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IoT Week

IoT Week is an annual event organized by the IoT Forum since 2011. The IoT Week conference gathers industry and academia representatives from around the world. So far editions of the IoT Week were held, respectively, in Barcelona, Venice, Helsinki, London, Lisbon, Belgrade, Geneva, Bilbao and Aarhus.
The last edition attracted about 1600 participants specialized in the IoT domain, including research centres, research projects, large industries, SMEs, developers, standards development organizations and policymakers, including the European Commission.

IoT Forum

The IoT Forum (Internet of Things International Forum) is a fully independent member-driven organization which aims at:

  • Promoting international dialogue and cooperation on the Internet of Things;
  • Organizing events and conferences, such as the IoT Week;
  • Developing activities and synergies with and among its members.

It supports the development of a worldwide Internet of Things community, by promoting international dialogue and cooperation between relevant stakeholders from research, industry, and public administrations.
More information at IoT Forum.

IoT Forum Board

Sebastien Ziegler

Sébastien

Ziegler

Director at Mandat International and President of the IoT Forum
Mandat International

Dr. Sébastien Ziegler is a founder and the Director general of Mandat International, a foundation promoting international cooperation and international research.

He serves as President of the International Internet of Things Forum (IoT Forum) and IoT Lab, as Chair of the Europrivacy International Board of Experts, as Rapporteur on Emerging Technologies for the IoT and for smart cities at the ITU (SG20), and former Vice-Chair of the IEEE Communications Society Subcommittee on the IoT. Sébastien has a PhD in Management with a specialization in Information Systems at the Faculty of Economy and Management of the University of Geneva. He graduated in International Relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, followed by a Master in Environment, a MBA in international administration (HEC Geneva), and complementary executive courses at Harvard Business School in Boston, Stanford University, UC Berkeley and EPFL. He is a qualified expert in data protection for Europrivacy and ISO 27001 certifications. Sébastien founded several foundations, organizations and companies, and he initiated several international research projects in the area of ICT, with a focus on the Internet of Things, IPv6, sustainable development, and privacy. He is currently coordinating and associated to several ongoing European research projects. With a multi-disciplinary academic profile, combining international law, science, economics, and environment, he is a relentless promoter of research, innovation and international cooperation.
Srdjan Krco

Srđan

Krčo

CEO of DunavNET and Vice-President of the IoT Forum
DunavNET

Dr. Srđan Krčo is a co-founder and CEO of DunavNET, a company designing turnkey IOT solutions for smart cities, agriculture and manufacturing. He has over 20 years of experience, working with large multinational companies and international collaborative research and innovation projects.

He coordinated a large H2020 project TagItSmart, creating IoT enablers facilitating improvement and transparency in the food supply chain and more general in the FMCG domain. Srdjan is one of the founding members of the International IoT Forum and is actively participating in IoT-EPI (IoT European Platforms Initiative) and AIOTI (Alliance for IoT Innovation) activities. In 2007, Srdjan won the Innovation Engineer of the Year award in Ireland. He has published over 15 patents and more than 70 papers at international conferences and journals. Srdjan holds Associate Professor position at FEFA (Faculty for Economy and Financial Administration) where he works with students on business aspects of IoT and digital transformation. He is a frequent speaker at international events addressing IoT and its applications. Srdjan is a Senior IEEE member and has MVP (most valuable professional) status for IoT activities awarded by Microsoft.

Latif Ladid

Latif

Ladid

Founder and President of the IPv6 Forum and IoT Forum Board Member
IPv6 Forum

Dr. Latif Ladid is a Senior Researcher at the SECAN-Lab at the University of Luxembourg

Antonio Skarmeta

Antonio

Skarmeta

CTO at Odin Solutions SL and IoT Forum Board Member
ODIN SOLUTIONS S.L.

Dr. Antonio Skarmeta, Spain. He is CTO of OdinS. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Murcia.

He has coordinated several projects at national and international level. In the security and IoT area he is involved in the European projects ARMOUR, CPaaS, ANASTACIA. He has designed and deployed research solutions for control systems for remote monitoring and has implemented a control room based system based on sensor integration as part of transfer technology solutions, having a couple of patents in the area of building automation and remote monitoring systems.