RIoT IX - The Ten Million Dollar Question

If I Had $10M To Invest in IoT, Where Would I Invest?
RIoT IX at The Data 4 Decisions Conference
Raleigh Convention Center, Tuesday 3/22, 6-9pm

NC RIoT descends upon the The Data 4 Decisions Conference for its second year. With major IoT investment expected across all business, public, and academic sectors, we want to know where the RIoT community and its thought-leaders believe that investment will happen.

CED shares their knowledge of the state of venture capital in North Carolina, with our keynote being delivered by Daniel Chu of Verizon Ventures. Being at the frontline of IoT investment, we’re eager to hear where Verizon plans to invest $10M or more.

We’ll wrap up the evening with pitches from North Carolina IoT companies, with a roster of experienced judges choosing the winning pitch.

Did we mention that our host sponsor NXP will have its newly designed 55 foot IoT truck on site? This is going to a big event.

4:45pm - D4D Welcome Reception. RIoTers Welcome!

6:00pm – Networking

6:30pm – Kickoff by NC RIoT – Larry Steffann & Matthew Davis

6:40pm - The NSF Workshop Recap - Tom Snyder, ASSIST Center at NC State

6: 45pm - Welcome From Our Host Sponsors - visitRaleigh & NXP

6:50pm - The State of Venture Capital in North Carolina - Dhruv Patel, CED

6:55pm – Keynote - “If I had $10 Million Dollars to Invest in an IoT Startup, Where Would I Invest?” - Daniel Chu, Verizon Ventures

7:10 - 8:00pm Pitches from North Carolina IoT Startups

Companies

Fokus Labs (Smart ADHD Device)
TIO (Home Automation)
Vestal Industries (Internet connected concrete probe)
ProAxion (Industrial IoT)
Entigral (Industrial IoT)

Judges: Brian Handly of Reveal Mobile, Daniel Chu of Verizon Ventures, Eva Doss of Launch Place, Robert Creeden of Derby Group

8:00 pm - Wrap Up and Networking

BONUS! RIoT members receive discounted admission to the Data 4 Decisions Conference. RIoTs are always free to attend. If you want to attend the D4D Conference, use this promo code to receive $150 off the full conference ticket price: RT150. Register for D4D conference here (http://data4decisionsevent.com/registration-pricing/).

DOUBLE Bonus! NC RIoT will be hosting two panels at the D4D conference. Use that promo code above to hear “Data Analytics in Industrial IoT” and “Data Analytics in the Craft Beer Industry”.

TRIPLE BONUS! NC RIoT will hold two free working session during the D4D conference. IEEE Sensor planning and an update on our Global City Team Challenge. IEEE (3/22 @ 1-4 pm) GCTC (3/24th from 11:30- 12:30). We’ll update with registration and location times when posted.

SPONSORS

As always, food & drink provided by our sponsors. Special thanks to our event sponsors, visitRaleigh and NXP.

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