Exploring IoT: The Internet of Things

Schedule: •    5:00-6:00 pm Networking, Happy Hour & Food •    5:30-6:00 pm Tours •    7:00-7:30 pm Networking Title: Exploring IoT: The Internet of Things Session Description:  How are companies currently exploring the IoT space? How are companies determining how to solve business problems for their customers with IoT? Take a journey to Microsoft’s Technology Center in Edina and learn how companies are developing new products in the IoT space. Tour Microsoft’s Technology Center, including the Maker Space, Hackathon Space, and state of the art Production Studio. To learn more about the Microsoft Technology Center visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mtc Hear from an IoT Global Black Belt, Microsoft’s Jon Coons, about how companies are successfully developing IoT products that customers want. Key Take Aways: What is IoT Current IoT products Where is IoT going Impact of IoT on business How IoT products create value for people Session Leader: Jon Coons Jon Coons is a Microsoft Global Black Belt, and has a colorful background, working across many different industries. Jon has inspired, interfaced with and integrated every aspect of the value chain – from chip to cloud. With deep expertise in selling, collaboration, architecting and developing M2M and from early stage concepts to enterprise scale deployments, Jon has been fundamental in driving growth across the Industry. His recent move to Microsoft has enabled him to work with companies across the globe to find the right solutions to empower those companies to accelerate their digital transformation of their business through IoT in a mobile first, cloud first world.