Get involved in IEEE Future Directions initiatives; contribute use case scenarios; registration open for IoT World Form and Smart Cities Conference

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Current Future Directions activities include:

Internet of Things (IoT) Scenarios - To really understand the IoT requires application, implementation, and execution in the real world. IEEE IoT recently launched a program to provide the IoT community an interactive platform on which to engage with use cases, service descriptions, business models, and reference implementations that will be key to developing a vibrant IoT industry. This is an opportunity for you to contribute to the IoT cause, as well as get exposure for your projects and ideas. Whether it is something IoT related that is planned, envisaged, or currently in the works, your input is invaluable and necessary to ensure derivation of a viable IoT architecture and definition of the key components that lead to successful implementations. You are encouraged to share your projects, your implementations, or your software solution and explain why you deem them to be important to advancing the IoT.

Contribute use cases for discussion and interaction on the portal

Learn more about the IoT Scenarios submission guidelines

Attendee registration is open for the 2nd annual IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT). This year’s event will be held 14-16 December 2015, in Milan, Italy, gathering technologists from around the globe to examine key critical innovations across technologies that will change the IoT research and industry application space of the future. Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, VP and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google, co-inventor of the Internet, and an IEEE Life Fellow, will be a conference keynote speaker.

Register and/or learn more at the IoT World Forum Conference Web site

IEEE Smart Cities is one of IEEE’s important, multi-disciplinary, cross-platform Future Directions initiatives. It spans multiple IEEE Societies and is designed to be a trusted voice in smart cities for the engineering, computing, and technology communities around the world.

Registration is now open for the first annual IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2-2015), taking place 25-28 October 2015 in Guadalajara, Mexico. The theme is "Smart City for Sustainability." This is the premier conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities Initiative. Original and innovative contributions in smart city research and advanced implementations and deployments are sought for technical sessions.

Register and/or learn more at the Smart Cities Conference Web site