Deep Dive: Connected Home

ABOUT THE MEETING TOPIC
There is a Perfect Storm of trends converging on your home. So board up the windows, batten down the hatches, and join 100+ fixed and wireless innovation experts to review the hurricane of IoT coming to your door.

• Acquisitions of startups like SmartThings by Samsung and Nest and Dropcam by Google have driven valuations and excitement up.
• Google just announced an OS for IoT devices called Brillo; Apple HomeKit is set to launch shortly. Amazon's Echo device keeps growing in functionality and is able to control other smarthome devices using voice.
• Silos separating the various devices are being interconnected at an extremely rapid pace. And when they're not, meta services like IFTTT are bridging the gaps between them.
• Cloud is driving added functionality, and reducing the cost of the end devices.
• Meanwhile, radio standards like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and ZWave are lowering the costs of connecting the devices,
• Smartphones and tablets are increasingly moving the UI job to simple software.

So, what's next? Take a few hours with your colleagues to review the onslaught of new devices and services converging on the home and what it means for the telecom ecosystem:

• What role carriers may play in providing, provisioning, connecting, and managing these various devices.
• Will all solutions be consumer-installed, or pro-grade?
• What will builders do, and how will the new home market differ from the aftermarket?
• Will the connected home be owned by the Google/Apple juggernauts, ISPs, others, or will it be the Wild West?

We look forward to discussing all these issues and seeing demos of the latest products.

ABOUT SOLUTION SPOTLIGHT TABLES
Companies with ground-breaking connected home technologies, are welcome to purchase a Solution Spotlight Table, located in the main meeting space, to bring the attendees to you. There is no substitute for getting your technology directly into the hands of our your potential partners and customers. Tables are available first-come first-served in the online registration.

ABOUT THE MEETING FORMAT
Telecom Council's monthly Deep Dives gather 100+ decision-level professionals in a condensed ½ day agenda with 3 networking breaks to facilitate networking and business development. Startups are always part of the agenda -as rapid-fire presentations and/or Spotlight Tables.

Meeting Participation Fees:
Members - FREE
Non-Members - $200

Optional Solution Spotlight Table Fees:
Members - FREE
Non-Members - $500
Pre-revenue startups may
qualify for a 50% startup discount - email the Council to inquire