TechXLR8 Highlights: Thursday 15th June
Connected Cars & Autonomous Vehicles is Europe's leading automotive event, this year part of TechXLR8, a showcase of eight industry-leading technology events.
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 speaker highlights
Get the story behind TechXLR8: the speakers & advisors who make the event.
Disney and Hanson Robotics Are Bringing Your Favourite 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.
Artificial Intelligence Is Unshackling DHL's Supply Chain Potential
DHL Supply Chain's CIO explains how AI and IoT are changing the game for his company, its partners, and its competitors.
Inside IBM Watson's Munich HQ: The World's Foremost Industrial IoT Playground
Nicola Villa is an IBM veteran who currently fills two job roles for the tech behemoth. Ahead of June's Internet of Things World Europe conference, he talked IoT World News through IBM's Bavarian-based IoT playground.
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
5G World
Best 5G Trial Between an Operator and Vendor
SK Telecom
Outstanding Contribution to 5G R&D
Huawei
Best Connectivity Solution
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Best 5G Core Network Development
Huawei
Best Use of Virtualization Technology
VMWare Inc
Best Network Development (Operators only)
KT
IoT World Europe
Best IoT Deployment
China Telecom
Leadership in IoT
Nokia Networks
IoT Evangelist of the Year
oneM2M
Best IoT Platform
Huawei
Cloud & DevOps World
Cloud Platform Innovation of the Year
China Mobile
Best Cloud Security Platform
eperi
Best Cloud Application
Skuid
DevOps Solution of the Year
Technology Solutions (formerly a division of Avnet now part of Tech Data)
Connected Cars & Autonomous Vehicles Europe
Innovation in Connected Services
Tantalum Corporation
Innovation in Mobility Services
TomTom Automotive
VR & AR World
Best Virtual Reality Industry Technology
Dirac Research
Best Augmented Reality Industry Technology
Proximie
Apps World Evolution
Best Consumer App
Favorey Ltd
AI & Machine Learning World
Most Innovative Implementation of AI Technologies
Darktrace
Project Kairos
Project Kairos Pitch Off Winner
TILKEE