SIGFOX goes on road to connect with ‘builders of IoT’s future’

SIGFOX, the global provider in cost-effective, energy-efficient Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, will kick off a road trip in France and Europe with its SIGFOX Maker Tour, starting Oct. 8, 2015, in Lille, France. The tour, which will visit multiple European cities in 2015-16, will enable communities of developers and makers from France and Europe to use SIGFOX’s technology and network to create new use cases.

According to a recent Gartner study, 50% of IoT solutions will be developed by startups that are less than three years old. Piou-Piou, who developed a sensor that measures the speed, strength and direction of the wind, GreenPods with its incorporated water and temperature sensors as plant-covered urban furniture or Co-assist offering an innovative armband that sends alerts in case of falls or faintness, are some of the startups who have chosen SIGFOX for its global, simple, cost-effective and energy-efficient connectivity.

Recognising this, SIGFOX designed the tour to support communities of developers and makers as they pursue their professional goals, and to accelerate the emergence of new connected objects, services and IoT applications on the SIGFOX global network.

In each city, the Maker Tour will include a half-day workshop featuring a presentation covering SIGFOX’s connectivity solution and opportunity for participants to use the SIGFOX technology, via a development kit. Each participant will be allowed to keep the development kit and will receive a one-year subscription to the SIGFOX network, allowing him or her to develop and test their ideas for future IoT applications.

Cédric Giorgi, SIGFOX’s head of startup relations, said: “By significantly lowering the cost and the energy consumption of the connected objects, SIGFOX paves the way for multiple new applications that can quickly and easily emerge. The goal of ​​the SIGFOX Maker Tour is to get to know all those who will build the future of the Internet of Things, whether they work in a fablab or in a large corporation, and encourage them to create and test their applications.”

Following the kick off in Lille, the SIGFOX Maker Tour will travel to Paris, then Grenoble, Lyon, Toulouse, France, and Madrid, Barcelona, ​​London, Helsinki and Amsterdam.

SIGFOX will invite 30 participants in each tour city, and their admission to the event is free. The initial selection is to ensure a homogeneous group of technical profiles. In each city where the tour will stop, local partnerships with fablabs, hacker spaces, or startup accelerators are designed to create long-lasting collaborations.

Here are the dates for the First SIGFOX Maker Tour

Sigfox Maker Tour

 

 

 

  • Oct 8: Lille at EuraTechnologies
  •  Oct 22: Paris at Usine IO
  •  Oct 27: Grenoble at La Casemate
  •  Nov 4: Lyon at La Cordée
  •  Nov 19: Toulouse at the IoT Valley
  •  Nov 25: Madrid at the Hacker Space
  •  Nov 26: Barcelona at the Fab Lab Barcelona
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