The importance of the network edge has grown dramatically in the past couple of years. Organizations everywhere are looking to decentralise their operations and shift compute power away from head offices and data centers and towards where the most critical activity is happening.

The edge of the network is where humans are doing the most valuable work. It is also where a growing number and variety of IoT devices are to be found. Tying all of this together is 5G. The power of 5G can unite disparate strands of connectivity and reach the most remote locations imaginable.

When high-speed, low-latency 5G cellular networks are coupled with IoT and edge computing, with everything augmented by AI, the results are game-changing. Use cases abound. Online shopping can be made fully interactive, gaming transformed into something truly immersive, and telehealth services rolled out to everyone who needs them. Manufacturing, logistics, transportation, asset management and parcel tracking are all being automated and changed forever. This is a world where machines on the factory floor can talk to operators, alerting them to impending failures or adapting automatically to improve efficiency. The ambulance becomes the ER room. This combination of technologies will power digital twins to help boost productivity and lessen the risks faced by human workers.

As the network edge continues to expand to service more and more end points, we bring you this exclusive online opportunity to hear from some of the most authoritative voices in this sector. Our analyst chair will present unique research findings, and moderate a panel of expert stakeholders. A media Q&A will give the international press a chance to understand more about this fast-moving space.