconductor company and the world recognized leader in the IEEE 802.15.4 market with a rich offering of RF chips and software technologies for Smart Home data communications and the Internet of Things. Today, GreenPeak is shipping 1 million chips per week for Smart Home applications to world’s largest corporate customers.

The GreenPeak founders have significantly contributed to the invention of WiFi and made it into a commercial success, used by several billion people today.

 

GreenPeak is recognized as a world leader in developing new wireless technologies for consumer electronics and Smart Home applications, demonstrating rapid growth and technology innovation.

Badge Sponsor

Allied Spectrum Associates www.alliedspectrumassociates.com

Allied Spectrum Associates are a specialist in radio spectrum regulation with focus in particular on the shared use of spectrum. We have expertise in all facets of spectrum sharing regulation, whether it is Licensed Shared Access (LSA) or TVWS

Supporting Partners

CDAIT www.cdait.gatech.edu

The Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies (CDAIT) at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, GA, USA fosters the development of interdisciplinary Internet of Things (IoT) research and education that bridges sponsors with Georgia Tech researchers and faculty as well as industry members who share similar interests. CDAIT is a global, nonprofit, partner-funded center of excellence in IoT that stimulates creativity, productivity gains and revenue generation while exploring surrounding societal issues such as ethics, privacy, trust, regulation and policy. CDAIT relies on financial sponsorship from industry and seeks sponsors whose objectives are tightly aligned with the Center’s. Like any other research center at Georgia Tech, CDAIT is a vehicle for focusing on technologies such as those enabling the Internet of Things, which are crucial to the advancement of society and leading to interdisciplinary collaboration.

LonMark International www.lonmark.org

LonMark International is a non-profit corporation supporting the testing and certification of products, people and companies supporting the ISO/IEC 14908 body of standards and Industrial Internet of Things. Its mission is to provide energy efficiency through intelligent control for buildings, homes, smart grid, street lighting, restaurants and other markets which all connect using common information and communication infrastructure. Today, there are over 500 interoperable products certified and listed on the LonMark website and over 700 people have been certified as LonMark Certified Professionals.

RAIN RFID www.rainrfid.org

The RAIN RFID Alliance is a non-profit organization founded in April 2014 to promote awareness, increase education and support the universal adoption of UHF RFID technology. RAIN RFID is a wireless technology that connects billions of items to the Internet of Things. RAIN RFID enables businesses and consumers to identify, locate, authenticate and engage items. RAIN Alliance is a global collection of companies and organizations which develop and advocate RAIN technology solutions addressing applications across many vertical markets. RAIN uses the GS1 UHF Gen2 protocol which ISO/IEC has standardized as 18000-63.

 

 

For more information, please visit www.RAINRFID.org.

M2M Now www.m2mnow.biz

With exclusive analyst reports and specialist journalists, M2M Now is the leading global brand covering machine-to-machine communications (M2M), embedded devices, connected consumer devices and the Internet of Things. Delivering webcasts, bi-monthly magazines, white-papers, daily news, expert blogs and the most comprehensive IoT industry directory online, M2M Now focuses on the deployment of these technologies across the automotive, logistics, healthcare, utilities and smart cities verticals.

 

To join our community, register at: www.m2mnow.biz

For more information, contact: Charlie Bisnar at c.bisnar@wkm-global.com

ZigBee Alliance www.ZigBee.org.

The ZigBee Alliance offers the open, global wireless standards that enable everyday objects to work together and help you control your world. ZigBee standards are the leading standards for monitoring and control used in consumer, commercial and industrial markets around the world. The Alliance is an open, non-profit ecosystem of more than 400 organizations developing and promoting standards defining the Internet of Things for use in homes and businesses. For more information, visit www.ZigBee.org.

AIM www.aimglobal.org

AIM…Leading the way for AIDC innovation, collaboration and growth.

 

For more than 40 years, AIM has been the leading industry association and worldwide authority for automatic identification & data capture (AIDC) innovation and technologies, serving members around the globe as a trusted resource and dedicated industry advocate.

 

AIM members are manufacturers, distributors, resellers, academics and end-users of barcode, RFID, Internet of Things (IoT), RTLS, NFC and mobile computing technologies and solutions.

 

AIM’s mission to serve as the unbiased resource for networking, education, advocacy and standards helps members grow their businesses by fostering the effective use of AIDC solutions.  This commitment is supported by AIM’s vision to advance the adoption and effective use of AIDC to promote global sustainability and success around the globe.

 

Visit AIM’s website at www.aimglobal.org  to learn more.

Knowledge Partners

Council www.theinternetofthings.eu

Council is a thinktank, consultancy, accelarator and forecasting group. Council hosts the full range of opinions on what will be a small avalanche of disruptive innovations. They go through the full range of emotions and conceptual breakdown that comes with grasping the territory, the full logistical, business, social and philosophical implications of the Internet of Things.  Council thinktank aims to grow into a positively critical counterpart to these negativities in focusing on the quality of interaction and potentialities of IOT for social, communicative and economic (personal fabrication, participatory finance, alternative currencies) connectivity between humans, humans and things and humans and their surroundings. Council highlights a personal history of locative media & hybrid spaces, by professionals of the i3 (Intelligent Information Interfaces) days, as well as the latest tools and applications, workshops on key issues, short keynotes and time for debate and discussion.

Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies www.c-pet.org

C-PET, the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies, is a nonpartisan Washington, DC, think tank focused on innovation and the long-term policy implications of emerging technologies. As part of its program of events, C-PET has hosted conferences and roundtables addressing the future of the Internet – including the Internet of Things, cloud, privacy, and the Government 2.0 and Business 2.0 impacts of social media.

The Providence Group www.providencegroupdc.com/

The Providence Group advises companies and organizations globally on how to manage enterprise-wide cybersecurity risks and we provide insight and counsel into the complex and changing cybersecurity regulatory, reputation and threat environment.

Regional 'Meetup' Partners

IoT Central www.meetup.com/nyciot

IoT Central's mission is to inspire, engage, and connect entreprenerus, investors, professionals, and enthusiasts worldwide who are active in the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT Central organizes the New York City IoT meetup which organizes monthly events on Verticals and Technologies as they relate to IoT. Join IoT Central at www.meetup.com/nyciot

IoT DC www.meetup.com/Internet-of-Things-DC

Boston IoT Meetup www.meetup.com/Boston-New-England-Internet-of-Things-Meetup/

With more than 1,500 members throughout Boston and New England, the Boston-New England IoT Meetup is the premier meeting place and networking hub for IoT innovators in the region.