The opening keynote is about how all the IoT technologies that were invented over the last 2 decades are coming together and clearly finding their niche.

For the first time, 7 wireless alliances share one stage. DECT Forum, the Connectivity Standards Alliance (Matter, Zigbee), Thread Group, Bluetooth SIG, Wi-Fi Alliance, LoRa Alliance and Z-Wave Alliance take on the hard questions together. How to push forward the industry. Create further developer adoption. And what is every alliance doing to achieve a joint goal of having a more connected world. This is not a stand-off but an exclusive and unique discussion on how to serve hardware makers, systems integrators and product builders the best with the right wireless technologies.

This keynote traces how a growing, collaborative, and highly innovative open ecosystem turned LoRa from a radio technology into the world's leading LPWAN standard, unlocking real-world impact across smart cities, agriculture, utilities, logistics, and industrial IoT.​

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We will demo an agentic, Edge AI monitoring platform which together with Wi-Fi HaLow devices will showcase the Future of Visual Sensing.

Put simply...

Connect, See, Think & Act.

In ultra-low-power wireless designs, efficiency comes from making the right choices early.

This keynote explores how to match wireless protocols, MCU performance, and system architecture to the real needs of an application. Through practical examples drawn from metering, sensing, and energy-harvesting devices, we will show how these decisions extend battery life, reduce system complexity, and simplify development.

Attendees will gain a practical framework for selecting wireless technologies and optimizing low-power performance to build connected devices that are both energy-efficient and robust.

IoT has made products, machines and assets increasingly connected, but the commercial and contractual layer behind them often remains static. In practice, this creates a growing gap between what is contractually agreed, what is operationally delivered, and what the data actually shows.

I would like to introduce the concept of Connected Agreements: a new approach in which contracts, SLAs, pricing models, and lifecycle commitments are linked to real operational data from connected assets, industrial systems, and digital product ecosystems. Instead of treating agreements as isolated legal documents, organizations can use IIoT data to make service levels more transparent, pricing more outcome-based, and performance more verifiable across the product lifecycle.

The session will also explore why this matters now in Europe, especially with the newEU Data Act, growing expectations around data access and interoperability, and the emergence of AI agents as a next step for monitoring, governance, and operational decision support.

As businesses around the globe continue to invest in AI-driven robotics and automation, the stress on network infrastructure exponentially increases. The sheer volume of data required and proximity of LLM inference, combined with the unique latency, security, sovereignty and performance characteristics of emerging AI applications and services, can determine the success of these investments. This presentation examines the critical role that networks play in supporting AI IoT and highlights several new technical advancements that are designed to fortify security, increase reliability, and lower operating costs.

AI coding agents are becoming standard collaborators in software development — writing, testing, and shipping code with minimal human input. Edge AI is next. As the tools for building and deploying models on microcontrollers expose themselves via APIs and CLIs, agents can start driving the entire edge ML workflow: from data to trained model to deployed firmware. This talk explores what "agentic development" means for edge AI — a visionary look at where the industry is headed.

In many real-world scenarios, cloud-centric AI systems are not viable due to latency, bandwidth, cost, or infrastructure constraints.

This makes it necessary to rethink how intelligence is executed and how data flows across the system, moving processing closer to where data is generated. In this context, the combination of edge computing and connectivity enables a new class of distributed intelligence, where processing and communication are tightly integrated.

This keynote will explore how Edge AI can support faster decision-making, lower latency, improved privacy, and greater operational resilience by processing data locally while remaining connected to the broader IoT ecosystem.

We unveil the Arduino®️ VENTUNO™ Q our most powerful single-board platform engineered to bring Physical AI directly to the edge. Featuring a dual-brain architecture that pairs a Qualcomm Dragonwing™ IQ8 processor delivering 40 dense TOPS of NPU acceleration with a real-time STM32 microcontroller, VENTUNO Q natively senses, decides, and acts on a single board. Discover how VENTUNO Q executes complex vision models, LLMs, and ROS 2 workloads completely offline, and explore how the unified Arduino App Lab streamlines the journey from local prototyping to seamless industrial deployment.

Developing for the edge in a lab is one thing. Running the same application across hundreds of geographically distributed devices is something else. Different hardware, isolated networks, and remote locations quickly turn deployment and operations into a nightmare. And today, it is not enough to simply run workloads closer to the data. Edge AI applications also need secure networking and reliable messaging so services can share intelligence across the entire cluster.

In this live demo, you will see how Eclipse ioFog makes this simple. We will onboard production-ready edge devices in just a few minutes using Edgelet, a lightweight, hardware-agnostic runtime. Then we will securely deploy and manage containerised workloads across the deployment.

You will see that zero-trust, scalable networking is built into the platform. There is no need for complex network setup or manual configuration.

Next, we will show how a virtual application network securely connects edge services across isolated networks. You will see how applications communicate as if they were running on the same local network.

Finally, we will demonstrate the NATs-based distributed messaging layer and show how decentralised authentication and authorisation help keep edge applications secure as they scale.

The arrival of GSMA SGP.32 marks a fundamental shift in IoT connectivity. Connectivity is becoming software-defined, enabling devices to be provisioned, managed, and updated throughout their lifecycle rather than configured once at manufacture.

This keynote explores the transition from traditional SIM logistics to digital SIM Logistics, and how remote provisioning, lifecycle management, and connectivity orchestration are changing the way global IoT solutions are deployed and operated. Attendees will gain practical insights into what this new operating model means for manufacturers, solution providers, and enterprises building connected products at scale.

Learn about the DECT NR+ wireless technology standard for large-scale professional IoT, understand its strengths and main application areas.

As connected devices scale across homes, cities, industry, and beyond, there is no one-size-fits-all wireless strategy. This panel brings together perspectives from Amazon, Silicon Labs and Quectel to explore the evolving landscape of Sub-GHz connectivity. From long-range, low-power device networks and interoperable smart-home ecosystems to cellular and hybrid deployments, the conversation will examine how developers can match technologies to real-world requirements for range, battery life, reliability, security, cost, and time to market. Attendees will leave with a clearer view of the complementary connectivity options available today—and how the ecosystem is working together to make the next generation of IoT simpler, more scalable, and more impactful.

Get hands-on with cellular IoT and non-terrestrial networks. In this interactive workshop, participants will receive an nRF9151 development kit and work step by step with our experts to establish cellular and NTN connectivity using no SIM card (nuSIM technology). Together, we will explore the setup, configuration, and first connections, giving you practical experience with satellite and SIM-free IoT connectivity.

Selecting the right wireless technology for commercial IoT requires more than comparing specifications and focusing on theoretical specifications. It requires understanding how protocols perform in real-world deployments.

This session presents an objective comparison of Z-Wave Long Range (ZWLR), LoRaWAN, and Wi-Fi HaLow using commercially available products tested in identical real-world operating environments across New England. We'll walk through the complete testing methodology, including the hardware used, deployment scenarios, measurement criteria, and the processes developed to enable others to replicate the evaluation in their own environments.

Attendees will gain insight into the testing approach, learn key observations from the study, and better understand how different Sub-GHz wireless technologies perform across common Commercial IoT use cases. The session concludes with access to a comprehensive whitepaper containing the complete methodology and detailed results.

Getting two devices to talk to each other is hard. Getting an entire industry to agree on how all devices should talk to each other is harder but that's the challenge the Connectivity Standards Alliance decided to solve, and the result is Matter. This session looks at how Matter became a single, IP-based protocol capable of scaling across brands, categories, and continents, and what it takes to keep reliability and security intact as adoption accelerates from thousands of devices to billions.

Low-power cellular IoT (LTE-M, Cat 1bis, 5G eRedCap), non-terrestrial network sand software-defined radio are reshaping IoT and critical connectivity.

This talk covers the latest trends across 4G, 5G, and emerging 6G, dives into the latest SDR technology, and makes the case for sovereign technologies as the foundation for critical connectivity.

Discover how GSMA SGP.32 enables enterprises to increase flexibility and strengthen business continuity through standards-based eSIM profile management. This live demonstration follows the lifecycle of a bootstrapped IoT eSIM, showing how devices gain instant connectivity and how SIM profiles can be downloaded, enabled, and managed through the emnify platform and API.

We'll demonstrate IoT-specific capabilities including profile polling, fallback configuration, profile operation auditing, and eIM integration. You'll also see how open APIs and Data Streamer integrate profile lifecycle events into enterprise systems, enabling the automated deployment of SIM profiles for specific projects or regulatory requirements.

The session focuses on the practical application of SGP.32 to validate business continuity plans, automate profile lifecycle operations, and build resilient, transparent, and operationally efficient IoT deployments.

Today, most things in the physical world are tracked passively. A warehouse worker scans an RFID tag. A technician reads a sensor manually. The device itself transmits nothing.

The IoT industry is shifting toward devices that do the opposite: they connect, transmit, and report continuously. The reason is simple, passive devices do not generate enough data to be useful at scale. BLE trackers in logistics and wireless sensors on industrial machines are two examples where this shift is already happening.

Two problems come up repeatedly. First, wireless transmission requires short bursts of high current that standard small batteries cannot reliably deliver without additional components such as supercapacitors, which add cost and board space. Second, industrial environments are hot, a sensor mounted directly on a motor or inside a production line can easily reach 150°C, which is well beyond the limit of conventional Li-ion.

This talk walks through two use cases: a BLE tracker replacing passive RFID in logistics, and a wireless sensor enabling predictive maintenance in high-temperature industrial environments, and shows how solid-state thin-film battery technology makes both viable. The speaker is Dr. Moritz Futscher, CEO and Co-Founder of BTRY AG, an ETH Zürich and Empa spin-off developing and industrialising ultra-thin solid-state batteries designed exactly for these conditions.

Thread is a wireless mesh networking technology that gives every node a real IPv6 address: avoiding gateways, translation layers, or vendor lock-in. Built on low-cost 802.15.4 radios and Internet Protocol standards, Thread forms a self-healing secure mesh that spans a home or building. It's already a wireless layer supported by Matter, running in millions of smart-home IoT devices, while adoption in the smart buildings segment is also picking up. This talk breaks down how Thread works, what its unique features are, and why it's beneficial for IoT device makers.

What if LoRaWAN devices could make decisions—not just transmit data?

This keynote explores how edge AI brings intelligence directly to low-power nodes, enabling faster responses, lower bandwidth, improved privacy and longer battery life. Through real-world examples spanning predictive maintenance, smart agriculture, embedded vision and industrial monitoring, discover how devices can detect anomalies, identify events and send only actionable insights over LoRaWAN.

The session also addresses the critical path from prototype to production, including data quality, model optimization, power consumption, security, validation and lifecycle management. See how compact models can deliver millisecond-level anomaly detection in just a few kilobytes of memory—and learn what it takes to deploy edge AI at scale.

Ask a room of engineers how long it takes to get a connected product into the field, and the honest answer is usually years. Not because the idea was hard, and not because the prototype failed, but because everything between a working bench unit and a deployed fleet is a different kind of problem: RF and antenna design, FCC, CE, and PTCRB certification, carrier agreements in every region you sell into, secure provisioning, over the air updates, and the cloud infrastructure holding it together. None of it is your differentiator. All of it is on the critical path.

Then comes the constraint that shows up last and hurts most. The sensors work, but the site has no coverage, and a LoRaWAN network is only as reachable as its backhaul.

This session walks the real cost of assembling that stack yourself, then shows what changes when hardware, connectivity, and cloud arrive pre-integrated. It closes on the M-Series: Muon, the Raspberry Pi form factor carrier board that adds LoRaWAN and Ethernet to the M-SoM, and the M635E, the NTN satellite variant now shipping, with satellite coverage through Skylo, which keeps devices reporting from places no terrestrial network reaches. You will leave knowing where NTN fits alongside LoRaWAN, and how one firmware image carries a design from bench to fleet.

The Bluetooth SIG typically has more than 50 active specification development projects at any given time.  These projects encompass a range of initiatives, from enhancing minor features within existing Bluetooth specifications to developing new specifications that introduce significant functionality to Bluetooth wireless technology. In this presentation, Damon Barnes will provide an overview of the latest advancements in Bluetooth technology, including the latest information on High Data Throughput, IP Link, High-Resolution & Lossless Audio, and the Higher Bands project.

This presentation brings together the key data, insights, and trends shaping the edge AI market. Drawing on IoT Analytics’ Edge AI Chipset Market Tracker & Forecast, 2020–2032, it shows how edge AI is moving from fragmented early deployments toward a measurable scale-up phase.

The presentation covers market size, shipment growth, architecture shifts, regional dynamics, vertical adoption, and vendor positioning. It also explains why market leadership depends on the lens used: volume, value, ASP premium, or ecosystem control. Key topics include vision AI SoCs, AI MCUs, industrial PCs, gateways, robotics, physical AI, and NPU-based architectures. Attendees will gain a structured view of where enterprise edge AI is scaling, which segments are driving growth, and how the competitive landscape is likely to evolve.

While 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) dominate headlines, it leaves a massive gap for remote, battery-constrained IoT applications.

For true off-grid operations, from agricultural monitoring to global logistics, power budget is everything. LoRaWAN was purpose-built for ultra-low power, and bringing it to space is the natural evolution for global connectivity. However, proprietary satellite implementations limit adoption; scalable growth requires industry-wide interoperability and fallback confidence.

As pioneers in satellite LoRaWAN, Lacuna Space has led the charge within the LoRa Alliance’s Satellite Task Force to turn space-based LoRaWAN into an open, global standard. In this session, we break down why standardisation is the critical catalyst for enterprise adoption, and unpack the engineering required to make it reality. We will explore:

Commercial Impact: How open standards prevent vendor lock-in, build resilient supply chains, and enable seamless operator fallback for mission-critical deployments.

Technical Architecture: The physics and protocols of direct-to-satellite LoRaWAN, comparing Low Earth Orbit (LEO) vs. Geostationary (GEO) dynamics.

Spectrum Strategy: How we handle frequency management, balancing licensed spectrum with LPD-S (Low Power Device - Satellite) allocations to maximize capacity and compliance.

Join us to discover how standardised satellite LoRaWAN is shifting from early-stage innovation to the world’s most power-efficient global network standard.

In this session, Yan Sun (Co-founder and Head of Europe & Finance at Yanlink) presents how to transform traditional manufacturing facilities into truly connected, intelligent environments. Demonstrating the collaborative power of Yanlink and Eclipse Oniro, the workshop showcases how these two technologies work together to make Industrial IoT smarter and more efficient across the entire architecture—from the chip all the way to the cloud. Designed for organisations seeking a practical, open approach that actually works, this presentation focuses on real-world solutions that can be directly deployed in industrial settings. Attendees will gain key insights into building deployable, connected environments that drive efficiency and intelligence across smart factory operations.

The IoT industry keeps investing in better connectivity, yet many deployments remain limited by bandwidth, battery life, and the growing cost of moving sensor data. The challenge is no longer collecting data. It is transmitting it efficiently. This talk explores how AI-powered lossless compression running directly on embedded devices can reduce communication overhead while preserving sensor information. Using real-world examples from industrial IoT, we will show how intelligence at the sensor edge enables more scalable deployments, longer device lifetime, and better use of existing network infrastructure. Attendees will gain practical insights into deploying AI on constrained devices and discover why making data smaller may be just as important as making networks faster.

Sovereign Direct-to-Device (D2D) Connectivity via 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks: Enabling Europe’s Next Generation Global Communications Infrastructure

The Challenge: Bridging the Global Connectivity Gap

As industries digitize and demand for ubiquitous connectivity accelerates, billions of devices and users remain underserved by terrestrial infrastructure. Large areas across maritime routes, rural regions, critical infrastructure corridors, and emerging markets still lack resilient and reliable communications coverage. At the same time, governments and industries are increasingly recognizing the strategic importance of sovereign, secure, and independent European communication capabilities.

Direct-to-Device (D2D) connectivity enabled by 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) represents a transformative new paradigm in global communications. By allowing standard smartphones, IoT terminals, and connected devices to communicate directly with low Earth orbit satellites, NTN-based D2D services can extend connectivity far beyond the limits of terrestrial infrastructure while enhancing resilience during network outages, disasters, and emergencies.

As D2D rapidly becomes one of the most important topics in the global telecom and space sectors, the convergence of satellite and terrestrial networks through 3GPP standards is expected to fundamentally reshape the future connectivity ecosystem.

OQ Technology’s Solution: A Sovereign European NTN and D2D Operator

OQ Technology is a pioneering sovereign European satellite telecommunications operator specializing in 5G NTN, satellite IoT, and Direct-to-Device connectivity via low Earth orbit satellites. As an accredited Mobile Network Operator (MNO), OQ Technology is actively commercializing NTN services that enable standard 3GPP devices to connect directly to space without requiring proprietary hardware or dedicated satellite terminals.

The company is heavily involved in the emerging D2D ecosystem and holds licensing in Germany, reinforcing its position within the European sovereign connectivity landscape and supporting the development of resilient and independent communications infrastructure.

Our Technology & Architecture

OQ Technology’s satellite payloads are designed as “cell towers in space,” implementing 3GPP Release 17 NTN standards to enable seamless interoperability between terrestrial and satellite networks. This architecture supports direct connectivity to standard mobile phones and IoT devices while enabling global coverage and resilient communications services.

Key technological differentiators include:

• Full 3GPP NTN Compliance enabling off-the-shelf smartphones, NB-IoT, and LTE devices to connect directly via satellite

• Direct-to-Device connectivity without proprietary hardware modifications

• Low-Power Wide-Area (LPWA) optimization for battery-efficient IoT applications

• Onboard processing capabilities for efficient spectrum usage and real-time data handling

• Global and rapidly deployable beam coverage across land, maritime, and remote regions

• Integration with terrestrial mobile operators to support seamless roaming and resilient overlay communications

End-to-End Solutions and Demonstrations

The presentation will highlight operational demonstrations, ecosystem collaboration efforts, and commercial readiness milestones achieved in NTN and D2D deployment.

Relevant use cases include:

• Emergency communications and resilient connectivity during disasters or terrestrial network outages

• Logistics and transport tracking beyond cellular coverage

• Maritime connectivity and vessel monitoring

• Energy and utilities monitoring for remote infrastructure

• Defense and government applications requiring sovereign and secure communications

• IoT connectivity in rural, underserved, and infrastructure-limited regions

Why This Matters for Europe and the World

Sovereign D2D connectivity is emerging as a strategic priority for Europe and global telecommunications stakeholders. Governments, regulators, operators, and industries are increasingly seeking resilient and independent communications infrastructure capable of operating beyond terrestrial limitations.

As a sovereign European operator, OQ Technology contributes to strengthening European strategic autonomy in space-based communications while supporting secure and standards-based NTN deployment aligned with evolving regulatory and security requirements.

The presentation will also explore how D2D technology is expected to transform the traditional connectivity ecosystem by converging satellite and terrestrial networks into a unified global communications architecture.

Presentation Objectives

This presentation will:

1. Provide an overview of sovereign Direct-to-Device and 5G NTN architecture

2. Explain how standard smartphones and IoT devices can connect directly to satellites using 3GPP standards

3. Present operational demonstrations, commercial readiness, and real-world applications

4. Discuss the strategic importance of sovereign European NTN and D2D infrastructure

5. Explore the future roadmap toward 5G Advanced and 6G NTN integration

Benefit: What the Audience Will Learn

• Understand how 3GPP NTN standards enable true Direct-to-Device connectivity

• Learn about the architecture behind sovereign European NTN systems

• Gain insights into real-world applications and emerging business opportunities for D2D services

• Understand how satellite and terrestrial networks are converging into an integrated global communications ecosystem

• Explore the role of D2D in resilience, emergency communications, and digital inclusion

LoRaWAN has reached an important milestone. With global deployments accelerating and the ecosystem continuing to innovate, the technology is entering a new era of maturity and scale.

This keynote provides an insider's view of where the standard stands today, the momentum behind its worldwide adoption, and the strategic initiatives shaping its future. Join LoRa Alliance CEO Alper Yegin as he discusses recent technical advancements, ecosystem growth, expanding market opportunities, and the vision for LoRaWAN as the foundation of the Massive IoT.

In dense IoT deployments, the biggest challenges are no longer about connecting devices, they’re about keeping systems reliable, secure, and maintainable over time. As these pressures increase, technologies like Z-Wave are evolving to address problems that weren’t part of the original design assumptions.

This keynote explores how Z-Wave is expanding beyond its traditional role as a wireless protocol to support more scalable and resilient system architectures. This includes advancements in security, such as S2V2, designed to strengthen device trust and lifecycle management, as well as emerging approaches that leverage Z-Wave at the application layer to enable interoperability across different network types.

At the same time, innovations in ultra-low-power and battery-free devices are beginning to change how Z-Wave networks are deployed and maintained, reducing operational overhead and enabling new classes of persistent sensing and automation.

Together, these developments reflect a broader shift in how Z-Wave fits into modern IoT systems not just as a connectivity standard, but as a foundational layer for secure, interoperable, and scalable device ecosystems.

As these systems scale, performance is no longer defined by specifications alone—but by how technologies behave in real deployments over time which will be explored in the panel discussion followed by this presentation.

A candid discussion of the state-of-the-art of edge AI, IoT and lessons learned (and to be learned!) from the most popular IoT show on YouTube!

The industry still treats SGP.32 as a new kind of SIM: buy a certified eUICC, load a profile, and call the fleet free.

But certification only proves the parts; it does not prove the product.

A device can fail to download a carrier from an external SM-DP+. It can enable the new carrier and still lose connectivity because the APN does not work. The carrier can move while the customer’s controls, data, and workflows remain trapped in the old platform. Every supplier can be compliant while the deployment still fails. That is why 1oT did not stop at reselling connectivity. We built 1oT Terminal, then our own eIM and SM-DP+. That work produced Europe’s first GSMA SAS-SM-certified SGP.32 eIM and now supports live customer deployments.

This talk is about the layers we learned we had to own and the questions buyers still skip.

IoT systems span a broad range of physical connections, communication protocols, interaction models, and platforms, each serving different needs and constraints. Rather than avoiding this diversity, the real opportunity lies in building applications that can operate across it and turn it into scalable value. In this workshop, you will discover how Zenoh supports communication across heterogeneous IoT environments and how the Web of Things (WoT) enables platforms to integrate with Zenoh in an interoperable way. After a short introduction to the fundamentals, we will move into a hands-on demo session where you will gain practical experience with these open-source technologies and learn how to apply them in your own projects.

Designing and deploying low-power cellular IoT applications can be challenging. In this session, we’ll explore the key obstacles you may encounter, from technology selection to deployment, and show practical approaches to simplify development using Cat-1bis, LTE-M, NB-IoT and NTN. In addition Nordic's brand new nRF93M1 module will be introduced.

AIFlow is a vibe coding tool designed specifically for M5Stack hardware and software. Without complex environment configuration, you can quickly generate code for M5Stack devices, deploy programs, and debug them using natural language. This Demo session will cover a brief introduction to AIFlow and its core values to hardware prototyping. A live device demo will also be included.

Getting a device connected is easy. Building millions of connected devices that work reliably across the globe is not.

Building and scaling a secure, reliable, and cost-efficient IoT connectivity stack remains one of the biggest challenges for IoT builders. At the same time, successful IoT solutions require more than cellular connectivity alone. They combine terrestrial and satellite connectivity with embedded connectivity, precise positioning, and modular services to simplify global deployments and operations.

In this keynote, Christian Schwalbe, CEO of Deutsche Telekom IoT, explores why connectivity remains the foundation of every successful IoT solution and how a Beyond Connectivity approach helps developers and enterprises build, deploy, and scale connected products with confidence.

Explore how organizations are leveraging edge AI to solve real-world challenges through secure, low-latency and resilient intelligent systems.

The IoT market is entering a new phase. Capital is more disciplined, customers expect measurable ROI, and strategic buyers increasingly favor proven solutions over promising technology alone. For IoT founders and executives, the central question is no longer simply how fast the company is growing—it is whether the business has the scale, economics, and strategic relevance needed to remain independent, attract investment, or become an acquisition target.

Led by a veteran IoT executive and a specialist TMT investment banker, this session will provide a candid look at how buyers and investors evaluate businesses across the IoT ecosystem—from devices, gateways, modules, and connectivity platforms to vertical applications, edge intelligence, and managed solutions.

The discussion will examine what creates real enterprise value, including repeatable deployments, recurring revenue, gross-margin quality, platform scalability, differentiated intellectual property, interoperability, customer concentration, and demonstrable customer ROI. It will also explore the strategic choices available to management teams: raise capital, acquire complementary capabilities, pursue a strategic partnership, recapitalize the business, seek a buyer—or continue building independently.

Key Takeaways

What Buyers Value: The operating and technology characteristics that separate an interesting IoT product from an attractive, scalable business.

Who Is Buying—and Why: How industrial companies, technology vendors, connectivity providers, and private-equity-backed platforms approach IoT acquisitions.

Choosing the Right Path: How to determine whether to buy, sell, raise capital, recapitalize, partner, or hold.

Preparing Before the Deal: The practical steps management teams should take 12–24 months before a transaction to improve valuation and reduce execution risk.

LoRaWAN has already proved itself as a long-range, low-power connectivity layer. The next challenge is different: making LoRaWAN data useful inside real operational environments.

In this session, Yang Tao, CEO of Robustel, will explore what he calls the third wave of LoRaWAN. The first wave was connectivity: proving that battery-powered sensors could communicate over long distances. The second wave was network scale: building public, private, and managed LoRaWAN networks. The third wave is now emerging: LoRaWAN moving closer to operational systems, where data needs to be decoded, contextualised, integrated, acted on, and supported over time.

The talk will focus on practical deployment realities rather than hype. Why do many projects become harder after the pilot stage? What happens when LoRaWAN data needs to become BACnet points, Modbus registers, OPC UA data, MQTT payloads, local alarms, dashboards, or automation logic? When is a simple packet-forwarding gateway enough, and when does local LNS, edge processing, or OT integration become valuable?

This is not a talk about replacing the cloud, replacing LoRaWAN ecosystems, or forcing edge computing into every project. It is about choosing the right architecture for the real deployment problem: simple when possible, integrated when needed.

Key takeaways

• Why LoRaWAN’s next challenge is operational integration, not just connectivity

• How gateway roles are evolving from packet forwarding to site-level edge intelligence

• Where local processing, protocol bridging, and remote management add real value

• How LoRaWAN can fit more naturally into OT, BMS, SCADA, and industrial workflows

Hubble Network is building the first global IoT connectivity layer powered by standard, unmodified Bluetooth Low Energy chips. By engineering a hybrid terrestrial and LEO satellite network tuned for BLE's narrowband signal, we let off-the-shelf SoCs—nRF52, nRF54L, CC2340, EFR32, and others—transmit directly to satellites hundreds of kilometers overhead, with no GPS, cellular modem, or proprietary radio required. This session walks through the system architecture that makes BLE-to-satellite communication work in practice: link budget tradeoffs at 2.4 GHz, duty-cycled power profiles that deliver multi-year battery life on a coin cell, and the SDK abstractions that let developers add global coverage to an existing BLE product with minimal firmware changes. Attendees will see how a sub-dollar BLE chip becomes a globally trackable device, and where this unlocks asset tracking, supply chain visibility, and remote monitoring.

Smart glasses combine continuous sensing, Edge AI processing and wireless connectivity within an extremely constrained power and thermal budget. As AI workloads and sensor data rates increase, moving data between the glasses, smartphone and nearby edge devices can become a major system bottleneck.

This talk explores how Bluetooth and UWB can provide complementary connectivity for next-generation smart glasses. Bluetooth enables persistent low-power control and ecosystem integration, while UWB communication can support high-data-rate, low-latency transfer of sensor and AI data to nearby computing devices. Beyond precise ranging, UWB can therefore serve as an energy-efficient short-range communication link for distributed Edge AI. Used together, these technologies could allow smart glasses to distribute sensing, computing and communication intelligently across the glasses, smartphone and nearby edge devices.

Drawing on imec’s work in ultra-low-power wireless technologies, the talk will highlight how energy per bit, latency, data rate and radio activation strategies can help make Edge AI glasses practical and truly wearable.

Edge AI creates the intelligence, but low-power wireless determines whether the product is actually wearable.

Join Seeed Studio for an interactive exploration of the 4th Gen LR2021 ecosystem. We’ll kick off with a deep dive into LR2021’s new features, followed by a live demonstration of Edge AI vision streaming keyframe data across dual-board Sub-GHz links. Finally, get your hands on the newly launched SenseCAP MeshTracker X1—our LR2021-powered Meshtastic GPS tracker—to test real-world tracking and off-grid communication capabilities firsthand.

Sustainable organic waste processing and soil regeneration require reliable environmental monitoring, particularly in remote agricultural and recycling facilities where network connectivity is limited or unavailable. A scalable LoRaWAN-enabled IoT sensor system designed by WeRadiate for organic recyclers has become a transformative solution for improving operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and environmental performance.

The technology integrates low-power temperature and moisture sensors connected through a LoRaWAN network to provide energy-efficient communication. Data is transmitted through a cloud-based analytics platform enabling real-time monitoring, automated alerts, and optimization of processing operations. Continuous visibility into process conditions reduces the risk of overheating, improper moisture balance, and incomplete progress.

The architecture is modular, cost-effective, and easily replicable, making it suitable recycling facilities globally. Documented use cases demonstrate measurable impact: prevention of fire incidents and avoidance of approximately $20,000 in site damages, reduction of input costs by up to 30%, achievement of 90% efficiency in automated data logging, and 99% compliance in regulatory reporting.

AI is only as effective as the real-world data feeding it. Yet at enterprise IoT scale, powering and maintaining thousands of connected devices severely limits how much data enterprises are able to capture. This keynote explores how Energous wireless power, Dracula Technologies energy harvesting, and e-peas power management can work together across connected tags and cloud-based systems to create a more scalable foundation for persistent asset and environmental visibility.

Deep in the Wilderness: How Dripspy Reaches Where Networks Don't

LoRaWAN is often framed around outdoor, wide-area use cases — but some of the hardest environments to reach aren't in the wilderness at all. They're under a kitchen sink, behind a dishwasher, or in a concrete basement where WiFi and cellular signal quietly give out. This talk introduces Dripspy, the only Swedish type-approved LoRaWAN leak sensor, and explores how its long-range, low-power design solves a "wilderness problem" hiding in plain sight: connecting thousands of tiny, easy-to-forget sensors across entire property portfolios, through concrete and basement slabs, on a single gateway and years of battery life. We'll share what we learned deploying LoRaWAN leak detection at scale — from five-drop sensitivity to real installations that caught leaks before they became damage — and what it takes to make connectivity disappear into the background of a building, rather than demand attention from it.

Water utilities issuing smart water AMI tenders face a bewildering array of connectivity options, each promising interoperability, reliability, and low total cost of ownership. This panel brings together network operators, meter OEMs, and connectivity architects to unpack what actually separates winning proposals from the rest. We'll examine how OMS compliance, reversibility (utility-owned vs. carrier-owned networks), and multi-vendor interoperability translate into concrete tender scoring criteria. Panelists will discuss why a mature multi-vendor ecosystem — spanning chipsets, modules, network infrastructure, and meter OEMs — drives down costs and de-risks long-term supply. They also will share real deployment data on network capacity planning and SLA guarantees, contrasting LoRaWAN's open ecosystem model against proprietary and cellular alternatives. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for evaluating connectivity bids beyond marketing claims.

Introducing the Arduino VENTUNO Q—Arduino's flagship single-board computer purpose-built for physical AI and high-performance edge computing. Attendees will get an up-close look at the board's hardware architecture, powered by a Qualcomm Dragonwing™ IQ8 processor delivering 40 dense TOPS of NPU acceleration alongside a real-time STM32 microcontroller. Through live, practical demonstrations, this session showcases real-world application examples running entirely offline, including locally hosted Large Language Models (LLMs) and edge vision workloads. Experience firsthand how the VENTUNO Q enables direct, low-latency intelligence on device without relying on cloud infrastructure.

Delivering a scalable IoT product depends on decisions that extend well beyond connectivity. Cellular silicon, secure device identity, and platform-level fleet management each determine how efficiently a solution can be deployed, secured, and maintained at scale.

In this panel, representatives from Sequans, Kigen, and Soracom will examine how cellular IoT chipsets, eSIM/iSIM technology, and cloud-based connectivity platforms combine to enable secure, production-grade deployments — from silicon to service. The discussion will offer practical guidance for teams designing their first connected products, as well as those operating global IoT fleets at scale.

Most conversations about women in IoT ask why diversity matters. This one asks something more specific: how do women actually get into IoT? Whether through engineering, or through marketing, partnerships, and ecosystem roles -this panel traces those real on-ramps: the paths that led here, the moments that almost closed the door, and what needs to change to open it wider for the next person.

There are roughly six million commercial buildings in the United States, and the overwhelming majority broadcast nothing about their own health — no telemetry, no diagnostics, no visibility until a tenant complains. When a building asset fails, resolution still runs on a game of telephone: a store manager reports "it's hot," a facility manager relays something vague, and a technician spends hours just identifying and diagnosing the failed asset. Most of the budget is spent before the fault is even found, and a single problem routinely takes at least two truck rolls to solve. At the same time, a lack of skilled tradesmen means hourly rates are increasing dramatically, with an estimated 2.1 million skilled positions projected to go unfilled by 2030 in the US.

This talk argues that the highest-leverage use of IoT in the built environment isn't another dashboard — it's making each technician dramatically more effective. Drawing on FTL's field deployments across multi-site retail portfolios, Clayton Callander will show why wireless controls (using LoRaWAN) is the enabling layer for the underserved 95% of buildings that could never justify a traditional BAS. He'll then show the harder half of the problem — collapsing real-time equipment data, asset records, and work-order history into a single prioritized, plain-language work order that reaches the technician before they leave the shop.

Building a successful LoRaWAN solution requires more than choosing the right devices. From network planning and gateway placement to selecting the right sensors and asset trackers, every layer plays a critical role in delivering reliable, scalable performance.

In this panel, experts from MultiTech, Truvami and SENSISE will explore how the infrastructure, sensing and tracking layers work together to create complete IoT solutions. Through real-world examples from smart buildings and asset tracking, attendees will gain practical insight into designing LoRaWAN deployments that are resilient, efficient and built to scale.

The key 3 for untethering intelligence (aka Edge AI) are bandwidth, distance and low power. Hear how Wi-Fi HaLow performs in all 3 criteria when compared to other wireless connectivity protocols and how this opens the door to a new generation of customer solution.

Latin America is where a lot of IoT growth is going to happen next, and the people already building there have figured out things the rest of the market is still learning. How to make a business case survive a currency swing. How to design for coverage you cannot assume. How to get a client from pilot to production without a blank check.

This panel brings together three of them, working from different corners of the region and different sides of the market. Real projects, real numbers, and an honest account of what it takes to scale in the region.

If you are looking at LATAM as your next market, these are the people to hear from first. And if you are not, the lessons still travel.

The story of Spel Bel.

What if helping kids spend more time offline doesn’t require less technology—but better, more playful use of it?

In this talk, Marcel Schouwenaar shares the story of how a simple idea—sparked by the challenges raised by Jantje Beton—grew into something much bigger. Instead of fighting screens, he and his collective ScrollScrollScroll started experimenting: combining creativity, resourcefulness, and LoRa technology to nudge kids back outside.

What followed wasn’t a master plan, but a process. Prototypes turned into conversations. Ideas spread. Kids and parents joined in, shaping the solutions themselves. And somewhere along the way, it stopped being “a project” and started taking on a life of its own.

This keynote isn’t about tech specs. It’s about how ideas gain momentum—how you connect storytelling, making, and participation to create something people actually want to be part of.

Hardware Certification has long been a necessary gateway to Global sales & deployment, but the landscape is changing, and fast. As new technology meets an increasingly multipolar world order, new spheres of technical leadership, and new models of regulatory governance shaped by the majority world - a new picture is emerging, with significant implications for manufacturers. Explore the key insights, drivers, trends, and paradigm shifts that will shape the IoT regulatory landscape in the years to come, and how to prepare for them today as part of a future proof global compliance plan.

Workshop Summary

This hands-on workshop compares traditional point-to-point cellular dataloggers with distributed, low-power local mesh networks connected to the cloud through cellular gateways. We will build a mesh network live, add new sensor nodes without on-site configuration, visualize how the network forms automatically, and follow sensor data as it travels through the mesh and gateway to the Endrich Cloud.

To continue the experience beyond the workshop, a limited number of participants will receive point-to-point cellular sensor boards with access to the Endrich Cloud for their own testing. We will also provide selected participants with a printed copy of our book on the E-IoT ecosystem, while all registered participants who subscribe for it will receive an electronic copy.

In the rapidly expanding LoRaWAN ecosystem, MultiTech champions an open, collaborative approach that positions sensor manufacturers as vital partners rather than competitors. As a leading U.S.-based manufacturer of industrial IoT solutions - including robust LoRaWAN gateways, sensors, modules, with device management software - MultiTech recognizes that the true power of LoRaWAN lies in a thriving, interoperable network of hardware providers, network operators, integrators, and solution developers.

Over 80% of modern software is built on open source components, yet the EU's Cyber Resilience Act means that "free to use" no longer means "free from responsibility." This keynote unpacks what the CRA means for device manufacturers who rely on open source software, and why your software supply chain is now a compliance liability. We'll walk through the four product categories under the CRA, the mandatory requirements from SBOM to vulnerability disclosure, and how manufacturers can choose between building their own compliance infrastructure or consuming it from a trusted vendor. Attendees will leave with a clear picture of the steps needed to achieve CRA compliance by 2027, and how open source, done right, can be a compliance asset rather than a risk.

As IoT deployments grow in scale and complexity, a single connectivity technology is often no longer enough. This session explores how combining LoRa and mioty enables flexible, scalable, and efficient IoT networks for diverse requirements.

Thomas Kauppert will provide a technical deep dive into how both technologies complement each other, explaining key principles and how they can coexist within a shared infrastructure. Participants will gain a clear and neutral understanding of mioty and its role within the LPWAN landscape.

Building on this, Annalena Zottmann will present real-world customer cases, demonstrating how hybrid networks are successfully used in practice—such as mixed metering scenarios with LoRa and mioty. The session highlights how a multi-connectivity approach and a unified gateway architecture can support future-proof IoT deployments and address specific application needs.

Why do so many IoT projects struggle despite readily available technology? In this joint keynote, Thermokon and Sensise share real-world smart building projects where traditional systems reached their limits and IoT provided the answer.

Through customer use cases we will explore common challenges in sensor deployment, connectivity, integration and operation and show how these obstacles can be overcome. Attendees will learn how a holistic, turn-key-solution approach transforms complex smart building requirements into successful and scalable IoT solutions.

This hands-on workshop will show how FLRP combines LoRa® and FLRC to resolve the trade-off between speed, range, and power, addressing use cases where battery-powered devices need to move large files over long distances. We'll walk you through the Image Transfer demo code and the exact steps to run it live on standard LR2021 EVKs: a low-power camera node sending a full image over long range with sub-second latency. You'll leave having run FLRP on real hardware and knowing where it fits your next design.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will build an end-to-end AIoT proof of concept using STMicroelectronics’ SensorTile.box PRO, ST AIoT Craft, and Avnet’s /IOTCONNECT™ platform, following a streamlined sensor-to-cloud workflow (ST SensorTile.Box Pro hardware will be provided for use during the workshop). Using real sensor data, participants will train and deploy edge AI models, securely connect devices to the cloud, and visualize live telemetry and inference results through pre-built dashboards.

The session highlights how a pre-integrated edge-to-cloud solution with built-in device onboarding, model management, OTA updates, and fleet monitoring - reduces development complexity and accelerates time to market from prototype to scalable deployment.

Workshop requirements:

- Participants must bring their own laptop (charging outlets are available)

- A desktop web browser is required

- Participants must bring their own IOS device

- Optional: review the QuickStart guide: https://github.com/avnet-iotconnect/iotc-gateway-mobile-app/blob/main/mobile_app_guide.md

Energy harvesting sensors get marketed as install-and-forget forever.

Ours were too.

Then years of field data showed us the gap between lab conditions and reality: devices positioned in dark spaces without enough light or during long periods in transit or in storage were slowly dying instead of fulfilling their promise.

This talk is about the decision to walk that promise back: we now ship two of our solar-harvesting devices with AA batteries already inside, at the same price, because reliability beats a marketing line.

We'll cover what the field data actually showed, why "energy harvesting" and "indefinite operating life" got confused in this industry when they shouldn't have been, and what it cost us to admit the original design assumption was wrong.

A talk about the difference between a demo-conditions promise and a deployed-conditions guarantee.

The Cyber Resilience Act has sparked panic across the IoT ecosystem and a massive 'blame game' between component suppliers, device manufacturers, and integrators. Many hardware suppliers still believe compliance is strictly the integrator's problem. They are wrong, and this misconception will cost them their market share.

Integrators are terrified of CRA bottlenecks and are actively looking to de-risk their supply chains. If your sensor or module creates a 3-month compliance headache, they will drop you for a competitor who hands them compliance evidence on a silver platter.

In this session, we will break down the massive shift happening in IoT distribution. We will show you how to abandon fragmented spreadsheets, stop the finger-pointing, and use automated 'Evidence Packs' to build trust from the silicon up. Learn how aligning the supply chain can slash compliance timelines by 60% and turn the CRA into your sharpest competitive differentiator.

Large-scale LoRaWAN deployments face increasing operational complexity as gateway fleets grow to thousands of devices. While gathering data is an important part of the solution, it is not sufficient on its own. Engineers struggle to quickly diagnose the root causes of gateway incidents amid a flood of metrics, logs, and system events. AI can help transform this overwhelming data into clear, actionable troubleshooting insights.

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Proof point statement: We demonstrate that a single Aliro-ready platform can support secure and interoperable access experiences across NFC, Bluetooth® LE, and future UWB-enabled use cases. Using the STEVAL-ALOCKCB reference design and supporting software stack, we show Aliro credential provisioning and all the secure access transactions on a common hardware and software foundation.

The ST TruELock demo showcases a working Aliro-ready smart lock platform that supports secure access through NFC for a tap-and-go experience, Bluetooth® Low Energy, and future UWB-enabled use cases for hands-free access control. Using the ST STEVAL-ALOCKCB reference design, we will demonstrate mobile credential provisioning and secure access transactions.

The demo emulates a real door lock, including the user interface and mechanical components, to give attendees a realistic use case. It also shows how Aliro can change the access control scenario with a mobile key. The demo highlights flexibility and key security capabilities. It also includes debugging features that help developers build secure and interoperable Aliro-compliant access solutions.

Attendees will see how the same hardware and software foundation can help accelerate Aliro adoption while preparing for future UWB-enabled experiences. The demo highlights the practical implementation of security services, interoperability, and protocol flexibility that developers can apply to their own connected-access designs.

The Dutch say, meten is weten—measuring is knowing. But IoT and AI can only trust what they measure when the things behind the data remain connected, secure, and updatable.

Whether a product uses LoRaWAN, Wi-Fi, or another local protocol, cellular often appears somewhere in the architecture—as primary connectivity, backhaul, or a resilient fallback. Until now, putting a SIM in a device often meant fixing a critical network choice at manufacture.

SGP.32, the IoT eSIM Standard we helped collaboratively architect at GSMA, changes that. It makes cellular connectivity digitally activatable and adaptable throughout the product lifecycle. Vincent Korstanje will show how Kigen and its ecosystem of trusted module and connectivity partners are turning this new standard into a practical route from prototype to secure, multi-network-ready deployment. Learn how to build devices that will outlast the first roll-out, the network switch, and the need to update security for CRA compliance.

We asked 675 IoT leaders what's really going on. This session tells you what they said.

Drawn from Pelion's Connected Fleet 2026 research, these are insights straight from your peers. The pains they care about most and the decisions shaping what they need next. We'll cover the connectivity options leaders are weighing, how technology is steering future decisions, and the pains/ pressures around going international, CMP sprawl, IoT security, and the role of expertise and managed connectivity in solving them.

Expect a data-led read on the state of IoT and fresh benchmarks for your own strategy. If you're connecting devices at scale, this is the room-read you can't miss.

This panel bring perspectives from network, silicon and device manufacturing to discuss how connectivity decisions are really made.

Where do LoRaWAN, NB-IoT/LTE-M and satellite IoT each shine? How do battery life, coverage, network ownership, cost and global scale change the equation?

Expect an open, practical conversation about trade-offs, lessons learned and what device makers should consider before committing their next product to a network.

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) introduces significant new obligations for manufacturers to report actively exploited vulnerabilities and severe security incidents within strict timeframes. This session will examine what these reporting requirements mean in practice, who is responsible, what must be reported, and how organisations can build effective processes to ensure compliance. Attendees will gain practical insights into meeting their regulatory obligations while strengthening incident response and product security governance.

The nearest official weather station to our customer's biogas plant in Brandenburg is 30 km away. After a storm, the insurer assessed a six-figure claim against that station's record — which showed almost no wind — and did not pay. Now the plant measures for itself. We ran the mechanical 8-in-1 station and the ultrasonic S700 on the same mast and compared both, against each other and against the official record. Live data, one proof point, including the parts that did not work.

This hands-on workshop introduces the LoRaWAN® Relay feature using STM32CubeWL and the NUCLEO-WL55JC development board. Attendees will configure and test relay-based communication, send live data to a ChirpStack network server, and explore how LoRaWAN Relay can help extend network coverage. The session also demonstrates how STM32CubeWL simplifies rapid application development and end-to-end LoRaWAN validation.

IoT has solved the sensor and connectivity problem at scale. The next

bottleneck is no longer how to read a sensor or send a packet — it's what

happens between the data and the action. Most embedded-AI tooling today covers only inference; teams then stitch together separate pipelines for model deployment, telemetry, OTA updates and multi-device coordination, typically rebuilt from scratch for every device family.

This talk introduces a complete lifecycle stack for autonomous edge agents running on IoT devices: build visually in weeks, deploy with one workflow from MCU to Linux gateway, monitor with AgentOps-grade telemetry, coordinate multiple agents via a local discovery registry, and enforce a governance layer for permissions and audit — all 100% local when privacy or data sovereignty demand it.

The session walks through three concrete production scenarios:

(1) an agent running on a battery-powered field node that decides autonomously when to act and when to escalate to a gateway;

(2) coordinated multi-agent inference across distributed devices via a local discovery registry — no cloud roundtrip required;

(3) OTA agent updates with rollback under bandwidth-constrained and intermittently-connected conditions.

Attendees leave with a clear mental model of which lifecycle layers are typically missing in current IoT-AI deployments, why a registry-based multi-agent topology beats centralized cloud orchestration for embedded contexts, and a practical checklist for evaluating whether their own stack is production-ready.

Aimed at IoT architects, embedded engineers, and platform owners scaling past pilot deployments.

Your devices are bought, installed, and immovable for a decade — the capital commitment is already made. Coverage is the remaining fraction of it: one gateway serving hundreds of devices you already own. So why is that the one part enterprises still rent, on a subscription that runs as long as the fleet does? The instinct behind it is sound — operational risk is real. This session looks at what it actually takes to own and operate the network yourself, and why LoRaWAN is the only place in IoT where that choice exists.

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) places clear responsibilities on manufacturers to assess and demonstrate the security of connected products before they reach the market and throughout their operational lifetime. This panel will explore what these assessment obligations mean in practice, including risk assessments, conformity assessment routes, technical documentation, and the evidence needed to demonstrate compliance. Industry experts will share practical approaches to navigating these requirements while building secure, resilient products.

Selecting the right wireless technology for an IoT deployment is rarely straightforward. While specifications provide a starting point, real-world implementations reveal tradeoffs that are often less obvious—across range, topology, latency, power consumption, and scalability.

This panel brings together experts across multiple wireless ecosystems to compare how technologies like Z-Wave, LoRa, and Wi-Fi HaLow perform in practice. Panelists will share deployment experiences, discuss where different approaches succeed or fall short, and explore how system requirements—from building automation to large-scale distributed networks—drive technology decisions.

The discussion will also examine how hybrid and multi-network architectures are emerging, and what that means for interoperability, system complexity, and long-term maintenance.

Designed for engineers and product teams, this session offers a candid, experience-driven look at how to evaluate and combine wireless technologies for real-world IoT systems.

Amazon Sidewalk is a secure, hub-less community network reaching ~95% of the U.S. — now expanded into Canada and Mexico, with Europe coming soon — connecting devices where Wi-Fi can't reach and cellular is too costly, virtually free to connect. From pet collars and wearables to asset tags, backyard sensors, and neighborhood devices, its fusion of BLE, sub-GHz FSK, and LoRa delivers multi-layered location from inside the home to across the neighborhood — with far longer battery life and much lower cost than cellular. Come learn how real-world use cases and simple integration paths get makers to market in months.

Join Søren Lorentzen, Global Business Development & Go-to-Market Leader for Amazon Sidewalk, and Shahar Feldman, Senior Director of Wireless IC Product Marketing at Semtech, for an engaging discussion on the next chapter of IoT innovation moderated by Michelle Lozada, Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Semtech. Explore how Amazon Sidewalk and AWS are expanding connectivity at scale, why LoRaWAN remains a cornerstone of the LPWAN ecosystem, and how the complementary strengths of both technologies create new opportunities for developers, enterprises, and solution providers - enabling seamless device connectivity and laying the foundation for Physical AI.

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The Earth is calling for help, and the tools to answer are within reach. Microcontrollers are inexpensive, sensors exist for nearly any measurement, connectivity is now almost ubiquitous, and analytics capabilities are abundant. In this session Rob presents the framework the delivers one hundred field-ready, deployable IoT use cases across eleven UN Sustainable Development Goals. This easy-to-understand framework empowers you to address hunger, health, water, energy, climate, and protecting life on Earth.

Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) and effective vulnerability management are central to demonstrating compliance with the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). This panel will explore the practical challenges of creating and maintaining SBOMs, managing vulnerabilities throughout a product's lifecycle, and meeting the CRA's expectations for transparency and ongoing security. Join industry experts as they discuss best practices, implementation strategies, and lessons learned from early compliance efforts.

Ultra-low power in LoRaWAN is real - but it's claimed far more often than it's achieved. This demo shows it done right: two identical RAK3172-F modules on a live power analyzer, one reaching true low-power operation with RAK's RUI3 SDK, the other not. One variable, honest numbers measured in real time, and a repeatable path to results you can trust and apply.

For the last decade, we taught machines to talk.

We connected billions of sensors, machines and devices and gave ourselves unprecedented visibility into the physical world.

But visibility was never the destination.

The real opportunity is what happens when machines stop simply telling us what is happening — and start deciding what to do about it.

That transition is already underway. Across factories, energy systems and industrial infrastructure, AI is moving beyond dashboards, predictions and copilots toward intelligent agents capable of making decisions and, increasingly, acting on the physical world.

But making a prediction is very different from making a decision.

The world's best industrial operators don't run factories by analyzing data alone. They combine data with experience, intuition, constraints and decades of accumulated knowledge about how a process actually behaves. Much of that expertise has never been written down — and cannot simply be scraped from the Internet or found in a training dataset.

So how do we teach machines to make decisions we are prepared to trust?

This keynote explores the next evolution of IoT: from connected things to thinking systems. It looks at how human expertise, operational data, digital twins, simulation and teams of specialized AI agents are coming together to create a new generation of autonomous industrial systems.

And it examines one of the most important questions facing our industry: before an AI is allowed to control something that matters, how does it prove that it is ready?

The next decade of IoT won't be defined by how many things we connect.

It will be defined by what we trust them to do.

Join this hands-on workshop and build a complete Edge AI application in just 50 minutes with Edge Impulse and Arduino.

You will train a custom object detection model (using Edge Impulse) to recognize rubber ducks, then deploy and test on the new Arduino UNO Q.

No prior machine learning experience is required just bring your laptop and curiosity if you want a practical introduction to Edge AI and on-device machine learning.

### What you will do

- Collect and label image data

- Train an object detection model

- Test the model live on your mobile phone

- Deploy it to the Arduino UNO Q and run real-time inference

- See how Edge AI delivers low latency, privacy, and offline capability

### Key takeaways

- Understand the full Edge AI workflow (data → model → deployment)

- Experience real-time computer vision application

- Learn why Edge AI matters: privacy, latency, power, and reliability

- Leave with a working Edge AI project you can extend at home or at work.

No previous Arduino or machine learning experience needed.

Laptop required. Install the [Arduino App Lab](https://www.arduino.cc/en/software/#app-lab-section) on your laptop.

Limited seats available.

Using Microchip’s Machine Learning Development tool, we’ll walk through the complete ML workflow live: collecting data, extracting relevant features from time-variant signals, training a model, and deploying it straight onto embedded hardware.

The goal

To show you just how fast and easy it is to get a working ML model running at the edge with Microchip’s tools - from raw data to real-time validation on real hardware, all in one session.

Why this workshop shouldn't be missed

This session shows the full machine learning journey in one sitting — from raw sensor data to a live model running on real hardware. It’s a guided demo, so no coding is required to follow along. You’ll see a model actually deployed in real time, not just simulated, giving you a concrete sense of how fast and approachable ML at the edge really is.

After more than a decade of experimentation and large-scale deployments, traditional IoT platforms, primarily focused on data collection and visualization, are reaching their limits in addressing real operational needs. Managing connected assets at scale now requires capabilities similar to enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, including identity governance, lifecycle management, security, compliance, maintenance, and software updates. This talk explores why the next evolution of the Internet of Things is not another dashboard-centric platform, but an integrated IoT ERP approach designed to structure, secure, and operate connected fleets as true enterprise resources. Through concrete examples and field experience, we will examine how this shift reshapes technology priorities, organizational models, long-term value creation and ensure new regulation compliance, in the era of massive IoT deployment.

How does one person install 300 IoT devices in a single day? Over five years deploying tens of thousands ELSYS sensors across office portfolios, akenza built a process that makes large-scale smart-building rollouts repeatable and fast.

This talk shares that process end to end: factory prep, bulk import, device setup assistant, and more. We cover the lessons learned along the way and the real-world failures we hit. Those are the things that separate a demo from a deployment that lasts.

Semtech has a pedigree of delivering low power wireless devices, in combination with the long range of LoRa, that powers today’s LoRaWAN ecosystem for low data rate long range communications. Our newest generation of LoRa Plus™ LR2021 extends the LoRa range advantage into the Mbps range. For the first time bringing range and consumption that is beyond

the present state of the art. Sebastien will detail how Semtech R&D made this possible and how we are now harnessing synergies between LoRa and FLRC collaboratively to deliver a new smart wireless protocol and showcase some of the use cases and application scenarios that are now possible. ​

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By 2030, the centralized cloud will no longer be the sole brain of the digital world. "How Edge AI Will Rewrite Reality in 2030" explores the monumental shift toward hyper-local, zero-latency intelligence embedded directly into the physical world around us. This keynote examines how autonomous devices, smart infrastructure, and ambient computing will seamlessly merge to create an environment that anticipates human needs in real time. Attendees will discover the strategic imperatives of this decentralized future, the hardware breakthroughs driving it, and how businesses must adapt today to thrive in an era where intelligence is truly everywhere.

Philips IOT solutions for consumers are using a integrating with a myriad of technologies like Cloud, AI and Mobile Apps. These must comply with the Cyber Resilience Act both pre and post market. This presentation describes the Philips approach.

AI hardware is having a moment. Across industries, teams are racing to build intelligent devices that can see, hear, move, and interact — all at the edge. The demand is real and growing fast.

But so is the failure rate. Hardware is unforgiving. Hidden costs pile up, timelines slip, and quality issues surface only after significant capital has been burned. Most teams hit the same traps: designing from scratch when the building blocks already exist, over-engineering before validating a single market assumption, and underestimating how different shipping hardware is from shipping software.

There is a smarter way. This talk breaks down what that looks like in practice — and how the right starting point can save you months, money, and a lot of pain.

We've built billions of smart devices. We've transformed computing, connectivity and artificial intelligence. Yet most electronics are still powered in much the same way they were decades ago.

This keynote explores how light energy harvesting is changing that conversation. As indoor photovoltaics become commercially viable, products can begin harvesting the energy already available in their environment. The result isn't simply a new power source, it's a new way of thinking about product design, maintenance and long-term value.

The question is no longer whether products can harvest light. It's what becomes possible when they do.

LoRaWAN has become the backbone of large-scale IoT deployments worldwide, but how does it actually work and why does it matter for the AI systems being built today?

In this interactive workshop, we go deep on LoRaWAN architecture and network design, exploring how The Things Stack manages devices and data at scale. We will cover the technology, tradeoffs, and the real engineering decisions behind production deployments.

Then we connect the dots to AI. Sensor networks are only as good as the data they produce. We explore how LoRaWAN becomes the collection layer that enables real-world AI pipelines across different verticals.

Hands-on challenge included. Teams will work with live devices and a real network to design and present a complete IoT solution.

This hands-on workshop will show how FLRP combines LoRa® and FLRC to resolve the trade-off between speed, range, and power, addressing use cases where battery-powered devices need to move large files over long distances. We'll walk you through the Image Transfer demo code and the exact steps to run it live on standard LR2021 EVKs: a low-power camera node sending a full image over long range with sub-second latency. You'll leave having run FLRP on real hardware and knowing where it fits your next design.

A decade after the hype: what took so long, an honest look at today's challenges/solutions, and what is the trend forward?

Environmental monitoring in Antarctica is constrained by extreme weather, long periods without sunlight, and limited access to reliable energy during the polar winter. These constraints become even more severe for seasonally unoccupied research bases, where most building infrastructure is intentionally powered down for safety reasons. This paper presents the deployment of a low-power monitoring system based on LoRa technology near the Bulgarian Antarctic Base St. Kliment Ohridski on Livingston Island. The system combines ThingsLog LPMDL-1105 data loggers, a battery-powered LoRa gateway, and a Starlink backhaul link, all of which are jointly activated only during a short daily communication window to minimize energy consumption. Sensor nodes acquire measurements from four sensors every 15 minutes, buffer 24 hours of readings locally, and transmit the accumulated dataset as a single uplink payload per port during the scheduled communication window using the ThingsLog Open LoRa Protocol. To preserve sufficient payload capacity for this transmission mode, the radio configuration was fixed at SF8, and Adaptive Data Rate (ADR) was disabled. Beyond environmental sensing, the deployment enables a practical comparison between outdoor conditions and the internal microclimate of selected base buildings, providing remote situational awareness relevant to maintenance planning and post-event damage assessment. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first published Antarctic LPWAN deployment study to combine indoor-outdoor monitoring of base infrastructure with a duty-cycled LoRa gateway and duty-cycled satellite backhaul designed for autonomous winter operation.

The Internet of Things has been a serial pit of disappointment since the buzzword was coined, not because the concept and its associated technologies couldn't deliver value. Value has been elusive due to cycles of hype and disappointment. What should we learn from the past as we face a new frontier of IoT possibilities in the emerging era of edge AI. How do we avoid getting disappointed once again?

As IoT applications become more diverse, each use case brings its own balance of range, data rate, power, infrastructure, integration, and cost requirements. This makes it important to understand the available connectivity options early and make them easier to evaluate.

This session explores where Wi Fi HaLow fits within the expanding IoT connectivity toolkit, including implementation considerations. Rather than positioning HaLow as a replacement for existing technologies, the talk focuses on use cases where long-range, IP-native wireless communication becomes relevant. In this context, Wi Fi HaLow can be seen as helping bridge the gap between long-range, low-data IoT technologies such as LoRaWAN and traditional Wi‑Fi-based connectivity.

The session will also touch on how ready-to-integrate wireless modules can support the evaluation of newer connectivity options, helping teams reduce complexity while assessing whether one technology or a combination of technologies is the right fit for the final application.

Can LPWAN sensors operate without battery replacements? This session explores available technology for Energy Harvesting, Power Management and Energy Storage, which together allow maintenance-free IoT. Nichicon, Epishine, and EM Microelectronic share practical insights and real-world examples that demonstrates a path towards scalable, sustainable, and energy-autonomous LPWAN.

Join Ed Beck from Ampetronic | Listen Technologies to discover the world of assistive listening, how hearing aids work and the new technologies which are unlocking audio for everyone in 2026 and in the future!

Wireless networks were originally designed to connect people and devices. Today, they are evolving into intelligent infrastructure that can also provide insights into what is happening in the physical environment.

In this keynote, Fabian van Prooijen, CEO of RadioSense, explores the emerging field of device-free sensing and the business opportunities it creates. By analysing changes in existing Wi-Fi and other radio signals, wireless infrastructure can support applications such as presence detection, safety monitoring and operational insight—without cameras, microphones, wearables or any device carried by the person being monitored.

The session combines a technical and commercial perspective. It explains how developments in edge AI, embedded computing and next-generation connectivity are enabling wireless networks to move beyond communication alone. It also addresses the practical requirements for bringing device-free sensing into real environments, including privacy by design, reliability, interoperability and integration with existing platforms.

From a business perspective, Fabian will discuss how wireless sensing can develop from dedicated deployments into scalable sensing-as-a-service models, software licensing and integration with routers, access points and future 5G and 6G infrastructure. This creates opportunities for network operators, hardware manufacturers, system integrators and service providers to generate new recurring revenue from infrastructure that is already widely deployed.

The keynote will illustrate the potential across elderly care, smart buildings, security and critical infrastructure, including selected dual-use applications. Attendees will gain insight into both the technology and the emerging value chain behind device-free sensing—and how it can enable safer and smarter environments without introducing surveillance.

Let's explore the seamless integration of Azure IoT Operations with Microsoft Fabric, unlocking real-time intelligence across the industrial edge. As the latest solution for highly available edge computing within the Azure ecosystem, Azure IoT Operations leverages modern standards such as MQTT, OPC UA, and SSE to provide a robust suite of integration solutions. It honors the distinct requirements for IT administrators, OT engineers, and Data Engineers, from managing local Kubernetes clusters to executing low-code southbound data transformations, to adding real-time insights and actions in the cloud.

The presentation begins with an introduction to Azure IoT Operations, then dives into the value of integrating with Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence. Through hands-on demonstrations, featuring physical hardware like private LoRaWAN sensors and ONVIF supporting IP cameras, attendees will experience how to configure edge operations using the IoT Operations experience portal, collecting device messages and integrating them directly into Fabric’s real-time features.

Once telemetry reaches Microsoft Fabric, the focus shifts to generating actionable insights. Attendees will see how this SaaS data platform simplifies the ingestion of industrial data through a no-code portal experience. The demonstrations show a medallion architecture, utilizing Conversational AI and Ontology, turning raw data into business logic.

To be able to go into detail as much as possible, this workshop will be provided as a presentation. This session provides a practical jumpstart for attendees leveraging Azure IoT Operations and Microsoft Fabric features to enhance IoT on the edge and in the cloud.

Wireless connectivity is becoming the foundation of a smarter, more sustainable world. In this high-level keynote, Silicon Labs will share how its leadership in low-power wireless technology, secure and integrated IoT platforms, and industry-shaping ecosystem partnerships is helping innovators bring connected products to market faster. From smart homes and health devices to industrial infrastructure and commercial environments, Silicon Labs enables secure, scalable, energy-efficient solutions that connect devices—and improve lives.

AI is moving beyond the cloud and into everyday devices, creating new opportunities for intelligent, connected systems. This keynote explores how advances in edge processing, AI acceleration, embedded platforms, and cloud services are making Edge AI more accessible than ever before. Attendees will discover why organizations are shifting intelligence closer to the source of data, how to overcome common implementation challenges, and how to accelerate the journey from prototype to production.

From Ambient Energy to Actionable Data: Powering the Next Generation of Enterprise IoT

Ambient IoT is moving from vision to reality: a world where everyday objects can sense, communicate and generate data with minimal maintenance and without reliance on traditional batteries. But enabling this vision at enterprise scale requires more than a single energy technology.

This panel brings together Dracula Technologies, Energous and e-peas to explore how complementary approaches to energy harvesting and power management can enable reliable, autonomous sensing across real-world environments. Indoor photovoltaic energy harvesting, RF wireless power and intelligent energy management each address different operating conditions—and together can create more resilient solutions for Ambient IoT.

The discussion will focus on practical applications including logistics and package movement, cold-chain and environmental monitoring, and asset and inventory tracking. These use cases highlight a common challenge: connected devices may move through environments with changing light levels, varying distances from RF sources, and different power requirements. Combining complementary energy sources and intelligent power management can help overcome these constraints while reducing maintenance and enabling much larger deployments.

Beyond connectivity, Ambient IoT can become the physical data layer of the AI-enabled enterprise. Continuous streams of real-world data from products, assets and environments can feed AI and automation systems, enabling better visibility, prediction and decision-making. Without scalable sensing at the edge, AI remains limited by the availability and quality of physical-world data.

The panel will explore what it takes to move from isolated energy-harvesting technologies to integrated, commercially viable Ambient IoT ecosystems—and how these technologies can transform energy from a constraint into an enabler of actionable data.

The journey from deploying an IoT device to extracting valuable insights often involves significant effort in understanding and integrating its data. This keynote will explore the practical advantages of providing more machine-readable information for IoT devices, with a particular focus on LoRaWAN. By offering clearer, standardized descriptions of device capabilities and data semantics, manufacturers can help users streamline onboarding, improve data quality, and substantially reduce the need for manual data mapping. We will discuss how this approach benefits both manufacturers and users by fostering easier adoption and more reliable data, and briefly touch upon how open standards like the Web of Things are relevant in building a more efficient and interoperable IoT landscape.

This Keynote primarily covers the challenges encountered during Elecrow product development and their corresponding solutions, as well as real-world application cases of HMI screens.

Developing a LoRaWAN device is not only a design challenge, and it is not only a manufacturing challenge. Successful products depend on the connection between both.

This panel will explore the practical do’s and don’ts of designing and manufacturing reliable LoRaWAN devices, with a focus on the decisions that determine whether a product can move successfully from prototype to production and into real-world deployment.

Panelists will share practical lessons from electronics manufacturing, hardware design, quality assurance, and LoRaWAN deployment experience, helping device makers understand how to design with manufacturing, testing, reliability, and scale in mind from the beginning.

Giving a retro perspective insight of my LoRaWAN Llife what started with the “yellow cow” 2016 in San Jose and actually reached a network with over 11 Mio devices… talking about partnership, collaboration, use cases from smart city and smart building… more. Have a look in Zenner a 10 Mio Story… Zenner.com/10-million