Sentineo is proud to present its IOT Academy hosted together with Telenet Business. During three intensive days of workshops, attendees will be given a business overview on Internet of Things and will gain technical experience with NB-IOT and LORA hardware prototyping.

Check out the agenda below and please visit www.iot-academy.be for more details and registrations. The Sentineo team is looking forward to meeting you!

DAY 1

10h Welcome & business perspective: “IOT: the time is now”

10h30 The promise of IOT: trends, market overview & use cases

12h Lunch break

13h Overview of low-power technologies (Wifi, BLE, Sigfox, LORA, NB-IOT, LTE-M)

• Applications & protocols for wireless technologies
• Advantages and drawbacks of design choices
• Advances in mobile IOT: Sim/e-Sim, roaming, etc.

14h Implementation options & design choices

• Wireless tech selection
• Hardware selection (incl. development kits)

15h30 Conceptualizing your idea, scaling your prototype

• Applying Design Thinking to move from concept to MVP
• Building the IOT business case & deployment plan
• Development & roll-out strategies (Sentineo model)

16h30 Q&A

17h Close

19h IOT Academy meetup

DAY 2

10h Intro & welcome: trends, use cases & technology overview

10h30 Deep dive into NB-IOT & LTE-M technologies

• Specific implementation considerations
• When to use NB-IOT vs LTE-M vs other options
• Current providers in Belgium
• Considerations for roaming

11h30 Technical hands-on session 1: remote environment monitoring example (temperature, humidity & pressure)

13h Lunch Break

14h Technical hands-on session 2: GPS tracking example

15h30 IOT backend application integration options, using various platforms

16h30 Q&A

17h Close

DAY 3

10h Intro & welcome: trends, use cases & technology overview

10h30 Deep dive into LORA technology

• Specific implementation considerations
• When to use LORA vs other options
• Current providers in Belgium: Proximus, the Things Network, etc.
• Considerations for roaming

11h30 Technical hands-on session 1: flooding prevention example on remote location

13h Lunch Break

14h Technical hands-on session 2:

• If this then that: if temperature higher than X° send email
• Wireless doorbell example
• Enabling a smart button with LORA

16h IOT backend application integration options, using various platforms

16h30 Q&A

17h Close