The Open Platforms as Key Enabler for Developing IoT Applications (Internet of Things Applications Europe 2015)

The talk will address various technological and business technologies and present different approaches that pave the way for enabling innovations based on M2M and IoT open platforms. The talk will present few successfully stories that have been developed at Fraunhofer FOKUS based on the OpenMTC.

Dr. Adel Al-Hezmi is a senior researcher in Next Generation Network Infrastructure competence center at Fraunhofer FOKUS. He is leading the research activities for machine type communication and IoT. His expertise covers fixed and mobile core network, M2M and multimedia service platforms. Al-Hezmi started his working experience at Siemens ICM in 1999 and than joined Fraunhofer Fokus in 2003. Then he moved to Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC) as IMS/NGN expert in network design from 2008 to 2010. Thereafter, he worked as senior solutions architect in Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC) in Doha until 2012.

Fraunhofer FOKUS, based in Berlin, Germany, develops solutions for the communication infrastructure of the future. The research institute explores how information and communication will contribute to a more secure and convenient living. Thus, the institute addresses important challenges in the society and the smart cities of the future, including access to information, economic and sustainable use of resources, smart mobility and a modern governmental administration. In its projects, Fraunhofer FOKUS establishes useful ties between industry, governmental administration, users and the people. Besides technical infrastructures, Fraunhofer FOKUS creates manifold practical concepts, applications and prototypes.