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ecosystem to propel into the mainstream. It comprises many
members of IEEE PELS and ideally-suited to tackle these
multidimensional challenges.
Starting with sponsoring Industry Sessions for years at
the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition
(APEC), live, functional demos of EH-enabled IoT/
IIoT/wearable/sensor solutions were added to complement
the technical talks demonstrating this is tangible stuff performing
real-world applications. The next level was in May
2018 with a 3-day workshop called EnerHarv (http://www
.enerharv.com/), hosted by Tyndall (https://www.tyndall
.ie/) in Ireland [7]. EnerHarv proved a palpable inflection
point for members of the Power IoT/EH ecosystems to
increase collaboration and successfully bring solutions
to the mainstream. Thanks to COVID, we are excited to
announce the biennial EnerHarv is returning April 2022,
hosted by the ASSIST Center (https://assistcenter.org/) of
NC State University in Raleigh, NC, USA.
Another major, recent EHC achievement is a white paper
addressing " Energy Harvesting for a Green Internet of
Things " compiled by world leading experts in their respective
fields and led by Thomas Becker of Thobecore and Michalis
Kiziroglou of Imperial College London, U.K. For more
information, please visit our website (https://www.psma
.com/technical-forums/energy-harvesting/whitepaper).
IEEE: Given the interplay between Power IoT and highspeed
networks, like 5G, one may want to dig much deeper
into the gaps, concepts, and optimization opportunities
summarized here. The IEEE Future Networks Initiative
International Network Generations Roadmap (INGR,
Initiative
PSMA Energy Harvesting
Committee (EHC)
PSMA EnerHarv
PSMA Energy Harvesting
White Paper
EU EnABLES Project
Type
Table 1. Some Power IoT/5G Related Initiatives.
Activity Overview
Industry Association
(Multiple activities)
Workshop
Publication
EU project. Publications.
Research community
formation
IEEE More than Moore
IRDS (devices and
systems)
IEEE HIR (Heterogeneous
Integration
roadmap)
EPoSS ECS SRIA
(Strategic Research and
Innovation Agenda)
CONNECT
Academic/Industry
Research Center
IEEE INGR (International
Network Generations
Roadmap)
EHN - Energy Harvesting
Network
AIoTI
ASSIST
PSMA Power Supply on
Chip (PwrSoC)
Roadmap
Academic/Industry
Alliance
Academic/Industry
Alliance
Academic/Industry
Alliance
Embedded power
workshop
Roadmap (2020)
Roadmap (2020)
Roadmap
Contribution to 'power IoT' section of PSMA's PTR
(power technology roadmap).
APEC industry session organizer.
Links with biennial PwrSoC workshop.
Biennial workshop in collaboration with IEEE
PELS, EnABLES (2018, 2022) and others
Guidance on industry and application needs.
Access to expertise and laboratories to do Power
IoT feasibility studies.
Joint development of future power IoT
platforms.
Positon paper on power IoT.
International roadmap on devices and systems -
several segments on energy harvesting, low
power electronics, etc.
International roadmap on devices and systems -
Integrated power electronics chapter.
Strategic Research agenda roadmap publication
on smart system integration of components
developed by members of three EU industry associations:
AENEAS, ARTEMIS-IA and EPOSS
Science Foundation Ireland research center with
> 50 industry and academic members focusing
on future networks and communications. Dedicated
section on low energy networks.
IEEE Future Networks Initiative: industry-wide dialogue
to address the many facets and challenges
of the development and deployment of 5G
Network of UK academic, industrial researchers
& end-users of energy harvesting technology.
Alliance for IoT Innovation - EU based academic/
industry cluster.
Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors
and Technologies, NC State University, USA.
Biennial workshop in collaboration with IEEE et al,
integrating low power into packages & on chip
https://connectcentre.ie/
https://irds.ieee.org/editions/2020
https://eps.ieee.org/technology/hetero
geneous-integration-roadmap.html
https://www.smart-systems-integration
.org/publication/ecs-sria-2021
Web Link
https://www.psma.com/technical
-forums/energy-harvesting
http://www.enerharv.com/
https://www.psma.com/technical
-forums/energy-harvesting/whitepaper
https://www.enables-project.eu/
https://futurenetworks.ieee.org/road
map
http://eh-network.org/about.php
https://aioti.eu/
https://assistcenter.org/
http://pwrsocevents.com
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