Bridging the skills gap: How industrial/academic partnerships can benefit your IoT business. Several of the large IoT players have recently partnered with universities and colleges worldwide to ensure that the next generation of recruits have the high level technical skills and understanding of the IoT ecosystem need to add value to their businesses. How should you take advantage of such collaboration opportunities, and how can they translate into increasing innovation and getting that competitive edge within your organisation? The EU-funded IoT Large Scale Pilot 'The Internet of Food and Farm 2020 (IoF2020)' will be used as a showcase. New opportunities for collaboration will be mentioned.