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Centers of Excellence

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Our Centers of Excellence bring people together around specific industries, technologies and operational challenges. Explore a focus area, learn from different perspectives and tell us how you would like to contribute.

IoT Community Centers of Excellence technical exchange

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WHAT A CoE IS

Each CoE sets a clear charter and outcome measures, publishes open reference patterns, tests them against real constraints, develops practitioner skills and shares measured results through demos and case studies.

WHY IT MATTERS

Practitioners gain proven patterns, safer changes and a peer network. Leaders connect investment to KPIs while reducing risk and building skills. Sponsors contribute to credible thought leadership and co-developed work with potential pilots.

WHERE THIS HAPPENS

CoEs work through private online channels and bi-monthly working sessions, with quarterly cross-CoE showcases and IoT Slam or partner workshops as annual anchors.

HOW IT WORKS

  1. Join a relevant CoE and review its charter and backlog.
  2. Contribute a use case, artifact or review.
  3. Validate the pattern against real constraints and safety requirements.
  4. Showcase results, lessons and the next priorities.

PROGRAMS AND DELIVERABLES

Outputs include device-to-governance reference architectures with design rules and BOMs; one-page use-case blueprints; operating and rollback playbooks; role-based masterclasses and exams; and assurance packs that map policies to controls and evidence.

CoE FRAMEWORK:

How the Centers of Excellence work

A common operating model connects direction, specialist leadership and practitioner evidence to useful community outputs.

IoT Community Centers of Excellence operating model: chair organization, pillar leads and practitioner contributors create reference architectures, playbooks, learning and assurance packs across nine specialist communities.

GOVERNANCE & PARTICIPATION

Practitioner chairs and steering committees guide each CoE, with IoT Community® operating the program. Transparent backlogs and decision logs support prioritization; human approvals, testing and rollback guard action; evidence packs map relevant IEC, NIST, ISO and sector requirements.

KPIs WE TRACK

Adoption

Active members, repeat contributors and useful contributions merged.

Operational impact

Faster time to value, lower downtime, better quality and reduced energy intensity.

Delivery quality

Evaluation pass rates, fewer audit findings and a lower change-failure rate.

Reach

Showcases, downloads, citations and practical case studies delivered.

Inclusion

A broader mix of speakers, authors, mentors and sustained working relationships.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

Join the CoEs, register interest in upcoming activities, or tell us where you would like to contribute.

Where would you like to contribute?

Use the membership form to tell us which Center of Excellence interests you and the experience or question you would like to bring. Smart Utilities is forming; select it in the Join form to register your interest. For any other area not listed here, describe your interest in the same form.