IoT workshop Zurich 27-28 March 2008, PROSIT WS on 26 March 2008

http://www.iot2008.org/

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.

http://www.iot2008.org/prg/program.pdf

Workshop A: Producing Standards for the Internet of Things (PROSIT)

Imagine a network with literally billions of mobile nodes, without any pre-defined communication
infrastructure, whose nodes are primarily sensors and actuators with limited processing 
capabilities. Such networks exhibit specific communication requirements between individual 
nodes, and between nodes and central access points that provide connectivity with the outside 
world. Many, if not most of these nodes are  integrated into everyday devices; they will be 
found inside cars, at home, and in the shopping mall. The 1application areas based on such 
networks are varied and numerous, including, for example, intelligent homes, car safety, 
and item tracking. Many such applications will become part of our lives, and are prone to 
collect information that would be considered as private by many. For the average user, it 
will be next to impossible to establish who has access to these information, and for which 
purposes.
This unprecedented penetration of virtually everyone‘s life suggests the need for a close 
scrutiny of the various processes to be associated with the development of such a technology 
and its subsequent wide deployment. International standardisation of information and 
communication technologies (ICT) is among the most important of these processes. It is 
linked to both the technological development and the policy and legal frameworks within 
which the technology is to be developed and deployed. Accordingly, this workshop aims to 
discuss the development of adequate standards setting processes for the Internet of Things. 
The analysis of the current situation in ICT standards setting, the current legal situation 
with respect to the role of standards, and the development of recommendations on how to 
adapt the processes to adequately serve the environment created by the IoT will be addressed 
through insights from various disciplines.