Events

Recent and future events: Mobile Monday, ID World, and Fifi

There are more and more events that include tracks, and coverage of the Internet Of Things, in its several variants. At Mobile Monday Amsterdam, held recently, Bruce Sterling summarized his impressions on how the field is developing, and ‘preached the gospel’ of the Internet Of Things from an unusual podium:

Image by Mobile Monday Amsterdam

You will also be able and follow the developments of OpenSpime at the following two events:

ID World, Nov 18-20 in Milan
Where will we talk about:
“Extending the reach: an open approach to the coming internet of things”

All over the industry different identification and sensor technologies are being developed and adopted, as it has been the case for vertical applications for the past decades. In order to leverage the power of networks a new open approach is desirable. Taking lessons from the development of the Internet, and open source software and recently hardware, the real promise of an Open Internet Of Things is a radically new understanding of the world around us. Wether we look at the natural and urban environments around us, and our necessity of creating sustainable systems, or to economical models of manufacturing and distribution processes, without enhanced monitoring and management capabilities we will be unable to increase agricultural, and industrial productivity needed ultimately to maintain and increase quality of life in developed and developing countries worldwide. What are the scalable systems that are needed to reach this goal? Are we equipped to deal with the degree of autonomy that distributed high granularity smart sensor networks will require? What are the implications in terms of privacy, best practices, industry adoption and obsolescence of the coming Internet Of Things?


Fifi 2008, Nov 28 in Amsterdam
where we will cover
“A New Help: Spimes All Around Us”
The complexity of today’s society is increasing, and many people have a hard time adapting to it. Our environment, the cities where we live, the way we travel, consume energy, are all under increasing scrutiny. The new generations of smart sensor networks, or spimes, constituting the coming Internet Of Things are going to provide a new tool, and a new way of looking at everything around us, helping in an increased understanding of the world. How will the Internet Of Things develop, and what can we do to maximize its benefit to humanity?