Track Overview

M2M Driving and Enabling a New Service Model

Track Leader:  Anto Budiardjo
Thursday 5-October-2006

Many companies are unable to make big moves into new areas because they are too comfortable with what they currently know. M2M departs from the traditional manufacturer’s “comfort zone”—that is, it is not about features and functions per se, but rather it is about optimization of the customer’s processes and knowledge, otherwise known as services. This is a simple proposition, but not an easy one. The fact that information makes services move to the fore is not hard to grasp. But in practice, “services” represents a business paradigm so foreign to many manufacturers that they cannot understand, let alone implement, the changes necessary to make the shift successfully.

Experiences from the Field

11:00 - 12:00

With a significant number of M2M applications being developed and deployed world-wide, this session will run through the good the bad and the ugly of M2M application projects.

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Fault Detection Diagnostic & Impact

12:00 - 13:00

Imagine if a machine or group of machines could automatically notify another machine or human when it was just starting to have signs of problems long before any significant financial or operational impact of the problem was noticeable. It can start a revolution! Such a scenario involves not only M2M connectivity, but also applications that turn all this now available data into value, lots of value! We will examine evidence why there is a need for Fault Detection systems in HVAC and Refrigeration applications. Various scenarios will be presented showing why and how much actual manufactures, service companies, facility management organizations, and asset users and owners can benefit from FDDI solutions. After being shown so many high value opportunities for FDDI (Fault Detection Diagnostic and Impact) solutions, it is asked why are they not found everywhere? The various past connectivity, application, and business model implementation hurdles will be briefly discussed. The session will conclude by showing recent technology developments and implementation approaches that are now enabling scalable and economical FDDI system implementations.

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Energy Harvesting as Power Source for Wireless Sensors

14:30 - 15:30

We live within a world of permanent change, and all changes are connected to a flow of energy. Finger pressure, Moving objects, temperature changes, vibrations of machine parts, electromagnetic waves such as light, radio waves or infrared waves and other energy sources are omnipresent in our daily surroundings. Why not use these energies instead of batteries to power small, wireless and maintenance free radio sensors? Two essential factors for the implementation of such sensors are economically producible and high-efficiency energy transformers on the one hand, and extremely energy-saving sensor and radio technologies on the other. Within the last few years there has made remarkable progress in these fields, and the above ideas have already enabled manifold applications and available products for mass-market applications. The presentation will give a technical overview on self-powered wireless sensor technology and it’s application in commercial buildings.

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Open Discussion on M2M Service Opportunities

15:30 - 16:30

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