June 9th, 2015 sees the return of the annual M2M meeting in Vienna, Austria, but this time with a greater geographical reach, an extended remit and a programme entirely in English. M2M Forum CEE will cover all aspects of the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
“Increasingly intelligent technologies have taken our everyday life and work to new levels of interconnective smartness,” says Hans Sailer, Initiator of the event. “At M2M Forum CEE you can hear the latest from M2M and IoT businesses – learn from industry analysts, opinions leaders and IoT innovators. Meet customers and technology experts and explore the stunning, existing M2M solutions and new business models in the fields of Smart City, Industry 4.0, Connected Future, Transport & Logistics and Future Banking.”
According to the organisers, the forum features a wide range of topics, customer case studies and speakers from Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Canada and Qatar.
The Opening Keynote address will be given by Nils Müller, CEO of trendONE, from Hamburg, Germany on Connecting Overlapping Interfaces of Different Sciences. This will be followed by a CEO Panel entitled, How is digitalisation changing the world?
The panel chair is Dr. Karim Taga, managing partner Arthur D. Little, Vienna, Austria. The other panellists are:
- Mariusz Gaca, CEO, Orange Polska, Warsaw, Poland;
- Dr. Alexander Lautz, VP, Deutsche Telekom, Bonn, Germany;
- Martin Navratil, CEO, Telenor Banka Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia;
- Tibor Rékasi, CEO, T-Systems Hungary; and
- Jörg Zeddies, CEO, Si.mobil Slovenia.
The programme will then break out into Parallel Sessions during both the morning and afternoon, looking at Smart Cities, Industry 4.0, the Connected Future, Transport & Logistics, and Future Banking. The full conference programme is available to download at www.m2m-forum.eu/programm.html
This year the organisers have extended the event’s reach to ensure that it covers all of Central and Eastern Europe, hence the new CEE branding. In addition, speakers and panellists from further afield have been invited — including Jeremy Cowan, editorial director of M2M Now who is moderating the event.
In 2014 the event drew delegates from companies such as: Erste Bank, Energie AG Oberösterreich, AIT, T-Mobile, ASFINAG, Bank Austria, Telekom Austria, AVL List, BEKO, ÖBB, Austria Tech, UPC Business, Kapsch CarrierCom, Unisys Österreich, SKIDATA, Raiffeisenlandesbank OÖ, Linz Strom, Doka Industrie, Raiffeisen Analytik, SAP, Sierra Wireless, Deutsche Telekom, and W&H Dentalwerk Bürmoos.
Click here for more information on M2M Forum CEE.
