The Mobile World Congress (MWC) gathers many different tech leaders from around the world, including carrier executives, innovators, creators, and more. This year's MWC in Barcelona is no different.
The MWC is kicking off the annual event with daily keynote programs based on specific themes.
Monday, Feb. 25, saw two themes for the keynotes: Industry Perspective - Mobile Operator Strategies followed by Vertical Disruption.
Tues., Feb. 26 will have an additional two keynote themes: Connecting the Next Billions to the Internet and Future of Communications.
Wed., Feb. 27 will feature Operating the Cloud and Mobile in Media keynote sessions.
The final day of the MWC will have one theme but the length of two sessions. The Thursday session is Mobile as a Platform for Innovation.
So far, the MWC has scheduled 27 keynote speakers:
Franco Bernabè Chairman, GSMA & Chairman & CEO Telecom Italia Group
Nancy Brown CEO
 American Heart Association
Chet Kapoor CEO
 Apigee
Randall Stephenson President and CEO
 AT&T
Manoj Kohli MD and CEO (Intl)
Bharti Airtel Ltd
Xi Guohua Chairman
 China Mobile
Peter Bale GM
CNN Digital
Axel Dauchez CEO
 Deezer
René Obermann CEO
 Deutsche Telekom
Drew Houston Founder and CEO
 Dropbox
Hans Vestberg President and CEO 
Ericsson
Dennis Crowley Founder & CEO
 Foursquare
Stephen Girsky Vice-Chairman
 GM
Marc Dillon CEO
 Jolla
Kevin Johnson CEO 
Juniper Networks
Suk-Chae Lee CEO
 KT Corp
Mitchell Baker Chairman 
Mozilla
Gary Kovacs CEO 
Mozilla
Susan Whiting Vice Chair
 Nielsen
Stephen Elop President & CEO 
Nokia
Kaoru Kato President & CEO 
NTT DOCOMO
Dr Nasser Marafih Group CEO 
Qtel Group
Dr Paul Jacobs Chairman & CEO
 Qualcomm
César Alierta Executive Chairman & CEO 
Telefonica
Paul Gunning CEO, Tribal DDB Worldwide & Global Chief Digital Officer, DDB
Talmon Marco Founder and CEO
 Viber Media
Vittorio Colao Chief Executive
 Vodafone
The keynote sessions will provide of particular interest as it could see confirmations by executives of latest devices and contracts. For instance, Nokia's CEO Elop made his company's presence known just as the Nokia Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 were confirmed leading into the first day of MWC. The introduction of China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua could see talks about a partnership between his carrier network and Apple's iPhone 5.
MWC is offering live stream to several events and discussions, click here to view.
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