The Things Network

Edge AI sounds great in a slide deck. Making it work on a real device, in the field, for years, is a different problem entirely.

Adam Cousin, Sales & Business Development Manager for IoT Solutions EMEA at Telit Cinterion, spends his days helping customers design IoT applications built to run in the real world, not just the lab.

At , his keynote "Connected Intelligence at the Edge: Making AI Work Beyond the Cloud" digs into what it actually takes to move intelligence out of the cloud and onto the device.

📍 Kromhouthal, Amsterdam · 22–23 September 2026
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Cellular IoT is getting cheaper and more power-efficient, but "sovereign technology" is becoming just as important as saving milliwatts.

Olivier Pauzet, EVP of Marketing & Strategy at Sequans, brings 25 years of experience scaling cellular IoT semiconductors and driving software-defined radio innovation across the industry.

At , his keynote, "Low-Power Cellular IoT, Software-Defined Radio, and the Race to Scale Critical Connectivity with Sovereign Technologies," explores what it takes to build critical connectivity that nations, not just companies, can trust and control.

📍 Kromhouthal, Amsterdam · 22–23 September 2026
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Everyone’s talking about Edge AI. But what does it really take to move AI chipsets from silicon to deployed devices?

Satyajit Sinha, Senior Principal Analyst at IoT Analytics, has spent nearly a decade analyzing IoT compute, connectivity, and security across the chip-to-cloud stack—with a particular focus on automotive technology, Edge AI, Physical AI, and cybersecurity.

At , Satyajit takes the stage twice:

🎤 Keynote: “Edge AI Chipsets: Tracking the Scale-Up from Silicon to Deployment”
💬 Roundtable: “The Numbers Behind IoT Adoption: Past, Present, and What Comes Next”

📍 Kromhouthal, Amsterdam · 22–23 September 2026
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Could DECT—the technology best known for cordless phones—become a key enabler of large-scale IoT?

Roel Ottink, Director of Business Development at the DECT Forum, brings more than 30 years of experience in private telecommunications and on-site wireless communications.

At , Roel will take the stage for a keynote exploring the potential of DECT NR+ for large-scale IoT: DECT NR+: A New Wireless Option for Large-Scale IoT

📍 Kromhouthal, Amsterdam · 22–23 September 2026
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Most “smart” IoT devices still run on batteries built for a different era — bulky, slow to charge, and unreliable once temperatures swing.

Moritz Futscher, CEO and Co-Founder of BTRY AG (an Empa and ETH Zürich spin-off), is building all-solid-state batteries designed for the extremes: small form factors, fast charging, and real-world conditions. At , his keynote "From Passive to Connected: Why IoT Devices Need a Battery That Survives the Real World" looks at what it takes to power the next generation of connected devices.

📍 Kromhouthal, Amsterdam · 22–23 September 2026
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Physical AI without a resilient network underneath it is just noise. Rony Cohen, Co-Founder of floLIVE, has spent decades scaling global connectivity — from CEO of Marathon Telecom to building several mobile and M2M businesses from the ground up.

At , his keynote "Your Physical AI Applications Are Only As Smart As Your Network" makes the case that the intelligence layer is only as good as what carries it.

📍 Kromhouthal, Amsterdam · 22–23 September 2026
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Thread promised low-power IPv6 mesh for IoT devices. Nearly a decade in, what actually shipped — and what didn't?

Esko Dijk, Director at IoTconsultancy.nl, has been a systems architect, spec editor and test expert for the Thread standard since 2018, after years working on IPv6 IoT at Philips Research and Signify. He's also a contributor to IETF, 3GPP and the Thread Group.

At , he's doing double duty: a keynote on "Thread: A Low-Power IPv6 Wireless Mesh Standard for IoT," plus the roundtable "IoT Delivery War Stories — What Kills Projects, and What Saves Them" — both live on Day 1.

📍 Kromhouthal, Amsterdam · 22–23 September 2026
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Open source powers most of today's IoT devices — but who's liable when the Cyber Resilience Act comes knocking?

Jean-Charles Verdié, Director of Devices/IoT Field Engineering at Canonical, has spent 30+ years in embedded tech, from building the first open-source Embedded WebKit ecosystem to shipping silicon-optimized browsers on tens of millions of devices worldwide.

At , his keynote "Open source, open liability? How the Cyber Resilience Act changes the rules for IoT device makers" unpacks what CRA compliance really means for teams building on open source and how to turn it into an "ecosystem multiplier" for security, not just a compliance headache.

📍 Kromhouthal, Amsterdam · 22–23 September 2026
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