Presented by GSMA (Groupe Speciale Mobile), the association opened their live MWC21 Barcelona show this morning. The theme of this year’s event is Connected Impact. The program will explore how AI, 5G, Big Data, and IoT will shape the future and continue to transform lives. It’s time to reconnect, rebuild – and reimagine a more connected world.
“They say that times of crisis accelerate progress and innovation. The impact of this global pandemic has proved no exception to that thinking. The rate of change is phenomenal, and this will be a feature in the MWC program,” said John Hoffman, CEO GSMA Ltd. “There’s nothing that beats building relationships in person, and I am consistently encouraged by the collective desire to come back together.”
MWC21 highlights include a roster of international speakers, the Ministerial Programme, leading-edge exhibitors, start-up innovation at 4YFN, and the Diversity4Tech Summit. The multi-layered health and safety plan, Committed Community, combined with a virtual platform means the global mobile ecosystem can come together safely for networking, collaborating, and deal-making.
With over 600 keynote and conference speakers, the GSMA announced speakers representing a wide range of industries to the MWC21 stage, including mobile, healthcare cloud, and finance:
- Julie Sweet, CEO, Accenture
- Shuky Sheffer, CEO, Amdocs
- Zina Jarrahi Cinker, Director General, AMPT
- Yang Jie, Chairman, China Mobile
- Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA
- Arvind Krishna, CEO, IBM
- Eugene Kaspersky, CEO, Kaspersky
- Ana Maiques, CEO, Neuroelectrics
- Sarah Wilkinson, CEO, NHS Digital
- Stéphane Richard, Chief Executive and Chairman, Orange
- Cristiano Amon, President and CEO-Elect, Qualcomm Incorporated
- Mathew Oommen, CEO, Reliance Jio
- Nik Storonsky, Founder & CEO, Revolut
- Anne Boden, CEO, Starling Bank
- Danielle Royston, CEO, TelcoDR
- Caroline Casey, Founder & Creator, The Valuable 500
- Hans Vestberg, Chairman & CEO, Verizon
- Rima Qureshi, Board Deputy Chair, GSMA and Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Verizon
- Raffaele Annecchino, President & CEO, Viacom Networks International
- Nick Read, CEO, Vodafone Group
- Xu Ziyang, Executive Director & President, ZTE
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