First there were things. Then came the internet. Then came the notion that all (ok, maybe most) of the things would become connected to the internet, and the result is Structure Connect, our newest conference celebrating the possibilities and pitfalls that that will accompany the move to bring the internet into as many corners of our lives as it can fit.
We’ve been talking about this for years at Gigaom, but over the last 12 months or so we realized that it was actually starting to happen. Just look at Google’s purchase of Nest, Samsung’s purchase of SmartThings, and Apple’s planned HomeKit strategy — all of which has happened in 2014 — to understand how the giants of the tech world are getting ready to create software and services for objects that you wouldn’t have considered computing devices even a few years ago. So we decided to evolve our long-running Mobilize conference into a brand new conference designed to bring together the people and companies making this all happen: Structure Connect.
Starting at 9am PT today in San Francisco, Stacey Higginbotham, Janko Roettgers, and the rest of the Gigaom team have planned a great event. We’ll hear from Jawbone CEO Hosain Rahman, Chromecast leader Mario Quieroz of Google, and LogMeIn CEO Michael Simon on Tuesday, as well as CEO John MacFarlane of Sonos, CTO Chris Martin of Pandora, and CEO Alex Hawkinson of SmartThings on Wednesday. Also look for our How We Built It series of talks, highlighting ways that entrepreneurs have solved tricky hardware startup problems, and [email protected], where we showcase the startups that we think will define the future of the internet of things.
We’ll provide links to all of our coverage from both days on this page, and a link to the livestream is here. Please follow us on Twitter @gigaom and use the hashtag #gigaomlive to join in the discussion over what should be two very interesting days in San Francisco.
Day 2:
- The connected washing machine is still a novelty, but Whirlpool is making plans for the connected home
- Will it take a catastrophe before we lock down the internet of things?
- People will build their connected home bit by bit, but tools like SmartThings can speed adoption
- Where’s the profit in the internet of things? Hint: Not in the things
- The internet of things may be new, but Qualcomm is relying on its past for a connected future
- Contextual relevance is the way of the future for Pandora
- The internet of things is in a bubble phase, says IBM internet of things exec
- Some drones may be consumer toys, but they’re about to bring big data to big industries
- What’s next for wearables. No, it’s not the “internet of thongs”
- Lessons from the CEO of Sonos on how to build a billion dollar hardware company
- IFTTT’s paid premium services will appear in the “coming months”
- A panel of makers spill the tips and tricks of the hardware trade
Day 1:
- How Fon is building a social layer on top of Wi-Fi, starting with music
- Connected gadgets will help patients take back their health information. Are they ready for it?
- ‘A journey of culture’: Getting buy-in from employees to track their movements
- “Nestify” has become a word to rival “Uberization” for the internet of things industry
- No more remnant inventory: how brands have to change their marketing in an IoT world
- The key to selling the smart home is open standards
- How and why Facebook’s Internet.org wants to connect 5 billion more people
- Here’s what local governments care about when it comes to connected cities
- Google exec: Chromecast V2 is coming; users have cast 650 million times
- Why a guitar is a better multi-touch interface than the iPhone and how touchscreens can catch up
- Three lessons for building your company and planning your exit when your seed round is crowdfunded
- Google cars are fine as far as they go, but Ford still sees the need for a human driver
- Can we hide from the “eye of Sauron” when everyday objects are attached to the internet?
- Jawbone CEO: Wearable makers need “a level of personal taste that our industry hasn’t been used to”
- Why Thingful sees respect for data owners’ wishes as key to internet of things development
- Connected gadgets will help patients take back their health information. Are they ready for it?
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Photo by Jakub Mosur
