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London - 9th May, 2017

Cognitive Hub and the future of work

Dennis Curry

Executive Director & Deputy CTO

Global R&D

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Konica Minolta – a 140 year old start up dedicated to innovation

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Konica Minolta – Facts and figures

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SALES BREAKDOWN BY REGION (FY 2015) 7.8Billion€Consolidated

net sales as of 31st March 2016

Approx.9,500employees throughout

Europe contribute to help

our clients concentrate on

what they do best: their

business

Active in 51countries

throughout

Europe

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R&D and Business Centres distributed across the globe

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Solving customers’ problems within the digital workplace

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At Konica Minolta we embrace the AI challenge with a focus on the context where most of our customers’ interests reside: the workplace of the future

Cognitive Hub from vision to reality

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We live in an era of unprecedented change

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AI will move from Cloud Platforms to distributed

cortex

Augmented Intelligence will become the main driver

AI/ IOT Decision making and Collaboration will drive interoperability

AI will move to the middle groundCombined Intellect & team working

We will move to adaptable and inference based information

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Value of Edge Computing

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Edge-Cloud interaction to enable advanced data processing, delivering differentiated value

Cloud

Device

Real-time data processing

Supports Privacy/security

Data/traffic volume reduction

Leveraging personal data and health recordsprediction

Input Output

学習

recognition analysisEdge

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From cloud to cortex through fog

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• Cloud computing is changing, due to all the sensors and devices out on the edge

• Some call it fog: a cloud that is closer to you and comprises edge computing devices that are physically closer to you

• It will become a pervasive layer of connectivity: a cortex-like structure where edge devices and the cloud will become interchangeable, according to users’ needs

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Empowering people in the workplace of the future

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Collaboration with

partners

In-house office

SPOKE

Remote office

Cloud

• Konica Minolta has launched Workplace Hub

• Workplace Hub is our first step towards delivering systems that intuitively connect people, places and devices into a platform where information flows easily and IT support is accessible and manageable from a single place

EDGE

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An overview of Workplace Hub

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• Offering All in One or Hybrid IT

• Administration of People, Spaces, and Devices

• Enhance Collaboration and Service

• An IT-enabled information hub for effective working

• Unifies all your existing technologies and makes them work together intuitively

• Connects people, places and devices

• Integrates hardware, software and services into a multi-vendor, one-stop solution

• Removes legacy restrictions

• It is future-proof, so it grows as and when you need it to

• It is safe and secure using latest unified threat management technology

• Bridges onsite and cloud technology

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Konica Minolta: Example AI Powered Collaboration Suit

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• Smart Room Booking System

• Semantic Platform

• Predictive Maintenance

• Collaboration Suite

• Some of the AI-based tools of Workplace Hub constitute the first steps of a strategy to connect the dots between different technologies and AI solutions

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Konica Minolta Vision for Cognitive Hub

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The Cognitive Hub (under development)

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The leap to Cognitive Hub – some examples

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Cognitive Hub

Intelligent Collaboration

•Cognitive Briefing

•Cognitive corporate social network

Intelligent business decisions

•Cognitive business analytics

•Cognitive suggestions

Intelligent planning and searching

•Cognitive meeting planning

•Cognitive content search

Intuitive office management

•Cognitive finder of people and things

•Cognitive facility controls

Cognitive meeting execution

•Cognitive appointments

•Cognitive opinion tracking

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Cognitive Hub applies intelligent edge computing

• To provide AI and augment human intelligence

• To extend the network of human interfaces

• To enhance collaboration amongst individuals and teams

• To become a nexus for clients’ information flows within the digital workplace

• To provide AI based interoperability services that are immediately and automatically actionable

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Thanks

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Join us as we move towards Cognitive Hub for the future of the workplace

Dr. Dennis Curry

Konica Minolta Inc

90 Chancery Lane

London WC2A 1EU

research@konicaminolta.eu

research.konicaminolta.eu

March 2017 September 2016