IoT World Forum Day 1 by the Numbers

This week I’m at the inaugural Internet of Things World Forum, hosted by Cisco.  To give you a sense of what was discussed in just one day, I thought I’d capture some of the more interesting tweets and stats.  Below the tweets is a fun short video where I interviewed SAP’s Benjamin Wesson and with Cisco’s Monique Morrow!

One – New IoT Division at Cisco!

#IoTWF #IoT Cisco launches Internet of things division, eyes standardization. http://t.co/hTxRs31tWb

— Dave Evans (@DaveTheFuturist) October 29, 2013

Two – Billions of people yet to be connected

“We still have 2 billion people on this planet that aren’t connected to anything.” – Wim Elfrink at #IoTWF

— wjarrettc (@wjarrettc) October 29, 2013

Three – Years until wearables worth $10B

In less than 3 years, wearable smart electronics will be a $10 billion industry @Gartner_inc @Cisco #IoTWF #IoT — SAP IoT (@SAP_IoT) October 29, 2013

Four – Years in your life spent looking for parking – in Paris!

Wim Elfrink: “Every citizen of Paris spends four years of his life finding a parking place” #IoTWF

— Old Dog (@LlanOldDog) October 29, 2013

Five – How many millions of apps we’ll need for 50B connected things?

@thingworx at #IoTWF. 5 million apps needed to address 50 billion connected devices — Steve Hilton (@SteveHilton) October 29, 2013

Six – Key IoT verticals to know & grow

Six key #iotwf verticals pic.twitter.com/T0xykE0mp5 — ZeeMan (@zkerravala) October 29, 2013

Seven – A fun quote!

The Lord was able to create the world in 7 days because there was no install base – Wim Elfrink @cisco_iot #iotwf — marissa (@marissa) October 29, 2013

Eight – How many hundreds of people attended #IoTWF?

800 attendees at the world’s first World Forum on the Internet of Things in Barcelona #IoTWF

— Lev Gonick (@levgonick) October 29, 2013

Nine? – No one tweeted nine anything! Ten – How many dollars you’d need to pay for the services of a smart toilet (yuck!)

10 dollars a month will get you a smart toilet that will give you nutritional advice Wim Elfrink @cisco_iot #iotwf — Maria Shiao (@mariashiao) October 29, 2013

Fifty – Billion devices expected by 2020!

The number of connected objects by 2020 just went up from 30 million to 50 million, between two presentations. That’s inflation. #IoTWF

— Jon Collins (@jonno) October 29, 2013

One Hundred to Fifteen Thousand – Comparing the numbers of movies to apps released each week!

100 movies, 250 books and 15000 apps are released PER WEEK. #iotwf

— Jürgen Anke (@JuergenAnke) October 29, 2013

And now… two interviews I found fascinating. You’ll see water pumps in a new light and hear the pearls of wisdom from Monique! I hope you enjoy:

https://youtu.be/X7I7AsTJMNE

Were you following or at the IoT World Forum?  What have you learned so far?  What did you find interesting or amazing?