IoT tech day
Who said that Internet of Things has to be difficult? Linnaeus University and Kalmar Energi invites you to an inspirational day with the theme IoT.
During the inspirational day, we will showcase various uses and give ideas for new business opportunities using Internet of Things. This is interesting not least because it is now possible to use an open IoT network in Kalmar to freely test and develop.
And who has said that IoT has to be difficult? The technology is now so simple and, most importantly, cheap that all that is required is a little time and interest in turning ideas into reality.
The inspirational day will also be broadcast live on the Internet. The link will be announced later. The presentations will be held in both Swedish and English.
Registration
We regret to inform you that the IoT tech day is fully booked. However, the entire event will be streamed and you can follow it through this link: http://bit.ly/iot-tech-day.
Program
9.45–10.00
Coffee and networking
10.00–10.10
Introduction of the IoT initiative and the upcoming presentations (in Swedish)
10.10–10.20
Kalmar Energi i framtidens smarta samhälle (in Swedish)
Mikael Westling, controller at the dept of business development at Kalmar Energi
10.20–10.30
Smarta staden Växjö (in Swedish)
Håkan Halléhn, key account manager and business developer with a focus on IoT, Wexnet
10.30–10.40
Norden Machinery IoT connection of packaging machines
Magnus Möller, automation manager, Norden Machinery
10.40–10.50
Digital bikupa och molntjänst för HSB Living Lab (in Swedish)
Mikael Ekström, senior digitalization advisor at Tieto
10.50–11.00
Pause
11.00–11.40
An overview of low power wide area networks for IoT
Usman Raza, principal research engineer at Toshiba Research Europe, Bristol, UK
11.40–12.00
Research and education at Linnaeus University
Francesco Flammini, senior lecturer of computer science at Linnaeus University
12.00–12.10
Next step in the IoT project, information about workshops/hackathons and giveaway boxes (in Swedish)
12.15–13.00
Plain lunch (vegetarian sandwich or equivalent)
13.00–14.30
Optional: Possibility to fetch an IoT box and to learn and tinkle with the LoRa technology and sensors (LoRa is an independent interface för communication between equipment)
Speakers
Mikael Westling
Kalmar Energi i framtidens smarta samhälle (in Swedish)
Jag är utbildad civilingenjör med inriktning industriell ekonomi vid Blekinge Tekniska Högskola och arbetar sedan två år tillbaka på Kalmar Energi med verksamhets- och affärsutveckling. Har under min tid bland annat varit ansvarig för uppbyggnaden av Kalmars LoRa-nät samt varit involverad i de efterföljande tillämpningar som sker i nätet. Är också en representant för Kalmar i det nationella projektet City as a platform som handlar om gemensamma IoT-plattformar som möjliggör samhällsnytta. Som lokalt energibolag hanterar vi idag stora datamängder och när vi hela tiden adderar ny information står vi inför spännande framtidsutmaningar som även genererar möjligheter att säkerställa en hållbar samhällsutveckling.
Håkan Halléhn
Smarta staden Växjö (in Swedish)
Jag är inne på mitt 13:e år på Wexnet och jobbar som storkundsansvarig och affärsutveckling med inriktning mot IoT. Wexnet är en av deltagarna i ett prestigefullt EU-projekt för smarta samhällsfunktioner som heter DIACCESS. Målet är att genom smart och hållbar digitalisering öka livskvaliteten för Växjö kommuns invånare, företag och besökare. I projektet kommer kommunala förvaltningar och bolag samarbeta med digitala innovatörer för att gemensamt utveckla digitala lösningar som möter samhällets behov samt underlätta arbetsprocesser.
Mikael Ekström
Digital bikupa och molntjänst för HSB Living Lab (in Swedish)
Mikael Ekström är senior digitalization advisor på Tieto och engagerad i ett mycket annorlunda projekt. Han är biodlare sedan många år, har installerat en bikupa hos Tieto på Varvsholmen i Kalmar och har under våren haft en internkurs på Tieto för 12 personer. Nu har han fått i uppdrag att utveckla och leverera en digitalt uppkopplad bikupa till HSB Living Lab i Göteborg. Det handlar om att utveckla en lösning med olika IoT-sensorer som ansluts till en molntjänst för datalagring, men också med appar och AI implementerat för att kunna följa, övervaka och detektera, till exempel se hur starkt bisamhället är, vilken temperatur det har, överföra ljud och bild med mera. Tanken är att på sikt kunna hitta mönster, spåra sjukdomar etcetera. http://www.barometern.se/kalmar/sa-vill-han-skapa-digitala-bisamhallen
Usman Raza
An overview of low power wide area networks for IoT
Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) networks are attracting a lot of attention primarily because of their ability to offer affordable connectivity to the low-power devices distributed over very large geographical areas. In realizing the vision of the internet of Things (IoT), LPWA technologies complement and sometimes supersede the conventional cellular and short-range wireless technologies in performance for various emerging smart city and machine-to-machine (M2M) applications.
This talk will present the design goals and the techniques, which different LPWA technologies exploit to offer wide-area coverage to low-power devices at the expense of low data rates. It would briefly highlight LPWA technologies and the standardization activities carried out by different standards development organizations(e.g., IEEE, IETF, 3GPP, ETSI) as well as the industrial consortia built around individual LPWA technologies (e.g., LoRa Alliance, Weightless-SIG, and DASH7 Alliance). It further highlights that LPWA technologies adopt similar approaches, thus sharing similar limitations and challenges. A brief overview of some challenges in this area and future directions to overcome will be provided.
Dr Usman Raza is a Principal Research Engineer at Toshiba Research Europe Limited, Bristol, UK. He holds a Ph.D. in Information and Communications Technologies from University of Trento, Italy. His current research interests include cyber-physical systems, industrial wireless systems, and low power wide area networks. During his multiple roles in both academia and industry, he has filed patents, published papers and book chapters, participated as an invited panelist and speaker, and chaired scientific events. He was a recipient of the Endeavour Research Fellowship at The University of New South Wales Australia and an offer of the William J. Fulbright Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State. He received the IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award in 2019, the Mark Weiser best paper Award in 2012, and the SenseApp best paper award in 2014. He has successfully bid for very competitive and prestigious European Horizon 2020 projects.
Workshops/hackathons
In addition to the inspiration day, our venture in IoT will also feature two subsequent workshops/hackathons, arranged by Linnaeus University and Kalmar Energi. During these workshops, the participants will be able to practically build things together with assistance from Linnaeus University, from idea to application.
The workshops can build on each other to get a deeper understanding, but it is also possible to only attend one of them. Participation is free of charge and a starter kit with IoT sensors is included for everyone who registers (as long as the stock lasts).
The registration for the workshops will be opened in connection with the inspirational day.
Organizers
The inspirational day and the workshops are funded by Linnaeus University, Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar Energi and Kalmar Science Park through project funding with support from the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth and the European Regional Development Fund.