Dear friends,
Over the past couple of years, I have talked a lot about the “Connected Intelligence†Era which is a superset of the Industrial Internet and IoT. We already have plenty of data points to indicate the rise of the next technology era enabled by sensors and software. While consumer gizmos get the headlines, the real money is in the enterprise segment though in some verticals, the two start to merge e.g. health, retail, energy, etc. To give you a sense of the disparity in terms of dollars, consider the following:
This year the US wearables segment will do over $4B in sales. A leading industrial giant founded more than 90 years ago is looking to capture 2-4x revenue of the entire wearables industry in one year with the help of IoT as it empowers them to create new service and revenue models.
Leading facilities management companies are looking to automate the entire building management process and reduce the maintenance costs by over 50% in a matter of months. The “industrial†side of IoT is likely to capture 90% of the new multi-trillion-dollar revenue that will be injected into the global economy. Obviously, benefits will flow into the consumer economy as well.
The Connected Intelligence stack is very complicated right now but that’s true with any new technology wave. 10-20 years ago, most markets had dozens of mobile operators. Today they are generally limited to 3-4. We will see the layers collapse and new players emerge.
“The caliber of participants is extraordinary. Mobile Future Forward is a data driven event, the team has put together so much hard to find factual data that is unrivaled anywhere in the industry in terms of building the foundation of facts for analysis. I normally don’t learn new things at events but at Mobile Future Forward, I did.” – North American Leader – IoT and Mobile, IBM
At Mobile Future Forward, we will explore where is the money in IoT, discuss several use cases that are being implemented around the world, the required building blocks, the areas of collaboration and competition, and how our community can help the industry reach its full potential quicker. Mobile Future Forward is a summit that makes you think. We will have folks from startups who challenge our thinking and industrial giants who are moving at a fast pace to deliver outcomes.
We welcome you to join us in the discussions and contribute to the collective knowledge of our industry. Give us your one day, and we will give you the next 5 years in mobile.
We are excited to partner with the industry leaders and thank them for their ongoing support: Ericsson, Neustar, Oracle Communications, and Tata Communications.
Registration (Summer Saver expires next week)
Some of the confirmed leaders are:
• Glenn Lurie, President & CEO, AT&T Mobility
• Dr. Eric Topol, Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health
• Faisal Masud, Chief Digital Officer, Staples
• Rima Qureshi, Chief Strategy Officer, Ericsson
• Hank Skorny, SVP – IoT, Neustar
• Raja Rajamannar, CMO, Mastercard
• Sanjiv Ahuja, Former CEO, Orange
• Hossein Moiin, CTO, Nokia Networks
• Craig Moffett, Partner, MoffettNathanson
• Josh Will, SVP – Mobile, Best Buy
• Tim Chang, Managing Partner, Mayfield
• Prof. Shyam Gollakota, University of Washington
• Mark Fernandes, Managing Director, Sierra Ventures
• Erez Yarkoni, CIO and EVP, Telstra
• Mark Showers, CIO and EVP, Reinsurance Group of America
• Doug Suriano, SVP and GM, Oracle Communications
• Vishal Gupta, CTO – IoT, Silent Circle
• Marty Cooper, Chairman, Dyna
• Vijay Shekhar, Founder and CEO, Paytm
•  Julie Woods-Moss, CMO, CEO – Nextgen Business, Tata Communications
•  Andrew Hopkins, Managing Director – IoT, Accenture
•  Lo Toney, Partner – Catalyst Fund, Comcast Ventures
.. more to come
We will be announcing new speakers and partners through the course of the summer and look forward to seeing you in September. If you are interested in partnering, please reach out at info@mobilefutureforward.com.
Thanks.
Chetan Sharma
CEO, Chetan Sharma Consulting
http://www.chetansharma.com