IIC Journal of Innovation 10th Edition | Page 74

What’s New at IIC cross-pollination activities being furthered by the End User Leadership Council will benefit end- users and members directly, as well as the industry at large. Connecting via Industry Events The IIC’s Global Event Series continues to offer world-class knowledge learning opportunities and are often aligned with vertical industries, featuring speakers from around the globe. A Building Intelligent Infrastructures Forum hosted by SAS on February 15, 2019 at their Executive Briefing Center in Cary, NC showcased Intelligent Transport Systems and Smart Cities, with experts and thought leaders from SAS, Cisco, RIoT, Building Clarity, TCS, LHP Engineering Solutions, RTI, Volvo Trucks, NetApp, Itron and the Town of Cary, NC. Presentations and videos from this event may be viewed here. The next Global Event Series will be hosted in Cork, Ireland on May 23, 2019. In addition to the Global Event Series, IIC members can be found at other participating events such as Hannover Messe, the Intelligent Transport Systems Forum at IoT World Santa Clara and IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona. New Liaisons The IIC collaborates with global standards development organizations, technology and industry- focused consortia, open source communities, regional organizations and government agencies in a variety of ways including:  Technical exchange such as harmonization of IIoT architectures and exchange of use cases, best practices, results, technical reports and frameworks  Joint marketing activities  Joint workshops  Joint publications Since the last Journal of Innovation publication, IIC has added a number of new Liaison Members, bringing the total to well over 40 liaisons.  The International Data Spaces Association will collaborate with the IIC to improve trustworthiness of IIoT data  Linaro, an Open-source community with an important role in IIoT market growth will work with IIC to promote the digital economy and preventing industry fragmentation  GlobalPlatform will work with the IIC to align efforts to maximize interoperability, portability, security and privacy for the industrial Internet.  The Wi-SUN Alliance, a global association driving the propagation of interoperable wireless solutions for use in smart cities and smart utilities will work with the IIC to maximize interoperability, portability, security and privacy for the industrial Internet.  A formal relationship with the OPC Foundation is a natural fit for the IIC as the OPC Unified Architecture standard is widely used in several IIC testbeds. IIC Journal of Innovation - 70 -