mioty: Made in Europe, for Europe - Enabling a Resilient European IoT Ecosystem

We are happy to invite you to "mioty: Made in Europe, for Europe - Enabling a Resilient European IoT Ecosystem" taking place on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 from 12:00 - 3:30 p.m., in Brussels.

As Europe seeks to enhance its strategic autonomy and reduce dependencies on non-European technologies — particularly in light of increasing geopolitical tensions and global supply chain vulnerabilities — the resilience of our digital and technological infrastructure is more critical than ever.

European Leaders in IoT are going to present real solutions for the need to strengthen Europe's position across the entire Internet of Things (IoT) value chain, from sensor technologies and connectivity to data sovereignty and application platforms. In this context, mioty, a European-born low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) technology, stands out as a strategic enabler of secure, robust, and energy-efficient IoT communication.

Developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and driven by the mioty alliance, this technology offers an open, standardized, and scalable alternative to proprietary systems dominated by actors from the US and China. It empowers Europe to build IoT ecosystems that are not only technologically sovereign, but also resilient, interoperable, and future-proof.

With its high robustness, energy efficiency and scalability, mioty offers solutions for the central challenges of our time - from soil health monitoring, water supply management under climate stress conditions, to early warning systems and resilient communication in the context of large-scale emergencies, such as the recent power blackout in Spain.

The event will address key questions such as:

• How can Europe set up and control its critical IoT infrastructure?What role should open, European-led standards like mioty play in EU digital strategy?
• How can policymakers and industry jointly reduce external dependencies
• What are the next steps toward building a resilient, sovereign European tech landscape?

We would be honored to welcome you to this important discussion.

Agenda:

12:00 Lunch and exhibition

13:00 Welcome
Verena Fennemann, Head of Fraunhofer EU Office

13:15 Keynote
Ralf Riemenschneider, Head of Sector Internet of Things, DG CONNECT, European Commission

13:30 Introduction to Fraunhofer technology mioty and mioty alliance
Giovanni Del Galdo, Head of Institute, Fraunhofer IIS

14:00 Panel discussion: Who shapes Europe’s IoT infrastructure, how and when? A roadmap for a resilient IoT

Matthias Ecke, Member of the European Parliament
Ralf Riemenschneider, European Commission
Giovanni Del Galdo, Fraunhofer IIS
Pascal Belmin, VP Head of EU Aviation and Regulatory Affairs, Airbus Group

Moderator: Peter Hedberg, General Manager of the mioty alliance

14:45 Q&A and exhibition

15:30 End of event

Register here: mioty: Made in Europe, for Europe - Enabling a Resilient European IoT Ecosystem