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Opening remarks
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Mathew Ingram — Senior Writer, GigaomSearch and the internet of things
Adding billions of sensors to the world is a recipe for chaos unless we can find them, authenticate them as sources of data and then share that data with qualified or interested parties.
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Usman Haque — Founder, ThingfulHow to integrate people into the internet of things
We have smart homes, smart cars, smart grids, wearables and more. But what’s missing in many of the visions around the internet of things is us.
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Hosain Rahman — Founder and CEO, JawboneModerated by
Stacey Higginbotham — Senior Writer, GigaomRedefining privacy for a connected and data-centric era
Having an always-on eye on your home can make people feel secure, but who else has access to that data.
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Richard Cornish — Head of IoT, XchangingJay Stanley — Senior Policy Analyst, ACLUNicole Wong — Fmr U.S. Deputy CTO, The White HouseModerated by
Derrick Harris — Senior Writer, GigaomFord’s global vehicle connectivity strategy
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Don Butler — Executive Director, Connected Vehicle and Services, Ford Motor CompanyModerated by
Kevin Fitchard — Senior Writer, GigaomHow we built it: Prototyping
When Marvell wanted to serve the maker market, it knew it needed a product that would help them create hardware.
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Peter Hoddie — VP Kinoma, Marvell SemiconductorMorning Break
Conference Room 1LogMeIn Sponsor Workshop: Making the Internet of Things (IoT) Real for Business
Innovators are building build powerful connected offerings that streamline operations, boost revenue and strengthen customer engagement.
More…Conference Room 2Kii Sponsor Workshop: The Internet of Things – from ideas to reality
The Internet of Things – from ideas to reality: How platforms can help you succeed.
More…Conference Room 3Saffron Sponsor Workshop: The Intelligence of Every “Thing”
It’s now possible for machines to learn naturally from experience and penetrate the complexity of data to learn and reason from the associations between people, places, things, events and outcomes.
More…Negotiating an exit and beyond when your seed round is crowdfunded
What could be better for a startup than getting paying customers to boostrap your company into existence?
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Rachel Chalmers — Principal, Ignition PartnersKate Drane — Design, Technology and Hardware Lead, IndiegogoModerated by
Tom Krazit — Executive Editor, GigaomMe human. You smart home. Communicating with your house
The best way to turn on a light is still a light switch. The best way to close your blinds is still a cord. And given how far we need to come before we have a truly “smart” home, we better user interfaces soon.
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Chris Harrison — Professor and CTO, Carnegie Mellon University & QeexoGoogle’s big plans for Chromecast
Chromecast caught the world by surprise, and has managed to change how we interact with and think about television.
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Mario Queiroz — VP, Product Management, GoogleModerated by
Janko Roettgers — Senior Writer, GigaomSmart cities and how places from San Jose to Newark are rethinking city planning
If you think connecting your home or factory is tough, imagine connecting the many services that cities provide.
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Charlie Catlett — Senior Computer Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory and University of ChicagoMaciej Kranz — VP of Corporate Technology Group, CiscoVijay Sammeta — CIO, City of San JoseModerated by
Derrick Harris — Senior Writer, GigaomHow We Built It: Creating an MVP
Building a minimum viable product is the first step after you realize you have an idea and the passion to see it through
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Bettina Chen — Co-Founder, RoominateLunch break
Conference Room 1Akamai Sponsor Workshop: The New Digital Divide – The Mobile Performance Problem
While mobile sales are expected to reach $31 billion by 2015, mobile speeds are 11 years behind their desktop counterparts posing a significant challenge to businesses.
More…Conference Room 2New Zealand Trade Sponsor Workshop: NZ Innovation: Connected things, tailored apps to connect & manage them all
Two solutions, one workshop. Kickstarter bootstrapped meMINI is redefining video so you never miss a moment, while Umajin’s visual designer enables designing and building code-free apps in days for all devices.
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Connected products generate a flood of data containing critical insight about product behavior, usage trends and optimizing performance.
More…What happens when 5B people get online? Let’s find out!
Facebook’s Internet.org effort wants to bring 5 billion more people online by working with wireless carriers and developers.
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Chris Weasler — Director of Global Connectivity, FacebookModerated by
Kevin Fitchard — Senior Writer, GigaomConference Room 1Mapping Session: Chasing Standards – Securing the Internet of Things
Mapping sessions are live, interactive, facilitated discussions with a small, focused participant audience. In this exclusive industry insight event, we’ll discuss security in the Internet of Things (IoT) – the risks, the costs, and how developers and users can maintain control as the IoT continues to take shape.
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Lee Doyle — Analyst, Gigaom Research, Principal Analyst, Doyle ResearchRich Morrow — Analyst, Gigaom Research, Founder, quicloudModerated by
Cormac Foster — Research Director, Gigaom ResearchSelling the smart home
Buyers from Lowes, Home Depot and more talk about what products they want to put on their shelves, where they find them and what the mainstream consumer is buying today.
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Joanne Domeniconi — Co-Founder and Chief Discovery Officer, The GrommetKevin Meagher — VP and GM, Smart Home, Lowe'sModerated by
Kif Leswing — Staff Writer, GigaomHow to transform your business model for a connected age
LogMeIn’s enterprise customers are connecting a variety of sensors to the Xively cloud and in the process, are building new revenue streams and even business models.
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Michael Simon — CEO, LogMeInModerated by
Stacey Higginbotham — Senior Writer, GigaomMad men. What do advertisers do when services replace screens?
The banner ad has little relevance in a world of connected devices where users are freed from their screens by haptic feedback on their wrist or motion sensors that trigger lights.
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Renny Gleeson — Global Director of Interactive Strategies, Wieden+KennedyAlan Wizemann — VP of Product, Target CorporationModerated by
Kevin Fitchard — Senior Writer, GigaomHow we built it: Fundraising
LIFX started out with two guys and an idea before going on to raise $1.3 million in six days on Kickstarter and later, a $12 million round.
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Phil Bosua — CEO, LIFXAfternoon break
Conference Room 1Qualcomm Sponsor Workshop: The new frontiers of LTE Advanced: LTE Broadcast and LTE MTC
LTE Advanced transforms industries. In this session LTE Broadcast and LTE MTC will be discussed.
More…Conference Room 2Tata Communications Sponsor Workshop: Transforming the retail experience with a smart mirror
The Internet of things can turn any device into a communication tool, even a mirror! Join us to explore how smart objects can transform the retail experience, from intelligent product recommendations, to a Magic Mirror that connects buyers instantly to their communities of influence.
More…Conference Room 3Zebra Technologies Sponsor Workshop: Internet of Things in football and its future in the Enterprise: Avatars, Identity, Location and Sensing
By looking at how sensing and location technologies augment the sports experience, the session discusses IoT design patterns that augment the workplace.
More…How data offered Celebration Health a prescription for change
Celebration Health uses data derived from sensors around the hospital to design it’s new wings, assign nurses and reduce medical errors and costs.
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Ashley Simmons — Director of Performance Improvement, Florida Hospital Celebration HealthModerated by
Cormac Foster — Research Director, Gigaom ResearchIs your activity tracker a connected equivalent of snake oil?
Wearables, sensors and in-home monitoring could change the way we deliver healthcare and think about preventative healthcare.
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Todd Pierce — SVP, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Salesforce.comPhilippe Schwartz — President, WithingsModerated by
Tom Krazit — Executive Editor, GigaomWhat will global WiFi look like for business and consumers in the future?
Wi-Fi is gunning to be the de facto radio for the internet of things, and the router itself might become the central hub for the smart home and office.
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Alex Puregger — COO, FonModerated by
Janko Roettgers — Senior Writer, GigaomHow we built it: The first 5,000 units
This is where the prototype meets the real world. When it comes to many of today’s connected devices it’s also where old-school objects meet tech.
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Christina Mercando — Founder and CEO, RinglyClosing Day 1
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Mathew Ingram — Senior Writer, GigaomPagemill Partners Cocktail Reception
Day 2:
Registration and Breakfast
Opening Day 2
Emceed by
Mathew Ingram — Senior Writer, GigaomWill the internet of things create a new generation of middleware?
Bridging the real world and the virtual one requires middlemen, standards and APIs.
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Stacey Higginbotham — Senior Writer, GigaomHow does a fully connected home sound?
Why do you still need a doorbell when you have speakers on your devices and throughout your house?
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John MacFarlane — CEO, SonosModerated by
Om Malik — Founder, GigaomSensors, drones and IoT
3D Robotics ships about 50 drones a day, most costing less than $1,000.
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Signe Brewster — Staff Writer, GigaomWhat not to wear: How the future of wearables will evolve beyond the watch
Technology has been decidedly unfashionable, despite partnerships with Tory Burch or other designers.
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Kif Leswing — Staff Writer, GigaomMorning break
Main StagePivotal Sponsor Workshop: Mobile Apps, Scale and Big Data
Mobile is unique and rapidly evolving. Think: the iPhone came out in 2007 and we’re now on iOS8 and it’s 2014
More…Conference Room 1SoftLayer Sponsor Workshop: Tips, Tricks and Insights for Building Applications at Internet Scale
Moving applications and workloads to the cloud requires infrastructure that can provide global Internet scale, performance, security, and availability.
More…The end of embedded processing and the right architecture for IoT
Join Paul in a fireside chat about the end of embedded processing and how to build out a distributed and secure system for IoT that works for business and the end user.
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Paul Brody — VP and North America Leader, Mobile and Internet of Things, IBMModerated by
Caroline McCrory — Senior Director of Product Development, Gigaom ResearchConference Room 1Mapping Session: Beyond FitBit – The Future of Quantified Self Devices and Platforms
Mapping sessions are live, interactive, facilitated discussions with a small, focused participant audience. In this exclusive industry insight event, we’ll discuss the Quantified Self (QS) – the growing movement of self-trackers that monitor physiological, psychological, exercise, diet and nutrition, sleep and location data.
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Cormac Foster — Research Director, Gigaom ResearchLaurie Lamberth — Analyst, Gigaom Research, Associate Partner, 151 AdvisorsRich Morrow — Analyst, Gigaom Research, Founder, quicloudJody Ranck — Analyst, Gigaom Research and Ranck ConsultingModerated by
David Card — VP, Gigaom ResearchThe internet of things needs a voice
Connected speakers, cars and TVs promise lots of opportunities for media services like Pandora — but also come with a myriad of standards, SDKs and usability challenges.
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Chris Martin — CTO, PandoraModerated by
Janko Roettgers — Senior Writer, GigaomTricorders, driverless cars and chips that think
Qualcomm has been building a variety of chips from radios to new processors and screen technology to embed connectivity in everything.
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Murthy Renduchintala — EVP, Qualcomm Technologies and Co-President, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), QualcommModerated by
Kevin Fitchard — Senior Writer, GigaomShow me the revenue models!
Everyone is diving into the connected home, but so far it’s unclear how consumers will buy smart home technology and what kinds of platforms will emerge to serve them.
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Janko Roettgers — Senior Writer, GigaomHow we built it: Building for openness and an eye for design
Before you ship, you have to put your new device into a box, an aluminum case or some kind of packaging.
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Jason Johnson — CEO and Co-Founder, AugustLunch break
Conference Room 1Accenture Sponsor Workshop: Driving Unconventional Growth through the Industrial Internet of Things
The Industrial Internet of Things will transform companies and countries, opening up a new era of economic growth and competitiveness.
More…Conference Room 2Ford Motor Company Sponsor Workshop: The Future of the Connected Car
The car is the ultimate mobile device, and is one of the important platforms for IoT.
More…The programmable house
SmartThings has made a big bet on openness and programming physical devices to relate to other devices.
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Alex Hawkinson — CEO, SmartThingsModerated by
Stacey Higginbotham — Senior Writer, GigaomWhat’s spinning in the Whirlpool connected consumer
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Chris Quatrochi — Global Director, User Experience and Connectivity, WhirlpoolModerated by
Tom Krazit — Executive Editor, GigaomHow We Built It : Selling your product
You have built prototypes, raised money and even shipped your baby. But do you know how to get your product into stores and what to look for in negotiating deals? Gilles Bouchard, the CEO of Livescribe can tell you what you need to know.
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Gilles Bouchard — Chairman & CEO, LivescribeLock your Wi-Fi and update your firmware: Securing the internet of things.
Securing devices is a pain at best and Sisyphean at worst.
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Joshua Corman — Founder, I am The Cavalry (dot org)Hugo Fiennes — CEO and co-founder, Electric ImpModerated by
Stacey Higginbotham — Senior Writer, GigaomHow we made it extended Q&A
Join all the “How We Built It” Speakers for an extended Q&A where the audience will ask questions about getting from idea to product.
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Phil Bosua — CEO, LIFXGilles Bouchard — Chairman & CEO, LivescribeBettina Chen — Co-Founder, RoominatePeter Hoddie — VP Kinoma, Marvell SemiconductorJason Johnson — CEO and Co-Founder, AugustChristina Mercando — Founder and CEO, RinglyModerated by
Stacey Higginbotham — Senior Writer, GigaomClosing Remarks
Sify Technologies Cocktail Reception