AUTHOR: Willi Schroll, strategiclabs Berlin – CONFERENCE: IoT Week – London 16th-20th June 2014 – DATE: 18th June 2014 – TRACK: Society – HASHTAG: #IoTweek – Please download the study "Connected Reality 2025" for free: http://de.slideshare.net/Z_punkt/z-punkt-studyconnectedreality2025englsingle OUTLINE of the presentation: I. Foresight perspective on IoT and related drivers II. IoT and the „Power of Social“ THESES Thesis I: Most of IoT has as much to do with social relationships as it does with technology Thesis II: Socio-centric analysis complementing the user‐centric standards Thesis III: Network theory and Social Capital theory are essential perspectives to build a framework for IoT development/UXD A dominant part of the slidedeck introduces the study "Connected Reality 2025". The Living Bridges Planet community (facebook group of 6.800) is intended as an exemplification of applied Social Capital theory. Since 2012 a "network of networks" has been – including frequent video chats, peer2peer learning, knowledge flow, the spreading and the re-accumulation of the social capital form trust. This dynamics illustrates the "power of social". Implications for IoT design and development are affecting the IoT research design and the assumptions / process design in product and service development. (See theses above) http://de.slideshare.net/Z_punkt/z-punkt-studyconnectedreality2025englsingle