IEEE 10th World Forum on Internet of Things
10–13 November 2024 // Ottawa, Canada

Industry Forum

The industry forum is co-located with IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) with a focus on emerging topics in IoT and AI augmenting the potential of IoT to enable Smart Manufacturing, Smart Cities, and Healthcare and to open opportunities for new solutions in emerging segments as Mining and Oil & Gas, Smart Agriculture, and IoT in Space. The industry forum is hosting presentations and panels from industry leaders, researchers, and representatives from the public sector addressing key technologies and business innovations essential for unleashing the power of IoT with AI and opening new opportunities for new services to bring new economic opportunities with valuable societal impact.

The Industry Forum emphasis is on accelerating the adoption of AI with IoT solutions through facilitating insightful exchange sharing lessons learned from industrial and business perspectives and highlighting opportunities and challenges for emerging technologies across the following tracks: 

Smart Manufacturing: focusing on smart and sustainable manufacturing through rebuilding the electrical plants with new energy forms (e.g., wind, solar, nuclear), emerging technologies in logistics and supply chain, and smart factories for automotive industry.  

Smart Cities and IoT- Building the Cities of Tomorrow: focusing on the evolution in Smart Cities solutions with IoT and AI through emerging IoT and AI technologies for urban infrastructure, Smart Cities solutions for sustainable infrastructure and better experience for road users.  

IoT in Healthcare - Opportunities & Challenges: focusing on key use cases for IoT and AI in Healthcare through critical IoT and AI technologies, data privacy and ethical AI consideration, and shading highlights on AI opportunity and challenge and future trends for IoT and AI for adoption in healthcare. 

Emerging Technologies for Mining and Oil & Gas: focusing on the digital transformation in Mining and Oil & Gas industry with IoT and AI through new use cases and services to bring improved labor experience and reduced CAPEX, leveraging IoT and Edge Computing for data sovereignty, and more automation with AI for more productivity and economic impact. 

Smart Agriculture with IoT and AI: focusing on the digital transformation in the agriculture industry with IoT and AI through new use cases for connected farms, new services and more productivity with AI, and leveraging IoT and Edge Computing for real-time operations (e.g., autonomous tractors fleet management, automated yield monitoring,…).  

IoT in Space - New Frontiers for Satellite IoT Revolutionizing Global Connectivity: focusing on exploring IoT in Space Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites through considering IoT devices for satellites and space stations, satellite and non-terrestrial networks for IoT, international regulations and cooperation in satellite IoT deployment, and sharing insights on trends and prediction for IoT and AI in Space.

SCHEDULE

The detailed schedule for the Industry Forum will be available soon. Summary of tracks is shown below: 

TRACKS TOPICS/TRACKS

Nov 11 AM Session
Smart Manufacturing

  • Rebuilding the electrical plants (new energy forms – wind, solar, nuclear,....) 

  • Smart factories for Automotive Industry 

  • Emerging technologies in Logistics and Supply Chain 

Nov 11 PM Session
Smart Cities and IoT - Building the Cities of Tomorrow

  • Evolution in Smart Cities solutions with IoT and AI.

  • Emerging IoT technologies for Smart Cities Urban Infrastructure

  • Smart Cities role and solutions in sustainable Infrastructure and better experience for road users

  • Future of IoT: Predictions and Trends

Nov 12 AM Session
IoT in Healthcare - Opportunities and Challenges 

  • Key use cases and critical technologies
  • AI opportunity and challenge
  • IoT data privacy and ethics in healthcare
  • Future of IoT: Predictions and Trends 

Nov 12 PM Session
Emerging Technologies for Mining and Oil & Gas 

  • Digital Transformation and impact on the economy
  • The role of AI
  • Leveraging IoT and Edge Computing 

Nov 13 AM Session
Smart Agriculture with IoT and AI 

  • Digital Transformation and impact on the economy
  • The role of AI
  • Leveraging IoT and Edge Computing 
Nov 13 PM Session
IoT in Space - New Frontiers Satellite IoT Revolutionizing Global Connectivity
 
  • Integrating IoT with space missions/Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites
  • IoT devices for satellites and space stations
  • Satellite and non-terrestrial networks for IoT.
  • International regulations and cooperation in satellite IoT deployment
  • Future of IoT: Predictions and Trends

 

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