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
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.
Orange Plots NB-IoT Launch Outside France
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.
We’ve given up on the connected fridge, how about a smart pavement instead?
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.
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)
- KT
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
- KT
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
- KT
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