Unify 2026
Certification for Success: The Path to Interoperability & Market Readiness
Date & time: 17 June 2026 | 3:45 PM
Panelist: Daniel Cowling | Senior director, specification and testing at Bluetooth SIG
Certification is the critical bridge between product development and real-world interoperability. In this session, product leaders and certification experts will walk through the Alliance’s certification programs for Matter, Zigbee and Aliro, highlighting how certification fits into the product journey, from design and testing to launch. Panelists will share best practices, lessons learned, and real-world examples of certified products in action, showing how certification not only validates compliance but also accelerates adoption, builds consumer trust, and ensures seamless operation across ecosystems.
Connectivity Leaders Roundtable: Collaborating for a Unified IoT
Date & time: 18 June 2026 | 10:15 AM
Panelist: Neville Meijers | Chief executive officer at Bluetooth SIG
This panel will explore how leading standards bodies are working in concert to deliver seamless global interoperability, align on security and certification, and address evolving industry needs. Attendees will gain insider insight into how these technologies complement one another and what’s next for unified, open connectivity worldwide.