After watching a particularly entertaining jazz/blues quartet warm the stage up, with a drummer who was likely still better than 99.9% of attendees even after losing a stick during a twirl, the “Smart Homes: the next level of connected living (check)” panel took to the stage. Featuring SmartThings Chief Retail Officer and SVP Business Development Brian Winter, Netatmo CEO Fred Potter, Imperial College London academic James Barlow, and Euromonitor International’s research manager Ratna Sita, the keynote discussed the challenges facing their own IoT ventures, and the wider issue surrounding the emerging market.First to the stage was Brian Winter of SmartThings, the DIY smart home platform that was acquired for some $200m by Samsung. Winter opened with a demo video that…