14th June Roundup | Internet of Things World Europe

TechXLR8 Highlights: Thursday 14th June 2018

This year IoT World Europe joined TechXLR8, combining eight industry-leading events into one all-encompassing Festival of Technology.

Here are today's highlights from TechXLR8 and London Tech Week, where a wide range of organisations including Transport for London, GSK, MasterCard and Seadrill Offshore all took the stage to speak.

TechXLR8 in the News

The TechXLR8 speakers, sessions and exhibitors that made the headlines.

Disney and Hanson Robotics are bringing your favorite characters to life

Speaking at technology conference TechXLR8 in London, Dr. David Hanson, founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics has announced that it has partnered with Disney to bring artificially intelligent robots of it's creations to life.

Read the full TechRadar article >>

Orange Plots NB-IoT Launch Outside France

Having so far based its low-power, wide-area (LPWA) network strategy around the technologies of LoRa and LTE-M, Orange is now planning to add NB-IoT to the mix in a move that will raise fresh questions about its long-term commitment to other systems.

Read the full Light Reading article >>

We’ve given up on the connected fridge, how about a smart pavement instead?

You know things are starting to get advanced when the pavement starts talking to you.

Read the full Telecoms.com article >>

Paul Richardson

Chief Innovation Officer

DHL Supply Chain

It's a very exciting event - I've been inspired going around the stands. There's plenty of niche startup companies that have fantastic ideas for companies like us, and a very energised environment.

Congratulations to the TechXLR8 Awards Winners

The TechXLR8 Awards brings together the awards ceremonies for IoT World Europe, 5G World, Cloud & DevOps World, VR & AR World, AI & Machine Learning World, Apps World Evolution, and Connected Cars & Autonomous Vehicles World.

"KNect365 have brought together these shows as we recognise the convergence in the tech industry and the TechXLR8 Awards highlights success and excellence of the companies within it. We’re delighted to have had so many fantastic entries which truly showcases the pinnacle of innovation and huge congratulations to all the winners,” says Samuel Oakley, Senior Portfolio Director, KNect365, an Informa Plc business.

A separate event was held on the show floor at TechXLR8 for the Project Kairos Startup Pitch Off. Seeing the six startup finalists compete in front of a live audience to be named the Project Kairos Pitch Off winners.

TechXLR8 Award Winners

Best 5G Trial Between an Operator & Vendor

Huawei & Vodafone

Best Plan for Integrating LTE Advanced Pro and 5G

Ericsson

Best 5G Core Network Technology (Operator)

Best 5G Core Network Technology (Vendor)

NetNumber

Best Network Development of the Year Award (Operator Only)

SK telecom

Best 5G Radio Access Network Solution

Huawei

Best Test & Measurement Solution

VIAVI Solutions

AR & VR Futureproof Award

EON Reality

Blockchain Innovator of the Year

Best DevOps Transformation – (Enterprise only)

agibank

DevOps Tools/Product of the Year

APImetrics

Best Cloud Platform

Red Hat

Leading Digital Customer Experience Solution

Conversocial

Best IoT Deployment

Best End-to-End IoT Solution

Turkcell-Ericsson

Best IoT Connectivity Solution

SK telecom

Best Mobility Product/Service

Automotive Grade Linux

Best Connected Vehicle Solution

Huawei

Diversity Champion Award

Mark Martin