OSGi Tooling Workshop Oct 23 - Ludwigsburg

The German OSGi Users' Forum is holding an OSGi Tooling Workshop on Monday, October 23, 2017 in Ludwigsburg starting at 10.30 am.

Its free to attend and you will hear the latest news about development tooling for OSGi. This will include IntelliJ, Eclipse, Bndtools, Gradle, Maven, Eclipse RCP and PDE.

So anyone attending the OSGi Community Event and EclipseCon Europe should be very interested in this as its being held at the same location in the Forum am Sclosspark.

The full schedule and presenters can be found on the German OSGi Users' Forum event page HERE.

To register and reserve you place please send an email to germany-info@osgiusers.org

Letter to our OSGi User Community RE: the Java Platform Module System (JPMS)

Letter to the OSGi User Community:

With the JCP Executive Committee’s acceptance of JSR 376, the Java Platform Module System (JPMS) will be included in the Java SE 9 release. The OSGi Alliance has recently completed an analysis of JPMS and what it means for our user community.

We recognize that many of you have invested in OSGi technology over a number of years and have business-critical systems that rely on OSGi, so you may question if and how Java SE 9 may impact you. Please be assured that OSGi will continue to operate with its full capabilities on top of the new Java SE 9 platform.

However, the modularity capabilities in OSGi and JPMS are not the same. Our modularity experience, earned through the evolution of OSGi, has proven there are specific requirements in modularizing an application that is assembled with code from multiple sources, which have independent release cycles. Given these requirements, JPMS is not suitable for most real-world applications and we therefore caution against the use of JPMS for the application layer.

As you know, the modularization of an application, where code and dependencies are pulled from many independently created sources, presents a different set of challenges than those faced in the modularization of a defined and closely managed platform. This difference is especially true when the entire code base is managed by a single entity and released all at once, like the Java platform.

For more than 15 years, OSGi has proven successful in modularizing user applications by using dynamic resolution and semantic versioning, as well as supporting isolation, multiple class loaders and dependency injection. With its goal of modularizing the platform, JPMS has been able to rely upon static dependency resolution and ignore versioning, deferring responsibility for versioning to others.

Clearly, both OSGi and JPMS will co-exist and effectively operate in this application/platform demarcated environment. The modularization of the Java platform with Java SE 9 is a significant step forward for Java as a whole, and OSGi technology’s role in application-level modularization is as important today as it has been for previous releases of Java.

If you have any technical questions, please post them to osgi-dev@mail.osgi.org or, if you prefer an off-list inquiry, email modularity@osgi.org.

Sincerely,

Dan Bandera

President

OSGi Alliance

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Join Us for OSGi in Ghent - Weds, Sept 20, 2017

The OSGi Alliance is holding its next technical Expert Group meetings in Ghent later this month.

On Weds, Sept 20, 2017 you can join us for an evening of OSGi. Organised in collaboration with BeJUG.

Registration is required as places are limited so be sure to sign up on the BeJUG meetup event page.

ACA-IT Solutions are kindly hosting the event and providing sandwiches while everyone assembles from 18.30 hrs.  And then the evening kicks off with a welcome from 19.00hrs.

The agenda for the rest of the evening is:

• 19.10 hrs - What's coming in the OSGi R7 Specification (David Bosschaert & Carsten Ziegeler)
• 19.50 hrs - OSGi Push Streams, scalable event processing - pushing the limits (Tim Ward)
• 20.30 hrs - OSGi; from amateur to invited contributor (Tim Verbelen)

There will also be opportunity to network and ask questions with your peers and OSGi Expert Group members.

The event is being held at ACA-IT Solutions Ghent office (Voorhavenlaan, 31/008, Ghent). ACA have been actively using OSGi for many years and support the community by committing to open source OSGi projects. Thanks also to BeJUG for their support in promoting the event.

We hope you can join us. Don't forget to REGISTER in advance.

Using OSGi to Connect Things with IoT Applications - Member Webinar

Anyone using OSGi for IoT or interested in learning more about how OSGi and specifically Gateways powered by OSGi can be used to deliver joined up IoT solutions should find the 30 minute Bosch Webinar on Aug 29, 2017 at 1pm CDT of interest.

Titled "Connecting things with IoT applications - How gateways can build the bridge", Bosch Software Innovations have lots of real world experience with many millions of OSGi based gateways out in the field supporting everyday solutions that users and customers just take for granted.

Attendees of the webinar will learn about the important role OSGi has in the delivery of these stable, evolvable and easily maintainable IoT gateway solutions. Furthermore you will gain an understanding of:

• The pros and cons of gateway- and non-gateway-based IoT solutions
• Benefits of using gateways as mediators between devices and IoT applications
• Real-world use cases for gateway-based IoT solutions
• The role of OSGi in connectivity projects

You can find out more and register to attend the live webinar or receive access to the post event recording by visiting the event website.

An Evening of OSGi - Stockholm, Sweden - Tues, 27 June

The OSGi Alliance are holding their next Expert Group technical meetings in Stockholm at the end of this month.

Jforum has kindly arranged 'An Evening of OSGi' while the technical experts are in town. This is taking place on Tuesday 27 June, 2017.

Registration starts from 5.15pm and there will be some snacks and drinks available.

Mattias, Joakim & Victor from Jforum Stockholm will welcome everyone and then hand over to Christer Larsson (VP EMEA OSGi Alliance & CEO Makewave) to introduce the evening and explain the historical links of OSGi to Sweden! before moving on to the main program:

• Short introduction to the OSGi Technology - BJ Hargrave
• OSGi Push streams, scalable event processing - pushing the limits - Tim Ward
• What's coming in OSGi R7 - Carsten Ziegeler & David Bosschaert

Registration is essential.  You can find out more information and register at goo.gl/xDdJnY. 

We hope to see you there.

OSGi Community Event 2017 CFP

"cirkus corker announcer” by

Fredrik Rubensson

is licensed under CC BY_SA 2.0.

The OSGi Community Event Program Committee is pleased to announce that the Call For Papers (CFP) for the 2017 event is NOW OPEN.

We are looking for submissions from anyone who has something to share about OSGi technology, the OSGi ecosystem or OSGi community.  All successful submissions receive a free speaker all access pass to the OSGi Community Event and EclipseCon Europe.

Popular topics often include use cases and case studies of using OSGi, OSGi open source projects or commercial OSGi products where you have some experience to share. Presentations on tools and frameworks that can improve the developer experience are also well received.  We are also looking for a 3-hour tutorial, so if you have a project or some examples on an OSGi specification where the audience can participate with you then we would welcome your submissions.

Click here to Submit a talk

OSGi is used in many different environments and markets and we are interested in hearing from your use in any of them, be it enterprise, telecommunications, transport, retail, IoT, Industry 4.0, M2M, Cloud, or Smart Home, to name just a few.

It's always great to get submissions from new members to the community and/or new speakers so please don't be shy and get your submissions in.  Whether what you have to share is small or large, state-of-the-art or traditional, business critical or a pet project, we want to hear from you.

Your submission should be either for a 35-minute talk or a 3-hour tutorial. 

We are sharing the submission system with EclipseCon Europe so please be sure to select OSGi as the track when making your submission to be sure the OSGi Program Committee will get to review your proposal.

The CFP is open until July 17, however the Early Bird submission deadline is June 30.

As an added incentive to get your submissions in for the Early Bird deadline we will award a €50 Amazon Voucher to the talk selected for the OSGi Early Bird pick. Be sure to submit by June 30 to be in with a chance of winning this.

The OSGi Community Event 2017 will be taking place between October 24 to 26.  Once again this year the event is being held at the Forum am Schlosspark in Ludwigsburg, Germany.  As always there will be plenty of talks, BOFs, social events, beer, wine and food so make sure you have the dates in diary and start planning your travel and accommodation early.

If you have any questions please contact us by email.

Come and see Christer Larsson at IoT Tech Expo in Berlin, 1-2 June

Christer Larsson, OSGi Alliance vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa, will participate in a panel at the co-located event series: IoT Tech Expo, Blockchain Expo and AI Expo in Berlin 1-2^nd June. The event series will also host 200+ speakers sharing their use cases, attracting C-Level execs from across the board. 

There is just one week left to register for an all-access pass at the discounted rate as prices will go up on the 19^th May. The Ultimate Pass will give you access to all 10 conferences, the expo, copies of session materials in addition to the messenger tool and an invitation to the networking party on day one.

You can also save an additional 20% discount on your pass using the discount code OSGi20 during registration. 

Christer will participate in Developing for the IoT – Friday 2^nd June 2017

10:50AM Panel: Creating a standards framework for IoT

• What does the concept of standards really mean in the context of IoT?
• How can the varied standards relevant to the area effectively be integrated for IoT solutions?
• Can a verticalized approach to standards work?

For more information on the event, visit https://www.iottechexpo.com/europe/why-attend/. 

OSGi and JSR 376 Java Platform Module System (JPMS)

The OSGi Alliance is aware that there are a number of conversations taking place about the Public Review draft of JSR 376 Java Platform Module System (JPMS). This is planned to be a major feature of Java 9 and is under ballot to complete Public Review. The OSGi Alliance will analyze JPMS and may comment on our findings in the future.

In the meantime our Expert Groups are busy working on the OSGi Release 7 which is planned for October this year. You can find the RFPs and RFCs for the new Release 7 features at https://github.com/osgi/design and draft specifications at https://www.osgi.org/developer/specifications/drafts/.

BJ Hargrave
OSGi Alliance CTO

OSGi Developer Certification - Professional Exams for 2017

The OSGi Alliance is pleased to announce two dates for the OSGi Developer Certification - Professional Exam this year. London, UK in June and Ludwigsburg, Germany in October.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK NOW

The certification exam provides you with a means to validate your knowledge and experience with OSGi technology and the specifications.

The exam is open to everybody (you don't have to be an OSGi Alliance member to participate) however it is recommended that you have a good understanding of OSGi technology and practical experience of using and developing with OSGi. 

The exam is made up of three distinct sections:

1. a hand written Q&A,
2. a practical assignment where you submit your code
3. a practical troubleshooting assignment for which you submit a hand written answer

You can find more details about the exam including how to book, topics covered and a comprehensive FAQ on the Exam website. There are also details for contacting us if you have any questions.

If anyone has a requests to operate an exam in your locality please contact us via email.

New OSGi R7 spec drafts published

In the OSGi Enterprise and Core Platform Expert Groups we are working hard on the upcoming R7 specifications, which are planned to be released later this year. Recently the OSGi Alliance published the current drafts of some these specs.

In this blog post you can read a very brief summary of what is new, for all the further details look in the drafts.
In the Enterprise draft specification - new and changed are:

• Remote services (ch 100) - has been enhanced to include new standard intents that require minimum remote service capabilities, asynchronous processing or a private remote connection.
• Declarative Services (ch 112) - this spec has received a substantial update, including delayed object reclamation, component property type enhancements and other updates.
• JPA Service (ch 127) - has been updated to support JPA 2.1, supports standard JPA 2.1 configuration properties with the EntityManagerFactoryBuilder and now specifies a number of standard Capabilities to integrate better with the Resolver.
• new Transaction Control Service (ch 147) - this new specification provides an improved mechanism to perform work in a transaction scope. It provides a higher level of abstraction than the existing JTA integration specification, and makes it really easy to write transactional code, especially when using Java 8 lambdas.
• new Configurator Specification (ch 150) - the configurator makes it possible to store configuration data for Configuration Admin driven entities in a bundle. The configuration is stored in a spec-defined format inside the bundle and can be used to configure any number of bundles, components, services or other entities via the Configuration Admin Service.
• Promises specification (ch 705) - this spec is now updated with a number of improvements including timeouts, easier exception handling and callbacks.
• new Push Streams (ch 706) -  This new spec provides a programming model similar to Java 8 pull-based streams, but then using a push model. This can be very useful for data such as events that arrives asynchronously. The data can be mapped, buffered, splitted, filtered or otherwise processed before it gets pushed to the receiver. 
• new Converter (ch 707) - This spec defines a portable converter that can convert nearly everything to nearly anything. Especially useful then converting untyped data such as a Map to a typed API such as an interface, DTO or annotation. Converters can also be customized to support user-defined types or to create deviations from standard behavior.

The Core Specification has also been updated. Besides a number of small changes and improvements - see the Changes sections in each chapter for details - the Core spec now defines new Annotations in the org.osgi.annotation.bundle package that can be used to define bundle headers from inside the Java code of your bundle. For example, these can be used to declare requirements and capabilities that your bundle could have or to declare which packages should be exported.

The R7 March 2017 drafts for the Core and Enterprise specs can now be downloaded from here: https://www.osgi.org/developer/specifications/drafts

Finally, not yet in the draft, but coming up as well are:

• Cluster Information Specification (previously known as Cloud Ecosystems), from RFC 183.
• CDI integration, you can read more about this in RFC 193.
• JAXRS integration, see RFC 217.
• HTTP Whiteboard Extensions, RFC 223.
• Resolver Service updates: RFC 224.
• Configuration Admin updates, RFC 227.

China Bound in March 2017 / 2017年3月中国事件记

中文发布稿 / Chinese version

The OSGi Alliance has a couple of exciting activities taking place in Guangzhou and Shenzhen in China at the end of March:

• CCSA Workshop (Attendance open to members only)
• OSGi Developer Outreach Event (Public attendance - open to all)

CCSA Hosts Workshop with OSGi Alliance - Guangzhou, China

The OSGi Alliance is honored to be invited to a workshop with the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) on Tuesday, 28 March, in China. The workshop is intended to explore how CCSA and the Alliance may be able to cooperate on their standards endeavors. This workshop is open to OSGi Alliance and CCSA members only.

The CCSA is a Chinese professional standards organization with the responsibility for developing communications technology standards. The organization was founded on 18 December 2002, by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

The CCSA participates in standards development internationally. In 2004, it became an organizational partner of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project and is an organizational partner of 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2. In 2011, it signed a collaboration agreement with the IEEE, and it is recognized by and participates in the standardization activities of the International Telecommunication Union. 

If you are an OSGi Alliance member and are interested in attending please contact us via email to secure a place,

OSGi Alliance Developer Event - Shenzhen, China

We are pleased to announce the first OSGi Alliance Developer event for China.  You are invited to join us for an evening of OSGi on Tuesday, 28 March, from 19:00-21:30 in Shenzhen, China. Whether you are an individual or part of a team in a large company, or whether you are new to the  technology or an experienced expert, we hope you can join us.  

Huawei to host the OSGi Alliance
Developer Event March 28.

OSGi Alliance Board Director Kai Hackbarth will formally open the event, followed by presentations and use cases from Huawei, Liferay and Bosch, covering topics ranging from OSGi and IoT and the IoT Expert Group, to developing with OSGi and Bndtools. 

The OSGi Alliance appreciates Huawei’s support in hosting the event at its R&D center in Shenzhen. We thank Huawei, Liferay, Bosch and the China OSGi Users’ Forum for arranging the event agenda and speakers. We extend our thanks also to the Shenzhen JUG for its support in promoting the event to the local development community.

Registration is essential and ID will be required to access the meeting. Full details of the event and how to register can be found at the event website.   Please note that the meeting will be conducted in Chinese.

If you have any questions, please contact the OSGi Alliance marketing team.

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3月底，OSGi联盟将在中国广州和深圳举办两场精彩活动：

• CCSA专题讨论会（仅限会员参与）
• OSGi联盟开发者会议（对所有人开放）

CCSA与OSGi联盟将在中国广州联合举办专题讨论会 － 中国，广州

OSGi联盟很荣幸能够参加中国通信标准化协会（CCSA）于3月28日星期二在中国举办的专题讨论会。此次专题讨论会将探讨CCSA与OSGi联盟如何在标准化工作方面进行合作。该会议只对OSGi联盟以及CCSA的会员开放。

CCSA是中国专业的标准化组织，致力于通信技术标准的研究工作。该组织由中国工业和信息化部于2002年12月18日建立。

CCSA也参与了国际标准开发工作。2004年，CCSA成为了3GPP和3GPP2的组织成员。2011年，CCSA加入并参与国际电信联盟开展的标准化活动。

欢迎对本次CCSA专题讨论会感兴趣的OSGi联盟会员，通过邮件联系我们报名参加讨论会。(OSGi Marketing)

OSGi开发者会议将在中国深圳举办

我们很高兴地宣布中国将举办第一届OSGi开发者会议。我们邀请您参加此次在中国深圳举办的OSGi联盟活动，时间为3月28日星期二晚上19:30-21:30。无论您是个人还是公司团队的一员，无论您是该技术领域的新手还是有经验的专家，我们都欢迎您的参加。

Huawei to host the OSGi Alliance
Developer Event March 28.

此次会议将由OSGi联盟董事Kai Hackbarth宣布会议开幕，接下来是由华为、Liferay和Bosch代

表发表演讲，演讲主题涵盖的范围包括OSGi、物联网、物联网专家组以及OSGi、Bndtools的发展。

OSGi联盟非常感谢华为为举办本次会议给予的大力支持，同时感谢华为、Liferay、Bosch和中国OSGi用户协会协助安排会议参与者和演讲者。我们还要感谢深圳Java用户组在当地发展社区宣传推广此次会议。

参加此次会议需要注册并提供相应ID。 可在该会议网站上查看此次会议的全部信息以及注册流程。(https://yoopay.cn/event/osgidevevent2017)  温馨提示：会议中的语言会用中文.

如果您有任何问题，请同OSGi联盟市场部联系。(OSGi Marketing)

OSGi at CeBIT 2017

The OSGi Alliance is pleased to be returning to CeBIT again this year between Monday March 20 to Friday March 24.

We will be showcasing the popular OSGi IoT Demo which uses a number of different OSGi open source projects, and commercial products from OSGi Alliance members (Bosch, Eclipse, Eurotech, imec, Makewave, Paremus and Skelmir) to manage and control the operation of LEGO^® trains. This really is a great example of the interoperability of the OSGi specifications and demonstration of how an IoT ecosystem can be created using OSGi technology.

You can find us on Stand C62 in the IoT / M2M Pavilion located in Hall 12 [Map].

Be sure to stop by and say hello . You will also be able to find out more about what we are doing in the demo and broader OSGi activities. You can also take the opportunity to interact with the sensors and RFID tags in the demo to see the affect they have on the LEGO^® trains running around the track.

A number of the OSGi IoT and Enterprise Expert Group members will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about OSGi and its use in IoT and also Enterprise and Cloud.  We would also be pleased to discuss with you about how you can get involved and contribute to new specifications and also join the OSGi Alliance.

IoT Expert Conference Keynote Presentation

Kai Hackbarth, from Bosch, an OSGi Alliance Board Member, will be making a keynote presentation on behalf of the OSGi Alliance on Thursday March 23 at 1.40pm.

 'How OSGi can help to build open IoT ecosystems ?"

IoT is already revolutionising our lives at home, in the car, at work and many other places. With predictions of 20+ billion devices and beyond the IoT impact has only just begun. To support this phenomenal growth and change whats needed is an open modular and service based platform that can support an evolving and dynamic ecosystem. We will look at how OSGi specifications make this a reality, and explore use cases that prove its deliverable today. Further details are available online.

Complimentary Tickets to CeBIT

If you would like to attend CeBIT, and (of course) come and see us or watch the OSGi Keynote we have some complimentary tickets available.  Please contact the OSGi marketing team to request your ticket.

Hope to see you in Hanover March 20 to 24.

OSGi API Snapshots are Live!

Sometime back, OSGi began to make all design document (RFC) drafts available in real time from the OSGi Design GitHub repository. In furtherance of providing real time access to the latest design work at OSGi, OSGi made a change to the OSGi build process. Previously, the various OSGi specification's API code had only been published by the Alliance once a specification release has been declared final. Since mid February, however, the OSGi build has been publishing API snapshots to the public https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/osgi/ group repository! Many thanks to BJ Hargrave for making this happen.

So why should you care?

Broadly speaking, the people who care about the pre-release OSGi APIs fall into two sets:

1. The people who want to try out the new draft APIs in their applications.
2. The people who want to implement the new draft APIs.

At first glance, it looks like the new release policy only helps the second group - after all it saves them from some issues

• How do I keep up to date with the OSGi RFCs?
• Is there a way to avoid duplicating the OSGi draft API source code?

But actually there are two important ways that publishing snapshots directly helps users:

1. By making it easier for implementors to keep up to date with RFCs, users get faster access to new implementations of the draft API.
2. For implementation code published by the OSGi Alliance, you get access to the draft code right now!

A good example of this would be OSGi Push Streams. You may have already watched the talk I gave in Portland about them, and been wondering when you could try them out. The answer is right now, and the same is true for the new 1.1 version of OSGi Promises!

Helping implementors

Open Source implementations of OSGi specifications are already moving to use the new draft API snapshots from OSGi (for example the Aries JAX-RS whiteboard). In most cases the API can be simply referenced from the OSGi group repository and no further action is needed.

One thing worthy of note is that the latest OSGi APIs are all compiled using Java 8. For some implementations, this is a problem as they wish to include the API inside their bundle but also to be usable on older versions of Java. In these cases, implementors may wish to try using a tool such as the Retrolambda project, so that they can still benefit from the published snapshots.

We hope that you enjoy the chance to play with all the cool new specifications!

OSGi and IoT in Berlin March 15-16

Interested in OSGi? Interested in IoT? Then read on.....

Bosch is holding two events in Berlin between March 15 to 16 this year and you can join them to find out more about their IoT activities and get involved with some of their OSGi IoT solutions in the Connected Manufacturing Hack Challenge.

Bosch ConnectedExperience 2017 featuring the IoT Hackathon and Connected Manufacturing Hack Challenge is taking place from 15 to 16 March with a pre-meeting from 18.30hrs on 14 March.

As one of over 500 developers attending the ConnectedExperience you will get the opportunity to take part in four IoT Hack Hhallenges (Connected Mobility, Connected Manufacturing, Connected Building & City and Open Hack Challenge). You can find more information about the event and how to register at http://bcw.bosch-si.com/berlin/hackathon.

Bosch ConnectedWorld 2017 conference is taking place from 15 to 16 March offering more than 150 speakers across 5 stages with a mixture of keynotes, break out sessions, demos and case studies. This is a business conference focused on IoT. You can find out more about the conference agenda and how to register at http://bcw.bosch-si.com/berlin/conference.

OSGi Alliance members should contact Kai Hackbath who can provide special access codes to secure you a free spot at the Hackathon or a discount for the conference ticket.

OSGi PushStreams @ Portland JUG

The recent OSGi evening at the Portland JUG included a number of talks from members of the OSGi Expert Groups.  Co-chair of the IoT Expert Group, Tim Ward, can be seen in the video below discussing OSGi PushStreams and demonstrating them in use with real time train information.

Thanks to Portland JUG (@pjug) for organising the event and making the video. Thanks also to New Relic for hosting the meeting.

What are OSGi PushStreams? from Ian Downard on Vimeo.

In case you missed it previously, you can also watch a video of OSGi Alliance CTO, BJ Hargrave, presenting 'What is OSGi?' at the same meeting.

What is OSGi? Video from Portland JUG Meetup

The OSGi EG meetings have been taking place in Portland this week.  Last night a number of the OSGi chairs and experts presented on several OSGi topics at a meeting arranged by the Portland JUG and kindly hosted by New Relic.

The organisers have made available a video recording of OSGi Alliance CTO BJ Hargrave presenting 'What is OSGi?" and you can find this below.




Thanks to Portland JUG and New Relic for hosting us and recording this session.

Portland JUG - Tuesday January 24, 2017

The OSGi Alliance is holding the first face to face technical Expert Group meetings of 2017 in Portland next week. Thanks to Oracle for hosting these meetings.

We are pleased to announce that a number of the OSGi Expert Group chairs and members will be taking part in an 'Evening of OSGi' which has been arranged by Portland JUG on Tuesday (January 24) from 6.30pm

The meet up is kindly being held at New Relic's office in Portland (Map).

You can find full details of the agenda, whose presenting and how you can register for the event at the meetup page.

Hope to see you there.

OSGi Alliance @ IoT TechExpo Global 2017 - London - Jan 23 to 24

The OSGi Alliance is pleased to be an official partner of IoT Tech Expo Global 2017. This is taking place at Olympia in London on Monday and Tuesday next week (Jan 23-24).

Christer Larsson, OSGi Alliance VP EMEA will be representing us at the conference. Christer is taking part in two sessions in the 'Developing for the IoT' track.

There is still time to register if you haven't already got your ticket and the great news is that you can attend the 'Developing for IoT' track with the FREE Expo Pass. This also provides you with access to the 'IoT Innovations & Tech' track. There are another 5 tracks available too, although the tickets for these have a fee.

To get your FREE Expo Pass please register here. You can also find details about the fees for the other tracks here too.

On Monday at 13.40 hrs Christer is participating in a panel discussing 'Interoperability as the key to success' along with representatives from IoT Council, CCS Insight, HomeGrid Forum and BT.

Then on Tuesday at 10.20 hrs Christer will be discussing the topic of 'Creating a Standards Framework for IoT' with IPSO Alliance, oneM2M and Global Platform.

This is the 2nd year that the event has been held in London and the track content will include solution based case studies and discussions about IoT and the evolving ecosystem from over 200 leading IoT experts and speakers across the 7 tracks.  There is also an exhibition with over 100 exhibitors.

It looks set to be a packed and enjoyable two days of IoT activity to kick start the new year.