Folks,
This might be an interesting place to have NuttX get-together. If anyone
has any interest in organising something then please drop me a note.
Regards
DAVE
IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things
20-24 June 2021, New Orleans + Virtual
*Call for participation in Industry Fora
*
*Deadline 15th Jan 2021*
The Internet of Things has transitioned from trials and demonstrations
to accelerating deployments across industry and the public sector. It
has been driven by any number of spectacular innovations from commercial
organizations, university research groups and the maker community. User
acceptance of network connected devices varies widely but actual
deployments have certainly demonstrated commercial viability that is now
driving R investment and new product announcements on a weekly basis.
While such developments are certainly to be celebrated, there are
warning signs too. Some of the IoT devices that have reached the market
have been insecure or have exposed users, or their networks, to risk and
privacy violation, and some have been permanently disabled when the
suppliers business objectives have changed. Further, McKinsey, in a
recent study, indicated that over 50% of IoT deployment projects have
failed. These events have had significant media coverage and they
present a reputational risk to the IoT with the potential for attendant
negative consequences for acceptance of the IoT in the wider community.
It is therefore essential that there are open fora for the exchange of
innovation, experience and challenges among all members of the IoT
community. Without such fora best practice cannot be established,
proposals for standards cannot germinate, researchers cannot be directed
and early mistakes in product deployment relating to reliability, user
experience, availability, performance and security will all be repeated
many times over. Worst of all, the promise of IoT may be lost because
end users do not trust the technology or its proponents.
To address these issues there will be an Industry Forum, as part of the
2021 IEEE World Forum on the Internet of Things as part of its technical
program. This forum is intended for industrialists, academics and makers
and is intended to encourage a dialog and active and vigorous exchange
between all stakeholders to address exactly these issues. The format for
the Forum is principally as a face to face event, with the possibility
of remote participation if COVID-19 circumstances dictate. In the
limiting case it will be conducted virtually. The Forum is planned as a
series of panels, each devoted to a specific aspect of IoT, conducted as
an open and collegiate exchange of information with the objectives to:
* Understand the limitations of current IoT knowledge to guide
future research topics
* Share best practice for commercial IoT development, deployment
and maintenance so early mistakes are not repeated many times over
* Highlight the risks that the IoT can expose so that these can be
mitigated and avoided
* Create networks of excellence across the academic, maker and
commercial communities to jointly push forward the boundaries of IoT science
* Reduce the knowledge transfer barriers between the academic,
maker and industrial communities
Panel presentation will be published after the event on the WF-IoT 2021
conference web site. Attendees are encouraged to form informal networks
post event and the open sharing of contact information for that purpose
will be highly encouraged.
Structure
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An Industry Forum track may take the form of a talk, an invited
presentation, panels or demonstrations around a targeted topic. The
forum chairs will determine the exact format of each track based on the
proposals received. Proposers should expect discussions with the track
chairs following submission of their initial proposal to hone their
proposition.
Proposers are particularly encouraged to suggest thematic sessions that
will be of interest to multiple stakeholder groups across the IoT
community. Proposals that can act as ‘kickstart’ initiatives with the
potential to lead to ongoing collaboration will be particularly well
received. It is planned to form multiple (3 to 6) tracks in the
Industry Forum.
Submission Instructions
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Due to the breadth of opportunity the Industrial Forum presents a
proposal for participation should be submitted in prose form. The
submission should contain, as a minimum, the name of the submitter and
any affiliation, the intended audience and objectives of the session.
Further, it should contain an abstract together with information about
the scope, any prior activity in the subject area and a brief
biographical outline of the intended session leaders/presenters. Other
information may be submitted as appropriate to support the proposal.
Proposers may approach
