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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Call for Participation</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The 8th International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT 2018)</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> hosted by the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.ucsb.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">University
of California, Santa Barbara</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> will take place from <strong>October 15–18, 2018</strong> in Santa Barbara, California, USA. This premier forum offers an opportunity to connect
and form a collaboration with visionary academic researchers and practitioners by sharing, discussing and witnessing cutting-edge research in all areas of development for the Internet of Things.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The organisers invite all stakeholders including funding agencies, the research communities and the practitioners, both public and private,
to come together and share their insights, concerns, needs, and vision for the future.<strong> Online registration for IoT 2018 is open</strong>:
<a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/%7Eiotc/iot-conf/iot2018/index.php/registration/">
http://lampz.tugraz.at/~iotc/iot-conf/iot2018/index.php/registration/</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The key highlights of the conference are:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Keynote Speakers:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor Karl Henrik Johansson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professor Chandra Krintz, University of California, Santa Barbara<br>
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<strong>Invited 'Quo vadis' Talk</strong></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Seta Bogosyanam, NSF CPS/IOT
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Events:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Monday 15 October 2018</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Workshops and Tutorials</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Tuesday 16 October 2018</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">09:00am - 10:00am: Welcome and Keynote talk</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">10:00am - 10:40am: Security and Privacy of IoT – Part I</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">10:40am - 11:00am: Discussion Break</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">11:00am - 12:10pm: Applications of IoT I</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">12:10pm - 01:40pm: Lunch Break</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">01:40pm - 02:50pm: Pitchfest</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">02:50pm - 03:10pm: Afternoon Break </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">03:20pm - 04:10pm: Learning Approaches for IoT</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wednesday 17 October 2018</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">09:10am - 10:00am: Keynote talk</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">10:00am - 10:40am: Security and Privacy of IoT – Part II</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">10:40am - 11:00am: Discussion Break</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">11:00am - 12:10pm: Web of Things Architecture I</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">12:10pm - 01:40pm: Lunch Break</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">01:40pm - 02:50pm: Web of Things Architecture II</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">02:50pm - 03:10pm: Afternoon Break </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">03:20pm - 04:10pm: Applications of IoT II</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">04:10pm - 06:00pm: Break and Poster Session</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thursday 18 October 2018</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">09:10am - 09:40am: Invited Talk - Seta Bogosyanam</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">09:40am - 10:40am: Smart City Panel</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">10:40am - 11:00am: Discussion Break</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">11:00am - 12:10pm: Closing and Best Paper Session</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">See here for the detailed program:
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<a href="http://lampz.tugraz.at/%7Eiotc/iot-conf/iot2018/index.php/program/">http://lampz.tugraz.at/~iotc/iot-conf/iot2018/index.php/program/</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Conference Registration:</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Regular Registration USD 650</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Student Registration USD 450</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">** Discounted Registration (for first 10 registrants booking a hotel room at the Canary Hotel) : </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Regular Registration USD 575</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Student Registration USD 400 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For more details, see the conference website: </span><a href="http://iot-conference.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman , Times, serif;",serif">http://iot-conference.org/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are looking forward to your participation. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">Marc Langheinrich, Informatics Faculty, USI Lugano,
<a href="http://uc.inf.usi.ch/"><span style="color:#0563C1">uc.inf.usi.ch</span></a><br>
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Pervasive Magazine - <a href="http://computer.org/pervasive">
<span style="color:#0563C1">computer.org/pervasive</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">Chair, IoT-Conference Steering Committee -
<a href="http://iot-conference.org/sc/"><span style="color:#0563C1">iot-conference.org/sc/</span></a><br>
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