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About this event
Whether it’s using your watch to track your fitness regime on your phone or whether it is using your tablet to control the heating of your home, The Internet of Things is shaping the way we live and is helping us stay connected to things we need most.
The future is bright for these technologies and is made possible with cutting edge hardware.
Join us at Hardware Pioneers to hear directly from some of leading faces of the IoT industry and learn about where we are heading next.
This event is kindly sponsored by Intel and UL.
Showcase your Product / Prototype
We want to see what you are working on too! Bring along your own projects and products to our dedicated showcasing desks and spread the word about what you are doing.
Agenda
7:00-7:20 – Check in + networking
7:20-7:30 – Event opening
7:30-7:50 – David Lake, Architect and Consulting Engineer – Cisco
7:50-8:10 – Alison Grey, Director, Cross Portfolio Product Development – Inmarsat
8:10-8:30 – Anthony Charbonnier / Nicolas Lesconnec – Sigfox
8:30-8:50 – Community announcements
This is your time if you would like to share what you are working on with the community or make any sort of announcement. You have 2 minutes max for a short shoutout.
8:50-10:00 – Drinks, networking and showcase
About the speakers
David Lake, Architect and Consulting Engineer – Cisco
David has been with Cisco for over 15 years and is part of the chief technology and architecture team, currently working on future mobile access technologies and integration between Service Provider and Enterprise solutions.
With an abundance of experience in network engineering and small cell technologies, David will give us an insight into Low Power Wide Area networks and how they relate to current 5G thinking as well as recent developments towards Clean Slate 3GPP IoT (NB-IoT) with a little on future LTE-M.
Alison Grey – Director, Cross Portfolio Product Development – Inmarsat
Alison’s role in Cross Market Product Development focuses on product and user experience management to innovate and deliver great products and services from satellite phones to core modules.
Anthony Charbonnier, Startup Relations Manager – Sigfox
SIGFOX is the first and only company providing global cellular connectivity for the Internet of Things, fully dedicated to low-throughput communications. SIGFOX is re-inventing connectivity by radically lowering prices and energy consumption for connected devices.
A big thank you goes also to our partner iHorizon.
About Hardware Startup IO
At Hardware Startup IO we nurture an emerging community of pioneers whilst providing education and a strong local network in order to support the next generation of hardware and IoT products. Our mission is to provide ambitious pioneers with the best environment in which they can thrive. An environment that helps them grow whilst boosting their strengths and supporting their weaknesses.
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