At the opening session, Freescale President and CEO Gregg Lowe presented a keynote address focusing on the company's vision for a world of connected intelligence where big data, security and cloud computing meet. The CEO also demonstrated a pair of smart glasses that worked with ORCAM, which can help those visually impaired to indentify objects like bank note, newspaper, and books by pronuncing the object from the glasses, redefining the concept of smart glasses to a new level.

“Since its inception in 2005, the forum has become an important opportunity to celebrate innovation, showcasing the very best of what the embedded design community has to offer,” said Lowe.

“We are excited to share the future of our industry with our partners and customers in Shenzhen.”

This year's forum features a technology lab with 80 demos, supplemented with learning opportunityies culminating in over 110 hours of training in sectors including the auto industry, consumer products, healthcare, industries, networkking, smart energy, software and design services.

It also has a panel discussing “creating partnerships and ecosystems to lead the Internet of Things revolution.” Jason Zhang, General Manager of Freescale's marketing and business development the Asia-Pasific region, who is moderated the panel.

This pair of smart glasses which can help those visually impaired