27 April 2016 at imec – Leuven
Connecting Everything to the Internet-of-Things
Experts from both industry and academia will explain the concepts behind Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) such as SigFox and LoRa.
You will get further insights via several (live) demos of applications with LPWA connectivity.
Location
imec, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Heverlee
Tentative Programme
Confirmed presentations and demos:
| 12:30 | Welcome |
| 13:00 | Introduction Kris Hermus, Coordinator Wireless Community & Innovation Program Manager, imec |
| 13:20 | Existing and emerging wireless communication technologies for the IoT Christian Bachmann, Program Manager ULP Wireless Systems, imec/Holst Centre |
| 13:50 | Engie and SigFox in Belgium: a future proof combination Dirk Indigne, CEO, Engie M2M |
| 14:15 | Design and realisation of applications with SigFox connectivity Lieven Hollevoet and Steven Sanders, Owners, Quicksand |
| 14:35 | City of Things: bringing the Internet of Things to the city Bart Lannoo, Operational Lead MOSAIC Research Group, iMinds-UAntwerpen |
| 15:00 | Guided demo tour |
| TalkingDots: end-to-end solution for the wireless monitoring of construction environments Noman Ahmed, Thomas Van Durme and Jelle Van Gompel, TalkingDots |
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| Smart long range and low power wireless sensor demonstration Tom De Ryck and Pieter De Mil, allora Factory |
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| A smart water valve with SigFox connectivity Mark Indigne, Hydroko |
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| Smart pest control and smart city sensor solutions using LoRAWAN technology Wim Glorieux, Gupsy |
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| Testbed for IoT radio performance testing Koen Gielen, Tucana |
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| Hands-on session on Proximus’ developer tools for IoT, sensor prototyping and cloud integration. Gabriele Bozzi, Proximus |
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| Wireless technologies for IoT applications Mohiedinne El Soussi and Christian Bachmann, imec / Holst Centre |
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| MicroPnP: Plug-and-Play Peripherals for the Internet-of-Things with Low Power Connectivity Fan Yang, Christophe Huygens, Sam Michiels and Danny Hughes, iMinds-DistriNet/KU Leuven |
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| 15:40 | Coffee break & free demo visit |
| 16:00 | From network to solution and beyond Gabriele Bozzi, Innovation and Incubation Manager, Proximus |
| 16:25 | An international view on the ecosystem and IoT use cases powered by LoRa Bram Senave, IoT Expert, Actility |
| 16:45 | Panel Discussion: the IoT communication technologies and standards in 2020 All speakers/presenters |
| 17:05 | The IoT era – the era of endless opportunities. Towards Smart Flanders. Luc Van den hove, President & CEO, imec |
| 17:30 | Networking reception with sandwiches Free demo visit |
| 19:30 | End of the workshop |
Registration
We are fully booked. Registrations have been closed on April 21, 3PM. Members can contact us for more information.
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Registrations can be cancelled until April 20, 2016. After this date the complete registration fee will be charged. Please send an email to registration@wireless-community.be to cancel your registration.