IoT Strategic Initiatives in Brazil Panel: IoT: a great opportunity for emerging economies? IoT Strategic Initiatives in Brazil Carlos Kamienski cak@ufabc.edu.br Collaboration: Lisandro Granville (granville@inf.ufrgs.br)

Brazilian National IoT Plan A Brazilian National IoT plan is expected to be launched in 2017 Validity: 2017 to 2022 Up to 2025, IoT is expected to generate about US$ 20 trillions in revenue +/- 50 billion devices will be connected Brazil expects to get a share of US$ 350 billions Public policy is needed to provide incentives The IoT Plan is under development

National IoT Plan – Public Consultation Public Consultation open until January 16, 2017 Themes Research and development Human resources (training) Technological offer and ecosystem composition Investment and funding Demand - verticals (public and private) Aspirations Infrastructure management Support to applications and services Communication networks Gateways and devices Security and privacy Role of the Brazilian state Regulatory issues

National IoT Plan – Public Consultation Public Consultation – Themes Regulatory issues Research and development – subsidies and incentives Training of human resources Attracting funding and investment Data security and privacy Networking issues for data communication Gateways and devices Frequency bands Applications: e.g. health and agriculture

National IoT Plan – Public Consultation Public Consultation – Themes Regulatory issues Research and development – subsidies and incentives Training of human resources Attracting funding and investment Data security and privacy Networking issues for data communication Gateways and devices Frequency bands Applications: e.g. health and agriculture

National IoT Plan Technical study and Diagnosis MCTIC – Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations, and Communications BNDES – The Brazilian Development Bank MCTIC and BNDES launched a call for helping them shape the National IoT Plan Technical study and diagnosis of the IoT area Definition of priorities Suggestion of public policy How to encourage cooperation between companies, government, universities and research institutes Consortium selected: McKinsey and CPqD MCTIC/BNDES agreement signed yesterday (12/12)

Government Work Group on Smart and Human Cities Different sectors of the Brazilian society Parliamentary Front on Smart Cities Third Sector Industry 5 Thematic Dimensions Governance Infrastructure PPP – Public Private Partnerships ICT – Information & Communication Technologies Urban mobility

IoT Chamber The IoT Chamber aims at Multi-sectoral forum Supporting the definition of public policy Promoting and monitoring the development of M2M and IoT solutions for the Brazilian market Multi-sectoral forum Government Industry Research institutions Academic institutions

Law on the Protection of Personal Data Brazil has no law about personal data protection There are some different bills under discussion in the Brazilian Congress “Regulations for personal data protection are essential in the Information Society, but it cannot limit innovation and legitimate business models”

EU-BR Coordinated Call on IoT Pilots (H2020-EUB-2017) 4th EU-BR Coordinated Call Equitable funding from Brazil and Europe Consortiums formed with partners from both regions Explore the potential of IoT in real-world scenarios Technologies and tools need to be demonstrated in controlled environments with the goal of validation IoT Pilots Environmental monitoring Utilities: smart water management Utilities: energy management at home and in buildings Smart assisted living and wellbeing Smart manufacturing: customization

Final Remarks There is no single and unified strategy coming from the Brazilian government and society Different initiatives are on the road IoT is definitely on the Brazilian authorities' radar Problem: recent disruption in the Brazilian government might cause public policy to change Brazilian National IoT Plan

IoT Strategic Initiatives in Brazil Panel: IoT: a great opportunity for emerging economies? IoT Strategic Initiatives in Brazil Carlos Kamienski cak@ufabc.edu.br Collaboration: Lisandro Granville (granville@inf.ufrgs.br)