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Steering Committee

Chair’s Welcome Message

On behalf of the conference steering committee it is our pleasure to welcome you to the
inaugural ASME IoT Connect Conference, featuring the InterPACK Pathfinder Workshop, and
the 21st Information Storage and Processing Systems (ISPS) Conference. All attendees will
have the opportunity to address challenges, explore solutions, and establish new connections.

IOT Connect brings together thought leaders from both industry and research community to
explore the latest in IoT hardware across the spectrum from edge devices to data centers,
establish new directions for heterogeneous on-package integration, and review strategic
research roadmaps. What makes IoT Connect unique is a program that centers on the
physical component, sub-systems, and infrastructure that empowers the cloud to exist and
operate with intelligence. Without continued holistic advancement from chip design, data
centers, micro-systems, packaging, and sensors, progress cannot be made toward realizing
the promise of IoT. Hardware design must complement and continuously co-evolve with
software development to offer complete solutions. IoT Connect speakers will share their best
engineering practices for creating IoT optimized hardware.
Over the course of two full days, the IoT Connect program will cover six topics: Data Center
and Telecom, Information Storage, MEMS/NEMS, Packaging, System & Security, and Thermal.
In addition, four exciting keynote talks are planned. Conference day one will feature Scott
Scheeler, VP, Switching Hardware, Cisco, and Steve Campbell, CTO, Western Digital. The
keynote speakers on the second day will be Tom Bradicich, VP & GM, Servers & IoT Systems,
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Ken Hansen, President and CEO, Semiconductor Research
Corporation (SRC). Two main panel sessions are planned at the conclusion of each day.

This event would not have been possible without the dedication of our volunteer organizers
who worked tirelessly to create a program consisting of over 70 invited eminent speakers
who are shaping the technology roadmap of IoT hardware.
We hope you find this conference valuable in gaining knowledge, reconnecting with your
network, and establishing new relationships. Collaboration between various disciplines will
be essential to successfully transitioning to a connected world—we thank you, the attendees,
for your participation, which helps us to take the next step in this journey.

Gamal Refai-Ahmed
Xilinx

IoT General Chair

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