Speakers will showcase IoT innovation at the heart of smart city infrastructure and sustainable energy production --
AUSTIN, Texas , August 26, 2021 – Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world has added prominent keynote speakers to Works With 2021, the defining Internet of Things (IoT) conference livestreaming for free to thousands of engineers, developers and technologists worldwide, this September 14-15. Titled “The Future of Smart Cities Powered by IoT,” the session will focus on smart city innovation and how IoT technology enables efficient infrastructure and energy savings.
This session airs September 15 from 9:00 AM – 9:55 AM CT and will be moderated by Ross Sabolcik, vice president, industrial and commercial IoT, Silicon Labs and feature leading innovators in IoT, smart cities and sustainable energy including:
- Mayor Steve Adler and City Manager Spencer Cronk, City of Austin
- John Romero, vice president of industry solutions, Landis + Gyr, a global advanced metering solutions provider helping the world manage energy better
- Raiford Smith, electric and gas utilities and technology senior executive, X, the moonshot factory, a semi-secret research and development facility and organization founded by Google that develops radical new technologies to help solve the world's hardest problems
Speakers will discuss the growing demand for smart city infrastructure, specifically sustainable energy production and resilience and recovery after climate disasters. City of Austin speakers will discuss recent extreme weather as a real-life case study and delve into how IoT technologies can increase the resilience of critical infrastructure and minimize impact to residents and local businesses.
“It’s an honor to welcome such outstanding keynotes to discuss the timely topic of climate and sustainability, as we strive to build smarter cities and more efficient infrastructure,” stated Ross Sabolcik, vice president and general manager, industrial and commercial IoT, Silicon Labs. “Silicon Labs portfolio recently expanded to include the Wi-SUN standard, a comprehensive solution optimized for large scale, long-range LPWAN networks. Wi-SUN offers an open approach to industrial and smart city applications for more scalable, resilient and safer infrastructure in cities across the globe.”
Media interested in attending the Works With 2021 press conference on Tuesday, September 14 at 11:00 AM CT, please register here .
About Works With
Works With is your one connection to all things IoT. The annual conference gathers the biggest names in the industry, including IoT decision-makers and device developers, to share and receive practical training and educational sessions. Attendees leave with actionable insights to build, deploy and interconnect the latest smart home, smart city and industrial IoT (IIoT) technologies to accelerate market launch. Works With 2021 is held virtually and free of charge. This year’s agenda can be found here. For more information and to register for this year’s event, visit workswith.silabs.com.
About Silicon Labs
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