{"207541":{"#nid":"207541","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute to Host International Internet-of-Things Standards Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in collaboration with the U.S. Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) will host an international conference May 7 on the current status and trends of protocols and standards for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe conference will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 118 of the Technology Square Research Building on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta. This is the third such event under the auspices of the M2M Standardization Task Force, a forum from the Global Standards Collaboration of the United Nations\u0027 International Telecommunication Union.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIoT \u2013 using the Internet to monitor, track, control, and interconnect everyday objects \u2013 is\u0026nbsp; receiving widespread attention worldwide, moving from technical discussions among scientists and experts to mainstream talk and business strategy. The Economist along with other publications recently dubbed 2013 as \u0022the year of the Internet-of-Things.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe conference will explore a broad array of M2M and IoT standardization paths, including those within the open source community. Speakers include Marco Carugi and Jun Seob Lee of the International Telecommunication Union,\u0026nbsp; Joachim Koss of OneM2M, William Webb of Weightless SIG, Steve Liang of Open Geospatial Consortium, Michael Koster of the Open Source Internet-of-Things Silicon Valley, Mike Milinkovich of Eclipse, Laurent Liscia of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), Xavier Vilajosana of the OpenWSN project at the University of California-Berkeley and Jeffrey O. Smith of Numerex, the conference\u0027s sponsor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech is one of the world\u0027s top research institutions in a wide variety of IoT enabling technologies,\u0022 said Bob McGrath, director of GTRI and vice president at the Georgia Institute of Technology. \u0022It is fitting and timely that we host such an important international event. We are pleased to be associated with quality organizations that are at the forefront of IoT standards, and we are looking forward to furthering our collaboration with them.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe free conference has limited participation and is aimed at individuals directly or indirectly involved in IoT and M2M-related standards, industry professionals contemplating the use of IoT\/M2M technologies, businesses and regulators, media representatives, professors, researchers and students who want to keep up with recent technological developments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor \u003Ca title=\u0022More Info or Register\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/tiaonline.org\/standards\/collaborative-activities\/upcoming-gsc-mstf-events\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Emore information or to register online\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Georgia Tech and GTRI\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the world\u0027s premier research universities. Ranked seventh among U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s top public universities, the Institute enrolls 21,000 students within its six colleges. Georgia Tech is the nation\u0027s leading producer of engineers as well as a leading producer of female and minority engineering Ph.D. graduates. Holding more than 780 patents and receiving approximately $570 million in sponsored awards, Georgia Tech ranks among the nation\u0027s top ten universities (without a medical school) in research expenditures. Visit \u003Ca title=\u0022GT Web\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E for more information. Related to the Internet-of-Things, Georgia Tech\u0027s Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering is the largest and number-one ranked academic program of its kind in the nation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGTRI is Georgia Tech\u0027s nonprofit applied research arm. It employs more than 1,600 people, and last fiscal year secured more than $300 million in research contracts with more than 200 clients in industry and government. GTRI has been a trusted government and industry partner since 1934. For more information on GTRI please visit \u003Ca title=\u0022GTRI\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ewww.gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGTRI will host international conference May 7 on the current status and trends of protocols and standards on the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The conference explores M2M and IoT standardization paths."}],"uid":"27191","created_gmt":"2013-04-18 11:08:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:03:21","author":"Robert Nesmith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-05-07T09:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-05-07T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-05-07T18:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-05-07 13:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-05-07 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-05-07 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"415","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"id":"416","name":"GTRI"},{"id":"64421","name":"Internet-of-Things"},{"id":"64431","name":"M2M"},{"id":"64441","name":"Machine-to-Machine"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Lance.Wallace@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELance Wallace\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Director of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-407-7280\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}