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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