We’re thrilled to announce that Cisco Events App was recognized with a Bronze award by Eventex Awards, for its groundbreaking innovation in the event apps category. At the heart of this achievement is the seamless integration of Cisco Spaces into the official events app. This collaboration transformed the conference into a next-generation smart event that set a new standard for event experiences.
The app was created to showcase Cisco technologies at Cisco Live EMEA in Amsterdam to enhance the experience for over 20,0000 attendees that attended the event. Since then, the same experience has been rolled out across Cisco Live APJC in Melbourne in November and Cisco Live Americas in San Diego and Cisco Global Sales Exchange.
With just over 600 breakout sessions, nearly 300 exciting exhibits and Cisco demos in the World of Solutions, finding their way around could have been overwhelming for our customers. That’s where Cisco Spaces made all the difference. Using the Cisco Live app, visitors could easily search for sessions on interactive maps, receive personalized recommendations based on their interests, and get step-by-step directions – making the event easy to explore and ensuring they never missed anything.
– Sean Curtis, Director, Communications, Cisco
Transforming Events with Smart Technologies
The 2025 edition of Cisco Live harnessed Wi-Fi 7 technology, Cisco Wireless Access Points, Cisco Collaboration Devices and the Cisco Spaces platform to turn the event into an end-to-end smart space. Cisco Spaces, used by over 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide, was central to enabling cutting-edge event features. Its integration into the official Cisco Live events app created unique, connected experiences that showcased the power of Cisco’s advanced technologies. Key highlights included:
- Streamlined Wi-Fi Connectivity with OpenRoaming: OpenRoaming was natively embedded into the app, allowing attendees to connect to the event’s Wi-Fi automatically. No complicated device settings were required!
- Interactive Digital Kiosks: Strategically placed interactive, self-service kiosks, provided a 3D venue map for attendees to access and generate turn-by-turn directions. These kiosks allowed them to search for and quickly navigate to specific booths, sessions, and nearest amenities. They also provided the shortest paths to the destination and even handed-off for continuing navigation on mobile devices – just by scanning a QR code.
- Event Mobile App enabled with Indoor Navigation: The dedicated mobile app allowed attendees to view upcoming events, event agendas, venue maps, as well as network, and use social media to connect and share content. In addition, they were able to easily launch turn-by-turn directions on their mobile phones, helping attendees know where they were and where they were going. This provided the convenience of precise, on-the-go navigation across the venue.
- Smart Meeting Rooms: Spaces Reset lounge with a smart room that automatically optimized air quality based on occupancy and environmental conditions. In addition, Spaces was able to capture real time and historical occupancy of the meeting rooms.
“Working with the Cisco events team to provide this solution to attendees helped showcase Cisco Spaces technology and also provided a better experience at Cisco Live – seamless Wi-Fi connectivity, indoor navigation across the venue to help attendees find everything they need.”
– Dennis Adams, Engineering Product Manager, Cisco Spaces
Driving Efficiency & Wowing Attendees
The innovative technologies enabled by Cisco not only improved the attendee experience but also streamlined operations for the event team. According to Kelly Briley, Senior Manager, Global Events, Technology Experiences at Cisco, “Bluedot wayfinding really has changed the game… Back in the day, you would have to spend weeks and weeks preparing those maps, updating those CAD files. Now it’s a couple of hours, which is such a game changer.”
The success of this year’s event underscores Cisco’s agility in creating tailored and exceptional event experiences. It’s no surprise that thousands of attendees relied on the Cisco Events App to navigate the event campus, effortlessly finding their way to booths, sessions, and even food stations.
Jury Applause: What Industry Experts Are Saying
The innovative execution of Cisco Live won high praise from members of the Eventex Awards jury. Recognizing the seamless integration of Cisco’s technologies into the event app, jury members highlighted how the Cisco Spaces-powered smart space elevated both attendee and organizer experiences.
“The standout here is definitely the smart space experience. Precision indoor navigation, without the need for tons of extra hardware, is a major win — especially at events the size of Cisco Live. It’s practical, fast, and makes life easier for both attendees and organizers. Bonus points for speeding up the setup process (cutting it from weeks to hours is no small thing).”
– Przemysław Witkowski, Creative Director, Plej“Nice app — liked the concept of the smart rooms too.”
– Steve Mackenzie, Chief Innovation Officer, Momentus Technologies
The Future of Smart Events
Cisco Live Amsterdam 2025 has set the bar for what’s possible when technology, creativity, and seamless integration come together. The role of Cisco Spaces in creating this award-winning experience speaks to the future of smart events — a future where connectivity, precision, and attendee experiences take center stage.
All Cisco Live Events are now smart spaces. Imagine if all these capabilities could be extended to your buildings.
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