Avnet will be attending the Asia Pacific Innovation Summit in Hong Kong and will deliver a keynote speech.

Avnet will participate in the "Asia Pacific Innovation Summit - Smart & Connected Cities" event held in the three exhibition halls of the Hong Kong Science Park Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 7-8, 2017, and deliver a keynote speech entitled "Smart City – Internet of Talent".

During the two-day conference, more than 800 participants will discuss how to leverage technology to meet urban transformation, explore a blueprint for smart cities in Hong Kong, deconstruct best practices for successfully implementing smart and resilient planning, and explore how sensor technology can be extended to other applications, including smart lighting, automated homes, smart parking, surveillance, air and water quality monitoring, health monitoring, and other novel applications.

Avnet is committed to driving the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and using technology to create a better life for people. At the conference, we will focus on Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN), showcasing solutions using different technologies such as Sigfox, LoRa, and NB-IoT, and discussing their advantages in the development of smart cities. We will also provide live demonstrations of LPWAN technology, explain application examples, and offer discounted evaluation kits for developing various IoT applications.

Low-power wide-area (LPWAN) IoT is a long-range wireless network communication technology optimized for M2M communication scenarios in IoT applications. Battery powered, it features low data rate, low duty cycle, and star network coverage, supporting cellular aggregation gateways with a maximum single-node coverage of up to 100 kilometers. It boasts characteristics such as long range, low power consumption, and low maintenance costs. Compared to existing technologies like WiFi, Bluetooth, and ZigBee, LPWAN truly achieves low-cost, full coverage of large-area IoT, contributing to the development of IoT and the advancement of smart cities.

The Asia Pacific Innovation Summit, organized by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), has been successfully held for twelve sessions. It aims to promote knowledge transfer and project matching, bringing together research experts, renowned scholars, government policymakers, and thought leaders from around the world to exchange the latest technological development trends. The Asia Pacific Innovation Summit is undoubtedly a prestigious event. In 2016, it attracted over 4,000 local and overseas managers, garnered support from 130 internationally renowned speakers, and collaborated with over 120 universities, research centers, media organizations, and industry groups, making this annual event a renowned international affair.