SAN FRANCISCO — (BUSINESS WIRE) — September 26, 2016 — The leading IoT event; IoT Tech Expo will arrive in Santa Clara on October 20- 21^st for 2 days of top level content and networking. In collaboration with leading sponsor, Samsung, there will be an exclusive hands-on workshop covering IoT from module to cloud with ARTIK as the centerpiece. It will use tools including ARTIK Cloud, Node-RED and Arduino.

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Exclusive hands-on Samsung Workshop taking place on October 20th at the IoT Tech Expo in Santa Clara, CA (Graphic: Business Wire)

It is free to take part, and will start with the IoT basics, board bring-up, and GPIO, before building a smart parking system. You will then let the parking spaces in the system communicate with each other through M2M.

Find out more about the Samsung ARTIK Workshop, and apply for your place. Limited places available.

In addition to the ARTIK Workshop, the IoT Tech Expo will host 200+ industry leading speakers who will be sharing their IoT experiences and case studies within the 8 conference tracks, namely, Developing & IoT Technologies, Data & Security, Smart Cities, Connected Services, Wearables, IoT Innovations, Connected Industry and Connecting Living.

Speakers include:

• Patrick Bass, CEO, Thyssenkrupp North America
• Andy Timm, Chief Technology Officer, PTC
• Prith Banerjee, EVP & CTO, Schneider Electric
• Juha Pankakoski, Chief Digital Officer, Konecranes Plc
• Dr. Robello Samuel, Chief Technical Advisor & Technology Fellow, Halliburton
• Jonathan Reichental, CIO, City of Palo Alto
• Lane Arthur, Director, Information Solutions Group, John Deere
• Sebastien Henot, Manager of Business Innovation, Renault
• Shuchi Roy, Director of Innovations for Connected Home, Direct Energy / Centrica
• Hardik Bhatt, CIO, State of Illinois
• John Mattison, Assistant Medical Director, Chief Medical Information Officer, Kaiser Permanente
• Cameron Craig, Director of User Experience, Macy's / Bloomingdales
• Steve Carlin, VP Marketing & Business Development, SoftBank Robotics
• Sarah Peach, Senior Director IoT, Samsung
• Al Salour, Technical Fellow- Research & Technology, Boeing
• Michael Young, Director, Corporate Strategy, Caterpillar

You can also register for a free expo pass for access to the ‘ Developing & IoT Technologies’ conference and exhibition which features the likes of Centri, Verizon, Wirepas, Ubuntu, Covetit, Rigado, RTI, Flexera, Synapse, Nerdery, Sensoro and more.

To learn more about the IoT Tech Expo and register your pass, visit the corresponding sites:

• IoT Tech Expo North America: 20-21^st October, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA
• IoT Tech Expo Global: 23-24^th January 2017, Olympia, London
• IoT Tech Expo Series: for the latest IoT news and updates