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Connected M2M Devices @ Embedded Live 2010

Machine-to-machine communication through remote monitoring, networking and telemetry.

Participating Companies include:

Embedded systems are already everywhere: from table lamps, refrigerators and home media, to cars, medical implants and industrial machinery. The time of standalone embedded electrical or electronic devices is fast receding, opening the door to an exciting new era of unforeseen applications and opportunity.

This connectedness of everything has many enablers, drivers, implications and challenges. The Internet is a common enablement thread, with its global reach, but so too are the many low power wireless and sensor that enable localized control and monitoring. The main driver remains our ever present need for control and knowledge of our environment and the high monetary stakes therein, while the implications for designers are manifest throughout the design, from concept, hardware and software choices, through to final layout and connectivity implementation.

If Internet-connected PCs and phones were transformative, imagine what happens when the Internet connects cars, home media phones, digital signs and shopping trolleys, mobile medical diagnostic tools, factory robots and intelligent wind turbines.

As devices become increasingly connected, their designers are more concerned than ever with issues of connectivity and security. The challenges too are plentiful. From system partitioning to allow for future connectivity options, to security through to low cost design and software hooks for applications that have yet to be envisioned to take advantage of the system’s connected state.

The Connected M2M Devices programme, is an opportunity to help design engineers develop better connected systems.

Connected M2M Devices Programme

Thursday 21st October

  • 11:00am — 12:00pm
    Keynote: Connected M2M Devices
    Clifford Dive, Director, Sentec
  • 12:15pm — 13:15pm
    Meet the Experts Panel - M2M Technologies: HW/SW/Standards
    Moderator: Abraham Joseph, Device Management Forum and M2M Insights
    Panellists:
    • David Blissett, Marketing Manager, Telegesis
    • David M. Blumstein, Managing Director, AmiHo
    • Clifford Dive, Director, Sentec
    • Mark Foster, UK and Ireland Country Manager, Cinterion Wireless Modules
    • David Trevayne-Smith, CTO, Embedded Mobile Programme, SGS Wireless

    • M2M and the Internet of things are two of the labels attached to the rapidly growing market for products and services based on connected devices. So huge are the opportunities anticipated in areas such as ehealth, consumer electronics, energy management and automotive applications that most major network operators, equipment manufacturers and chipset vendors have comprehensive programmes under way to exploit opportunities. However, several challenges lie in the path of M2M technology development.

    • What are the M2M technology options?
    • What are the long-term product lifecycle implications?
    • Which standards and design approaches should be adopted in different industry verticals?
    • Who is best expected to deliver the next generation of M2M technology?
  • 13:30pm — 14:30pm
    Meet the Experts Panel: M2M Applications and Services
    Moderator: Abraham Joseph, Device Management Forum and M2M Insights
    Panellists:
    • Moray Barclay, Director, Strategy and Innovation, T-Mobile
    • Paul Green, Director of Technology, Arkessa
    • Mike Greening, VP, CSMG
    • Mark Lucas, Director, Eseye

    M2M and the Internet of things are two of the labels attached to the rapidly growing market for products and services based on connected devices. So huge are the opportunities anticipated in areas such as e-health, consumer electronics, energy management and automotive applications that most major network operators, equipment manufacturers and chipset vendors have comprehensive programmes under way to exploit opportunities. However, many challenges lie in the path of long-term product development and service delivery.

    • How will the M2M market develop?
    • Which M2M application areas offer the best sort-term and long-term opportunities?
    • Who will be best placed to exploit the emerging market opportunities?
    • Who will be the winners and losers as the market develops?