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Smart Home Breakthrough: Assuring trust in Smart Home Systems for Consumers

By The Knowledge Transfer Network

Date and time

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 09:30 - 16:00 GMT

Location

Royal Institute of British Architects

66 Portland Place London W1B 1AD United Kingdom

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Description

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Growth in the sale of smart home products and services has arrived, but there is a barrier, some would call it the elephant in the room, namely the real or perceived risk of security breaches leading to loss of private data through interference in smart home devices.

To achieve breakthrough, the technology industry working with Retailers and Government, needs to address these challenges comprehensively.

This conference, brought to you by the Smart Homes & Buildings Association and KTN, brings together leading experts from many disciplines to address those issues from the viewpoint of senior executives.

Programme:

9:30 Registration

10:00 Welcome

Colin Robbins, Managing Consultant, Qonex

10:05 Keynote: Securing the Smart Home Best Practices

Richard Curran, Security Officer EMEA, Intel Corporation

10:30 Consumer Retail Perspective Session

  • How do retail organisations build trust in the smart home? - Steve Moore, Director of Connected Home, Dixons Carphone
  • What is necessary for a smart home breakthrough? - Joey Tang, Business Unit Manager, Added Value Concepts, Euronics International
  • What is the role of consumer organisations? - Jessica Moreton, Principal Researcher-Writer & Andrew Laughlin, Senior Researcher, Which?

Panel Discussion: Chaired by Adam Simon, Managing Director, Retail Business Development, Context

11:30 Break & Networking

12:00 Industry Perspective Session

  • Need for an architectural framework/model - Jon Carter, UK Head of Business Development - Connected Home, Deutsche Telekom AG
  • How can you trust the solution - Tim McGarr, Market Development Manager ICT & Asset Management, BSI
  • Industry Viewpoint - Bernd Grohmann, CTO, eQ-3

Panel Discussion: Chaired by Carl Shaw, Director, MathEmbedded Ltd

Panel members: Carmi Bogot, CTO, PACE International; Jon Carter, Deutsche Telekom AG; Tim McGarr, BSI

13:00 Lunch & Networking

14:00 Introduction to IODiCUS

14:15 Societal Impact / Government Perspective Session

  • Societal impact if we get it security wrong - Derek Mcauley, Professor of Digital Economy, University of Nottingham
  • Government View - tbc
  • Who gets the blame when it goes wrong? - Robert Carolina, Executive Director, Institute for Cyber Security Innovation & Senior Visiting Fellow, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway University of London

15:15 Closing Panel Session

15:45 Closing Remarks

Colin Robbins, Managing Consultant, Qonex

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We will address questions such as:

  • How can retailers and operators assume the role of trusted advisor to consumers when they make their Smart Home choices?
  • What advice should be given to consumers, what support is needed and how can the potential for cyber risk be minimised?
  • What do manufacturers need to do to supply appropriately resistant products and services?
  • What best practices need to be in place such as certificates of conformance, adherence to regulations and badges of security assurance?
  • What role should Government play to disseminate awareness of the risks and minimise societal impact through regulation?

At the end of the Conference we will have provided actionable ideas in each of the main topic areas and contributed towards work that delivers a more secure smart home environment. Each participant will receive a copy of “Cyber Essentials for the Home”, a document published by SH&BA to help consumers manage the risk of connecting objects in their home, and launched at this conference.

Who should attend?

The conference will be of interest to:

  • Retailers - CEO, heads of Strategy and Marketing, Risk management and Business Continuity, Buying and Merchandise Directors and Smart Home product buyers
  • Industry - CEO, heads of Strategy & Product Development, Sales Directors, and heads of Security
  • Government - policy makers with responsibility in consumer affairs, critical national infrastructure and cyber security

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