Connected Devices SIG
‘The Smart Home – Third Time Lucky!’
21 April 2015
Sponsored and hosted by: Cambridge Consultants
This SIG is championed by Paul Green of Arkessa, Nick Hunn of WiFore, Antony Rix of TTP and Tim Whittaker of
Cambridge Consultants
Venue: Cambridge Consultants, Science Park, Milton Rd, Cambridge CB4 0DW
AGENDA
12:00
Registration and networking with lunch
13:00
Introduction to Connected Devices SIG from Tim Whittaker, Cambridge Consultants
Session chaired by Paul Green, Arkessa
13:10
‘Evolution of Smart Building infrastructure’
Dipak Raval, Commercial Director, Cambridge Consultants
Sensors are getting smart and connected. Low power, low cost wireless technologies are enabling
intelligent smart building systems. What does that mean for smart buildings? Dipak will discuss
localised intelligence and self-learning algorithms to drive the development of intelligent building
management systems, use of indoor location and wearables in industrial smart buildings and how
sensor data can drive multiple additional services within the smart building environment.
13:30
Q&A
13:35
‘Has the time come for the Smart Home to move from prophet to profit?’
Norman Niven, CEO, ProtelHealth the home of www.telmenow.com
The time for talking about Smart Homes is at an end, the time for selling products and services to
the widest possible audience has arrived. “Smart” is finding the fastest and most cost-effective route
to the consumer. “Smart” is helping start-up companies with innovative ideas get to the consumer
market as quickly as possible at the lowest possible cost. “Smart” is opting for direct–to-consumer
sales and reducing the addiction to “funding”.
Q&A
13:55
14:00
‘How smart technology will enable energy storage, carbon reduction and lower energy
prices for consumers’
Derek Roddy, Founder, Climote
Derek’s talk will illustrate how technology can impact a variety of energy industry stakeholders
including housing authorities, energy utilities, grid managers, policy legislators and consumers.
14:20
Q&A
14:25
14:35
‘Creative Connections in the Internet of Things’
Mark Wharton, Technology Lead, Iotic–Labs
Ever wanted an Internet of Things Lab to link up all sorts of different sources of data, create new
insights and generate innovative products and services? Iotic–Labs provides just that-a safe place
for things to interact. Mark will describe how this concept has enabled creative new labs to spring
up along with real life examples of how this innovative business is providing scope for new ideas
with diverse communities Raspberry PI, tech Universities, fashion designers & school children.
Q&A
14:40
Refreshments and Networking with demonstrations from Cambridge Consultants and CSR
Session Chaired by Antony Rix, TTP
15:10
15:30
‘LoRa™- A Communications Solution for emerging LPWAN, LPHAN and Industrial Sensing &
IoT applications’
Jeff McKeown, Area Sales Manager, UK and Ireland, Semtech
This presentation will introduce LoRa, help position in the IoT market and highlight the rapidly
growing device & service provider community promoting LoRa globally. It will touch on key
properties making it equally suited to LPWAN & LPHAN deployments for use generally in new IoT,
IoO and demanding Industrial Sensor/IoT applications.
Q&A
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15:35
15:55
‘ZigBee = The Internet of Things’
Marius Munder, CTO, Telegesis (on behalf of ZigBee Alliance)
The ZigBee 3.0 standard enables communication and interoperability among devices for home
automation, connected lighting, energy efficiency and other markets so more fully interoperable
solutions can be delivered by product developers and service providers. This standard will provide
interoperability among the widest range of smart devices and give consumers access to innovative
products and services that will work together seamlessly to enhance everyday life.
Q&A
16:20
‘The New Bluetooth Smart Mesh Standard’ – A technology that will truly enable the Internet
of Things
Rick Walker, Marketing Manager of IoT, CSR
With the addition of mesh capability to Bluetooth Smart, it is now possible to not only extend the
communication range of Bluetooth Smart, but also to reduce the complexity of mesh networks,
make them secure and energy efficient and most importantly, dramatically reduce the installation
and running costs. The new Bluetooth Smart Mesh standard will enable consumers to directly
interact with the things around them via any smartphone, tablet, TV style remote or simply by their
proximity to a ‘thing’.
Q&A
16:25
Panel session with all speakers chaired by Tim Whittaker, Cambridge Consultants
17:00
Complete evaluation forms
17:05
Networking with wine
17:35
Event Closes
16:00
With the permission of the speakers, presentations will be loaded to the CW website on the day following the event
Profile of organisers
Cambridge Wireless (CW)
CW is the leading international community for companies involved in the research, development and application of
wireless and mobile, internet, semiconductor and software technologies. With 400 members from major network
operators and device manufacturers to innovative start-ups and universities, CW stimulates debate and
collaboration, harnesses and shares knowledge, and helps to build connections between academia and industry.
CW's 19 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide its members with a dynamic forum where they can network with
their peers, track the latest technology trends and business developments and position their organisations in key
market sectors. CW also organises the annual Future of Wireless International Conference and Discovering StartUps competition along with other high-quality industry networking events and dinners. With headquarters at the heart
of Cambridge, UK, CW partners with other international industry clusters and organisations to extend its reach and
remain at the forefront of global developments and business opportunities. For more information, please visit
www.cambridgewireless.co.uk
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Profile of Sponsor and Host
Cambridge Consultants
Cambridge Consultants leads the way in innovative product development. With one of the world’s largest
independent wireless development teams, we are the partner of choice for leading blue chips, as well as the virtual
development team for ambitious start-ups. We develop breakthrough products, create and license intellectual
property, and provide business consultancy in technology critical issues for clients worldwide. With a team of over
450 engineers, designers, scientists and consultants, we offer solutions across a wide range of industries including
telecommunications, security, defence, healthcare, industrial and consumer goods. Cambridge Consultants is part of
the Altran Group, the European leader in Innovation Consulting. For more information visit
www.cambridgeconsultants.com
Profile of SIG Champions
Paul Green, Arkessa
Paul originated Arkessa in 2006 – the business that provides remote internet services to multitudes of machines. He
is currently creating the services Arkessa will offer in five years’ time. His professional life combined engineering and
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science has taken him through a variety of roles, including design and production engineering, business planning,
marketing and corporate sales, mainly in the telecommunications sector. Interestingly, the first product he introduced
to manufacture is now is in the Science Museum in London. A passionate and committed Christian, Paul is as
excited about materials science and quantum physics as he is interested in railways, walking, skiing and the natural
world. For more information please visit www.arkessa.com
Nick Hunn, WiFore Consulting
For the past twenty years he has been closely involved with short range wireless and communications, designing
technology that helps to bring mobility to products, particularly in the areas of telematics, M2M smart energy and
mobile health. He is closely involved with the Bluetooth SIG, the Continua Alliance and other medical and wireless
standards bodies. He is the author of “The Essentials of Short Range Wireless” - a book attempting to explain the
application of wireless technology to product developers. For more information visit www.wifore.com
Dr Antony Rix, TTP
Dr Antony Rix is a Senior Consultant in the Communications and Wireless group at TTP, Europe's leading
independent technology consultancy and product development company. He has led projects in areas including
mobile TV, phone apps, network planning, and novel short-range and wide area wireless technologies. Antony is
currently engaged in business development and programme management in wireless healthcare and in safetyrelated radio systems, where he focuses on developing breakthrough products and services for TTP’s clients based
on applications of technology. Before he joined TTP in 2004, Antony worked at BT’s Research Laboratories and then
co-founded Psytechnics, a successful start-up company developing quality of service and network monitoring
software. Antony has a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh and a Masters in Engineering from the University of
Cambridge. He is a member of the American Telemedicine Association, Institute of Engineering and Technology and
Audio Engineering Society, and he co-chairs the Cambridge Wireless Special Interest Group on Connected Devices.
For more information please visit www.ttp.com
Tim Whittaker, Cambridge Consultants
Cambridge Consultants was started in 1960 to pioneer the delivery of independent design and development services
in electronic, mechanical and product engineering: we are one of the founder companies of the high-technology
Cambridge phenomenon. Our history of world-class services is augmented by our development of intellectual
property in telecommunications, software, silicon and medical devices, and by more than 20 successful spin-out
ventures. Today Cambridge Consultants employs 350 engineers, scientists, project managers and technicians with
offices in Cambridge, UK and Cambridge, MA in the USA; we provide the full range of services for excellent product
design to a worldwide client base in the wireless, consumer, industrial and medical markets. Tim Whittaker is a
System Architect in the Wireless business unit, where he has taken the technical lead in projects using radio
standards like Bluetooth, ZigBee, DECT, and in the creation of specialist communications schemes for new
applications, or to use new spectrum allocations. For more information visit www.cambridgeconsultants.com
Profile of speakers
Norman Niven, ProtelHealth
Norman Niven (CEO) is a qualified pharmacist with over 30 years’ experience in the healthcare market. A former
director of BUPA who founded both Surgichem then Protomed, two companies whose products have revolutionised
medication management in a number of health and care settings. In January 2014, Norman founded Protelhealth the
parent company of telmenow.com in order to; provide a platform for the display of the latest available technology for
independent living, provide start-up companies with innovative healthcare products or services a rapid, low-cost
route to the consumer market and provide consumers with the latest products and services, based on innovative
technology, to stay at home, remain independent and delay entry into care homes for as long as possible.
www.protelhealth.com/
Jeff McKeown, Semtech
A key member of Semtech's North EMEA team responsible for delivering its market leading Mixed Signal &
Analogue Solutions locally, Jeff has over 30 years’ experience in Semiconductor and Electronics Systems
companies, both Industry 'household names' and specialists covering Local, Pan-EMEA an Global business
opportunities. With his exposure and active drive and engagements in fields as diverse as Embedded Processing,
ASIC technologies, Mixed Signal, Electro-Optical and both Wireline & Wireless/RF communications technologies he
has witnessed and help shape many of the technology introductions, transitions and inflection points seen by all of
us. Emergent IoO applications, especially those connected by LoRa, look set to help fuel his next phase of personal
and professional development. Jeff is a Member of The Institute of Engineering and Technology and holds a BSc in
Electrical and Electronics Engineering. www.semtech.com/
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Marius Munder, Telegesis
Marius joined Telegesis 12 years ago straight after university and has risen to CTO. He has been working
exclusively on ZigBee with Telegesis for 7 years now. Marius has an MEng in Computer Sciences from University of
Portsmouth and Dipl. Ing. in Microelectronics from FH Muenster in Germany. www.telegesis.com/
Dipak Raval, Cambridge Consultants
Dipak Raval is a commercial director at Cambridge Consultants, who are a world leading product development and
technology consultancy company, One of Dipak's key initiative is driving the smart building strategy at Cambridge
Consultants. Dipak has over 28 years of experience in high technology working for some of the world’s leading
technology companies. He has a background in Electrical and Electronic Engineering has extensively worked with
clients in EMEA, Asia and the USA. www.cambridgeconsultants.com
Derek Roddy, Climote
Derek, CEO and Co-Founder of Climote is responsible for connected home strategy and key projects. Derek was a
co-founder of Smarthomes in 2002 a leader in the design & manufacture & installation of smarthome technology for
the mass market. Before SmartHomes, Derek was over a decade in product development and high volume precision
manufacturing with blue chip companies. With National and International recognition & awards in manufacturing
including representing Ireland at world skills competition. For more information visit www.climote.ie
Mark Wharton, Iotic-labs
Starting as a developer in the energy sector, Mark gained early experience with the (then) emerging technology of
relational databases. He went on to become a consultant and technical trainer in IBM mainframe application
development. Realising that the mainframe didn't have much of a future, he radically jumped ship in 2000 and joined
TTPCom, training their customers on their GSM mobile stack. Later, Arkessa provided just the right niche for his
hybrid big-database/mobile-comms experience. After overseeing the rewrite of Arkessa's infrastructure and the
development of their first generation IoT service bus, Mark is now technology lead in the exciting new start-up, Ioticlabs. For more information visit www.iotic-labs.com
Rick Walker, CSR
Rick Walker is Snr. Marketing Manager for the Internet of Things at CSR Ltd in Cambridge. He is a 30yr veteran of
Sales and Marketing in the semiconductor industry. He has a background in tele and data communications from
companies such as Broadcom, Conexant and National Semiconductor and is a graduate in Electronics and Elec.
Eng. from North West London University. For more information visit www.csr.com
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