Share visions, influence the shape of things to come.

A full calendar of carefully-curated discussion events will offer a rich mix of participatory activity including high-level interactive panel debates, informal workshops and a whole lot more, addressing the industry’s hottest topics.

Through this multi-stranded programme, the Forum will help participants forecast future direction, share solutions and provide a platform to influence global policies and strategies towards a more sustainable future.

To explore just how connected technology is the enabler, debates will address core themes such as:

• The Pathway to a connected world: Connected technologies are powering innovations across the globe. But what’s needed to really boost their reach?
• Future Internet: What will be the hot topics on tomorrow’s global Internet agenda?
• Smarter Lives: What can we expect to experience in networked homes of the future? And what technologies and appliances will power this experience?
• The Perfect Storm: How to best tap into and harness the raft of change that social media has the power to bring about.
• Data: Free and Priceless: Open data as a driver of entrepreneurialism.
• Connected on the move- mobile broadband: How can we move to and embrace the next phase of mobile broadband evolution