"Next Generation Internet of Things - a game changer for businesses and communities" was an inspiring full-day conference, where we explored the impact of the fast-growing and ever-changing Internet of Things (IoT) in businesses and communities. The event took place at Dokk1 in Aarhus 8 May. 

We invited some of the most relevant IoT experts, encouraging companies, start-ups, researchers, cities and communities to get to know more about where technology is taking us – and how we make it work to the benefit for everyone.

The conference started off with a joint opening session, and then it was divided into two tracks: one diving into working with IoT in companies and start-ups and the other one focusing on the possibilities and societal challenges for IoT in cities and communities.

See the full programme and all the speakers here: 

09.00-09.15:
Opening session:

• Morten Løkkegaard, Member of the European Parliament
• Martin Brynskov, Associate professor, Aarhus University
• Karsten Dehler, Chief Commercial Officer, it-forum

09.15-09.50:
Keynote: Omar Elloumi
Bell-Labs DMTS (Distinguished Member of Technical Staff), Chair AIOTI Smart Cities WG

• The value propositions of a Neutral Host model for Smart Cities and Communities

09.50-10.20:
Keynote: Gitte Kirkebye Søe, Group director, branding, Grundfos

• Get valuable insights into how Grundfos builds the optimum customer experience through the customer journey rooted in a strong WHY.
• Get the details behind a concrete example of how UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are used to drive the positioning of Grundfos in the water and climate agenda.

The event split into two tracks: Business track (in Danish) and Smart Cities and Communities track (in English).

BUSINESS TRACK (Danish)

10.35-11.10:
Trend presentation:

Tech
Jan Madsen, Professor, DTU Compute: “Internet-of-Living-Things”

Business
Microsoft (Gro Thorbjørn Berg Sørensen, consultant for Politics og Strategy): Microsoft’s suggestion for Ethics and AI

11.10-11.30
Panel debate 

11.30-12.15
Cases / lightning talks: small scale

• Brian Boyles, Project Manager, Seluxit: “Fremco: Multiple wins from capturing product data”

In this brief talk we’ll focus on Seluxit’s customer, Fremco. Fremco is a Danish manufacturer of fiber-blowing machines used by the telecommunications industry. We’ll look at how capturing their product data is leading the way to capitalizing on latent business opportunities.

• Anders Høedholt og Christian Ø. Laursen, MONTEM: “Building the Cities of the Future”

In this presentation MONTEM will present the vision behind CityProbe – a dense network of sensor units, collectively measuring the state of the city.

• Morten Møgelmose, CEO, Zliide: “Creating the future shopping experience through IoT” 

Zliide is all about creating the ultimate experience for customers shopping for fashion in-store. By using IoT, Zliide is creating the baseline for an experience and data platform, in order to enable the future consumers to get a digital experience when shopping in store.

13.15-14.30:
Latest research: 

• Martin Brynskov, Aarhus University
• Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard
• Mads Møller Jensen, Alexandra Instituttet

14.50-15.30:
Cases / lightning talks: large scale:

• design-people / CEO Klaus Schröder
• Stibo & Inspari
• Olaf-Gerd Gemein, Business Architect, Co-Founder Smart Cities Lab Ltd

SMART CITIES AND COMMUNITIES TRACK (English)

10.35-11.00:
Towards a Danish Model for Smart & Sustainable Cities & Communities

• Charlotte Vincentz Fischer, Danish Standards
• Lone Kelstrup, Gate21

11.00-11.30
Panel discussion

• Neel Strøbæk, Rambøll
• Morten Kristiansen, Confederation of Danish Industries
• Jesper Algren, Invest in Denmark, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
• Moderator: Martin Brynskov, Aarhus University

11.30-12.15
Smart City Framework on a Stick

• Rick Schager, City of Eindhoven
• Thomas Gilbert, Alexandra Instituttet

13.15-14.30
Cases: Data Sharing and Business Models

• Andrea Carugati, Aarhus University
• Kristian Krautwald, IoT Denmark
• Kim Søvsø, City of Aarhus

14.50-15.30
Cases: Scalable Smart City Services

• Hussam Mansour, WasteHero ApS
  Bjarne Kallesø & Henrik Constantin Obel, Genbrug og Affald, Teknik og Miljø, Herning Kommune
• Kenny Lund Lafon, Sensade

15.30-16.00:
Adriënne Heijnen & Karsten Dehler wrapping up the day