Wi-Fi World Congress USA 2025

We're delighted to be conducting the world's first ever Wi-Fi HaLow Global Summit featuring the HaLow world leaders. Welcome.

Claus Hetting
CEO & Chairman, Wi-Fi NOW

HaLow is on the verge of much wider adoption in the coming years due to the continued technology innovation, availability of real-world products, growing ecosystem, and an evolving regulatory environment. Andrew will ask the question on what still needs to be done to achieve this from the industry.

Andrew Zignani
Senior Research Director, ABI Research

A full Wi-Fi HaLow update from a pioneer and leader in the Wi-Fi HaLow space: Morse Micro.

Michael De Nil
CEO & CO-Founder, Morse Micro

A full Wi-Fi HaLow update from a pioneer and leader in the Wi-Fi HaLow space: Newracom.

Zac Freeman
VP of Marketing & Sales, Newracom

Analyst roundtable: We'll discuss the outlook for Wi-Fi HaLow including challenges and opportunities for 2025 and beyond.

Andrew Spivey
Principal Analyst for Wireless Connectivity, ABI Research

Chris DePuy
Tech Analyst & Co-Founder, 650 Group

Dean Bubley
Director & Founder, Disruptive Analysis

Enjoy networking and our extensive Wi-Fi HaLow expo including plenty of demos.

Vantron is one of the recent industry leaders in complete Wi-Fi HaLow solutions. We're delighted to welcome them to WHGS.

Chris BL Xu
Director of Product Management, Vantron Technology Inc

AsiaRF is one of the firs major manufacturers of Wi-Fi HaLow-compliant APs and mesh solutions. Here's a full update on equipment, use cases, and future outlook.

Paul Lai
CEO, AsiaRF

Delighted to welcome Kelly Peralta.

Kelly Peralta
VP of Sales and Business Development, Gateworks

Speakers TBA.

Elizabeth Parks
President and Chief Marketing Officer, Parks Associates

Gaurav Jain
Vice President, Technology, Wi-Fi Alliance

Speaker TBA

More information to follow.

Binita Gupta
Senior Technical Leader, Cisco

Brian Hart
Principal Engineer, Cisco

Claus Hetting
CEO & Chairman, Wi-Fi NOW

Jerome Henry
Distinguished Engineer, Cisco

Malcolm Smith
CTO Advisor, Wireless, Cisco

Welcome to the in-person version of our critically acclaimed Masterclass Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E & Wi-Fi 7 (including AFC) course delivered by probably the world’s best Wi-Fi technology trainer Dr Srikanth Subramanian.

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Dr Srikanth Subramanian
Chief Wi-Fi NOW Academy Trainer

In this Masterclass we will cover the fundamentals of Wi-Fi design to better prepare attendees in the discussions with stakeholders about the designs and installations today that will make their Wi-Fi networks future-proof avoiding avoiding obsolescence upon deployment.

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Ferney Munoz
Wi-Fi Instructor, Wireless LAN Professionals

Chairman & CEO of WiFi NOW Claus Hetting's welcome to this year's premier Wi-Fi industry event.

Claus Hetting
CEO & Chairman, Wi-Fi NOW

We are delighted once again to welcome to a Wi-Fi NOW event the Wi-Fi Alliance.

Gaurav Jain
Vice President, Technology, Wi-Fi Alliance

We're delighted to welcome Spectrum (Charter Communications) to WWC USA 2025!

Dave Rodrian
GVP WiFi & Connected Home, Charter Communications

More to come.

Metin Taskin
CEO & Founder, Airties

Delighted to welcome Qualcomm for this deep-dive into the future of Wi-Fi.

Dave Rodrian
GVP WiFi & Connected Home, Charter Communications

Gabe Kassel
Head of Product, eero

Ganesh Swaminathan
Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Infrastructure and Networking, Qualcomm

Intel is the undisputed market leader in Wi-Fi connectivity technology for PCs - and is one of the most innovative core Wi-Fi technology vendors in the world. We're delighted to welcome Intel for a deep-dive into the future of Wi-Fi.

Eric McLaughlin
VP Client Computing Group & GM Connectivity Solutions Group, Intel

More to come.

Dr Ali Fard
CEO & CTO, QuantalRF

Aprecomm is disrupting the world of remote Wi-Fi management and QoE creation for ISPs. Get the inside story during this fireside chat.

Robert Lamb
SVP Partnerships & Strategy, Aprecomm

More information to come.

Glee Abraham
Head of Technology, RDK Management

Rich Chang
CTO, Righ

Speaker TBA

More information to come.

Dr Srikanth Subramanian
Chief Wi-Fi NOW Academy Trainer

MediaTek is quickly becoming the leader in Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 8 chipsets for infrastructure and for clients. Here's the latest from James Chen.

James Chen
VP, Product Technology Marketing, CCMBG, MediaTek USA, Inc.

Elizabeth Parks is one of the finest analysts and researchers in the world on the topic of connected homes and buildings. We're delighted to welcome her back for her latest insights into connectivity needs in IoT.

Elizabeth Parks
President and Chief Marketing Officer, Parks Associates

SiliconLabs is one of the most influential silicon vendors in Wi-Fi (and other) IoT and we'll discuss with VP Irvind Ghai what's next for SiLabs to grow the promising Wi-Fi IoT market.

Claus Hetting
CEO & Chairman, Wi-Fi NOW

Irvind Ghai
Vice President, Silicon Labs

We'll interview three great Wi-Fi companies whose innovations are transforming the world of Wi-Fi.

Claus Hetting
CEO & Chairman, Wi-Fi NOW

Daniele Piazza
Co-founder & CEO, Adant Technologies

Mohan Karnam
Senior Director of Bluetooth & Wi-Fi Systems Engineering, Synaptics

Tony Testa
General Manager, Qorvo

More information to come.

Jason Moore
Co-founder & CEO, RouteThis

Explore the critical intersection of Wi-Fi technology and Extended Reality (XR) in this panel discussion. Meta and Qualcomm will share insights on the technical challenges of maintaining high throughput, low latency, and greater reliability in busy home, enterprise, and industrial environments, and discuss strategies for overcoming these obstacles to deliver seamless, immersive XR experiences.

Andy Davidson
Sr Director Engineering, Qualcomm

Guoqing Li
Connectivity Technology Manager, Meta Reality Lab

John Harrsen
Senior Director of Product Management, Qualcomm

Sensing leader Origin is back for another deep-dive into the Wi-Fi sensing opportunity.

Greg Bonsib
Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Origin AI

IEEE 802.11 is racing ahead with plenty of new great technology standards. The current working group chair will give us the update.

Robert Stacey
IEEE 802.11 Working Group Chair

More information to follow.

We'll frame the day's themes and topics together with analysts Dean Bubley and Chris DePuy.

Chris DePuy
Tech Analyst & Co-Founder, 650 Group

Claus Hetting
CEO & Chairman, Wi-Fi NOW

Dean Bubley
Director & Founder, Disruptive Analysis

More to come.

Yogesh Paliwal
Director of Product Management, Cisco

American Bandwidth is redefining how in-building wireless coverage is created and delivered - and the benefits are exceptional, also when it comes to public safety.

Howard Buzick
SVP Business Development, American Bandwidth

Enterprise Wi-Fi is moving towards a strong and expanding role for AI while some companies are embarking on a NaaS strategy, for others focus on security is paramount. How will this play out - and how may this affect consolidation, growth, and market trends? We will ask the experts.

Bob Friday
CTO and Co-Founder, Juniper/Mist

Claus Hetting
CEO & Chairman, Wi-Fi NOW

Karl May
CEO and Co-founder, Join Digital

Shubham Saloni
Wireless Engineering Leader, Meter

Sriram Venkiteswaran
Director of Product Management, Arista

Enjoy refreshments and check out our expo!

WorldVue (formerly World Cinema) has in become one of the largest providers of connectivity services for hospitality and MDUs in North America. The company has a compelling vision for how Wi-Fi technology and services will transform the market.

Robert Grosz
President & COO, WorldVue

More to come.

Stuart Strickland
Stuart Strickland, Vice President & Wireless CTO, HPE Fellow, HPE Aruba Networking

More information TBA.

Mario Di Dio
GM of Network, Helium

More information to follow.

Glenn Meyer
President, Pavlov Media

Jack Raynor
President of NetExperience

More to come.

Dave Sumi
CEO, Airvine

Speaker TBA

More to come.

Dave Sumi
CEO, Airvine

Speaker TBA

More to come.

Al Brown
CEO, SmartWAVE Technologies

Jeff Hansen
CTO, Alta Labs

Todd Myers
Founder & CEO, GoZone WiFi

Sidos is the new disruptive force in network planning and survey tools - challenging a highly entrenched market. Get all the details from Sidos in this session.

Konstantin Khitrik
CMO and Co-Founder, Sidos

From Aesthetics to Functionality: Overcoming modern day challenges in mounting, protecting, and managing Wi-Fi Access Points across diverse installations. Wi-Fi access point installations have significantly evolved to meet the demands of today’s network environments. The deployment process is now influenced by a collaboration between the owner, designer, and network management teams. Unlike installations from 20 years ago, modern Wi-Fi deployments must meet a wider range of requirements. Each environment presents unique needs, such as considerations for aesthetics, protection, adaptability, and the ease of ongoing management throughout the lifecycle of the access point. This presentation will explore current challenges and offer practical solutions to address the diverse needs of Wi-Fi AP deployments across both indoor and outdoor settings.

Bree Murphy, RCDD
Global Technical Training and Applications Engineer, Oberon ®

Ultra Wide Band (UWB) promises huge improvements in location accuracy and is the perfect partner technology to Wi-Fi. Get all the details from Qorvo's Shadi in this session.

Shadi Hawawini
Independent UWB consultant

Welcome to Cambium Networks for a talk on seamless user experiences delivered by apps tailored to specific vertical use cases. MarketApps allow staff, residents, students, guests, installers, etc. to be empowered with self-service - and they streamline provisioning, installation, onboarding, and policy enforcement.

Bruce Miller
Vice President, Enterprise Marketing, Cambium Networks

More to come.

Claus Hetting
CEO & Chairman, Wi-Fi NOW