Simon Johnson

Distinguished Engineer, HiveMQ | Chair & Editor, OASIS MQTT Technical Committee

Simon Johnson is a Distinguished Engineer at HiveMQ and a leading contributor to the evolution of MQTT and industrial IoT. With more than 20 years of experience building connected and distributed systems, Simon serves as Co-Chair & Editor of the OASIS MQTT Technical Committee, helping shape the future of one of the world’s most widely adopted IoT messaging standards. At HiveMQ, Simon works at the intersection of Industrial IoT, distributed systems and Agentic AI, exploring how trusted real-time data architectures can enable the next generation of intelligent and autonomous industrial systems.

Talk:
The Future of MQTT - An Update from the Technical Committee

The success of MQTT has been astonishing; propelling itself from humble roots to become the world’s most adopted IoT messaging protocol. But how did we get here?, where is here?, and what’s next for MQTT? While these are important questions to explore, this session dives deeper into the evolution of MQTT and what the technical community are doing to keep up with the demands of the IoT industry. Most importantly, this is an open community - are you ready to help shape the future MQTT?

Key Takeaways:

  • MQTT began its standardisation journey in 2013 resulting in OASIS and ISO/IEC 20922 standard for MQTT 3.1.1. Later MQTT v5.0 was released and the Technical Committee are currently working on MQTT-SN. This family of IoT messaging protocols is often misunderstood in the messaging community. This session will deep dive into the standards journey, position the family of protocols and set out a vision for the future. The aim is to drive greater community engagement and to reach a bigger audience. A panel session might work as an alternative perhaps led by Simon and Clemens Vasters.

Target Audience:

  • Anyone interested in Messaging, MQTT powered and IoT solutions