With the theme of “Accelerating Business Decision with Internet of Things” this year, the Hong Kong IoT Conference 2016 is the 4^th occasion on which GS1 HK have hosted. Dr. Toa Charm is invited to participate and join as a panelist at the panel discussion session.

Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 6.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2016, up 30 percent from 2015, and will reach 20.8 billion by 2020. In 2016, 5.5 million new things will get connected every day. While Gartner identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2016 and the device mesh was ranked number 1 among the 10 trends. An evolving digital mesh of smart machines will connect billions of things into a continuous digital experience.

Hence, Internet of Things is no longer a myth; it is HAPPENING RIGHT NOW and spearheading in our business and daily life. This annual premier industry forum gathers industry practitioners and technology experts to share insights and discuss the pragmatic steps required and best practice of applying Internet of Things enabling technologies spanning from sensors, M2M, cloud computing, big data, data analytics, to storage, security, mobility, business intelligent etc with the ultimate goals to uplift business performance and customer satisfaction.

Don’t  miss the chance to register the Hong Kong Internet of Things Conference 2016. The event, which is a signature forum that held annually, received overwhelming responses from the industry pioneers in the past three years.

On April 28, 2016, HCD Learning held a lecture with the topic related to the disruptive changes brought by Big Data in the age of technology. It invited Dr. Toa Charm, the adviser of Big Data, to enable audiences to know more about Big Data from the business aspect.

Big data is not only a hot topic for technical specialists, but also by Eastern and Western business leaders. Almost all industries, whether it is financial services, retail, catering, and even health care, packaged consumer goods, transportation, is or is about to be hit by large data. Internet giants such as Google and Alibaba, big data startups such as Zest Finance and Kabbage, traditional companies such as General Electric (GE) and Haier (Haier), financial services such as Citibank and China Ping An, are using large data to create Our business model, which oversees our long-standing rules of the game, has won the support of our customers, while large data has also contributed to the pioneering innovation of products and services and making faster and better decisions at the right time.

The lecture is divided into three parts:

1. Challenges faced by Chinese companies

Due to the rising competitiveness of the world’s enterprises and the seriousness of China’s aging, the growth momentum of China’s economy has been slowing down. Chinese people can not just use low cost as a competitive advantage. Dr. Cham was discussing where the new strengths will be.

2. The importance of large data to the enterprise

3. A roadmap to achieve large data values

Held by The Hub and ACMCP, The Hub X ACMCP StartHub will be held during March to April in 2016. As a specialist in IT industry, Dr. Toa Charm is one of the members in the judging panel in this competition.

During the whole competition, valuable guidance will be provided by some experienced entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, they also assist in the development and implementation of marketing strategies and proposals, review regularly and provide advice. Several venture capital companies are invited in this competition, such as Jingdong (京东), Sino-US(中美创投) and Chuangkebang (创客邦).  The winner can collaborate with the venture capital companies mentioned above and have an opportunity to obtain financing and manufacture the incubators, which can accelerate the start-up of your business.

In order to ensure the authority, fairness and profession of this competition, a group of professionals are invited to be members of the judging panel, including Dr. Toa Charm.