Media & Publications

Keynotes & speaking

On stages across the world

Topics span emerging technology, 5G, 6G, low-power wide-area networks, Industry 4.0, positioning, trust, and diversity and inclusion. Audiences have included MPs and politicians, C-suite leaders, investors, lawyers, policymakers, regulators, academics, students and the wider public, across the UK, US, Barcelona, China, the Baltic states and the EU.

Financial Times Live

House of Lords

Mobile World Congress

United Nations ITU

Hannover Messe

Ofcom

Westminster eForum

ABI Research

Techritory

6G Symposium

5G-ACIA

IEEE

IET

Cambridge Wireless

Small Cells World Summit

Saïd Business School (Oxford)

University of Bristol

University of Southampton

Selected engagements

Recent appearances

A selection of keynotes, panels and chairing roles. For the latest, see Sylvia's LinkedIn updates.

Event	Role	Location	Date
Merlin Place soft launch, Kadans Science Partner — The Convergence of Disciplines	Panellist	Cambridge	May 2026
ACT Now 2026, Regional Tech Booster (DSIT / UKTCG) — connectivity and 6G	Speaker	BT Adastral Park	Mar 2026
Techritory — Digital Innovation Funding panel and European Leadership in Digital Sectors (her 5th Techritory)	Moderator & panellist	Riga	Oct 2025
29th Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium, IfM — strategic materials & technology supply chains	Industry panellist	Cambridge	Sep 2025
Small Cells World Summit — from LPWA to 5G RedCap and industrial IoT	Speaker	London	Jun 2025
UK Tech Trade Mission to Serbia — entrepreneurial ecosystems (the Cambridge example)	Panellist	Belgrade & Novi Sad	Jun 2025
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford — AI innovation panel	Panellist	Oxford	May 2025
Mobile World Congress 2024, GSMA — the "missing jigsaws" for industrial 5G (RedCap and indoor PNT)	Speaker	Barcelona	Feb 2024
Cambridge Judge Business School — MPhil Technology Policy students, telecoms and the engineer-to-NED journey	Guest speaker	Cambridge	Sep 2023
London Tech Week — industrial adoption of 5G panel, UKTIN	Panellist	London	Jun 2023
Connected Places Catapult — International Women in Engineering Day panel	Panellist	London	Jun 2023
Mobile World Congress 2023, GSMA — 5G Alliance Roundtable on industrial 5G standardisation (for 5G-ACIA)	Panellist	Barcelona	Feb 2023
Mascom WomenInTech, Botswana — preparing for future careers in engineering, 5G and emerging technology	Guest speaker	Online	2023
5G Techritory — Metaverse panel (2,200+ attendees, 68 countries)	Panel chair	Riga	Nov 2022
5G Manufacturing Forum, RCR Wireless — CAPEX/OPEX balancing	Panel speaker	Online	Nov 2022
Hannover Messe Industrial 4.0 Stage — Industrial 5G	Panel chair	Hannover	Jun 2022
IEEE 5G++ Summit — 5G and Beyond for Industrial IoT	Speaker	Dresden	May 2022
Mobile World Congress 2022	Fireside chat	Barcelona	Feb 2022
Digital Catapult — Industrial 5G uncovered	Panel chair	London	Jan 2022
5G World Summit — Smart Manufacturing and 5G	Panel chair	Online	Sep 2021
5G World Summit — European Research and Innovation in 5G and Beyond	Panellist	Online	Sep 2021
Women in Technology World Series — Industry 4.0 with 5G private networks	Speaker	Online	Jun 2021
ABI Research — 5G Positioning	Panellist	Online	Jun 2021
6G Symposium, 6G World	Panellist	Online	May 2021
Financial Times Live — disruption & investment in the 5G ecosystem	Panellist	Online	Dec 2020
IET — 5G mobile and IP rights: the winner takes all?	Speaker	Online	Nov 2020
5G Techritory Forum — first year of 5G, a chip designer's view	Speaker	Online	Nov 2020
IET, House of Lords webinar — Trust in a digital world	Speaker	Online	Mar 2020
Westminster eForum — 5G rollout in the UK	Speaker	London	Jan 2020
5G Techritory Forum — Role of 5G for Industrial IoT (1,000 delegates)	Speaker	Riga	Nov 2019
Mobile World Congress — IoT in Manufacturing	Speaker	Los Angeles	Oct 2019
Ofcom workshop — wireless innovation in manufacturing and health	Panel speaker	London	Apr 2019
United Nations ITU, NGMN & ITU Conference — 5G Enabling Technologies (audience 130+)	Invited speaker	Geneva	Jan 2019
House of Lords, IET — Future communications: what's human about this? (audience 120+)	Invited speaker	London	Nov 2018
Cambridge China Forum — Smart City and CleanTech	Speaker	Cambridge	Nov 2018
Cambridge Wireless — 3GPP standardisation and technology evolution (audience 130+)	Invited speaker	Cambridge	Sep 2018
IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit — Humanity and empathy in a connected world	Invited speaker	Southampton	Aug 2018

Selected writing

Featured articles and thought leadership

Authored pieces and contributions on 5G, 6G, the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0, several translated and reprinted across the UK, EU and Asia.

POSTbrief: 5G Technology — UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, briefing for parliamentarians. 2019
"IoT in the 5G Era" — Cambridge Wireless Journal, Issue 5, pp.28–29; later translated into Korean, Japanese and Chinese. 2018–2019
"Future communications — what's human about this?" — talk at the House of Lords, IET; featured by PoliticsHome. 2018
"Five aspects of CAPEX/OPEX consideration in 5G manufacturing" — RCR Wireless News. 2022
"Identifying disruption & investment opportunities in the 5G ecosystem" — Financial Times Live. 2020
"5G mobile networks and IP rights: winner takes all?" — IET. 2020
"The future of mobile: making 5G a reality" — Business Reporter. 2019

Media coverage

Interviews, columns and features

A wider selection of articles, interviews and international coverage.

"What needs to be considered when implementing 5G in manufacturing", UK5G. 6 Oct 2021
"Everyone sees the vision but you have to get your hands dirty to explore the details", UK5G. 5 Oct 2021
Industrial IoT introductory session, Cambridge Wireless Industrial IoT Special Interest Group. 27 Sep 2021
"Tapping into Industry 4.0 with 5G private networks" — published in Italian (elettronica). 15 Feb 2021
"Tapping into Industry 4.0 with 5G private networks" — published in Finnish (ETN). 10 Dec 2020
"Tapping into Industry 4.0 with 5G private networks", Communication Components Magazine (in Chinese). 25 Nov 2020
"5G roll-out: a marathon, not a sprint", Embedded. 29 Oct 2020
"Can 5G private networks boost industrial productivity?", u-blox Blog. 18 Sep 2020
"Tapping into Industry 4.0 with 5G private networks" (opinion), Enterprise IoT Insights. 25 Aug 2020
Interview with Sylvia Lu, everythingRF. 25 May 2020
Recognised among the UK's top 50 women in engineering, 聚焦财经网 (in Chinese). 19 May 2020
"Manufacturing may take the lead with 5G expansion as consumer roll-out slows", TechRepublic. 13 May 2020
Featured as member of the month, Women of the Future Network. 1 Apr 2020
"5G-ACIA develops global dialogue on industrial automation in Coventry", UK5G & 5G-ACIA. 10 Feb 2020
"5G rollout in the UK", Westminster eForum — includes speech scripts. Feb 2020
Highlighted in u-blox's Annual Report 2019, "Our Achievements". 1 Dec 2019
"UK5G and 5G-ACIA unite to ensure the success of 5G in UK industry", 5G-ACIA. 27 Nov 2019
"Are you prepared for the 5G project management revolution?", Business and Industry. 22 Sep 2019
"Awarded Women of M2M/IoT 2019 by Connected World", What's New in Electronics. 5 Jul 2019
"Preparation for 5G", Electronic Specifier. 1 Jul 2019
"Getting ready for 5G", u-blox Blog. 19 Jun 2019
"Bring on 5G: new use cases and business opportunities", Embedded Computing Design. 12 Jun 2019
"How will 5G networks improve location awareness?", All About Circuits — also translated into Chinese (Jiwei). 2019
"IoT in the 5G era" — translated into Korean (Etnews, ≈270k page views) and Japanese (EE Times Japan). 2019
"5G Technology and its testing challenges", EEPW Magazine (in Chinese) — part of a China media series with 17 original pieces and 38 reprints. Oct 2018
"UK5G, no race, no finish line, just cooperation", interview, TelecomTV. Apr 2018

Speaking and writing

On stages across the world

Recent appearances

Featured articles and thought leadership

Interviews, columns and features