M2M Events
Jeff Smith as Speaker at Global Industry Events
Dr. Jeff Smith, CTO of Numerex will be speaking at several M2M Standards events this Fall as Chairman of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-50 Engineering Committee for Smart Device Communications. TIA TR-50 and similar Standards Developing Organizations around the world are working to provide the necessary foundation for M2M end-to-end functionality and interoperability.
(August 30-September 2) Global Standards Collaboration (GSC-15) - Beijing, China
Jeff Smith, as part of the TIA delegation and Chair of TR-50, will be talking on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 in the M2M session of the 15th meeting of Global Standards Collaboration (GSC-15) , hosted by the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA). He will be presenting the summary of activities for TR-50. At GSC, which meets approximately every year, the world’s leading telecommunications and radio standards organizations meet to promote innovation and collaboration on a broad spectrum of standards topics. M2M has been identified as a “High Interest Subject” for 2010. Some hundred participants from Participating Standards Organizations (PSO) and ITU (International Telecommunications Union) attend, along with observers from additional groups.
(September 25) IEEE ComSoc/NATEA-SV Workshop - Santa Clara, California
Jeff Smith will be speaking at an IEEE workshop being held at Santa Clara University on September 25th on the topic of Smart Grid, Emerging devices and "the Internet of Things". For those who would like to attend, the presentation will be on “Standardization as a Catalyst of M2M Market Expansion”.
(October 4-6) M2M Evolution - Los Angeles, California
"At M2M itself Jeff Smith, the chairman of TIA’s TR50 and CTO of Numerex (News - Alert) will be taking us to the next level of development for M2M. Carriers such as Telnor, Iridium (News - Alert) and others will be sharing their experience in the development of new services and friends who have been building models for new solutions that roll up to deliver massive scale will be speaking."
(October 19-20) ETSI Workshop - Sophia Antipolis, France
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) organizes an open workshop on Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications, to be held in Sophia Antipolis, France, on 19 - 20 October 2010. The goals of the workshop are to present the status of M2M standards work, both in ETSI and other standards bodies; identify additional needs from the impacted industrial and academic segments for the further standardization of M2M communications; and examine how M2M capabilities will be one stepping stone amongst several toward the Internet of Things. Jeff Smith will be addressing the main characteristics and challenges of M2M’s Intelligent Edge.
Upcoming Conferences and Events
Recorded Events
April 8, 2009
M2MRadio News Flash re: Numerex Acquisition of Ublip
Stratton Nicolaides, Chairman and CEO of Numerex Corp., interviewed by Peggy Smedley, Editorial Director of M2M Magazine, discusses the decision to purchase M2M software and services company, Ublip, based in Dallas, TX. as well as the future of the M2M industry.
October 14, 2008
The M2M Puzzle and Information Security - Stratton Nicolaides
Click to the right to listen to the recent appearance by Stratton Nicolaides, CEO of Numerex Corp., on M2M Radio, hosted by Peggy Smedley, Editorial Director of M2M Magazine. The interview offered a platform to explain how the integration of M2M services being offered by Numerex enables developers to rely on an experienced partner to assist with any spectrum of services required in order for them to deploy solutions as quickly as possible within a wide range of markets. For more information about the program, visit
www.m2mpremier.com.
September 30, 2008