Wouter van Tol
Director of Sustainability and Citizenship
Samsung Electronics Europe.
We are pleased to announce that Wouter van Tol will be joining our panel of expert speakers for the CDRC Big Data and Sustainability webinar on Monday 25 April, 13.00 – 14.00.
Wouter van Tol is Director of Sustainability and Citizenship at Samsung Electronics Europe. One of his responsibilities is to lead a programme to improve the digital skills of 400,000 young people across 28 European countries. He is also closely involved in social and environmental impact in the supply chain.
Wouter has a PGCert in Sustainable Business from the University of Cambridge and an MA from University of Twente in his home country, the Netherlands. He lives in York.
During the webinar, Wouter will be discussing Samsung’s SmartThings Hub which connects devices, enables sharing of content, but also enables real time monitoring of energy use from anywhere using a smartphone.
Wouter commented: “Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies that redefine the worlds of TV’s, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, cameras, digital appliances, printers, medical equipment, network systems, and semiconductor and LED solutions.
We are also leading in the Internet of Things space with the open platform SmartThings, our broad range of smart devices, and through proactive cross-industry collaboration.”
Samsung employ 319,000 people across 84 countries with annual sales of US $196 billion. To discover more, and for the latest news, feature articles and press material, please visit the Samsung Newsroom at news.samsung.com
We look forward to working with Wouter and Samsung on this exciting project. Register now to reserve your place.