Paving the way to an inclusive and sustainable 6G

Workshop Track 13.6 (Work6): “The Digital Twin and the Internet of Things”
July 1st, 2021 10:30am – 12:30pm US Eastern Time

Digital Twins (DTs) represent a methodology that is an important aspect of the Internet of Things landscape and is likely to impact a wide range of IoT applications and use cases. There are at least four major high level categories where DTs are likely to have broad adoption, including: manufacturing, products, services, and processes.

The workshop will consist of three sessions that address:

• (1) Basic aspects of Digital Twins: why they are important and where are they likely to create value, where they fit within the IoT ecosystem, and what implications do they have for organizational design, new business models, and the role of standards and open source.
• (2) The technological underpinnings of Digital Twins: architectures for Digital Twins, the basic support infrastructure including connectivity, computing, storage, the data sciences, modeling methods and techniques, representation of DTs, the use of AI/ML, Virtual and Augmented Reality, and Additive Manufacturing among others.
• (3) Use cases and examples of DT: exposing the range of applications and use cases for the Digital Twin concentrating on actual deployments. This includes the four areas cited above and for specific verticals such as industrial manufacturing, personal assistants, healthcare, construction, aerospace, cultural heritage, and smart cities.

Workshop Co-Chairs

• Noël Crespi, Professor, Head of Data Intelligence and Communication Engineering Lab, Télécom SudParis, Institut Mines-Télécom, Paris, France
• Roberto Minerva, Maitre de Conferences, Télécom SudParis, Institut Mines-Télécom, Paris, France
• Adam Drobot, Chairman, OpenTechWorks Inc., Wayne, PA USA

Moderator

• Roberto Saracco, Senior Advisor at Reply, Turin, Italy

Speakers and Panelists

• Flavio Bonomi, Advisor to the Board, Lynx Software, Palo Alto, CA USA
• Ines Giovannini, Siemens, Portland, OR USA
• Dan Isaacs, CTO, Digital Twin Consortium, San Jose, CA USA
• Ernoe Kovacs, NEC Labs, Heidelberg, Germany
• Victor Larios, Institute for the Development and Innovation in Smart Cities, Guadalajara, Mexico
• Olivia Menaguale, Art Historian, Rome, Italy
• Sébastien Massart, Director of Strategy, Dassault Systems, Paris, France
• Vartan Piroumian, Consultant, Los Angeles, CA USA
• Larry Schmitt, The Inovo Group, Ann Arbor, MI USA
• Jeffrey Voas, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD USA