MORNING 

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THEME of SEE 

Understand and foreseen changing consumer expectations and business drivers

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OPENING ADDRESS:

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION – MOVING IoT CONCEPTS FROM “HOW” TO RIGHT NOW

• Everything that can be digitalized will be digitalized: redefine your business model

• Beyond Connected to Business Outcomes: delivering better services, customizations and meeting customer demand

• Turn concepts into reality – at the speed of now

 

KEYNOTE: 

BEING DISRUPTING IN BUSINESS LOGIC – MONETISING IoT WITHIN ECOSYSTEMS

• Unlocking additional revenue with new digital eco-systems

• Eco-systems are the new base for competition and are likely to emerge in place of many traditional industries by 2025. How do they differ from other ways of organizing?

• IoT changes everything. The market ecosystem and boundaries are changing. What are you doing about it? 6x3 key elements to consider when setting up a digital ecosystem.

 

KEYNOTE:

IoT STRATEGIES IN ACTION

• From Strategy to Implementation to Resuts

• Leveraging IoT as a Strategic Tool to Advance your Business Model 

• Are you open for 5G business?

 

INSIGHTS:

3 CASES

 

PANEL:

IoT AS A SERVICE – Leveraging and Implementing new IoT-Enabled Business Models

Capitalising on the emergence of ”as a service” business models and choosing the right model for your business revenue potential, customers, and platform 

Implementing an IoT monetisation framework to properly leverage new IoT Business Models.

How to tailor offerings and approach data sharing and data security within the context of ”as a service” solution arrangements with suppliers and customers.

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MIDMORNING 

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THEME of ANALYZE 

Proposing reliable, scalable and affordable connected solutions for making
everyday things smart.

 

 

INTERVIEW / DISCUSSION:

THE $400 BILLION OPPORTUNITY  - an executive summary

• 6 essential connected solutions that matters the most for businesses in Middle East 2019 - 2025

• AI, Blockchain, Machine learning, 3D, AR/VR/MR and automation empowering IoT

• The new era of Big Data and Analytics. Harnessing the collective wisdom towards automated “decision making”.

• How to leverage, exploit and combine them on the 2-5 year perspective

 

INTERVIEW / DISCUSSION:

THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE of THINGS (AIoT)

• From smart connected devices to artificially intelligent things, services and experiences

• AI needs IoT and vice versa. AI applications would struggle for relevancy if it weren’t for the flood of IoT data and without AI capabilities, IoT devices and the data they produce have limited value.

• When you merge AI and IoT you get the new super power AIoT – a revolutionary combination accelerating performance exponentially.

 

INSIGHT:

CLOUD, BLOCKCAIN AND ARIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR IoT

• The balance between regulations, security, privacy and the adoption of cloud, blockchain and AI tech?

• Capitalize on the digital revolution. Gear up your digital strategy

• To create value from the collected data, it needs to be stored and processed… ISH

 

EXPERT:

TIME TO TAME THE DATA!

• Leaving the hassle with data integration behind and focus on the value proposition for your clients

• Pinpointing usual obstacles and how to overcome becoming truly data driven

• Product to services transformation and customer intimacy with IoT

 

INSIGHTS:

3 CASES

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NETWORKING LUNCH

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DAY 

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INTERACTIVE POWER HOUR

Peer collaboration and in-depth conversations

 

A unique platform for senior executives and new challengers to discuss disruption in 10+ industry verticals and common subjects of interest!

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IoT TALKS SUBJECTS:

1. JUMPSTARTING THE BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION | Do or Do not. There is no try.

2. BUILDING ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES | The human capital

3. EMBEDDING A DIGITAL CULTURE | lasting change at scale

• Adopting wide-scale IoT a

• Becoming Agile requires a few guiding principles: (MCK)

 

IoT LAB WORKSHOPS:

Smart City | Digital Health | diiba daaba… 

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MID DAY 

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THEME of PREDICT 

Value creation with double-digit revenue boosts and efficiency gains

 

 

THE OUTLOOK: 

COGNITIVE DIGITAL WORKFORCE

• From automating business-as-usual processes to intelligent digital co-workers

• Combining traditional business process automation, robotic automation, chatbots, NLP with other AI and cognitive technologies 

• Creating sense and comprehending skills leading to more productivity and enhanced employee and customer satisfaction doing greater business as the ultimate goal

 

INTERVIEW / DISCUSSION:

WILL BLOCKCHAIN TECH BOOST NEW REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE IoT MARKET?

• What do distributed ledger technologies mean for the future of IoT business models?

• Can distributed ledger technologies for the IoT herald a new generation of integrity and trust across transactional and non-transactional data supply chains?

• Will blockchain effectively close ”the trust gap” across supply chains and IoT ecosystems – and if so, can the investment required by businesses bring verifiable ROI in both the short and long term?

 

BEST PRACTISE: 

THE INTERNET OF VULNERABLE THINGS – THE SECURITY OF IoT 

What is possible today? There is no such thing as an anti-virus for an IoT device

The security issues 5-7 years down the road for IoT security management  

Examples of threats and possible attacks for different IoT elements

Suggestions on cyber security measures and solutions for IoT cyber security

 

INSIGHTS:

3 CASES

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AFTERNOON 

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THEME of IGNITE  

Implementing at Scale. Turning “looks good on paper” into “looks great in practice”

 

 

OUTLOOK:

THE CONVERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGY, PEOPLE & TOMORROW

• Successful modern workplaces. Digital cultures, trends, benefits and capabilities

• Growth powered by a high performance workplace – employee efficiency, performance and innovation

• Unleash the power of small, independent, agile teams before full scale transformation

• If you’ve invested millions in Tech and no one use it, you may as well be lighting money on fire

 

INSIGHT:

NOURISHING HUMAN CAPITAL

• Fashioning a vision and avoiding major road blocks stalling your project

• Design a blueprint that gets the buy-in from top stakeholders and the big sell to your staff

• Attracting highly skilled workforce. New talent or focus the effort on existing ones by closing the skill gap?

 

EXPERT:

THE FUTURE OF THE WORKFORCE – the leaders skills mix and focus areas of tomorrow

• What is the reality behind replacing low-skilled jobs with high-skilled jobs?

• How digitalization is about to change the distribution of personnel and leadership roles

• Ensuring your management team play the integral part in driving innovation and improving sustainability

• HMI – the human machine interface and how IoT will affect our lives

 

 

 

CLOSING REMARKS

 

LIFE AFTER THE APP – HOW HUMANS WILL CONNECT WITH THE INTERNET OF THINGS

BEYOND BUSINESS: A HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE SOCIETAL AND HUMAN IMPACTS OF IOT