The term "Internet of Things" has come to describe a number of technologies and research disciplines that enable the Internet to reach out into the real world of physical objects. Technologies like RFID, short-range wireless communications, real-time localization and sensor networks are now becoming increasingly common, bringing the Internet of Things into commercial use. They foreshadow an exciting future that closely interlinks the physical world and cyberspace - a development that is not only relevant to researchers, but to corporations and individuals alike.

The conference, organized by Elgar Fleisch (University of St. Gallen and ETH Zurich), Friedemann Mattern (ETH Zurich), and Sanjay Sarma (MIT), was the first that brought leading researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry together to facilitate sharing of applications, research results, and knowledge. The three-day event featured keynotes from industrial and academic visionaries, technical presentations of cutting-edge research, reports on the user-experience from seasoned practitioners, and hands-on demos of current technology.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Peter Zencke Executive Board Member SAP AG	Dr. Gerd Wolfram Managing Director MGI Metro Group	Dr. Hannu Kauppinen Chief Research Strategist Nokia Research	Prof. Haruhisa Ichikawa University of Electro- Communications Tokyo

We would like to thank our sponsors for their financial contribution and all participants for making the IOT 2008 such a great and successful event!