Landis + Gyr, Google-founded X, the moonshot factory and City of Austin Officials Join Silicon Labs' 'Works With 2021' as Keynote Speakers
Speakers will showcase IoT innovation at the heart of smart city infrastructure and sustainable energy production.
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:
- 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
- Mayor Steve Adler and City Manager Spencer Cronk, City of Austin
Speakers will discuss the growing demand for smart city infrastructure, specifically sustainable energy production and infrastructure resilience for climate disasters such as new loads on electric utilities like electric vehicle charging, detecting and fixing water distribution leaks, and managing increased vehicle traffic. The Works With session includes city officials, equipment providers and data analysts to discuss how the IoT can help cities adapt to these challenges and deliver improved services to residents.
"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."
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