LoRaWAN® in Action World Tour: Smart City Expo World Congress
Join the LoRa Alliance® at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona from November 3–5, 2026, and discover how LoRaWAN is enabling smarter, more connected cities around the world.
Throughout the event, the LoRa Alliance Pavilion will showcase live demonstrations, real-world deployments, and innovative IoT solutions that are transforming urban environments through efficient, scalable, and sustainable connectivity. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore how LoRaWAN is driving advancements across smart buildings, utilities, mobility, environmental monitoring, and public infrastructure.
At the heart of the Pavilion, a dedicated open auditorium will host a continuous program of LoRaWAN conference sessions during all three days of the event. Industry leaders, ecosystem partners, and technology innovators will share insights, deployment stories, and the latest trends shaping the future of smart cities and the Internet of Things.
The networking continues on November 4th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM during the official LoRaWAN Reception, the perfect opportunity to connect with experts, partners, customers, and peers in a relaxed and collaborative setting.
With many additional activities taking place across the Pavilion, Smart City Expo World Congress 2026 will be a unique opportunity to meet the innovators driving digital transformation and experience firsthand how LoRaWAN is powering the connected cities of tomorrow.
Our Sponsors and Exhibitors
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Smart City Expo World Congress Highlights You Shouldn’t Miss
Tuesday, November 3 - Thursday, November 5 – LoRa Alliance Pavilion
Step inside the LoRa Alliance Pavilion and see innovation in action from our booth sponsors: MultiTech, Creative5, Thermokon, IoTech, Akenza, ELSYS, inBiot Monitoring, Kerlink, Minew, Miromico, Pressac Communications, Swisscom, WATTECO, and ZENNER! From live product demos to interactive mini-events, discover how LoRaWAN is powering the connected world - creating smarter, more sustainable solutions for people and businesses everywhere.
And don’t miss the LIVE LoRaWAN Device Wall! For the first time, the LoRa Alliance is bringing LoRaWAN technology to life with an interactive showcase of fully operational devices transmitting live data across a shared network. Watch real-time readings on a large screen and explore smart city and smart building applications in action! Featuring LoRaWAN products from: Miromico, Akenza, Sensocon, Sensative AB, MOKOSMART, Elementric, MultiTech, ELSYS, and more!
📍 LoRa Alliance Pavilion, Hall 3 - B41
Tuesday, November 3 - Thursday, November 5 — LoRa Alliance Conference Sessions
Join us at the LoRa Alliance Pavilion for three days of sessions showcasing how LoRaWAN is enabling smarter, more connected and sustainable cities. Explore real-world deployments, emerging applications and insights from across the LoRaWAN ecosystem. See the session lineup below.
📍 LoRa Alliance Pavilion, Hall 3 - B41
Tuesday, November 3 - Presentation: LoRaWAN® as the Ultimate IoT Backbone: Innovation, Scale & Real-World Success For Smart Cities
Building a scalable smart city requires an infrastructure built on market validation rather than fragmented proprietary tech. This session highlights LoRaWAN as the definitive IoT backbone, leveraging the market's largest open ecosystem and widest adoption rate. Panellists will share the latest innovations, deployment data, success stories, and striking use cases, illustrating how this massive scale eliminates vendor lock-in, drives down hardware costs, and provides a future-proof, stable foundation. Discover why a widely adopted global standard is the most efficient precondition for cities to deploy, scale, and manage massive IoT operations seamlessly.
📍 AI x Cities Stage, 15:05 - 15:50
Wednesday, November 4th — LoRaWAN Reception
Join us for the LoRaWAN Reception from 5:00–7:00 PM in Hall 3 - B41 —an informal networking hour to connect with the leaders and innovators shaping the future of LPWAN and IoT. Register HERE.
📍 LoRa Alliance Pavilion, Hall 3 - B41
Join us at the center of the action! Be part of the community shaping Massive IoT. Visit the Pavilion, attend our sessions, and connect with global innovators advancing LoRaWAN.
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LoRa Alliance Conference Sessions
Join us at the LoRa Alliance Pavilion for conference sessions exploring how LoRaWAN is powering smarter, more connected and sustainable cities. Hear from industry leaders and LoRaWAN ecosystem experts on real-world deployments, emerging applications and the future of smart cities and Massive IoT.
Explore the first sessions announced below, with more presentations and program details coming in the weeks ahead.
- State of the LoRaWAN ecosytem
- How do cities move from fragmented pilots to scalable, sustainable IoT infrastructure?
- Scaling IoT Through Industry Specifications & Global Standards
- Turning Connected Infrastructure into City Intelligence
- Making Smart City Investments Deliver Real Value
- What Makes IoT Deployments Successful? Lessons from the market
- Powering Smart Infrastructure: The Technology Behind Low-Power IoT
- Smart Health Success Story
- Connected Buildings, Smarter and More Efficient
- From Pilot to Scale: Building Smarter Cities with LoRaWAN (MultiTech – Gold sponsor)
- Smart Metering, Satellite & New Connectivity Models
- Can metering provide the ROI and infrastructure foundation for wider city digitalisation?
- Digital Intelligence, Enabling Physical Action
The Power of LoRaWAN®: Smarter, Scalable IoT
10:00 AM
Opening Keynote
An engaging overview of the evolving LoRaWAN® market, exploring key trends, emerging opportunities, and the growing impact of low-power IoT connectivity across industries and smart infrastructure.
Presenting: Alper Yegin, LoRa Alliance
10:20 AM
KEYNOTE: From Signals to Decisions: How AI Transforms Tracking Data into Actionable Intelligence
This keynote explores how tracking is evolving from simple location visibility into an AI-driven decision system. It highlights how combining AI with LoRaWAN and multi-source data (Wi-Fi, BLE) enables organizations to move beyond “where is it” toward understanding behavior, predicting risks, and making informed operational decisions.
Focusing on smart data capture, scalable architecture, and practical models like zone-level intelligence, the session demonstrates how real value comes not from collecting more data, but from turning existing data into actionable insights. Attendees will gain a clear perspective on how to design future-ready tracking systems that are intelligent, efficient, and decision-oriented.
Presenting: Henry Huang, Browan Communications (Gold Sponsor)
11:00 AM
Panel: LoRaWAN in Utilities: The Invisible Network Saving Billions in Utility Losses
Discover how LoRaWAN is transforming the future of water utilities. This dynamic panel dives into how utilities worldwide are reducing non-revenue water, modernizing aging infrastructure, and scaling smarter, more efficient operations through a rapidly evolving ecosystem.
From the LoRaWAN value chain to high-impact use cases and key market drivers, industry leaders will share real-world deployment insights and proven strategies. Featuring expert perspectives from Itron, Netmore, Kerlink, Sindcon, and WNE, the session includes short presentations followed by a lively 15-minute discussion tackling the biggest challenges and opportunities shaping utility transformation today.
Presenting: Chen Deyu, Sindcon; Pawan Mathur, Itron; Treza Trisnandhy, Kerlink; Sourmack Darbouy, Netmore; Tuan Anh Pham, WNES; Moderated by Remi Demerle, Semtech
12:00 PM
Fireside Chat: Physical AI
Join us for a fireside chat exploring the future of Physical AI, featuring insights from Seeed Studio on Edge AI computing and Creatives 5 on the infrastructure powering next-generation AI applications.
Presenting: Jerry Rong, SEEED Studio; Jennifer Chang, Creative 5
2:00 PM
Panel: Smart Cities in Action: From Vision to Real-World LoRaWAN Deployments
As cities move beyond pilot projects toward full-scale implementation, the focus is shifting to proven, real-world deployments that deliver measurable impact. This panel, featuring members of the LoRa Alliance including RAKwireless, Semtech, and TEKTELIC, will explore how LoRaWAN is enabling cities to scale smart infrastructure initiatives.
Bringing together different perspectives, the discussion will highlight successful deployments across smart lighting, waste management, parking, and environmental monitoring. Panelists will share lessons learned, key success factors, and how LoRaWAN supports efficient, cost-effective urban innovation, helping cities transition from vision to tangible, data-driven outcomes.
Presenting: Olivier Beaujard, Semtech; Robert Fogliani, TEKTELIC; Gavin Brown, RAKwireless; Moderated by Matt MacDowell, MultiTech
3:00 PM
Keynote: Reliable and Secure IoT Connectivity for islands and off- grid envrionements in APAC
This keynote explores how to build and operate LoRaWAN networks in isolated island environments across Asia, where power and communication infrastructure are often limited. With more than 17,000 islands in Indonesia and over 7,000 in the Philippines, ensuring reliable connectivity remains a major challenge. The session will examine how ultra-low-power, solar-compatible outdoor gateways can enable continuous LoRaWAN coverage in off-grid regions, supporting critical applications such as disaster warning, water-quality monitoring, and environmental surveillance
Presenting: Yann Bauduin, Kerlink (Bronze Sponsor)
3:15 PM
Panel: Connected Spaces, Smarter Decisions: The LoRaWAN Advantage in Buildings
As smart buildings evolve from isolated systems to fully connected ecosystems, scalable and energy-efficient connectivity becomes essential. This panel, featuring members of the LoRa Alliance including Milesight, Minew, and Netmore, will explore how LoRaWAN is enabling large-scale smart building deployments.
Experts will discuss real-world use cases such as asset tracking, personnel safety, and environmental monitoring, while addressing key deployment considerations like coverage, battery life, and network reliability. The session will also highlight how LoRaWAN-powered solutions drive operational efficiency and enable data-driven decision-making, helping organizations create more responsive, sustainable, and intelligent built environments.
Presenting: Lim Perng, Netmore; Andy Yang, Minew; Thomas He, Milesight; Moderated by Matt MacDowell, MultiTech
4:15 PM
Closing Remarks
A reflective wrap-up of the conference, highlighting key insights shared throughout the sessions and reinforcing the momentum of the LoRaWAN® ecosystem. The closing will look ahead to future developments, collaboration opportunities, and the continued expansion of low-power, wide-area IoT connectivity worldwide.
Presenting: Alper Yegin, LoRa Alliance
Visit the LoRa Alliance® Pavilion
See live LoRaWAN demos, meet Alliance leaders and innovators, and discover deployable solutions for Massive IoT across industries. From energy-efficient sensors to large-scale networks, learn how members are delivering measurable impact today.
Visit these companies in Hall 3, B41:
- MultiTech
- Creative5
- Thermokon
- IoTech
- Akenza
- ELSYS
- inBiot Monitoring
- Kerlink
- Minew
- Miromico
- Pressac Communications
- Swisscom
- WATTECO
- ZENNER
Find devices from these members in the Device Showcase: Arwin Technology Limited, Elvaco AB, Foritec GmbH, Infomir SA, Janz, KCS TraceME BV, MultiTech, Semtech, Swisscom, TEKTELIC, UniMetric d.o.o., WATTECO, ZENNER International, and more!
Browse LoRaWAN devices:

The Power of Leadership
Thank You to our Speakers

Michael MacKenzie
General Manager of AWS IoT Core, IoT Device Management and IoT Device Defender AWS

Alicia Asín
Co-founder and CEO Libelium

Donna Moore
CEO and Chairwoman, LoRa Alliance

Tony Shakib
Partner/GM, Microsoft Azure IoT Microsoft

Alistair Fulton
Vice President and General Manager, Wireless and Sensing Products Group
Semtech

Bilel Jamoussi
Chief of Study Group Department, TSB
ITU Standardization Bureau
Join us for the LoRaWAN Reception!
We’re excited to welcome all Smart City Expo World Congress attendees to a special networking reception on Wednesday, November 4 from 5:00–7:00 PM hosted directly on our stand in Hall 3, B41.
This informal gathering is the perfect opportunity to connect with industry leaders, innovators, and IoT visionaries who are shaping the future of low-power wide-area networking. Whether you’re exploring emerging trends, evaluating technology partners, or simply curious about the next wave of IoT evolution, this reception offers valuable insights and meaningful conversations in a relaxed setting.
What to Expect:
- Insightful discussions on the latest IoT and LoRaWAN trends
- High-level network perspectives from top industry players
- Real-world use cases highlighting proven solutions and impactful applications
- Opportunities to connect with LoRa Alliance members, technology experts, and fellow SCEWC attendees
Whether you’re deeply engaged in IoT deployments or just beginning your journey, this is a great chance to experience the momentum behind LoRaWAN technology firsthand.
We look forward to welcoming you—stop by, enjoy the networking, and be inspired by what’s next in IoT!
A Valuable Member Benefit: Smart City Expo Access
As part of your LoRa Alliance membership, you can benefit from complimentary access to Smart City Expo through a dedicated allocation of:
- Full Congress Passes
- Visitor Passes
- Public Sector Tickets for institutional members
Whether you are looking to expand your network, meet prospective partners, explore emerging smart city solutions, or raise your organization's profile, Smart City Expo offers unparalleled opportunities to engage with the global innovation community.
Passes are available to members while allocations last in each category. Learn more here.
By the Numbers
1219
Attendees
129
Speakers
18
Sponsors
66
Exhibitors
