We currently live in a time of disruptive change, with technological development and societal issues impacting everything from how we work and create to how we are going to reach the stars. The challenges we face as a world community are myriad, from healthcare to the environment, our oceans, our society, and our planet. It is critical that we focus our efforts on addressing as many of these important issues as possible.
奖是由Quectel物联网社会影响, floLIVE, and The IoT M2M Council (IMC), with a focus on IoT projects that have social impact at heart. The initiative will assess IoT projects in public health, human rights, marine and wildlife conservation, environmental and corporate sustainability, education, clean and sustainable energy, hunger and food insecurity, social and economic development, and improving accessibility.
Entries opened on 4 October 2021, and the deadline for submitting entries is 26 November, with judging closing on 20 December. The IoT Social Impact Award shortlist will be announced on 6 January 2022, with the winner selected by industry voting. Voting will close on 18 February 2022 with the winner announced on 1 March 2022.
评审小组包括：汤姆·雷贝克（Tom Rebbeck），Analysys Mason的合伙人，数字创新战略顾问Anne Hoyer，Alexander Bufalino，Alexander Bufalino，Quectel Wireless Solutions的营销副总裁Rony Cohen，Rony Cohen，联合创始人兼业务发展主管IMC的执行董事Keith Kreisher Flolive，Beecham Research的首席执行官Robin Duke Woolley，ABI Research的Enabering平台副总裁Dan Shey和全球IoT福音传教士和执行业务顾问Tracy Hopkins。
我们与一些组织者有关IOT社会影响奖，其意图及其后果的联系。当我们与Quectel Wireless Solutions的营销副总裁Alexander Bufalino坐在一起时，我们要求他描述有关长期社会利益的奖项的方面。他指出，在物联网中，有很多想法将出现在市场上，而且大多数人都无法生存。那些确实满足明确需求并解决挑战的人大多会带来这一目标，这就是他正在寻找的可持续想法。
当被问及那些说技术不是我们问题的人时，亚历山大解释说，毫无疑问，必须正确掌握技术，但这是人类的挑战，而不是技术。如果我们回顾数千年前的人类，它总是智慧与使我们成长和改变的技术相结合。我们会在25年前的一年内发现对Covid 19的疫苗吗？通过使用云，AI技术以及基因测序中的主要进步，我们做到了。
关于感兴趣的申请，他引用了IBM前首席执行官Ginni Rometty，他说没有AI就不会物联网。几年来，这还不清楚，但是现在越来越清楚。我们和将能够在近乎实际的时间内捕获，运输和计算的大量数据将使AI实时分析和创建建议，这将使AI成为必要的AI。
如果给出了一旦认可该计划的行动计划，亚历山大就认为他们可以启动许多回合此奖项，每次稍微调整它，不仅要解决技术的持续进步，而且还应对最关键的挑战社会。例如，该小组可以启动以“如何抵抗饥饿”或其他性质主题为主题的社会影响力奖。
The team at floLIVE talked about how companies across the globe are using IoT in innovative ways to help change the world for the better. The IoT Social Impact Award is designed to highlight these organizations and showcase the initiatives that provide much-needed social impact, improving the world through their specific sector. They want to set these organizations apart from the crowd, and demonstrate to the world how technology, innovation and creativity can be used to drive social good.
They emphasized that the criteria on which the awards will be judged are simple, and fall into two areas. Firstly, what is the impact of the project and the technology employed on the world, and secondly how innovative the solution is. There are many steps we need to take to solve the many problems that we are facing on earth, some of them educational, some of them governmental, some financial, etc.
Although in the past technology has caused some of the biggest environmental and social problems during the industrial revolution, for example, air pollution, depletion of natural resources, and water pollution among others, it can also be the key to addressing the challenges that we’re facing, including hunger and food insecurity, climate change, environmental sustainability, clean energy, waste management, and other pressing global challenges.
Flolive的团队强调需要利用数字革命并同时使用高科技解决方案。为此，我们需要增强和教育整个生态系统：政府，高等教育机构，公司和公民。我们都需要采用可持续政策，商业模式和其他实践
The organizers are essentially looking for IoT solutions that make the world a better place. Projects from all industries are welcome, including solutions to challenges in global public health, marine and wildlife conservation, hunger and food security, environmental and sustainability, global human rights, social and economic development, clean and sustainable energy, education, and improving accessibility for the disabled.
Once the deadline closes, the judges will then choose ten entries to be shortlisted – these will be announced on 6th January 2022. The shortlisted entrants will receive a free floLIVE kit with ten floLIVE SIM cards with 10GB for a year and a free Quectel Smart EVB kit, to help build their POC project. The kit can be used to test basic functions on Smart modules.
The winner of the ultimate prize, is voted on by the industry. The ten shortlisted companies will all be in the running for this and whoever is chosen will win 500 SIM cards with 500GB for a year from floLIVE, a one-year free subscription to floNET, floLIVE’s state-of-the-art IoT connectivity platform to launch your project and full coverage across the IMC’s marketing platforms, reaching over 53,000 IoT professionals.
