Sessions 2020

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Europe

Opening: Technology for a better world

Session panelists:

  • Sébastien Ziegler, President of the IoT Forum, Director General of Mandat International
  • Nasser Al Marzouqi, Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 20
  • Thomas Hahn, President, BDVA & Chief Expert Software, Siemens AG
  • Max Lemke, Head of Unit for Internet of Things in Directorate General CONNECT, European Commission
  • Joan O'Brien, Vice President, Ecosystems and Labs, TM Forum

IoT Security and Privacy

Session panelists:

  • Antonio Skarmeta, CTO, Odin Solutions S.L.
  • Konstantinos Loupos, Head of R&D Program, INLECOM
  • Priit Anton, Program Manager and Business Analyst, Guardtime

EU-China Collaboration in the 5G domain

Session panelists:

  • Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum
  • Kai Zhang, Martel Innovate
  • Jean Pierre Bienaimé, Irest
  • Chih-Lin I, China Mobile
  • Uwe Herzog, Eurescom
  • Jianhua Liu, China Mobile
  • Yinxiang Zheng, China Mobile
  • Tao Chen, VTT
  • Matti Kutila, VTT

IoT and Edge Computing: Future Directions for Europe

Session panelists:

  • Monique Calisti, CEO Martel Innovate, EU-IOT Project Coordinator
  • Rolf Riemenschneider, Head of Sector, "Internet of Things" Unit, DG CONNECT , European Commission
  • Martin Brynskov, Aarhus University, NGIOT Project Coordinator
  • Angelo Corsaro, CTO, ADLINK Technology
  • Ana Juan Ferrer, Atos Distinguished Expert, Edge Domain; Atos Scientific Community Member
  • Federico M. Facca, CTO MARTEL, H-CLOUD Project Coordinator
  • Rob Tiffany, VP and Head of IoT Strategy, Ericsson
  • Martin Bauer, Senior Researcher, NEC Laboratories Europe

Enabling the IoT ecosystem

Session panelists:

  • Anders Struwe Mynster, ForceTechnology
  • Christian Broberg, Senti.io
  • Martin Nielsen Nørskov, make:net a/s
  • Zoran Velkoski, Tekpartner
  • Lars Bo Wassini, Micro Matic
  • Alexandre Alapetite, Alexandra Institute
  • Petar Popovski, Aalborg University

Towards a Global Green New Deal - Leveraging IoT and Research for the SDGs

Session panelists:

  • Anna Brekine, Researcher and Project Manager, Mandat International
  • Cristina Bueti, Counsellor, ITU
  • Cristina Martinez, Deputy Head Smart Mobility and Living, Euroepan Commission (EC)
  • Moreno di Marco
  • Alexander Berlin, CEO, Berlin Thinking Consulting

Making Data Protection by Design a Reality - Towards a Global Convergence

Session panelists:

  • Sébastien Ziegler, President of the IoT Forum, Director General of Mandat International
  • Luca Bolognini, President, Istituto Italiano per la Privacy e la Valorizzazione dei Dati
  • Sophie Kwasny, Head of the Data Protection Unit, Council of Europe
  • Paul Nemitz, Principal Advisor in the Directorate General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
  • Alain Herrmann, National Comission for Data Protection (CNPD)
  • Guilherme Roschke

5G Industry Verticals Innovations

Session panelists:

  • Latif Ladid, Founder and President, IPv6 Forum
  • Maxime Flament, 5GAA
  • Colin Willcock, Chairman, Board of the 5G Infrastructure Association
  • Jorge Pereira, European Commission

Brazil

A farmer-centric approach for a data-driven transformation of Agriculture

Session panelists:

  • Nuria de Lama, ATOS
  • Kevin Doolin, Co-ordinator and Director of Innovation at the Telecommunications, Software and Systems Group (TSSG) at Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
  • Joel Bacquet, European Commission
  • Doris Marquardt, European Commission
  • George Beers, Information Specialist/Project Manager, Wageningen University
  • Joe Carey, Director of ConectarAgro
  • Humberto Fujita
  • Luisa Volpe, Head of Policy Development at WFO Secretariat

IoT and Business Model Innovation for growth

Session panelists:

  • Gabriel Antonio Marao, President, Brazilian IoT Forum
  • Cesar Alexandre de Souza, Professor, School Of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Sao Paulo (FEA/USP)
  • Marcelo Knorich Zuffo, Professor, Politecnic Engineering School Univeridade de São Paulo (USP)
  • André Furlan, CIO and Partner, Turbi

USA

Future of Internet: the EU /US Next Generation of Internet Initiatives

Session panelists:

  • Latif Ladid, Founder and President, IPv6 Forum
  • Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
  • Fabrice Clari, Senior Consultant, GAC
  • Glenn Ricart, Founder and CTO, US Ignite

International Research Infrastructures - Challenges and Perspectives

Session panelists:

  • Serge Fdida, Professor, UPMC Sorbonne University
  • Ivan Seskar, Rutgers University
  • Raymond Knopp, Open Air Interface
  • Manu Gosain, PAWR
  • Peter Van Daele, Professor, Ghent University
  • Arturo Azcorra, Imdea – Universidad Carlos III

Artificial Intelligence as enabler of competitiveness

Session panelists:

  • Nuria de Lama, ATOS
  • Thomas Hahn, President, BDVA & Chief Expert Software, Siemens AG
  • Cécile Huet, Deputy Head of Unit Robotics & Artificial Intelligence, DG CNECT, European Commission
  • Barry O'Sullivan, Chair of Constraint Programming, Department of Computer Science, University College Cork; Artificial Intelligence High-Level Group member
  • Hodan Omaar, Policy analyst; Center for Data Innovation (DC)
  • Alexander Wong, DarwinAI

Next Generation Internet: A Visual collaboration workshop on EU-US NGI research and innovation

Session panelists:

  • James Clarke, EU Strategic Liaison Manager at the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group, Waterford Institute of Technology
  • Mirko Presser, Associate Professor, Aarhus University
  • Sara Pittonet Gaiarin, Senior Project manager, Trust-IT Services & COMMpla
  • Adrian Perrig, ETH Zurich
  • Jean-Luc Dorel, Programme Officer, Next Generation Internet
  • Adam Smith
  • Ziga Drev, Tracelabs
  • Martin Serrano, Insight SFI

Enablers for Digital Transformation

Session panelists:

  • Marios Angelopoulos, Bournemouth University
  • Dan Isaacs, Vice President and Technical Director, Digital Twin Consortium
  • Stephen Mellor, CTO, Industrial Internet Consortium
  • Michele Colli, Industrial IoT Specialist, FORCE Technology

Australia

Technology for the environment and biodiversity - The Australian perspective

Session panelists:

  • Arkady Zavslasky, Deakin University
  • Michelle Leishman, Professor, Macquarie University
  • Marimuthu Swami Palaniswami, Professor Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne
  • Bruno Kusy, Group leader, DATA61/CSIRO CONVENERS

Japan

Society 5.0: Smart Cities & 5G

Session panelists:

  • Hidenori Nakazato, Waseda University
  • Tetsuya Yokotani, Professor, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
  • Kenji Kanai, Junior Researcher, Waseda University
  • Antonio Skarmeta, CTO, Odin Solutions S.L.
  • Andrea Detti, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

Smart Ageing

Session panelists:

  • Stephan Haller, Professor, University of Applied Sciences (BFH)
  • Keiichi Yasumoto, Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
  • Atsushi Tagami, KDDI Research, Future Communication System Laboratory

Korea

Future Generation of Mobile Communications

Session panelists:

  • Jemin Chung, Task Force Leader, Infra Lab, Institute of Convergence Technology
  • Taesang Choi
  • Young-Jo Ko
  • Jaehyun (Jason) So, Assistant Professor, Ajou University, Korea

China

IPv6 and 5G Convergence

Session panelists:

  • Sureswaran Ramadass, Chair, IPv6 Forum Malaysia
  • Liu Shuai, BII Group

Singapore

Smart Cities, Smart Health: the Covid-19 Lessons

Session panelists:

  • Sureswaran Ramadass, Chair, IPv6 Forum Malaysia
  • Stanley Wang, Deputy Director General, International Division, Institute for Information Industry (III)
  • Jason Bay, Senior Director, Government Digital Services, Government Technology Agency
  • Joel Myers, CEO, DOMILA Limited; Vice Chair, IEEE Internet of Things (IoT) Consortium Smart Cities Working Group
  • Giuseppe Fico, Assistant Professor, UPM, Spain

India

IPv6 and 5G Convergence and its impact on Smart Cities Large Scale Projects in India

Session panelists:

  • Satya N. Gupta, Chief of Corporate Affairs, Sterlite Technologies
  • Saabs Govind
  • Praveen Misra
  • Rajendra Kumar Bahuguna, Advisor/ICT, GMDA

IoT & Emerging Technologies in the Airline Industry

Session panelists:

  • Ajith Balakumar, CEO, Forthcode
  • Cyril Jean, CEO, PXCom
  • Siddharta Butalia, Air Asia
  • Veeresh Erched, Amadeus

Africa

IoT New Developments in Africa bridging the Digital Divide

Session panelists:

  • Ramy Fathy, Vice Chairma, ITU-T Study Group 20 (SG20)
  • Abdur Rahim
  • Julianne Sansa-Otim, Senior Lecturer, Makerere University
  • Didacienne Mukanyiligira, Researcher and Lecturer at the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things, University of Rwanda
  • Marco Zennaro, Research Officer, ICTP

Europe

IoT Applications for the water sector

Session panelists:

  • Nicolas Caradot, Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbH
  • Fredrik Hallgren, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
  • Juan Fernandez
  • Hella Schwarzmüller

Bringing the Data Platforms Perspective in IoT

Session panelists:

  • Martin Serrano, Insight SFI
  • Carolin Rubner, Head of Research Group, Siemens
  • Septimiu Nechifor, Research Group Head, SIEMENS
  • Tomas Pariente Lobo, AI, Data & Robotics Unit, Atos
  • Bruno Michel, Smart System Integration, IBM
  • Jean-Loup Depinay, R&D Program manager, IDEMIA
  • Cinzia Rubattino, International Research Project Manager, GFT

All regions

Digital Transformation for Good: visions from the regions and challenges

Session panelists:

  • Andreas Nettsträter, Software Engineering, Fraunhofer
  • Sébastien Ziegler, President of the IoT Forum, Director General of Mandat International
  • Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum
  • Mario Campolargo, Acting Director-General, Directorate-General for Informatics (DIGIT), European Commission
  • Stephen Mellor, CTO, Industrial Internet Consortium
  • Bilel Jamoussi, Chief of the Study Groups Department at the Standardization Bureau, ITU - International Telecommunication Union
  • Didacienne Mukanyiligira, Researcher and Lecturer at the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things, University of Rwanda
  • Gabriel Antonio Marão, President, Brazilian IoT Forum
  • Tanya Suarez, CEO and Co-Founder, BluSpecs and IoT Tribe

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