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The Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Second Generation of the Internet Embrace the Internet of

Things
From smart factories to wearable fitness devices, from the connected home to air pollution
monitoring, from future retail to re-envisioning urban parking, discover how the internet of things
will impact your life, workplace and business.
After the success of the San Francisco edition, the RE.WORK Internet of Things Summit is coming to
London. 200+ leading technologists, entrepreneurs, influential businesses and innovators will come
together at ETC Venues St Pauls, London, on 12-13 March 2015, to discuss the opportunities of the
latest Internet of Things (IoT) trends.
In San Francisco, the Internet of Things Summit featured speakers from Google[x], Jawbone, Voltera,
Atlas Wearables, 3D Robotics, Siemens, Electrozyme, General Electric and more. The Internet of
Things Summit in London looks to showcase similarly distinguished experts leading the IoT
revolution.
As well as discussing the latest technological advancements in connectivity, data management,
software development and industry standards, the summit will explore practical applications of IOT
across sectors including manufacturing, retail, healthcare, transport and future cities. The explosion
of M2M devices and unprecedented level of data created is providing a unique opportunity to look
at how this rapidly advancing technology can make a difference across society and business to solve
real problems.
Key themes to be discussed at the summit include:
The Industrial Internet
Cybersecurity & Privacy
Big Data in the IoT
Healthcare & Wearable Technology
Urban Infrastructure & Future Cities
Environmental Monitoring & Open Data
Smart Homes & Automation
Paul Clarke, Director of Technology at Ocado, says:
When viewed far out at sea, a tsunami can be mistaken for a ripple. However once they hit land, not
only do they rise up and engulf everything before them but unlike a normal wave, they keep on
coming. Two massive technology tsunamis are heading our way the Internet of Things and Smart
Machines. Their collision with each other and us, is going to generate huge new opportunities in
areas as diverse as healthcare, entertainment, disaster management, smart appliances, smart homes
and smart cities.

Speakers at the summit include:


Hugh Knowles, Director, Internet of Things Academy
Hugh Knowles uses futures intelligence to help organisations develop new ideas and encourage
entrepreneurs to experiment with sustainability challenges. His recent projects include FutureScapes
which looks at how technology can help people lead more sustainable lives with Sony Europe, and
he has recently launched the Internet of Things Academy (IoTA) a platform to help people create
change with the data they create. The IoTA platform was built to inspire a revolution in open
connectivity, devices and sensors to shape the world around us, on the belief that the IoT shouldnt
be limited to big data, smart cities and a select few having access to enormous piles of
incomprehensible datasets.
Kate Unsworth, Founder & CEO, Kovert Designs
In a world where we're used to being constantly connected, there's been a recent backlash against
the 'always on' mentality, and the wifi generation are now beginning to re-assess the role that
technology plays in their lives. Many are opting to disconnect from technology in order to reconnect
with themselves, but is this really practical in such a connected world? Is it possible to remain
connected to the digital world whilst also remaining connected with yourself? Where do we draw
the line?
In 2013, Kate Unsworth founded Kovert Designs, a New Age Design House based in London and
Stockholm. The companys mission is to find new and creative ways of using technology to improve
your lifestyle, empowering you to be the best version of yourself. A big believer in the power of real
human connection, Kate calls for smarter ways of integrating technology into our lives, so as not to
allow it to distract us from our core purpose, or make us lose touch with ourselves or our
surroundings. One of the ways in which Kovert does this is by integrating technology into our lives in
a more seamless way, meaning we can get back to real life, and focus on the stuff that really
matters.
Jonathan Steel, CEO & Co-Founder, Change London
40,000 people a year in the UK die prematurely because of poor air quality - nearly 10 times as many
as die on the roads - and it costs our economy more than 20bn. Why is it not higher up everyone's
agenda? Change London is a non-profit that believes it should be, and is creating a nationwide
network of air-quality monitors in the UK to better inform the public and policy-makers alike. The
companys largest current project is AirSensaTM - the most detailed air quality monitoring sensor
and data platform in the world. As CEO and co-Founder at Change London, Jonathan has created a
new model of technology-enabled not-for-profit organisation, which is helping to improve health,
liveability, and economic outcomes for urban centres - primarily in London but increasingly in other
cities. At the Internet of Things Summit, Jonathan discuss the many technology, financing, and
political hurdles in delivering the project, and how they overcame them, breaking some of the key
IoT/Smart City 'rules' along the way.
Christian Nold, Researcher, UCL

Christian Nold is a designer and academic researcher from London, who invents participatory
technologies for local areas and grassroots groups, which respond to socio-technical issues. Christian
will discuss Sensing the Smart City, a snapshot of a long-term ethnography of participatory
environmental sensing technologies. Through this research, the Internet of Things emerges as never
finished and in a continuous process of being re-designed and re-used by a broad range of
stakeholders.
Sarah Campbell, Founder & Creative Director, SenseLab London
With neoteric concepts for elevators that tweet, intelligent cars and responsive buildings, Sarah
Campbell designs award-winning products for that enhance interaction between people, things and
the environment. She founded SenseLab to accommodate a recent demand for digital interventions
into reshaping city spaces and buildings. Outcomes engage user-centred thinking, emerging
technology and smart materials to bridge digital and physical spaces. At SenseLab they believe the
building itself is the interface to facilitate change, but only if designed to be engaging and rewarding
for people.
Benjamin Males, Co-Founder, Studio XO
Benjamin Males operates in the interdisciplinary grey area between science and art, with experience
in mechanical engineering, nuclear reactor technology, design and architecture. By combining this
advanced understanding of the physical world with the sensibility of product design, Benjamin has
quickly become a leading figure in the hybrid design community. In a digital society where over
7billion mobile devices are owned and human interactions occur in the digital, Studio XO have
developed a platform to make our intelligent technology more emotional. Benjamins presentation
at the Internet Things Summit will involve demonstrations of the XOX sensor on himself and the
attendees.
Tamara Giltsoff, VP of Business Development, Product Health
Product Health believe that products able to pass data about themselves have the potential to
extend product lifetime, reduce material waste and offer access to products as a service. Connected,
intelligent products challenge the make, sell and dispose business model, which depends on
features warfare, one-off physical sales and designed obsolescence. Intelligent products instead
allow a continuous and intimate connection to a customer via the product and the potential for ongoing service revenues. Tamara Giltsoff will demonstrate this concept at the summit, using case
studies including work in the off-grid solar and battery sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, in her
presentation Intelligent Products & a Circular Economy.

The Internet of Things Summit will explore how IoT technologies will affect the future of the global
community, and the challenges we face by integrating them. Learn from experts in the wearables,
sensors, smart textiles, big data, open data, connectivity, energy infrastructure and M2M. Futureproof your business.

Tickets & Registration


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