IoT World Summit Russia will take place in Kazan

On October 1-2, with the support of Ministry of Informatization and Communication of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency, the meeting of the world leaders in practical implementation of the latest digital technologies from Russia, the USA, Europe and Asia will be held.

Over 120 international experts from 25 world countries will present the experience of implementing the most advanced technologies for the Industry 4.0, Digital corporations, Smart city and Energy, the participants will consider over 125 practical cases and raise relevant issues of improving efficiency of enterprises in various fields through the use of IoT technologies.

The Prime-Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev highly appreciated the importance of the theme of the Summit: "Effective economy today can't help being digital. It is not only a demand of time, it is a question of competitiveness of our country and its national security. That is why recently we have adopted a Programme for the development of the digital economy".

The most progressive solutions for IoT, IIoT, M2M communications, Big data analytics, Artificial intelligence, Machine and deep learning, Cyber security and Blockchain will be represented at the Summit. Such high-tech global organizations as GE, IBM, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Cysco System, Huawei, ICBcom and others are invited to demonstrate the latest developments. Point solutions of young dynamically developing hi-tech companies and startups from Russia, the USA, Singapore, China, India, Germany, UK will be widely presented in the format of Digital exhibitions and Startup Pitch sessions.

Cases from the leading world companies

IoT World Summit Russia, as a major international event, will demonstrate the best world experience of international experts, who implemented IoT technologies:

• Digital Factory - where to start the launch of INDUSTRY 4.0 project: Amit Kurhekar, Global Technology Manager, Procter & Gamble, India;
• Working models of Digitalization of the processes of production, processing and transportation in oil and gas sector: Sharul A-Rashid, Principal Engineer in Instruments and Control, Petronas, Malaysia;
• How to maximize profit and operational efficiency with Big Data Analytics: Peter Jackson, Chief Data Officer, Southern Water, London, UK;
• The use of cloud technologies for the IoT & IIoT in smart agricultural production: Peri Subrahmanya, Product manager, IoT, Monsanto Company, USA;
• Overview of the evolution of smart city thinking and Smart City recipes: Karl-Filip Coenegrachts, Chief Strategy Officer, City of Ghent, Belgium;
• IoT monetization and business expansion: Atul Govil, Chief Transformation Officer & Head (SAP & IT), India Glycols, India;
• IoT for smart infrastructure and customer service in the sports industry: Oscar Perez-Cordoba Davila, Managing Director Europe Division INsports EuroLatam - Barcelona & Mexico.

The Head of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Taliya Minullina:

"Tatarstan is becoming the center of development of IoT technologies in Russia, and World Summit Russia held in Kazan is evidence of this. We were the first in the country to hold the largest international conference "Blockchain: the new oil of Russia", in the past six months alone two RnD centers of the world technological brands - Siemens and Schneider Electric - were opened. We support the development of IT technologies, considering that this is the future and more comfortable life for our population. We expect that holding such a large-scale summit with the participation of world technological companies will provide exchange of experience for business, establishment of business contacts and emergence of new innovative projects and startups in the republic".

Development of digital skills

This year, there is a special opportunity for the participants of the summit to participate in one-day training course «IoT Leadrship Programme» by the leading London business-school Cass Business School. The presenter is Professor Gianvito Lanzolla, Head of Faculty of Management, Professor of Strategy, Cass Business School, the Founding Director of the Cass’s Digital Leadership Research Centre (DLRC), United Kingdom.

The audience of IoT World Summit Russia: General Directors, Directors for strategic development and innovation, IT Directors, Directors for Production, Directors of digitalization, Technical Directors, Managers of IoT, Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0, Heads of Data analytics, Chief Engineers, Heads of Departments of Information security and other entities, participating in the strategic and innovative development of the Russian and international companies.

The organizer of the IoT World Summit Russia is Redenex - international research company in the field of energy efficiency and digital technologies, Internet of things, big data, and information security. Partners of the Summit are Quarta and Aurora companies. Read more about the event on the website: www.iotworldsummit.ru