The State of LoRaWAN | LoRa Alliance's Donna Moore | Internet of Things Podcast

In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Donna Moore, CEO and Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss the state of LoRaWAN. The conversation covers the three key missions of the Alliance; standard development, device certification, and awareness marketing, the significant growth of LoRaWAN in cities, utilities, and buildings, and the emergence of Industry 5.0, combining operational efficiencies with safety, sustainability, and good business practices. Donna Moore is the CEO and Chairwoman of the LoRa Alliance. In this role, she oversees the organization, its strategy and direction to drive the global adoption of the LoRaWAN standard. Moore has nearly two decades of experience launching new companies and growing businesses across a variety of industries and competitive environments. Donna is an IoT thought leader with an extensive background of successfully advancing IoT globally. This year, Donna received IoT Breakthrough Award’s “IoT Company CEO of the Year,” and she was named a 2021 Connected World “Women in Technology” winner. Additionally, the LoRa Alliance won the 2021 “Wireless Technology Innovation Award” from the IoT Breakthrough Awards program. Published extensively, Donna has been featured in Authority Magazine and Telecom Drive (India) for her business leadership. Most recently, she was CEO of SpireSpark International, a company that provides highly skilled technical and operational expertise to design and build certification, compliance, and conformance programs. Prior to that, she served as the executive director of the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), as it became the de facto IoT standard for streaming video, audio, and picture files to each other over a LAN. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State University. The LoRa Alliance is an open, nonprofit association that has become one of the largest and fastest-growing alliances in the technology sector since its inception in 2015. Its members closely collaborate and share experiences to promote and drive the success of the LoRaWAN standard as the leading open global standard for secure, carrier-grade IoT LPWAN connectivity. With the technical flexibility to address a broad range of IoT applications, both static and mobile, and a certification program to guarantee interoperability, LoRaWAN has already been deployed by major mobile network operators globally, with continuing wide expansion into 2022 and beyond. Discover more about LoRaWAN and IoT at https://www.iotforall.com More about LoRa Alliance: https://lora-alliance.org/ Connect with Donna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnamoore4/ (00:00) Intro (00:17) Donna Moore and the LoRa Alliance (01:07) The state of LoRaWAN (02:17) Why LoRaWAN is ideal for smart cities (04:39) Expanding LoRaWAN use cases (06:01) LoRa Alliance 2023 End of Year Report (06:49) Key findings from the report (09:09) Importance of the LoRaWAN ecosystem (10:39) Why is it important to certify LoRaWAN devices? (13:25) Industry 5.0 (15:12) Emergence of satellite connectivity (16:36) Challenges and successes in LoRaWAN deployments (20:20) Upcoming LoRaWAN Live event in Munich (21:38) Learn more and follow up SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL: https://bit.ly/2NlcEwm​ Join Our Newsletter: https://www.iotforall.com/iot-newsletter Follow Us on Social: https://linktr.ee/iot4all Check out the IoT For All Media Network: https://www.iotforall.com/podcast-overview