Session Abstract:
The confluence of Generative AI and the IoT – or GenAIoT, continues to develop, affording many business and societal benefits. Such as increased efficiency and cost savings as AI can analyze data from IoT sensors to predict equipment failures and schedule maintenance proactively, minimizing downtime and maintenance costs. And, AI automated operations and decision-making, based on data analysis, optimizing processes across various industries.
To highlight the state of the art and the future outlook, Dr. Tom Bradicich, IoT Community Board Chair, will moderate a panel featuring the weekly IoT Coffee Talk Show, hosted by Leonard Lee, Founder & Executive Analyst, NeXt Curve. Expert panelists will discuss the state of the edge, IoT, and its convergence with advances in AI. Join us to hear real-world use cases, challenges, and opportunities in this high growth multi-billion dollar market.
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GenAIoT™—the fusion of Generative AI and AIoT—turns raw telemetry into instructions, copilots, and autonomous workflows. The opportunity is massive: multimodal models that “see” equipment, “read” maintenance logs, “chat” with SCADA historians, and “act” through policy-guarded agents. Yet value only appears when these capabilities are deployed where work happens: at the converged edge. This practitioner-driven panel unpacks the patterns that matter now:
• RAG over time-series and engineering docs; digital twins as model context; agentic planning with safety envelopes.
• Data pipelines that blend streaming + vector + graph; observability for models and processes (LLMOps/MLOps).
• Privacy-preserving learning (federated, synthetic data), security (IEC 62443/NIST), and auditability for regulated industries.
• Latency/Cost calculus—when to run on device, on-prem edge, or cloud; how to budget GPUs vs. outcomes.
• ROI you can defend: downtime avoided, energy saved, yield uplift, crew hours reclaimed.
We’ll showcase real deployments across utilities, factories, clinics, and campuses; highlight “gotchas” (hallucination containment, grounding on messy sensors, change-control); and share a 3-step path to value: (1) frame a control-adjacent use case with clear guardrails, (2) stand up an edge copilot with human-in-the-loop, (3) harden into a governed, auditable closed loop.
Speakers:
Dr. Tom Bradicich, Chairman of the IoT Community Board of Advisors, began his career at IBM, where he was an IBM Fellow, R&D VP, Distinguish Engineer, and Server CTO. At National Instruments, an Operational Technologies (OT) company, he served as an NI Fellow and company officer, pioneering Big Analog Data™ solutions. While at HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Tom held various roles including R&D VP, HPE Fellow, Global Head of Edge & IoT Software Labs, and General Manager, As GM, he lead the global business unit, Servers and Edge Systems and Software, with P&L, worldwide sales, R&D, and customer experience ownership. Opening three global Innovation Labs, and exceeding salsas quotes by achieving revenue growth of over $250M, Tom’s business unit was the fastest growing in HPE. Tom and his team developed and launched dozens of systems and software products, such as advanced as-a-Service (aaS) software for cloud managed remote infrastructure, edge-as-a-service, and converged IT/Operational Technologies (OT). And the creation of several new product categories such as notebook computers, smartphones (IBM Simon™), Converged Systems (IBM BladeCenter™), Converged Edge Systems & Sofware (HPE Edgeline™), and OT and edge management software and platforms (HPE OTLink). Tom’s teams designed and launched the first 64 bit enterprise ARM server, the first x86 server with on-chip graphics, and IBM’s first prototype notebook computer. He incepted and directed the HPE Channel-to-Edge Institute partner program, and led company-wide strategies and venture/M&A assessments, and led HPE’s first corporate IoT & edge strategy.
Cole Wangsness, a Business and Ecosystem Developer Manager for Red Hat’s Edge Industrial group develops edge strategies for clients and partners around the world. With a background in industrial computing hardware, he’s worked with a diverse range of clients from supporting startups developing agricultural robotics to advising Fortune 100 companies on edge solutions across energy, retail, logistics, manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare. His key areas of focus at Red Hat are edge devices, AI at the edge, and edge computing in the public sector.
Leonard Lee is the founder and managing director of neXt Curve, an independent research advisory firm based in San Diego, CA with the mission of helping TMT (Technology, Media & Telecommunications) industry pioneers explore and pursue opportunities forming at the intersection of transformative technology and industry trends. With over 30 years of experience as a management/technology consultant and industry analyst, Leonard has advised Fortune 500 organizations across various industries on emerging technologies, business and product strategy, and innovation. Leonard’s cross-domain research covers mobile computing and wireless infrastructure, enterprise computing and networking, AI infrastructure and data center, media and broadcast technologies, enterprise software and analytics, consumer and industrial IoT, cybersecurity and trust, and semiconductor technology. He is a former managing partner with Gartner Inc. and partner/principal at IBM, PwC, and EY.”
Rob Tiffany – As a Research Director at IDC, Rob is a cloud infrastructure analyst and strategist. He’s held executive leadership roles at Ericsson, Hitachi, and Microsoft and is a globally recognized pioneer and leader in IoT and Digital Twin technologies. As Vice President and Head of IoT Strategy at Ericsson, he drove 5G connection management with the IoT Accelerator and participated in global M&A activities. As Chief Technology Officer at Hitachi, he received the Presidential “Product of the Year” award for designing the Lumada Industrial IoT platform which landed in Gartner’s “Leaders” Magic Quadrant. Spending most of his career at Microsoft, Rob was Director and Global Technology Lead for the Azure IoT cloud platform which also made it to Gartner’s “Leaders Quadrant.” Prior to Microsoft, he co-founded NetPerceptor developing one of the industry’s earliest Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) platforms for smartphones. As a bestselling author and keynote speaker, Rob is a frequently sought-after source of insights globally. He’s been featured in Wired, Forbes, CIO, Fierce Wireless, Inc. Magazine, Dataconomy, Thinkers360, Onalytica, Mobile World Live, Techonomy, and SXSW.
Bill Pugh is a leading expert in the development and application of digital twin technology. As co-founder of True North Software Solutions, he has spearheaded the creation of innovative digital twin solutions that are used by clients around the globe. With over 25 years of experience in the technology sector, Bill has a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing organizations today. He is passionate about using technology to create a more equitable and sustainable future.
Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” is a world-renowned Data Privacy technologist, thought-leader, and advisor to Multinational Corporations for handling global data privacy, an internationally published author, highly sought speaker, and top media presence about global data privacy, data protection topics. Advisor to Fortune 500 Companies for handling data privacy, cyber data breach response, and electronic evidence.
