SORACOM Discovery 2026
Overview
Japan's largest IoT conference, hosted by IoT platform provider Soracom. Through keynotes, about 30 specialized sessions, and exhibits from 30+ partners, attendees survey the frontline of AI-plus-IoT industrial applications in a single day. Admission is free; the 2025 edition drew 2,000+ visitors. The 2026 theme explores IoT connecting people and AI.
Foundation
- Founded
- 2016
- Founder
- Started the year after Soracom's founding by CEO Ken Tamagawa and team as a venue to showcase the company's IoT platform and partner ecosystem in practice
As Soracom's software-defined connectivity platform spread, the event became an annual conference for sharing real-world implementations by customers and partners.
Transition
- 2015 Soracom founded
- 2016 First SORACOM Discovery held
- 2025 Held at Tokyo Midtown to mark the 10th anniversary, drawing over 2,000 visitors
- 2026 Held at Tokyo Midtown on July 7, with a keynote themed on the present and future of IoT connecting people and AI
Voices
A great chance to deepen knowledge of low-power design and connectivity control for IoT hardware.
Seeing real devices and talking directly with the developers boosted my motivation to prototype.
The community exhibits, where makers show each other their prototypes, are another draw.
Learned from the keynote and exhibits while showing a handmade device and gathering feedback (from yoyo's report, in Japanese)
Talks and demos on IoT-AI convergence, plus new maker friends, rekindled the urge to build (from an IoT maker's report, in Japanese)
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