Day 1 - 29 September 2021
09:20AM
Duncan MacRae
Editor in chief
Techforge

09:55AM - Day 1
View Day 2 Welcome Address

09:20AM - Day 1
View Day 1 Welcome Address
Day 1 Welcome Address
Opening talk – overview of sessions and key highlights.
03:30PM
Keynote: Taking Edge Computing to the Next Level
- What is the edge anyway?
- Why edge computing is a necessary complement to IoT and AI
- Innovative use cases for edge computing
11:15AM
Alejandro Perez
Americas Edge Computing Brand Development Manager
Lenovo

11:15AM - Day 2
View Keynote: Edge Computing – What Customers are Doing Today and Will Be Doing Tomorrow
Keynote: Edge Computing – What Customers are Doing Today and Will Be Doing Tomorrow
03:30PM
Panel discussion: Defining Edge For All Stakeholders: Where Is The Value, And What Groundwork Needs To Be Put in?
Edge computing represents a great opportunity for many participants in the tech ecosystem, but they cannot do everything alone. Cloud companies are teaming up with telecom providers to combine infrastructure strength with network capability – and the race is on to get developers building applications which make the most of 5G and AI, enabled by edge technologies.
- Defining edge as a value proposition for cloud and telecoms
- Exploring the partnerships already taking place
- Using AI to improve performance of edge devices
- What applications will result from this, and who will ultimately win the race?
02:30PM
Carl Moberg
CTO
Avassa

02:30PM - Day 1
View VIRTUAL PRESENTATION: A Guide to Achieving Cloud-Like Operations for Your Distributed Edge Deployments

02:30PM - Day 1
View Presentation: A Guide to Achieving Cloud-Like Operations for Your Distributed Edge Deployments
Presentation: A Guide to Achieving Cloud-Like Operations for Your Distributed Edge Deployments
We see IT and platform teams struggle with putting together and operating solutions for managing container applications at their on-prem edge. In-house integrations commonly lead to fragmented solutions that are costly to manage and don’t provide the comfortable experience that application teams expect. In this presentation, we follow our protagonists from the IT- and application teams on their journey to build an on-prem edge infrastructure that provides a delightful and cloud-like experience.
11:45AM
Hector Diaz
Director for Enterprise Data Centre and Strategy
Johnson & Johnson

11:45AM - Day 1
View Presentation: Design of Edge Data Centers
Presentation: Design of Edge Data Centers
- Background & definitions
- Design goals/constraints
- Building shell
- Power & Cooling
- Deployment
04:20PM
Presentation: Use of AI in Edge and Swarm Computing Systems
- Why AI and machine learning are increasingly being implemented at the edge.
- Growing popularity of swarm computing at the edge.
- Best practices in implementation.
- Discussion of specific (real world) use cases for edge AI and swarm computing.
11:10AM
Prashant Tiwari
Director - Intelligent Connected Systems (ICS) Division
Toyota

11:10AM - Day 1
View Case Study: How Edge is Driving Innovation in the Automotive Industry
Case Study: How Edge is Driving Innovation in the Automotive Industry
- Edge as the enabler for Advanced Driver Assistance.
- Adaptive & predictive vehicle maintenance.
- The importance of edge in the design of intuitive infotainment systems.
- How edge enhances driver safety by ensuring data security.
01:30PM
Tony Batalla
CTO & Head of IT for the City of San Leandro, CA
City of San Leandro

01:30PM - Day 1
View Presentation: Enabling Edge in Smart Cities
Presentation: Enabling Edge in Smart Cities
02:00PM
Azita Arvani
General Manager
Rakuten Symphony Americas

02:00PM - Day 1
View Presentation: The Mobile Edge: The Telco Cloud Journey
Presentation: The Mobile Edge: The Telco Cloud Journey
03:00PM
End of Conference