The IoT Podcast

In episode 42,  Jamie Burrows - CEO, Vertical Future joins us for the first Agritech Special with host Jack Calow ! 🌱 🌿   Tune in and find out how AgTech is using IoT to support a better future for food.  Sit back, relax, tune in and be the first to discover:  🌱 How can IoT technology be leveraged to innovate farming and support a better future for food and the environment etc.?  02:56 – 05:00 🌱 How is the use of lighting being innovated in vertical farming? 05:00 – 09:27 🌱 What other challenges does vertical farming and AgTech technology address for sustainability, communities, and the economy, particularly food-inequalities? 09:27 – 15:11 🌱 Are there any barriers when it comes to vertical farming? 15:11 – 17:37 Where do you see government backing going in the future for vertical farms? 17:37 – 21:16 🌱 What have you seen in terms of yield output and energy usage? What tech innovations need to be focused on to improve this even more? 21:16 – 26:03 🌱 Where do you see AI and Machine Learning being adopted into VF in the future? 26:03 – 31:04 🌱 Automation and robotics are growing in this sector as well. Do you see this as the future? Or do you think people should always be involved in the VF processes? 31:04 – 34:30  Want to be the first to know upcoming guests and explore exclusive insights into our events? Sign Up for our Newsletter on our website!  Be the first to find out the latest developments in the fascinating world of IoT from the leading pioneers themselves at theiotpodcast.com ABOUT THE GUESTS:  Jamie Burrows is the Founder & CEO at Vertical Future, a London-based vertical farming technology company, leading the way to sustainable growing of produce through data and IoT technology.

In episode 41, Oyvind Birkenes - CEO, Airthings 🌬 tells us how IoT is being used to monitor Indoor Air quality, why this is important for our health and the benefits for smart buildings 🌇  Sit back, relax, tune in and be the first to discover:  🌬 Can you tell me a bit more about yourself? 00:52 - 03:27 🌬 We often talk about air pollution in cities and how this impacts our health, but we rarely hear about indoor air quality. Why should people care?03:27 - 05:48 🌬 IoT can play a big role in ensuring healthy and safe environments. Can you explain the role of IoT in air quality solutions a bit more? And how this will help us especially post-pandemic? 05:48 - 08:53 🌬 Can you share some examples of how IoT sensors help improve people's health through monitoring air quality? 08:53 - 13:05 🌬 What else can you measure with these sensors? 13:05 - 16:28 🌬 How do the sensors work to monitor air quality? 16:28 -18:42 🌬 What trends are you seeing in the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and sensor tech market? Is there a difference for consumers Vs businesses?  18:42 - 25:13 🌬 Innovation is a big part of IoT and future sustainability. What does the future look like for IoT and how does Airthings keep on innovating? 25:13 - 29:48  Want to be the first to know upcoming guests and explore exclusive insights into our events? Sign Up for our Newsletter on our website!  Be the first to find out the latest developments in the fascinating world of IoT from the leading pioneers themselves at theiotpodcast.com ABOUT THE GUESTS:  Oyvind Birkenes is the CEO at Airthings a revolutionary IoT manufacturer creating world-class radon detectors and indoor air quality monitors, using the most accurate technologies to create user-friendly products and solutions.

In episode 40, Rami Avidan and Hima Mukkamala Takeover in a Guest Host Special💥! Get ready to be taken on a tour around the IoT ecosystem, where both Rami and Hima explore the opportunities and complexities in IoT, where we are going, where can we go and what is to come for IoT.  Sit back, relax, tune in and discover:  🌎 Why did you become involved in IoT? Hima’s background – 01:20 – 04:26 🌎 Why did you become involved in IoT? Rami’s background – 04:26 – 06:24 🌎 What are the biggest barriers for enterprises when thinking of digitizing their business and how do they overcome those? 06:24 – 12:06 🌎 What opportunities are created when you take the complexity out of the IoT? 12:06 – 16:31 🌎 What threats does IoT complexity face? 16:31 – 20:34 🌎 How real is the security risk presented by the IoT and how do we tackle it at an industry level? 20:34 – 24:40 🌎 What are the future potential roles of the Mobile Network Operator in the IoT industry if any? Are they here to stay? 24:40 – 31:40 🌎 Where would you like to see IoT take us in the future? 31:40 – 34:48  Want to be the first to know upcoming guests and explore exclusive insights into our events? Sign Up for our Newsletter on our website!  Be the first to find out the latest developments in the fascinating world of IoT from the leading pioneers themselves at theiotpodcast.com ABOUT THE GUESTS:  Rami Avidan is ex-CEO at Deutsche Telekom IoT,  the largest telecommunications provider in Europe by revenue, harbouring over 20 years of experience previously co-founding established global IoT business Wyless and working as CEO at Tele2 to set up M2M engagement. Hima Mukkamala is the CEO at Pelion previously incubated within Arm, Pelion is now an independent company operating as an IoT Platform Service provider to support the acceleration of IoT innovation to help customers transform their sector through IoT enabled use-cases. WHAT IS THE GUEST HOST TAKEOVER:  The Guest Host Takeover is a series specially created to allow the leading pioneers in the IoT Industry to take control of the podcast and discuss all things IoT from their experiences!

In episode 39 we take a slightly different angle to explore the world of DevOps👨‍💻 with Nick Mills - General Manager EMEA at Circle CI and how the DevOps process is innovating software development for traditional companies to IoT!⌚️📲 Sit back, relax, tune in and be the first to discover:  👨‍💻 Introduction to Nick's position at Circle CI and past at Facebook. 00:14 – 06:28 👨‍💻 What does Circle Ci do within DevOps? 06:28 – 09:44 👨‍💻 How is Circle CI enabling faster build and shorter feedback cycles to enable faster performance, control over the configuration of testing software? 09:44 – 11:46  👨‍💻 How the flexibility of automated processes addresses DevOps challenges? 11:46 – 16:20 👨‍💻 How are the types of companies implementing DevOps changing? 16:20 – 20:50 👨‍💻 What are the crucial challenges for DevOps moving forward and how can Circle CI combat these? 20:50 – 25:13  👨‍💻 Where are we going with DevOps in the future? 25:13 – 32:36  Want to be the first to know upcoming guests and explore exclusive insights into our events? Sign Up for our Newsletter on our website!  Be the first to find out the latest developments in the fascinating world of IoT from the leading pioneers themselves at theiotpodcast.com ABOUT THE GUESTS:  Nick Mills is an operator and early-stage investor, currently General Manager for EMEA at Circle CI, where he leads the new London HQ. CircleCI is the world’s largest shared continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform, and the central hub where code moves from idea to delivery. Running 35M+ builds every month.  Before joining CircleCI  Nick was the Head of Revenue for UK & Ireland at Stripe, and the Head of Sales for EMEA at Facebook so he has an incredible amount of experience to share.

In episode 38, John Burton - CEO, UrsaLeo tells us how 👬digital twins👭 are being used to transform Industry 4.0. from deep data in smart cities🌇  to predictive maintenance in the manufacturing environment🏭!! Sit back, relax, tune in and be the first to discover:  👬 What is an UrsaLeo Digital Twin? 00:14 - 02:16 👭 Why do we need Digital Twins, not just for manufacturing but say smart cities and built environments? 02:16 - 03:22 👬 Why now? 03:22 - 05:56  👭 How complex is the process of building a Digital Twin? 05:56 - 06:40  👬 Are Digital Twins going to be a big part of the manufacturing and technological future? 06:40 - 10:19  👭 Can you speak about your collaboration with Shiratech? 10:19 - 11:39 👬 How will this shape industry 4.0. in terms of planning, predicting and preventing performance issues? 11:39 - 18:44  👭 What can we expect from yourself and UrsaLeo in the future? 18:44 - 21:16  Want to be the first to know upcoming guests and explore exclusive insights into our events? Sign Up for our Newsletter on our website!  Be the first to find out the latest developments in the fascinating world of IoT from the leading pioneers themselves at theiotpodcast.com

In episode 37, Jeremy Frank - CEO, KCF Technologies and manufacturing guru explores what Industry 4.0. means for everyday life🏭, why critical infrastructure matters⚙️ and whether technology really will take over humans jobs?! 🤖 We start the episode by exploring critical infrastructure in industry 4.0. and how 'giving machines a voice' is changing the ecosystem. We then begin to consider what IoT really means for the everyday person and how far people need to actually know about IoT for the industry to be able to grow. Ending the episode we discuss the future and whether technology will take over human jobs.  🏭 Introduction to Jeremy's IIoT background 00:20 - 01:50 ⚙️ What is actually happening with the critical infrastructure we rely on as human beings in industry 4.0.? 01:50 - 05:40  🏭 What is Lean Manufacturing and its role in Industry 4.0.? 05:40 -07:40  ⚙️ What does the term, ‘Giving machines a voice’ mean and how can this address the challenges in the industrial sector? 07:40 - 12:27 🏭 How can we take the IoT dream at an executive high-level view and bring it down to a realistic view to enrich peoples lives etc.? 12:27 -18:27 ⚙️ How has IoT grown into the public and everyday life? 18:27 - 23:20  🏭 What are your judgements on the dystopian thought of technology taking over human jobs? Will this happen, especially within the industrial sectors?  23:20 - 29:29 ⚙️What can we expect next from yourself and KCF? 29:29 - 32:46 Want to be the first to know upcoming guests and explore exclusive insights into our events? Sign Up for our Newsletter on our website!  Be the first to find out the latest developments in the fascinating world of IoT from the leading pioneers themselves at theiotpodcast.com ABOUT THE GUESTS:  Jeremy Frank is President and CEO at KCF Technologies, a technology development company focused on the industrial sector and transforming the American industry by solving critical Industry 4.0 problems through the convergence of technology and people.

In episode 36, Tim Panagos - CTO, Microshare.io explores the world of Data,  from privacy and security to how the Data Marketplace is shaping IoT and sustainability📈 🔐  Tim Panagos is CTO at Microshare.io, bringing smart building solutions to life. Mircoshare.io, provides enterprise-scale IoT integration for real-time infection control, predictive cleaning, occupancy and asset zoning in Smart Buildings without sacrificing privacy.  We start the episode by considering the importance of the Sensing as a Service model, what this means and how this model will proliferate Smart Building use cases. We then start to consider the issues of Data and Privacy, why this is still a profound problem - especially as Data continues to increase in volume as we grow IoT devices. While discussing at & Privacy we dive deep into Contact Tracing and how Data has been shared during this time. To finish the episode we discover what is meant by the Data Marketplace and why it will be considered the future solution for Data and privacy.  Sit back, relax, tune in and discover: 🔐 Introduction to Tim’s background in AI and applications of Data 00:15 – 03:00 🔐 Sensing as a Service model (SaaS) and its importance in the development of Smart Buildings and IoT solutions 03:00 – 06:55 🔐 Will a lot of companies be offer Sensing as a Service as a model in IoT specific sectors? What are the challenges of this? 06:55 - 09:56 🔐 How will protocol standards get stronger as we develop Smart Building/City solutions?  09.56 – 12.52 🔐 How does your solution address security and Data privacy? Case study: Covid-19 Contact Tracing Data & privacy focus 12.52 -17.04 🔐 Why is this a crucial moment for the Data privacy debate in IoT? 17.04 – 20:15  🔐 The challenges that GDPR and legislation has brought about to be able to  get data internationally and bring Data to the forefront 20:15 – 22:03 🔐 What do we mean by a Data Marketplace and why is this important for IoT and sustainability? 22.02 – 32:54 🔐 What can we expect from the future in term of data, IoT and smart buildings? 32:54 - 41.05 Want to be the first to know upcoming guests and explore exclusive insights into our events? Sign Up for our Newsletter on our website!  Be the first to find out the latest developments in the fascinating world of IoT from the leading pioneers themselves at theiotpodcast.com

In episode 35, Dan Cunliffe, MD and Arslan Usman, System Architect - Pangea unveil how connected healthcare, 5G & telemedicine will save lives and transform emergency service intervention 🚑  🏨 .  Pangea is a leading provider of global IoT connectivity and multi-award-winning IoT solutions.  We start the episode by lensing in on what industries we are seeing advance in connectivity and what others would benefit from connectivity.  Moving on, we start to look at the Healthcare industry and how 5G/Cellular and IoT solutions are transforming the time, cost and intervention of Healthcare. We then start to explore Pangea's Connected Ambulance project, how telemedicine video streaming will ease time and pressure off the emergency services and how cellular connectivity can be brought over to the Policing sector.  Sit back, relax, tune in and discover: 🚑  Dan and Arslan's background in IoT and 5G - 05:40- 08:22 🚑  What sectors are we seeing advancing connectivity now, and what sectors can benefit from growing connectivity? - 08:22- 11:35  🚑   How the proliferation of more real-time data is affecting connectivity across industries? 11:35 – 13:20 🚑. Policies and connectivity - What is holding connectivity back? 13:20- 15:51  🚑  What solutions can 5G and IoT connectivity support in the healthcare sector? 15:51- 21.13 🚑  5G project in the healthcare sector: Connected Ambulances and Telemedicine and how this will assist early clinical decisions, time and ease pressure 21:13- 31.07 🚑  How 5G, cellular, AI and IoT is transforming the policing and firefighting industries?   31.07-36.38 🚑  What applications of 5G are you most looking forward to in the years to come? 36.38- 46.06 Want to be the first to know upcoming guests and explore exclusive insights into our events? Sign Up for our Newsletter on our website!  Be the first to find out the latest developments in the fascinating world of IoT from the leading pioneers themselves at theiotpodcast.com

In episode 34,  explore the startup world with Michael Schwarz - Co-Founder/MD, emocean and discover🔎  the qualities that make up a unique and successful startup in the IIoT landscape 🏭.  emocean GmbH is a software and solutions provider, set within the industrial IoT sector to help accelerate companies digitisation processes.  We kick off the episode by exploring Michaels background at Cisco and what motivated him to leave the corporate world and found a start-up business.  We then start to discuss the current position of his Industry 4.0. startup - emocean, what unique standpoint the business has within the IIoT world and what data liquefication means for deploying Industry 4.0. solutions at scale.  We end the episode considering how covid-19 has created business opportunities for those wanting to pursue a successful startup and where future risks and challenges lie for startups in the IIoT sector.  Sit back, relax, tune in and discover:  🏭. Personal background, how did you get in touch with IoT? 00:20 - 03:15 🏭. What motivated him to found a start-up business, moving from the corporate world?  03:15 - 05:46  🏭  What does emocean do within Industry 4.0., what problems are you solving? 03:15 – 07:02   🏭  What do we mean by liquefying data? How will this allow customers to deploy industry 4.0. devices at scale?  07:02 – 09:26 🏭  What are the qualities that help to create a successful and unique IoT solution? 09:26 – 13:32  🏭. Where are you with the emocean startup at the moment and where are you going next? How will your solution shape the future? 13:32 – 17:02 🏭. How has the covid-19 pandemic given opportunities to develop a start-up business? 17:02 – 20:47 🏭  What’s your general view on IIoT: where do you see challenges, risks, opportunities? 20:47 – 26:04 🏭  What are the next steps for the future for IIoT and emocean in the startup world? 26:04 – 29:41 

In episode 33, we talk with Carsten Brinkschulte – CEO, Dryad to find out how IoT sensors are being used to combat wildfires, save the environment and allow the forest and wildlife to thrive!  Dryad provide environmentally friendly IoT solutions to aid ultra-early detection of wildfires to mitigate Natural Disasters and contribute to the lowering of CO2 Emissions and wildlife preservation. We start off by exploring how IoT sensors can be used to stop and combat forest fires ultra-early and why this is critical to our environment. We then start lensing in on the impacts of wildfires to the environment, what the wide deployment of IoT ultra-early wildfire detection sensors will bring and the barriers to this. We end the episode, considering other use cases of IoT sensors to monitor forest health, biodiversity, track animals and explore the unexplored parts of the ocean 🌊.  Sit back, relax, tune in and discover:  🌲  Carsten's background in IoT 01:05 - 02:47 🌳  How IoT and IoT sensors can stop and combat forest wildfires? Ultra Early wildfire detection 02:47 – 04:47  🌲  Ultra early detection of wildfires – Why this is critical and how sensors can enable this? 04:47 – 06:02  🌳  LoRaWAN – How and why LoRaWAN sensors are leveraged over other standards for wildfires? 06:02- 10:14 🌲  What impacts will the wide deployment of IoT sensors have on Co2 emissions and the future of the environment? 10:14 – 13:49  🌳  The barriers to wide deployment – sensor cost and availability factors- production speed etc. 13:49 – 15:05  🌲  How sensors can also be used to monitor the health of the forest – tree growth, conditions, water, microclimate – manage and restore the forest – how this can be expanded to other habitats including the oceans, rivers etc. 15:05 – 18:38  🌳  What other areas of the forest can be tracked via sensors? That will enable the forest to thrive? – Tracking of animals, biodiversity of the forest, provide analytics and advice through AI to help policymakers etc.18:38 – 22:49   Want to be the first to know upcoming guests and explore exclusive insights into our events? Sign Up for our Newsletter on our website!  Be the first to find out the latest developments in the fascinating world of IoT from the leading pioneers themselves at theiotpodcast.com