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Thank you to the 200+ participants and speakers who have joined us over the two days of The 6th Annual Internet of Things Global Summit.

The Summit returned to Washington D.C on 4 - 5 October. This series of discussions, idea sharing, and networking was an opportunity to join the debate from the inside. For the first year, the event was free to attend to interested parties from the IoT community.

The Global Summit featured key policymakers and leading industry stakeholders who addressed the opportunities and benefits IoT brings. 

Over the course of the two days, plenary sessions included room-wide discussions with an interactive format, and multiple networking opportunities. The summit investigated the IoT ecosystem in the United States, and globally, and how we harness it's incredible potential.

Speakers include

Rebecca Slaughter

Commissioner

Federal Trade Commission

David J. Redl

Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator

NTIA

Jeff Stewart

Assistant Vice President, External & Legislative Affairs, Global Public Policy – Wireless

AT&T

Dan Hushon

Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

DXC Technology

Julius Knapp

Head of Bureau, Office of Engineering and Technology

FCC

Gerry Stegmaier

Partner IP, Tech & Data Group

ReedSmith

Pearse O'Donohue

Director, Future Networks, DG CONNECT

European Commission

Brian Barnard

Director of Governmental Affairs, Policy, and Strategic Planning.

NHTSA

Tom McDermott

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Cyber Policy

Department of Homeland Security

Preston Read

Senior Director for Partners and Alliances

Verizon Smart Communities

Katerina Megas

Commercial Adoption Lead for the Trusted Identities Group, Program Manager for the Cybersecurity for IoT program

NIST

José Gontijo

Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Digital Innovation and Deputy Secretary of ICT Secretariat

Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications, Brazil

Andy Hudson

Head of Policy

GSMA

Nitin Kumar

Senior Managing Director

FTI Consulting

Stephen Pattison

Vice President of Public Affairs

ARM

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Themes at this year's event included:

Day 1:

• Visions and Goals for the Future of IoT in the USA and Globally
• IoT for Government: Shaping the future of Government services through digitization
• A Trusted Connected World of Things: A focus on the role of a transatlantic dialogue to set IoT privacy and security principles
• A Focus on….Convergence of Blockchain and IoT
• Revolutionizing a sector: Connected and Autonomous mobility
• A Focus on….Drones in the context of Internet of Things

Day 2:

• IoT security and resilience in the age of Digital Transformation - Securing the Industrial Internet and the Critical Infrastructure
• Boosting the Intelligent IoT with the Power of Artificial Intelligence: Innovation and Accountability
• A Focus on… the Smart City
• Powering the IoT revolution – Connectivity and bandplans 

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