2026 IoT Enabling Technology Award

Submission overview

The 2026 IoT Enabling Technology Award recognizes the foundational technologies that make modern IoT systems possible. From core components and connectivity building blocks to embedded platforms, modules, semiconductors, firmware, and supporting infrastructure, these innovations power the performance, scalability, and reliability of connected solutions across industries.

This award honors the organizations advancing the technologies behind IoT progress. While these solutions may not always be the most visible part of a deployment, they play a critical role in enabling better devices, stronger networks, improved efficiency, and more capable connected ecosystems.

If your solution helps other IoT products, platforms, networks, or deployments operate more reliably, efficiently, securely, or at scale, this award is designed to recognize that work.

This award is a great fit if your solution

• Advances the core technologies that power connected systems
• Improves device performance, connectivity, reliability, or efficiency
• Supports broader IoT deployments through foundational innovation
• Includes components, modules, firmware, embedded platforms, or supporting infrastructure
• Helps make IoT systems more capable, scalable, secure, or resilient

Entry schedule

• Entries Open: Tuesday, September 8, 2026
• Early Bird Deadline: Friday, October 2, 2026
• Final Entry Deadline: Friday, October 30, 2026
• Winners Announced: Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Entry fees

• Early Bird Entry: $395
• Standard Entry: $495

Each submission must be entered separately. Organizations may submit multiple solutions or projects if each entry represents a distinct IoT technology, component, platform, product, or enabling capability.

Submission process

Step 1: Visit the application page and begin your submission.

Step 2: Complete the submission form with details about your solution, including the technology, enabling role, target use case, technical capabilities, and measurable impact.

Step 3: Submit your entry by the early bird deadline for discounted pricing, or before the final entry deadline.

Eligibility

The IoT Enabling Technology Award is open to companies, organizations, and individuals developing foundational technologies that support connected systems. Eligible submissions may include semiconductors, modules, embedded platforms, firmware, connectivity components, sensor technologies, power management innovations, development tools, and other solutions that help enable broader IoT capabilities.

Submissions must focus on solutions that have been developed, released, updated, deployed, or announced within the applicable award year.