Watch Microsoft Research's Devices and Networking Summit 2015 live here

Microsoft Research Devices and Networking Summit 2015 brings together over 175 experts to discuss cutting-edge developments, potential breakthroughs, and ongoing technology concerns.

Microsoft believes the event deserves broad participation, so will be live streaming key speeches, interviews, and demos from the Summit, and you can watch Wednesday's webcast right here as it happens.

The stream will cover topics such as the design of the next generation of connected devices, what’s new in the world of wearable, connected health monitors, developments in next-gen Wi-Fi, and Mobility First, a proposed new architecture of the Internet.

There will also be information on the Surface Hub for Research RFP (request for proposal). Microsoft describes this as a "golden opportunity for qualified academic researchers to create innovative applications that exploit the capabilities of the Surface Hub’s huge, multi-sensing, pen-and-touch display". Sounds interesting.

The live stream begins at 12.30pm CEST/11.30am BST so be sure to tune in from then.