ioT2010 - The Convergence of Standards

I think one of the big themes of ioT2010 involves the convergence of standards.

During summer 2010, Prof. Sanjay Sarma, Dr. Christian Floerkemeier, and I developed the following statement, which describes our future research funded by GS1:

"The Convergence of different technologies, standards and devices will play a central role in the research activities of the Auto-ID labs for the next two years. Through discussions with industry and academic leaders it has become clear that the integration of different technical standards in the GS1 eco-system is an emerging issue of great interest. Users often find the number of technologies and standards available hard to comprehend and let alone to integrate into meaningful and productive systems. The question often becomes 'Could even more productivity arise from integrating various standards?'"

This might be the defining issue regarding the future of the Internet of Things.