Sam George is the Corporate Vice President of Azure IoT, delivering a broad portfolio of services and capabilities that help our customers and partners realize the full potential of the Internet of Things. He is responsible for Azure IoT services including Digital Twins, IoT Hub, Device Provisioning Service, IoT Edge, IoT Central and our Connected Vehicle Platform/Autonomous Driving Platform. He works across industries inside and outside Microsoft where IoT is having a transformational impact, including Manufacturing, Energy, Automotive, Real Estate, Agriculture and more. Sam and his team’s mission is to simplify IoT so that every business on the planet can benefit from the digital transformation it enables. A 22-year Microsoft veteran, Sam started his career as a software developer and is passionate about how technology can enable a more inclusive and sustainable world. You can follow Sam online on his IoT Blog aka.ms/SamGeorge or on Twitter at @samjgeorge.
Abstract:
There is a wave of innovation happening across the broader manufacturing space that is powered by creating full digital replicas of entire manufacturing environments – from equipment, to processes, to supply chains, to distribution networks, to the people involved. These digital replicas, or digital twins, enable realtime operational visibility – but also bring a set of new breakthrough capabilities: including the ability to simulate any possibility to goal seek optimizations, applying continually improving autonomous control, interacting with equipment on the shop floor with the full context from its digital replica and more.