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Speaking and writing

Advising on emerging technology, standards and policy, and speaking internationally to policymakers, boards, investors, academics and the public.

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.

EventRoleLocationDate
Merlin Place soft launch, Kadans Science Partner — The Convergence of DisciplinesPanellistCambridgeMay 2026
ACT Now 2026, Regional Tech Booster (DSIT / UKTCG) — connectivity and 6GSpeakerBT Adastral ParkMar 2026
Techritory — Digital Innovation Funding panel and European Leadership in Digital Sectors (her 5th Techritory)Moderator & panellistRigaOct 2025
29th Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium, IfM — strategic materials & technology supply chainsIndustry panellistCambridgeSep 2025
Small Cells World Summit — from LPWA to 5G RedCap and industrial IoTSpeakerLondonJun 2025
UK Tech Trade Mission to Serbia — entrepreneurial ecosystems (the Cambridge example)PanellistBelgrade & Novi SadJun 2025
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford — AI innovation panelPanellistOxfordMay 2025
Mobile World Congress 2024, GSMA — the "missing jigsaws" for industrial 5G (RedCap and indoor PNT)SpeakerBarcelonaFeb 2024
Cambridge Judge Business School — MPhil Technology Policy students, telecoms and the engineer-to-NED journeyGuest speakerCambridgeSep 2023
London Tech Week — industrial adoption of 5G panel, UKTINPanellistLondonJun 2023
Connected Places Catapult — International Women in Engineering Day panelPanellistLondonJun 2023
Mobile World Congress 2023, GSMA — 5G Alliance Roundtable on industrial 5G standardisation (for 5G-ACIA)PanellistBarcelonaFeb 2023
Mascom WomenInTech, Botswana — preparing for future careers in engineering, 5G and emerging technologyGuest speakerOnline2023
5G Techritory — Metaverse panel (2,200+ attendees, 68 countries)Panel chairRigaNov 2022
5G Manufacturing Forum, RCR Wireless — CAPEX/OPEX balancingPanel speakerOnlineNov 2022
Hannover Messe Industrial 4.0 Stage — Industrial 5GPanel chairHannoverJun 2022
IEEE 5G++ Summit — 5G and Beyond for Industrial IoTSpeakerDresdenMay 2022
Mobile World Congress 2022Fireside chatBarcelonaFeb 2022
Digital Catapult — Industrial 5G uncoveredPanel chairLondonJan 2022
5G World Summit — Smart Manufacturing and 5GPanel chairOnlineSep 2021
5G World Summit — European Research and Innovation in 5G and BeyondPanellistOnlineSep 2021
Women in Technology World Series — Industry 4.0 with 5G private networksSpeakerOnlineJun 2021
ABI Research — 5G PositioningPanellistOnlineJun 2021
6G Symposium, 6G WorldPanellistOnlineMay 2021
Financial Times Live — disruption & investment in the 5G ecosystemPanellistOnlineDec 2020
IET — 5G mobile and IP rights: the winner takes all?SpeakerOnlineNov 2020
5G Techritory Forum — first year of 5G, a chip designer's viewSpeakerOnlineNov 2020
IET, House of Lords webinar — Trust in a digital worldSpeakerOnlineMar 2020
Westminster eForum — 5G rollout in the UKSpeakerLondonJan 2020
5G Techritory Forum — Role of 5G for Industrial IoT (1,000 delegates)SpeakerRigaNov 2019
Mobile World Congress — IoT in ManufacturingSpeakerLos AngelesOct 2019
Ofcom workshop — wireless innovation in manufacturing and healthPanel speakerLondonApr 2019
United Nations ITU, NGMN & ITU Conference — 5G Enabling Technologies (audience 130+)Invited speakerGenevaJan 2019
House of Lords, IET — Future communications: what's human about this? (audience 120+)Invited speakerLondonNov 2018
Cambridge China Forum — Smart City and CleanTechSpeakerCambridgeNov 2018
Cambridge Wireless — 3GPP standardisation and technology evolution (audience 130+)Invited speakerCambridgeSep 2018
IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit — Humanity and empathy in a connected worldInvited speakerSouthamptonAug 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.

Media coverage

Interviews, columns and features

A wider selection of articles, interviews and international coverage.