The Hong Kong Internet of Things (IoT) Conference 2018

The Hong Kong Internet of Things (IoT) Conference 2018, which was organized by GS1 Hong Kong, was held successfully on 6th June, 2018 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Using “Unleashing the real IoT Business Value” as the theme,  different presentations and discussion panels were held in order to promote the concept of IoT application and its potential business opportunities. Mr. Nicholas W. Yang, GBS, JP, Secretary for Innovation and Technology of HKSAR, attended the conference as the officiating guest, and over 600 industry practitioners participate the event.

Mr. Kelvin Ko, Group Vice President and Head of Logistics Technology of BPS Group, was proud to be invited to the conference. He shared the process and technologies of pharmaceutical supply chain with the industry practitioners, hence investigating the possibilities of applying IoT in the healthcare industry like automatic medication inventory tracking and using smart labels to measure the goods’ temperature, so as to achieve intelligent warehousing, intelligent transport, intelligent deliveries in every procedure, which enhancing the overall logistics efficiency ultimately.

As the honorable award winner of The Hong Kong ICT Awards 2018 and Smart Mobility Grand Award and Smart Mobility (Smart Logistics) Gold Award, Mr. Kelvin Ko shared his award-winning work, the DKSH Hong Kong Smart Automated Warehouse Solution and how it could solve the numerous challenges DKSH currently faces in the market, like the shortage of labor supply, the increase of operating cost, etc. The automated warehouse solution successfully overcame the challenge of assembling different equipment in a limited space, hence immensely enhanced the operating efficiency. Mr. Ko’ s well spoken explanation helps the guest tremendously in understanding the principle behind the operating system and his wisdom benefited them a lot. Booths were also set up in the center to introduce the award-winning works and technologies, which attracted a lot of guest to look around.