Beyond IOT

BEYOND IOT 2020 CONFERENCE 

We are delighted to be a partner of this years Beyond IoT conference. Beyond IoT is Ireland’s largest IoT event. Over the past two years, The Nimbus Research Centre has combined forces with Steritrack Ltd to deliver two major conferences surrounding Visionary and Deep Technology. The top technology innovators and investors from Silicon Valley and Europe are coming to Cork Institute of Technology for Beyond the Internet of Things exemplar event. Nimbus and Steritrack are putting Ireland on the Global IoT map for the third year!

After the successful inaugural 2018 event, attracting over 400 attendees, Nimbus Research Centre with Steritrack is bringing this event to life for a third year. 

This year’s line-up has been expanded to bring technology gurus from Silicon Valley, China and Europe and other major Global VCs are coming to Cork. This event offers a unique opportunity for multi-nationals, SMEs, start-ups, entrepreneurs and academics to hear what international, battle-tested entrepreneurs, technologists, investors and dedicated researchers expect from the next wave of technology innovation, investment and to learn how their organisations can benefit.  With two main stages on day one, the event is designed to bring top tier entrepreneurs and strategic thinkers from across the globe to share their views on emerging technology trends, opportunities and threats. Nimbus will also host some of the leading global technologists to talk about their technology development journeys and their insights on what the future holds. 

TECHNOLOGY TOPICS INCLUDE:

• IoT
• Research Strategies
• UIUX
• Software
• Hardware
• ARVR
• Blockchain
• Cyber Security
• Networks
• DataAnalytics
• Agritech
• Energy
• Sensors
• BusinessDevelopment
• Enterprise Ireland
• InnovationVouchers
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Big Data 
• Augmented & Virtual Reality 

COMMERCIAL TOPICS INCLUDE:

• Funding
• Scaling Strategies
• Markets

INDUSTRY APPLICATION AREAS INCLUDE: 

• Industry 4.0
• Agri-Tech
• Energy
• Water
• Smart Cities
• MedTech
• Transport
• Demographics and Human Behaviours
• And more

 

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS 

Dave Troy

Co-founder & CEO | 410 Labs

Dr. Sally Eaves

Emergent Tech CTO, Global Strategy Advisor

Lauren Knausenberger

Director of Cyberspace Innovation of U.S. Air Force Lauren Knausenberger will Keynote Beyond IoT Conference 2020. Lauren will bring her expertise from the Pentagon to discuss how to drive #innovation, speed adoption of #emergingtechnologies as well as the importance of #cybersecurity in #technology development.   

Andrew MacAdam

Western Europe MD for Startups | Microsoft

Ross Comerford

Founder & CEO | FastModel Sports

Gillian Bergin

Vice-Chair | IT@Cork

Gillian will be speaking about; AI, Robotics and Automation.  

John Biggs

News Editor | CoinDesk

Prof T. Russell Hsing

Dr. T. Russell Hsing is IEEE Life Fellow and Fellow for the British Computer Society and SPIE. He accumulated rich R&D experiences of 40 years as technical staff, research/engineering director and executive director through affiliations with Burroughs, Xerox, GTE Labs, and Bellcore/Telcordia/Ericsson since 1977. He is currently Chair Professor with National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, and Advisory Council Member for Harvard Business Review. He accumulated rich R&D experience of 40+ years as technical staff, engineer director and executive director through affiliations with Burroughs, Xerox, GTE Labs, TASC and Bellcore/Telcordia/Ericsson as Technical Staff, Research Director and Executive Director since 1977. During his tenure at Telcordia, he has co-established two significant R&D centers in Taipei (Taiwan), and Poznan (Poland). Both centers focused on advanced ICT partnering with local institutions to win significant contract funding from both commercial and local government sources. He has held visiting positions at numerous universities around the globe including Taiwan, US, China, India, Singapore, Korea, and Hong Kong. He is also serving as Board Director/ Board Advisory/Mentor for several academic spin-offs. He had been Board Member for the Open Fog Consortium in 2016-2018. He has been teaching the courses of “Technology Entrepreneurship: From IP to IPO” (since 2014) and “Internet Economics” (since 2017) during past years. His research interests include Fog/Edge Computing & Networking, Vehicular Telematics & Services, Wireless 5G and Beyond, and Next Generation IoT Services and Applications, and Academic Spin-offs. 

Chair Professor | National Chiao Tung University

 

During his tenure at Telcordia, he has established two significant R&D centers, one in Taipei, Taiwan, and the other in Poznan, Poland. Both centers focused on advanced technologies for Telecommunication and Information Sciences partnering with local institutions to win significant contract funding from both commercial and local government sources.

After March, 2012, he has held visiting positions at numerous universities around the world including Nanyang Technological University and Singapore University of Technology & Design (Singapore), IIT Bombay (India), Arizona State University (US), University of Electronics, Science and Technology in China, Peking University (China), POSTECH (Korea), and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has been pioneering the technologies commercialization through joint business ventures and academic spin-offs. He is also serving as Board Director/Board Advisory/Mentor for several academic spin-offs (such as Smartiply and Datami). He had been board of director for the Open Fog Consortium in 2016-2018. He has been teaching the courses of “Technology Entrepreneurship: From IP to IPO” (since 2014) and “Internet Economics” (since 2017) during past years. His research interests include Intelligent Fog/Edge Computing & Networking and Platform, Vehicular Telematics &  Services, Wireless Communication, Future Network Towards 6G, and Next Generation IoT Services and Applications, and Academic Spin-offs.

He has been active as an IEEE ComSoc volunteer for many years. He was a member (2006-2008) and then chair (2010-2011) of the Fellow Evaluation Committee, and a member of the Award Committee (2010-2012). He is founding chair (2010-2012) of Sub-TC on Vehicular Networks and Telematics Applications for Comsoc. Within the IEEE, he was a member (2008-2010)/ Chair (2010-2011)/Past Chair (2012) for the IEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award Committee, and then the IEEE Eric Sumner TFA Committee (2010-2012). He has been a member for the IEE Fellow Committee since 2012 and the Strategic Planning Committee in 2013. He was the Vice Chair for the IEEE TFA Committee in 2014. He has led an Ad Hoc Committee to Review the IEEE Fellow Evaluation Criteria and Process since June, 2015, and then made final recommendations to the Board of Governors for the IEEE ComSoc in December, 2017. He has been editorial board member for the IEEE Internet of Things Magazine (since 2018) and Advisory Board Member for the IEEE Fog/Edge Professional Community (since 2019). He is also currently a board advisor for Ace Promotions. 

Ralph Echemendia

World-renowned cyber security expert, speaker and entrepreneur

Xavier Litt

CEO | Skylads

Cillian Leonowicz

Director, Consulting | Deloitte and EMEA Blockchain Lab Co-Lead

Prof John Barrett

Acting Head of Centre/Head of Academic Studies | Nimbus Research Centre

Dr Susan Rea

Research Fellow & Group Lead | Nimbus Research Centre

Dr Alan McGibney

Research Fellow & Group Lead | Nimbus Research Centre

Tristan O' Gorman

Product Architect | IBM Watson IoT

Graham Baitson

Global Lead of Innovation Labs at McKesson | Digital Influencer & Conference Speaker

Gary Hill

Country Manager (Ireland) | Arrow Electronics Inc, Global Components 

Danny Jennings

IOT Solutions Development - UK, Ireland, Benelux & Eastern Europe at Arrow IOT & Global Components  

TIMELINE

DAY 1 

Melbourne  Main Hall

Main Stage

08:00 - 09:00  COFFEE & SCONES 

09:00 - 09:15  WELCOME

• Barry O' Connor CIT President

09:15 - 09:30  OPENING REMARKS

• Richard Linger Nimbus Technology Manager

09:30 - 10:30  TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY IS IT BROKEN?

• Prof. John Barrett Acting Head of Centre/ Head of Academic Studies | Nimbus Research Centre
• Dave Troy Co-founder & CEO | 410 Labs

10:30 - 11:00  TEA & COFFEE11:00 - 12:30  ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING - WHERE WILL THIS TAKE US?

• Ross Comerford Founder & CEO | FastModel Sports
• John Biggs News Editor | CoinDesk
• Xavier Litt CEO | Skylads

12:30 - 13:00  CLIMATE CHANGE & SMARTER CITIES - FROM SMART CITIES TO SMART SOCIETIES

• Dr Sally Eaves Emergent Tech CTO, Global Strategy Advisor
• Simon Cocking Chief Editor | Irish Tech News

13:00 - 14:00  LUNCH14:00 - 14:45  TURNING TECHNOLOGY INTO PROFIT

• Andrew MacAdam Western Europe MD for Startups | Microsoft
• Gillian Bergin Vice-Chair | IT@Cork

14:45 - 16:00  #CYBER SECURITY - IS IT POSSIBLE?

• Ralph Echemendia World-renowned cyber security expert, speaker and entrepreneur
• Lauren Knausenberger Director of Cyberspace Innovation | U.S. Airforce

16:00 - 16:30  TEA & COFFEE16:30 - 17:30  FUNDING - CHINA - USA - EUROPE

• Brandon Donnelly CEO | Stracos LLC

18:00  CLOSE

Day 1  | 20 JAN

Architecture Factory

Research Stage

11:00 - 11:30  MORNING SESSION: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES

• Moderator: Dr Susan Rea Research Fellow & Group Lead | Nimbus Research Centre

This session will discuss and highlight the Role, Challenges & Opportunities of Digital Transformation and Technologies across various application areas11:00 - 11:15  INTRODUCTION TO SESSION BY MODERATOR

• Dr Susan Rea Research Fellow & Group Lead | Nimbus Research Centre

11:10 - 11:35  DIGITALISATION TO SUPPORT THE ENERGY TRANSITION

• Dr Alan McGibney Research Fellow & Group Lead | Nimbus Research Centre

11:35 - 11:55  DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: THE KEY TO UNLOCKING THE POWER OF PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE

• Tristian O'Gorman Lead Product Architect | IBM

11:55 - 12:15  HEALTHCARE

• Graham Baitson Global Lead of Innovation Labs | McKesson

12:15 - 12:35  AGRICULTURE

• TBC 

12:35 - 12:55  Q&A WITH SPEAKERS

• (Provide guiding questions, e.g. what are the current Barriers, Impact of Security & Privacy, Drivers of uptake of technology, Digital Skillsets)

13:00-14:00  LUNCH14:00-14:20  BLOCKCHAIN

• Cillian Leonowicz Director, Consulting at Deloitte and EMEA Blockchain Lab Co-Lead

14:20-14:40  6G

• Prof T. Russell Hsing Chair Professor | National Chiao Tung University

14:40-15:00  THE FUTURE OF PRODUCTIVITY & CRETIVITY

• Pierce Ó Brádaigh UX Prototype Engineer | Logitech

15:00-15:20  AI REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS

• Dr Conor Lynch Senior Researcher | Nimbus Research Centre

15:20 - 15:45  Q&A WITH SPEAKERS17:00  CLOSE

Day 2  | 21 JAN

Nimbus Research Centre

Startup Stage

09:00 - 09:30  REGISTRATION/ COFFEE & TEA09:30 - 09:45  INTRODUCTIONS

• Richard Linger Gateway Manager | Nimbus Technology Gateway

09:45 - 10:00  ARROW - STARTUP SUPPORTS

• Danny Jennings IOT Solutions Development | Arrow IOT

10:00 - 10:15  MICROSOFT - STARTUP SUPPORTS

• TBC 

10:15 - 10:30  RUBICON - INCUBATOR OVERVIEW

• Paul Healy General Manager | Rubicon Centre

10:30 - 10:45  NIMBUS - TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT AND CAPABITIES

• Richard Linger Gateway Manager | Nimbus Technology Gateway

10:45 - 11:00  SFI TECHNOLGY DEVELOPMENT FUNDING

• Brian Cahill Research Fellow & Business Development | Nimbus Research Centre
• Dr Susan Rae Research Fellow & Group Lead

11:00 - 11:15  TEA AND COFFEE11:15 - 11:30  EI FUNDING

• Lawrence Lee Manager, Innovation Partnership Programme | Enterprise Ireland

11:30 - 11:45  DESIGN THINKING

• Kevin O' Mahony Research Fellow

11:45 - 12:00  HARDWARE AND INTEGRATION

• Dr Nikolaos Chalikias Research Fellow & Group Lead

12:00 - 12:15  AI AND DATA ANALYTICS

• Dr Conor Lynch Senior Researcher | Nimbus Research Centre

12:15 - 13:00  LUNCH13:00 - 13:30  GOOD EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN DO - EXPERT SECURITY

• Dave O' Toole Managing Director | Expert Security

13:30 - 14:00  GOOD EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN DO - SMART FACTORIES

• TBC 

14:00 - 14:30  GOOD EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN DO - FAST MODEL TECH

• Dr Alex Vakaloudis Research Fellow & Group Lead

14:30 - 15:00  NIMBUS TOURS 

To purchase tickets, contact Andrew.DeJuan@cit.ie, register your interest here or call (021) 433 55 69