Title: The Internet of Things: Connected reality

The Internet of Things (IoT) will create a huge network of billions of smart ‘Things/Objects’ communicating each other. In the IoT, smart things/objects are expected to become active participants in business, information and social processes. The IoT will be able to interact and communicate by exchanging data and information sensed about the environment and by reacting autonomously to the real/physical events with or without direct human intervention. The IoT has the purpose of providing an information technology (IT) infrastructure facilitating the exchanges of things in a secure and reliable manner. This keynote will discuss the anatomy of the IoT environment and its use within the home, business and our everyday lives.