How to kickstart a #global #tech #community @laurensSlats @thethingsntwrk  amstech.eventbrite.com #amstechcity #internetofthings #crowdsourced #startups #scaleups #amsterdam Tech & The City AmsterdamTech.City Monday 3 April 2017 9:00-14:00 Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (OBA) Oosterdokskade 143 1011 DL Amsterdam
 PROGRAM 09:30-10:00 // REGISTER + DEMO (30 min) 10:00-10:15 // Nuray Gokalp // Founder GlobalTech.City (15 min) 10:15-10:30 // Maarten Lammers // Program Director OBA (15 min) 10:30-10:45 // Adrian Blackwood // CIO AMI.Group (15 min) 10:45-11:00 // Dennis Mica // Business Developer 2getthere (15 min) 11:00-11:30 // BREAK + DEMO (30 min) 11:30-11:45 // Karen Dolva // Co-Founder No Isolation (15 min) 11:45-12:00 // Laurens Slats // Community Manager The Things Network (15 min) 12:00-12:15 // Marco Marechal // Strategic Advisor Connected (15 min) 12:15-12:30 // Ohyoon Kwon // Founder We-Qu (15 min) 12:30-13:00 // BREAK + DEMO (30 min) 13:00-14:00 // DEMO DEEP DIVES (60 min) DEMO DEEP DIVES // Deloitte // AMI.Group // The Things Network // No Isolation // WeQu GlobalTech.City "Think Global, Act Local & Think Local, Act Global" "matching trending tech solutions with societal challenges around the world" GlobalTech.City is founded in 2017 and is the global platform connecting AmsterdamTech.City and the other tech cities around the world. AmsterdamTech.City started in 2016 with successful monthly "Tech & The City" events in Amsterdam. The vision of GlobalTech.City is to combine city events, tech topics, societal challenges, tech solutions, and speakers for the city, communities, and citizens around the world. The mission of GlobalTech.City is to facilitate the city, communities, and citizens in the engagement and transformation. The target groups are public and private; governmental and non-governmental; educational institutions; corporates, scale ups and start ups; investors and programs, inventors and experts; visitors and citizens... The technology trends are Big Data, Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ambient Intelligence (AmI), Robotics, Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Realty... www.globaltech.city www.amsterdamtech.city

1. BUILDING A GLOBAL INTERNET OF
THINGS NETWORK TOGETHER
Laurens Slats

2. Our mission is to build a
DECENTRALIZED,
OPEN and CROWDSOURCED
INTERNET OF THINGS data network
OWNED and OPERATED by its USERS

3. WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
Suitable for Spotify, Netflix,
large file exchange
Suitable for battery powered,
connected sensors

4. WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
Up to 10km Years on a
battery
Max 50kb/s

5. AMSTERDAM

6. BUILDING A GLOBAL NETWORK

7. AFTER 6 MONTHS

8. AFTER 12 MONTHS

9. 80+ COUNTRIES
350+ COMMUNITIES
1100+ GATEWAYS
13000+ MEMBERS
AFTER 18 MONTHS

12. “Let's say it's a hobby”
“It opens up so many options, so many use cases”
“From a business point, this is a good thing to back, from a personal point of view, it's just
interesting”
“Every conversation we've had with our customers has been positive”
“We have a tendency for doing rebellious things, we want to go against the flow”
“I'm your biggest fan”
WHY?

13. LESSONS LEARNED

14. 1. FOCUS ON CONNECTING PEOPLE

15. …IN REAL LIFE

16. 2. FIND YOUR LOCAL AMBASSADORS

17. 3. DEFINE MATURING PROCESS

18. DEFINE MATURING PROCESS

19. 3. EDUCATE

20. 4. GAMIFICATION

21. Join us!
WE’RE BUILDING THIS THING TOGETHER!
CONNECT
GATEWAYS
CONTRIBUTE
OSS
BUILD YOUR
COMMUNITY
SHARE!

22. YOU ARE THE NETWORK
LET’S BUILD THIS THING TOGETHER!
Laurens Slats
www.thethingsnetwork.org