About our IoT Keynotes
Day 1 Keynote
Kick off the day with the Silicon Labs opening IoT keynote featuring Matt Johnson, President and CEO of Silicon Labs, Bob Conrad, SVP and General Manager of Silicon Labs, and Manish Kothari, SVP of Software Development at Silicon Labs. They will reveal the future of IoT and how Silicon Labs' hardware, software, and solutions are driving that future.
The keynote will conclude with a fireside chat featuring Daniel Cooley, CTO of Silicon Labs, and Robert Metcalfe, Turing Laureate, Ethernet co-inventor, 3Com founder, and Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. These two IoT visionaries discuss the past, present, and future of IoT and the intersection of innovation and impact.
Day 2 Keynote
Kick off Day 2 of Works With 2025 with IoT leaders from Amazon Sidewalk/Ring, Cisco, and Samsung SmartThings as they explore how AI at the edge, next-gen IoT platforms, and secure wireless innovations are transforming smart homes, enterprises, and beyond.
Cisco’s Bahador Amiri and Peiman Amini will share how enterprise IoT and large-scale networks are evolving to power the next generation of connected environments.
Amazon Sidewalk’s Jamie Siminoff and Jay Desai will reveal how their expanding ecosystems are redefining smart home and neighborhood connectivity.
Finally, Samsung SmartThings’ Syam Sidhardhan will show how seamless Matter-powered connectivity is unifying smart living for the next wave of consumer IoT experiences.
IoT Keynote Speakers
Matt Johnson
President and CEO,
Silicon Labs
Bob Conrad
SVP and General Manager,
Silicon Labs
Manish Kothari
SVP, Software Development, Silicon Labs
Daniel Cooley
SVP, Technology & Product Development and CTO,
Silicon Labs
John Dixon
VP Sales and Marketing, Silicon Labs
Peiman Amini
Distinguished Software Engineer, Cisco
Bahador Amiri
Senior Director of Wireless, Cisco
Jay Desai
General Manager, Amazon Sidewalk
Michael Kennedy
President of XTG & SVP of Business Development for TTI, Inc.
Robert Metcalfe
Turing Laureate, Ethernet Co-Inventor, 3Com Founder
Aiden Mitchell
SVP Supplier & Product Manager, Arrow
Syam Sidhardhan
General Manager of Samsung R&D Institute
Jamie Siminoff
Founder of Ring, VP Product for Home Security, Amazon