Nice, France. IoT Planet, a new European event dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), will co-locate this year with SEMICON Europa (October 25-27) in Grenoble, France. IoT Planet provides a platform of networking and business to all IoT actors involved in software development, data management, IT infrastructure, system integration, and connected objects applications.
For over 40 years, SEMI has organized SEMICON Europa, which has served as the premier annual European event for the electronics industry. In 2016, SEMICON Europa will connect the entire electronics supply chain—materials and equipment, manufacturing and technology, advanced packaging, and smart system integration—with an emphasis on application-driven markets, including imaging, power electronics, automotive, medical technology, and flexible hybrid electronics.
IoT Planet, in its second year, will cover the full IoT domain with a unique format in mixing an exhibition, start-up programs, crash tests, a hackathon, forums, and debates. IoT Planet will connect professional visitors and high tech public across the domains of IoT applications, business, and services.
Together, the co-located events will offer visitors many learning and networking options along an extended supply chain. The events are expected to attract over 7,000 professional visitors and more than 600 exhibiting companies.
“Tomorrow’s applications will allow people to live smarter, healthier, safer, and more comfortable. The emerging opportunities are endless in smart electronic systems, but technology and system challenges must be overcome by connecting forces and by building on the strengths of different players in the value chain,” said Laith Altimime, president of SEMI Europe. “The co-location of these two events perfectly supports the SEMI 2020 strategy and will accelerate SEMI’s move towards covering the full electronics supply chain.”
“That initiative of co-location will contribute to our fast growth and strong differentiation, while providing a unique European opportunity to explore the full value chain from silicon to connected object, in Grenoble, the European capital of nanotechnologies and connected things,” said Alain Astier, president of IoT Planet UNIVERSAL.
