What’s New at IIC
Planning for the Q4 Global Event Series is underway with our co-hosts from China Academy of
Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) and Huawei, and in partnership with the
Alliance for Industrial Internet (AII). We anticipate a crowd of 500 for this November 16 th Smart
Manufacturing-themed event which is open exclusively to IIC and AII members and guests.
There is still plenty of time to join the IIC and participate!
IoT Solutions World Congress
The Industrial Internet Consortium and Fira Barcelona partner once again to present the IoT
Solutions World Congress. Now in its fourth year, this event has grown to become the global
reference for industrial IoT. IIC members and IoT industry leaders are participating in many
ways: program committee, keynote presentations, independent exhibits, session leadership,
panel discussion and an IIC Member Pavilion on the exhibit floor. The October 16th - 18th event
continues to grow and we look forward to announcing to the 14,000 visitors our new industry
resource – the IIC Resource Hub.
Resource Hub
The IIC Resource Hub represents the body of knowledge and activities driven by the IIC members
converged into a public resource that will arm the world with new tools in the IIoT strategic
arsenal. To leverage this body of knowledge, we will introduce a web-based toolkit guiding users
through the analysis and planning of their own IIoT project, providing actionable intelligence. A
new interface to that library of knowledge, will make it easier to find the resources we have
developed and forge the paths from testing to market, from architectures to standards, from
evaluations to new business models and from on-line resources to IIoT experts. The Resource
Hub Initiative will be launched at IoT Solutions World Congress on October 16, 2018.
End User Leadership Council
Senior level end users and implementers of IIoT technology joined a council of peers for an
inaugural meeting of the IIC’s End User Leadership Council. Representatives from Boeing, B&R
Automation, Bosch Rexroth, Church & Dwight, Deere & Co., GE Aviation, GE Transportation and
TRUMPF met face-to-face to share end user insights into implementation challenges and set the
vision for the industry. We have a path forward for future meetings of the Council and encourage
others to join. If interested, contact VP of Marketing, Kathy Walsh ([email protected]).
Additional Resources
The ongoing efforts of the Industrial Internet Consortium are too numerous to follow without
direct involvement. The more you participate, the more you will benefit. Here are some links to
additional milestones.
IIC Testbeds are where the innovation and opportunities of the Industrial Internet – new
technologies, new applications, new products, new services, new processes – can be initiated,
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