Highly acclaimed IoT Slam® series commences virtually online, December 1, 2016 – featuring elite speakers, exclusive topics, and world class sessions

IoT Community’s Health Slam Conference features elite speakers and exclusive sessions providing educational content for Healthcare IoT Excellence

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The IoT Community, the world’s largest network of CxO’s and IoT professionals, announced the final line-up of elite speakers and the exclusive agenda for its inaugural Health Slam 2016, Healthcare IoT virtual conference taking place Dec. 2 on-line in the Cloud. Visit this site to view the link to all the Health Slam speakers: http://healthcare.iotslam.com/2016-speakers.

Health Slam focuses specifically on the opportunities and challenges associated with the application of IoT across Healthcare & Life Sciences, to improve the provision of patient care, to advance the finding of new cures for diseases, and ultimately helping to save lives. At the event, attendees will gain access to a world-class lineup of speakers, presenting exclusive sessions of IoT thought leadership and best practices. The Health Slam 2016 event is a must-attend event for anyone seeking to learn about best practices for the application of IoT for Healthcare.

Chris Sullivan – Global Healthcare Practice Lead, Zebra Technologies and Chairman of the Health Slam Advisory Board said, “This first-time virtual event will explore the current and emerging intersection points between Healthcare IoT and patient wellness. We will discuss the areas of Healthcare IoT that are most promising with a glimpse into the future of the innovation and patient wellness breakthroughs of tomorrow. I am especially looking forward to the real- world industry use-cases and meaningful take-aways that will provide actionable insights on key Healthcare IoT themes.”

David Hill – Executive Director of IoTC – IoT Community said, “With just a couple days to go to what will be a groundbreaking inaugural Health Slam event, we would like to take the opportunity to recognize the contributions and efforts from all those connected with the initiative and extend our thanks and appreciation. From a standing start, the IoT Community conceived, developed, launched, and are now on the verge of executing the Health Slam initiative in little under 4 months. This is a testament of our desire to deliver real value to members – corporate and individual alike, in opening new markets and offering best practice strategies, leadership advisory and methodology. As we close out what has been an awesome year for the IoT Community, Health Slam will serve as a springboard to new verticals in other core industry sectors. We encourage the broader IoT community to get in touch with us to collaborate and to stay tuned for more exciting news around the corner.”

Bill Mortimer – Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Spirent Communications, and IoT Slam Organizing Committee Chairman, said, “The Health Slam is around the corner and culminates what has been an exceptionally exciting period for the IoT Community and associated efforts. The team has worked tirelessly to build, test and now deploy a new in-house virtual platform to enhance the user experience, that is robust, reliable and practically bulletproof. We are excited to welcome hundreds of IoT Community members, and healthcare practitioners in the cloud on December 2nd and look forward to engaging with the Healthcare IoT community.”

Special Offer: Register for Health Slam and get access to the IoT Grand Slam event on Dec 1st, and get a free Raspberry Pi 3 delivered anywhere in the world. For more information about Health Slam 2016 and to register now, please visit http://healthcare.iotslam.com/register-now

About Health Slam – an IoT Slam® production

Health Slam is the world’s first and largest virtual IoT conference, exclusively dedicated to the advancement of IoT within Healthcare and Life Science industries. Health Slam 2016 aims to provide clarity and simplicity about the game changing IoT opportunity (whilst addressing the risks) facing the Healthcare and Life science industry. The event builds on the successes of the IoT Community’s marquee IoT Slam 2015 and 2016 events and is co-organized in association with the Healthcare Executives Network (HExN) – the world’s largest Healthcare Practitioner Community, consisting of over 300,000+ professionals. The virtual conference delivers exclusive, cutting edge IoT content that is catered for CxO’s, senior Healthcare IT executives and business line management in Healthcare, Hospitals, and Life Sciences industry. Health Slam features the most compelling topics focusing on how to improve patient care, find new treatments for diseases and ultimately save lives. For more information please visit http://healthcare.iotslam.com

About IoT Community™

The Internet of Things Community is the world’s largest CxO community of senior business leaders and IoT practitioners consisting of 18,400+ members. The function of the community is to focus on the adoption and application of IoT in commercial environments, seeking to understand and contribute to applying the technology or overcoming the wide variety of barriers, inhibitors, and technical & operational issues. For more information about the Internet of Things community, or to apply for free membership, please visit http://iotslam.com/community. Keep up to date on Twitter by following @IoTChannel or using the hashtag #IoTSlam.

IoT Slam® and the IoT emblem is a USPTO and UK IPO Registered Trademark – All Rights Reserved:  IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory, Methodology.

IoT Community contact:
David Hill
+44 7879 881 438
David [dot] hill [at] iotslam [dot] com

Link to PR Newswire announcement – http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-iot-practitioners-to-convene-in-cloud-for-iotc—iot-communitys-health-slam-internet-of-things-conference-300369586.html

-IoT Watson Offerings General Manager Chris O’Connor to present Keynote outlining how IoT improves operations, transforms design & manufacturing and deepens customer engagement
-IBM Fellow John Cohn to participate in cognitive panel
-IBM to Showcase latest IoT offerings at Virtual conference

San Francisco – November 29, 2016 – The IoT Community – the world’s largest group of CxOs and IoT professionals, announces IBM, as a Diamond corporate member of the IoT Community and headline partner for its IoT Grand Slam virtual conference taking place December 1, 2016.

At the virtual event, Chris O’Connor, General Manager of IoT Offerings at IBM, will present a keynote on three technologies that are driving IoT innovation. In his session, O’Connor will outline how recent Internet of Things advancements are driving enterprises and industries forward, with a focus on use cases that provide real-world example of these advancements. There will be a focus on key areas where enterprises are differentiating themselves by taking advantage of IoT in major ways:

• Improving operations
• Getting smarter about design and manufacturing
• Deepening customer engagement

Full details of the keynote session can be viewed here

“We are excited to announce that IBM joins the IoT Community as a Diamond Corporate member and the headline partner for the IoT Grand Slam event on December 1, 2016. IBM is leading the way in IoT for business with IBM Watson cognitive computing capabilities and we look forward to hearing from them at this year’s event,” said Bill Mortimer, Executive Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Spirent Communications, and Chairman of the IoT Slam® Conference and IoT Community.

“We are delighted to join the IoT Community as a Diamond member and are excited to participate in its IoT Grand Slam virtual event ” said Chris O’Connor, General Manager of IoT Offerings at IBM and a member of the IoT Community Advisory Board. “The event allows IBM to connect with other industry leaders and the IoT community at large. We look forward to engaging with members of the IoT Community on December 1st to share our experiences and explore together how to leverage IoT for transformative benefit.”

The conference will also feature a panel session on the application of IoT and cognitive computing for business. The panel will highlight some of the most promising applications of IoT, and how cognitive IoT will help realize these applications and create new possibilities for IoT. The session features industry experts including Tamara McCleary – CEO of Thulium, John Cohn – IBM Fellow and chief scientist of design automation at IBM, Scott Amyx – CEO at Amyx+, and Sudha Jamthe – CEO of IoT Disruptions. The panelists will discuss where IoT is today and how emerging technologies like cognitive computing will create new ways of doing business for all types of companies. Full details on the panel can be viewed here 

IBM will also be participating in a virtual showcase of its IoT, Cloud, and Cognitive Computing solutions, where attendees will be able to chat with representatives, access educational materials and learn more about what IBM is doing to streamline the IoT industry on-line via http://iotslam.com/ibm

IoT Grand Slam 2016 Registration
Special Offer: Register for the IoT Grand Slam and get access to Health Slam on December 2nd, and a free Raspberry Pi delivered. For more information about IoT Slam 2016 and to register now, please visit http://iotslam.com/register/. Registered attendees will also benefit from receiving full access to on-demand proceedings as well as access to all IoT Slam sessions from both 2016 and 2015.

About IoT Grand Slam™
Grand Slam – an IoT Slam® production, is the Internet of Things Community’s third international virtual IoT conference, covering standards, interoperability, open source, integration, security, infrastructure, business models, research, innovation, best practices, technology, industry implementation and compliance, from a horizontal industry perspective in the world of IoT. The online conference will take place December 1, 2016. For more information, visit www.iotslam.com. Grand Slam delivers the best in class IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory and Methodology – (SLAM)™.

About Internet of Things Community™
The IoT Community is the world’s largest CxO community of senior business leaders and IoT practitioners consisting of 18,400+ members. The function of the community is to focus on the adoption and application of IoT in commercial environments, seeking to understand and contribute to applying the technology or overcoming the wide variety of barriers, inhibitors, and technical and operational issues. For more information about the Internet of Things community, or to apply for free membership, please visit http://iotslam.com/community.

About IBM:
For more information on IBM Watson IoT, please visit www.ibm.com/iot or follow @IBMIoT on Twitter.

Keep up to date on Twitter by following @IoTChannel or using the hashtag #IoTSlam.

IoT Slam® and the IoT emblem is a USPTO and UK IPO Registered Trademark – All Rights Reserved: IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory, Methodology.

Contact Person:

David Hill
Executive Director
IoT Community

Link to Businesswire announcement – http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161129005168/en/

-VP of Marketing Manish Rai to present session on securing the IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) on December 2nd

-Great Bay Software to Showcase latest IoT offerings at Virtual conference

San Francisco –  November 29, 2016 –  The IoTC (IoT Community) – the world’s largest group of CxOs and IoT professionals, announces Great Bay Software, as a corporate member of the IoTC and Premier partner for the IoT Health Slam virtual conference taking place on-line in the cloud December 2, 2016.

At the virtual event, Manish will present a core session highlighting how according to a report from MarketResearch.com, millions of new Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) will be added to health systems. The market segment is poised to hit $117 billion by 2020.  Medical device manufacturers have traditionally focused on patient safety and time-to-market, rather than security. Long FDA approval cycles mean that approved devices are often running outdated operating systems versions with known vulnerabilities and limited or no patching ability.  This lack of adequate security in IoT and IoMT is why Gartner is predicting that by 2020, 25% of all enterprise breaches will involve IoT.  Securing IoMT requires close collaboration between biomedical and IT teams, and a plan to address three core areas of IoMT security – physical, connection, and data.  This session will focus on practical steps to improving IoMT security without expensive infrastructure upgrades or wholesale legacy medical device replacements. Full details of the keynote session can be viewed here –  http://healthcare.iotslam.com/session/Securing-Internet-of-Medical-Things

“We are excited to announce Great Bay Software joins the IoTC – IoT Community as a corporate member and a premier partner for the IoT Health Slam conference this December 2nd 2016. Great Bay Software’s leading edge solution suite can significantly enhance IoT security in the Healthcare industry.  We look forward to hearing Great Bay’s perspective at this year’s event,” said Bill Mortimer, Executive Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Spirent Communications, and Chairman of the IoT Slam® Conference and IoT Community.

“We are delighted to join the IoTC – IoT Community as a corporate member and are excited to participate in the Health Slam virtual event ” said Manish Rai, VP of Marketing at Great Bay Software. “Years of underinvestment in security and high value of patient health information combined with poor inbuilt security in IoMT devices have made healthcare a top target for data breaches. We look forward to engaging with members of the IoT Community on December 2nd to share our experiences and explore together how to leverage IoT for transformative benefit to healthcare without compromising security.”

Great Bay Software will also be staging a virtual showcase of its leading edge IoT security solutions, where attendees will be able to chat with representatives, access educational materials and learn more about what Great Bay Software is doing to secure the Healthcare IoT industry directly on-line via http://iotslam.com/gbs

IoT Grand Slam 2016 Registration

Special Offer: Register for the IoT Grand Slam and get access to Health Slam on December 2nd, and a free Raspberry Pi delivered. For more information about IoT Slam 2016 and to register now, please visit http://iotslam.com/register/. Registered attendees will also benefit from receiving full access to on-demand proceedings as well as access to all IoT Slam sessions from both 2016 and 2015.

About Health Slam – an IoT Slam® production

Health Slam is the world’s first and largest virtual IoT conference, exclusively dedicated to the advancement of IoT within Healthcare and Life Science industries. Health Slam 2016 aims to provide clarity and simplicity about the game changing IoT opportunity (whilst addressing the risks) facing the Healthcare and Life science industry. The event builds on the successes of the IoT Community’s marquee IoT Slam 2015 and 2016 events and is co-organized in association with the Healthcare Executives Network (HExN) – the world’s largest Healthcare Practitioner Community, consisting of over 300,000+ professionals. The virtual conference delivers exclusive, cutting edge IoT content that is catered for CxO’s, senior Healthcare IT executives and business line management in Healthcare, Hospitals, and Life Sciences industry. Health Slam features the most compelling topics focusing on how to improve patient care, find new treatments for diseases and ultimately save lives. For more information please visit http://healthcare.iotslam.com

About Internet of Things Community™
The – IoT Community is the world’s largest CxO community of senior business leaders and IoT practitioners consisting of 18,400+ members. The function of the community is to focus on the adoption and application of IoT in commercial environments, seeking to understand and contribute to applying the technology or overcoming the wide variety of barriers, inhibitors, and technical and operational issues. For more information about the Internet of Things community, or to apply for free membership, please visit http://iotslam.com/community.

About Great Bay Software
Great Bay Software provides organizations complete real-time visibility and control over all devices on the most complex of global networks. Great Bay Software’s Warehouse of Context™ serves as the industry’s richest repository of real-time information on all managed, unmanaged and IoT endpoints. Security and IT operations teams use Great Bay’s easy-to-deploy, agentless solution to continuously discover, monitor and enforce access policies on every endpoint, which is critical given that two-thirds of an organization’s devices, which include printers, fax machines and the Internet of Things, are typically unmanaged. Great Bay’s unprecedented speed, scale and simplicity give organizations the power to more effectively protect against modern-day threats, simplify regulatory compliance and streamline operations. For more information about Great Bay Software visit www.greatbaysoftware.com

Keep up to date on Twitter by following @IoTChannel or using the hashtag #IoTSlam.

IoT Slam® and the IoT emblem is a USPTO and UK IPO Registered Trademark – All Rights Reserved:  IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory, Methodology.

Contact Person:

David Hill
Executive Director
IoT Community

Link to Businesswire Release – http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161129005166/en/Great-Bay-Software-Joins-IoTC-IoT-Community

Keynote to address IoT platforms and open architecture

San Francisco [Nov. 2, 2016 ] –  The IoT Community – the world’s largest group of CxOs and IoT professionals, announces Emerson Network Power, soon to become Vertiv, as a corporate member of the IoT Community and a Gold Partner for the IoT Grand Slam virtual conference taking place December 1, 2016.

At the virtual event, Steve Blackwell, Vice President of Engineering for Data Center Solutions at Emerson Network Power, will present a keynote address outlining how today’s IoT systems include an increasingly complex mix of new and legacy devices, each with its own unique capabilities and idiosyncrasies. In a perfect world, these intelligent devices would provide complete, consistent interfaces using industry-standard protocols. Unfortunately, this is not the case for many existing devices. Instead, IoT platforms must communicate with each device using its own set of supported interfaces and protocols, even though the data that is returned is sometimes inconsistent, incomplete, or even misidentified. The challenge for the system designer is to derive order from this state of confusion.

“Although the task of creating and maintaining consistent device data models can be difficult and resource-intensive, Emerson Network Power is leading the way in enabling industrial and enterprise data centers the ability to gain insight into the operation of complex systems. We look forward to hearing the Emerson perspective on IoT at this year’s event,” said Bill Mortimer, Executive Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Spirent Communications, and Chairman of the IoT Slam® Conference and IoT Community.

“Being an active member of the Internet of Things Community and its Grand IoT Slam event allows Emerson Network Power to collaborate with other industry leaders, both sharing our knowledge and learning from this relationship,” said Steve Hassell, President of Data Center Solutions for Emerson Network Power, and a member of the IoT Community Advisory Board. “As the market leader in Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM), we have created a unified platform that enables cross-domain management, providing significant, quantifiable value to our customers, helping them to lower operating costs, identify system limitations, and improve equipment utilization. We look forward to engaging with members of the IoT Community on December 1st to share our experiences and explore together how to leverage IoT for transformative benefit.”

IoT Grand Slam 2016 Registration

For more information or to register for the event, visit http://www.iotslam.com/register  Registered attendees will also benefit from receiving full access to all IoT Slam 2016, and 2015 Sessions.

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About IoT Grand Slam™
Grand Slam – an IoT Slam® production, is the Internet of Things Community’s third international virtual IoT conference, covering standards, interoperability, open source, integration, security, infrastructure, business models, research, innovation, best practices, technology, industry implementation and compliance, from a horizontal industry perspective in the world of IoT. The online conference will take place December 1, 2016. For more information, visit www.iotslam.com. Grand Slam delivers the best in class IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory and Methodology – (SLAM)™.

About Internet of Things Community™
The IoT Community is the world’s largest CxO community of senior business leaders and IoT practitioners consisting of 16,500+ members. The function of the community is to focus on the adoption and application of IoT in commercial environments, seeking to understand and contribute to applying the technology or overcoming the wide variety of barriers, inhibitors, and technical and operational issues. For more information about the Internet of Things community, or to apply for free membership, please visit http://iotslam.com/community.

About Emerson Network Power

Emerson Network Power is the world’s leading provider of critical infrastructure technologies and life cycle services for information and communications technology systems. With an expansive portfolio of intelligent, rapidly deployable hardware and software solutions for power, thermal and infrastructure management, Emerson Network Power enables efficient, highly-available networks. On August 2, 2016, Emerson announced an agreement to sell its Network Power business to Platinum Equity. The sale is expected to close by December 31, 2016, at which time Emerson Network Power will become Vertiv. Learn more at www.EmersonNetworkPower.com

Keep up to date on Twitter by following @IoTChannel or using the hashtag #IoTSlam.

IoT Slam® and the IoT emblem is a USPTO and UK IPO Registered Trademark – All Rights Reserved:  IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory, Methodology.

Contact Person:

David Hill
Executive Director
IoT Community

Link to announcement via Businesswire – http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161102005381/en/Emerson-Network-Power-Joins-IoTC-IoT-Community

Highly acclaimed IoT Slam® series commences virtually on-line, December 1, 2016 – featuring elite speakers, exclusive topics, and world class sessions.

San Francisco, October 5, 2016 – The Internet of Things community, the world’s largest network of CxOs and IoT professionals, today announced the agenda for its IoT Grand Slam virtual conference taking place December 1, 2016 online in the Cloud.

With expert contributions from CxOs and IoT practitioners at IBM, Microsoft, HP Enterprise, Emerson, Spirent, GE Digital, Progress Software, Wipro, Entringa, Autodesk, Helium, Rapid 7, Greenwave, Vigilant, and Amyx IoT – amongst other leading lights, the IoT Grand Slam 2016 event is a must attend event for anyone seeking to learn about best practices of IoT from a horizontal industry perspective.

IoT Grand Slam 2016 features insights, best practices, and exclusive IoT use cases showcasing:

• Tools to create real-world-like data to design and build business processes and applications and share them across the enterprise.
• Techniques to use Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) modeling engines to derive meaning from large data sets and deliver prescriptive solutions.
• How to deal with areas such as connectivity, security, and battery design that are affected when designing 3G, LTE, and the upcoming LTE Cat M1 and Cat NB1 technologies into IoT devices.
• An in-depth look at practical aspects of successful IoT solutions – the IoT standards landscape, deployable solution architecture, security requirements, network technologies and connectivity, interoperability and service delivery.
• Bringing the physical world online by using platforms that make it as easy for developers to connect products to the internet as it is to make web applications today.
• What factors are driving edge computing and why it may come sooner than we think.
• Illustrating effective IoT security testing using a holistic approach that focuses on the entire ecosystem of an IoT solution, including: hardware, mobile, and cloud environments.
• How wearable data coupled with advanced analytics can be used to significantly improve occupational health and safety.
• Highlight the architecture and algorithms that delivered these results, and how they can be applied to optimizing other kinds of facilities.
• How sensors, machine learning and prescriptive analytics bring data center management into the modern age.

The full IoT Grand Slam 2016 Conference program, topics, themes, and list of speakers can be viewed via http://iotslam.com/grand-slam-2016-agenda/

“We are excited to announce the agenda for the IoT Grand Slam 2016 Conference and we are delighted to unveil this ahead of schedule,” said Bill Mortimer, Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Spirent Communications, and IoT Slam Organizing Committee Chairman. “We received great submissions which have led to yet another tremendous amount of world-class IoT content for this next installment of IoT Slam. We are very pleased to deliver an event that features real world industry use cases and meaningful take-aways that provide actionable insights on key industry themes. We look forward to welcoming and hosting members of our IoT Community and the broader IoT and enterprise industry in the cloud on December 1, 2016.”

Commenting on the announcement, Chris O’Connor, General Manager of IBM Watson IoT, and a member of the IoT Community Advisory Board said, “IBM Watson IoT is thrilled to be involved in another IoT Slam. As the IoT community grows, it’s exciting to see new insights as we all learn more while forging ahead with the Internet of Things. I look forward to sharing some perspectives on what we see as key IoT opportunities, and am excited to hear from so many other leaders on how they view the IoT landscape. I encourage the global IoT community to join us on December 1 to discuss how we can find the greatest success as we continue on the IoT journey.”

Sam George, Director, Microsoft Azure IoT said, “As IoT continues to transform the world around us, the team at Microsoft is excited to be working with so many members of the industry ecosystem to effect change. We look forward to sharing practical, real-world examples of how everyday customers are getting started with IoT with so many innovative colleagues at the IoT Grand Slam 2016 Conference this December.”

Also commenting on the announcement, David Hill, Executive Director of the IoTC – IoT Community said, “We are excited to showcase another world class line up of IoT thought leaders and practitioners to the IoT Grand Slam event. Combined with the IoT Health Slam event taking place on December 2nd, we are sure to deliver the most comprehensive and cutting edge IoT material around. This exemplifies where the IoTC (IoT Community) is headed in 2017 and beyond.”

For more information about IoT Slam 2016 and to register now, please visit http://iotslam.com/register/. Registered Attendees will also benefit from receiving full access to on-demand proceedings as well as access to all IoT Slam 2016, and 2015 Sessions.

About IoT Grand Slam™
Grand Slam – an IoT Slam® production, is the Internet of Things Community’s (IoTC) third international virtual IoT conference, covering standards, interoperability, open source, integration, security, infrastructure, business models, research, innovation, best practices, technology, industry implementation and compliance, from a horizontal industry perspective in the world of IoT. The online conference will take place December 1, 2016. For more information, visit www.iotslam.com. Grand Slam delivers the best in class IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory and Methodology – (SLAM)™.

About Internet of Things Community™
The IoT Community is the world’s largest CxO community of senior business leaders and IoT practitioners consisting of 16,000+ members. The function of the community is to focus on the adoption and application of IoT in commercial environments, seeking to understand and contribute to applying the technology or overcoming the wide variety of barriers, inhibitors, and technical and operational issues. For more information about the Internet of Things community, or to apply for free membership, please visit http://iotslam.com/community.

Keep up to date on Twitter by following @IoTChannel or using the hashtag #IoTSlam.

IoT Slam® and the IoT emblem is a USPTO and UK IPO Registered Trademark – All Rights Reserved:  IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory, Methodology.

Link to press release via Businesswire: IoT Community (IoTC) Announces IoT Grand Slam 2016 Virtual Internet of Things Conference Agenda

World’s largest IoT Community to host virtual conference extravaganza December 1-2 2016:

Grand Slam™ to be held on December 1st 2016

Health Slam™ to be held on December 2nd 2016

Registration and Call for papers is open!

San Francisco, July 19th, 2016 – The Internet of Things Community today announced that it is to host two new virtual conferences in 2016: Grand Slam™ and Health Slam™; to be held December 1st and 2nd 2016 – online in the cloud.

Organized by experts in the IoT industry and backed by the world’s largest CxO IoT Community consisting of 15,000+ IoT practitioners and industry movers and shakers, on December 1st 2016, the inaugural Grand Slam will pick up where affiliated 2015 and 2016 IoT Slam events left off; further advancing globally the direction and uptake of IoT, highlighting key trends, real world industry use-cases and important advancements in the development and management of IoT.

The inaugural Health Slam commences on December 2nd 2016 and is co-organized with Healthcare Executives Network (HExN), the world’s leading independent community of healthcare professionals, with a reach of over 250,000 members. Health Slam focuses specifically on the opportunities and challenges associated with the application of IoT across Healthcare & Life Sciences, to improve the provision of patient care, to advance the finding of new cures for diseases, and ultimately helping to save lives.

“In keeping with our aim to accelerate the adoption of IoT by bringing together leading practitioners and authorities, we are excited to announce the Grand Slam and Health Slam. These virtual conferences will once again bring industry practitioners together to share their experiences and best practices in developing and operating IoT devices, networks and applications”, said Bill Mortimer, vice president of Strategic Marketing at Spirent Communications, and IoT Community Advisory Board Chairman. “As the events are virtual, speakers and participants can easily join from anywhere in the world, and, if you have registered for the event, you can listen to the event recordings for three months after the event.”

Core themes being covered at Grand Slam include:

• Standards: rationalization and ratification
• Interoperability and integration
• Security and privacy
• Devices and applications
• Leveraging analytics at the edge
• Platforms and DevOps
• Cloud services and infrastructure
• Cognitive and smart implementation

Health Slam explores the application of IoT in Healthcare across:

• Digital transformation
• Security and privacy issues
• Regulatory compliance (HIPAA)
• Consumer-driven healthcare
• Remote patient monitoring
• Patient centered analytics
• Cognitive applications
• Government regulations
• Device interoperability and data integration
• Sharing of patient data

Also commenting on the announcement, David Hill, Executive Director of the Internet of Things Community, said “We are delighted to announce our next wave of cutting-edge IoT programs for 2016 and to see out the year of IoT in style. With several groundbreaking and significant plays being made by the IoT elite, 2016 has so far lived up to expectations, as being a defining year for the Internet of Things. However, the landscape is shifting and evolving faster than many anticipated and it is essential that organizations looking to embrace IoT start their journey on the right direction. Grand Slam and Health Slam are certain to provide enterprises and the Healthcare ecosystem with great insights on how to get things right first time.”

Call for papers is now open.
IoT practitioners interested in presenting a virtual session at the 2016 Grand Slam are invited to submit a session proposal here:http://iotslam.com/cfp.
Healthcare IT professionals interested in presenting a session at Health Slam should visit http://healthcare.iotslam.com/cfp for full details on the paper submission process and to submit a paper by September 18th 2016.

Important Dates:
July 19th 2016 – Call for Papers Open
September 18th 2016 – Call for Papers Closes
October 3rd 2016 – Speakers Notified of Acceptance
October 10th 2016 – Final Agenda Published
October 11th 2016 – Standard Registration Opens
December 1st 2016 – Grand Slam Commences
December 2nd 2016 – Health Slam Commences

Also commenting on the announcement, Tim Foley – Founder and CEO of Healthcare Executives Network said, “We are excited to partner with the IoT Community on the production of leading-edge Healthcare IoT focused initiatives for our 250,000+ strong members. The inaugural Health Slam will set new standards in highlighting the huge opportunity, while addressing the risks associated with the future direction of connected information, which if secured and thoroughly tested for vulnerabilities, can lead to revolutionary personalized care. We look forward to delivering clear guidance for Healthcare practitioners and HIT executives on December 2nd.”

Conference registration is now open.
Early bird registration fee starts at £125, and is available until September 16th 2016. For full registration details and to register now, visit http://www.iotslam.com/register and / or http://healthcare.iotslam.com/register-now.

IoT solution providers seeking to discuss sponsorship or collaboration opportunities should email sponsors [at] iotslam [dot] com.

Media organizations interested in covering the December events should email media [at] iotslam [dot] com.

About Grand Slam™
Grand Slam is the Internet of Things Community’s third international virtual IoT conference, covering Standards, Interoperability, Open Source, Integration, Security, Infrastructure, Business Models, Research, Innovation, Best Practices, Technology, Industry Implementation and Compliance, in the world of IoT. The online conference will take place December 1st 2016. For more information, visit www.iotslam.com. Grand Slam delivers the best in class IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory and Methodology – “SLAM”™.

About Heath Slam™
Health Slam – an IoT Slam® production – is the world’s first and largest virtual IoT conference, exclusively dedicated to the advancement of IoT within Healthcare and Life Science industries. Core focus is on the application of IoT in Healthcare and how this impacts digital transformation amongst the Healthcare / Life Science ecosystem: Security and privacy issues, Regulatory Compliance (HIPAA), Consumer-driven healthcare, Remote patient monitoring, Patient centered analytics, Cognitive applications, Government regulations, Component technology, Device interoperability and data integration, Extracting insights from new data points, and Sharing of patient data, The inaugural on-line conference takes place December 2nd 2016. For more information, visit http://healthcare.iotslam.com.

About Internet of Things Community™
The Internet of Things Community is the world’s largest CxO community of senior business leaders and IoT practitioners consisting of 15,000+ members. The function of the community is to focus on the adoption and application of IoT in commercial environments, seeking to understand and contribute to applying the technology or overcoming the wide variety of barriers, inhibitors, and technical & operational issues. For more information about the Internet of Things community, or to apply for free membership, please visit http://iotslam.com/community.

About Healthcare Executives Network
Founded in 2007, the Healthcare Executives Network is the largest independent community of healthcare professionals. We strive to be a responsible advocate in thought leadership and professional development for healthcare executives worldwide. With over 250,000 members, the Healthcare Executives Network is the #1 networking and thought leadership organization for healthcare executives and their strategic partners. Learn more at www.HealthcareExecutivesNetwork.org or on Twitter @HealthcareExecN.

Keep up to date on Twitter by following @IoTChannel or using the hashtag #IoTSlam.

IoT Slam® is a USPTO and UK IPO Registered Trademark, IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory, Methodology – All Rights Reserved.

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http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160719005254/en/World%E2%80%99s-Largest-Internet-Community-Announces-Grand-Slam

Intel to present Keynote outlining intersection of Healthcare and IoT 

Intel Healthcare’s Worldwide Medical Director John Sotos MD, is to deliver a Keynote at the Second International IoT Slam 2016 virtual internet of things conference, April 28th 2016, held online in the cloud.

Organized by experts and authorities in the IoT industry and backed by the world’s largest CxO IoT Community (consisting of 13,300+ senior business executives and the IoT industry movers and shakers), this online conference will highlight key trends, real world industry use-cases, important advancements and defining accomplishments in the development and management of IoT.

In his Keynote titled: “Reaching the healthcare Internet of Things” Dr Sotos will outline how the Internet of Things promises the ability to monitor multiple physiological functions of humans outside of the hospital — continuously, accurately, conveniently, economically, and on a large scale.

His  presentation will discuss several factors that will influence how and when this vision can be achieved, including:

(1) Questions about the benefits (and harms) of IoT data, from both a clinical outcomes perspective and a cost-effectiveness perspective,
(2) The effect of governmental regulation on sensors, connections, and analytics, and, from this, the bounds of non-regulated consumer healthcare, and
(3) Questions of who pays for such services in healthcare, and how physicians are compensated to look at IoT data.

Session Details:
Date; April 28th
Time 4.40pm – 5.10pm US Eastern Time
Location: Grand Keynote Theater (Virtual Room)

“We are delighted to announce Dr.Sotos as a keynote speaker at the second IoT Slam virtual conference” said Bill Mortimer, Vice President of Strategic Marketing at Spirent Communications, and IoT Slam Organizing Committee Chairman. ”Healthcare is not only being disrupted by the advent of IoT, but being revolutionized by it. The innovations that IoT will bring to healthcare will ultimately lead to better patient care and help save lives. We look forward to Dr Sotos providing a practitioner’s perspective on the impact IoT will have on healthcare globally.”

IoT Slam 2016 Registration
For more information or to register for the event, visit http://www.iotslam.com/register. Registered attendees can view a recording of the presentation for three months after the event.

Registered Attendees will also benefit from receiving full access to all IoT Slam 2015 Sessions.

Global IoT authorities and enterprise practitioners to convene online in the Cloud on April 28th at second International IoT Slam® 2016, the virtual Internet of Things Conference

San Francisco, April 26 – The Internet of Things Community, the world’s largest network of CxO’s and IoT practitioners dedicated to the advancement of IoT, announces its final agenda for the  IoT Slam® 2016, the world’s first and largest virtual Internet of Things conference, taking place on April 28th 2016, held online in the cloud, commencing at 9:00 AM US Eastern.

Organized by experts and authorities in the IoT industry and backed by the world’s largest CxO IoT Community, consisting of 13,300+ senior business executives, this online conference will highlight key trends, real world industry use-cases, important advancements and defining accomplishments in the development and management of IoT.

IoT Slam 2016 is an immersive full day virtual conference that gives IoT practitioners information and experiences related to the business opportunities as well as technical and operational challenges of adopting IoT applications. IoT Slam addresses the entire spectrum of the Internet of Things (IoT) and provides a multidisciplinary perspective of this game-changing market via thought provoking sessions, panels, and exclusive IoT thought leadership – all under one “cloud delivered event”, straight to attendees office, home or mobile device.

“The IoT Slam 2016 is almost upon us. We are extremely excited to host hundreds of enterprise CxO’s and IoT practitioners at the second International IoT Slam 2016 Conference on Thursday”, said Bill Mortimer, Vice President of Strategic Marketing atSpirent Communications, and IoT Slam Organizing Committee Chairman. “Having curated dozens of A-list speakers, leading IoT authorities will present exclusive IoT content and expert best practices. Attendees are going to have a world class experience and be inspired as they get a first hand look at how IoT is revolutionizing the enterprise. For people who would like to attend but are not able on Thursday, every session will be recorded and registered attendees will be able to view all the materials for 3 months after the event.We look forward to welcoming all and hosting IoT Slam 2016.”

IoT Slam 2016 Agenda & Registration
For more information or to register for the event, visit http://www.iotslam.com/register.

For the full agenda please visit – http://iotslam.com/internet-of-things-conference-create-agenda

About IoT Slam
IoT Slam® is the world’s first and largest virtual IoT conference, covering every aspect of IoT; including Standards, Interoperability, Open Source, Integration, Security, Infrastructure, Business Models, Research, Innovation, Best Practices, Technology, Industry Implementation and Regulatory Compliance, in the world of IoT. The Second International online conference takes place April 28th 2016. For more information, visit www.iotslam.com. IoT Slam delivers the best in class IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory and Methodology – “SLAM” ™

About Internet of Things Community
The Internet of Things Community is the world’s largest CxO community of senior business leaders and IoT practitioners consisting of 13,300+ members. The function of the community is to focus on the adoption and application of IoT in commercial environments, seeking to understand and contribute to applying the technology or overcoming the wide variety of barriers, inhibitors, and technical & operational issues of IoT. For more information about the Internet of Things community, or to apply for free membership please click here

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Link to official announcement – http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160426005653/en/World-Class-Exclusive-IoT-Agenda-Delivered-IoT