Workshop on Innovative communication solutions for Industrial IoT (ISCIT 2017)

With numerous success stories, Internet of Things has redefined the consumer facing industries such as financial, retail, media etc. Traditional and slow changing industrial domain is late to attend the internet revolution. The IoT adoption in manufacturing, energy, water, transportation, oil-gas, and chemical etc. industries has proven to be beneficial in providing business value by transforming the way data is utilized in decision making and visualization. IoT in industrial domain has enabled faster time to market, improved productivity, business innovation and operational excellence.

However industrial IoT (IIoT) is currently in its early stages. Many important questions such as impact of IIoT on existing industries, business model, workforce and value chain; technical barriers in implementation, role of policy makers, are yet to fully resolved. Reliable and secured communication is one of the biggest challenges surrounding the implementation of IIoT. There is a need to get all stakeholders from industry, academia and standardization bodies together to discuss the challenges of communication solutions for IoT; share experience, ideas with wider audience to ensure long term success of IIoT. The workshop is a step towards this bigger goal.