From February 24th to the 27th the city of Barcelona will host the world’s greatest technology event: the 2014 Mobile World Congress (MWC).
The MWC is a combination of a cutting-edge product and technology exhibition, a conference programme featuring some of the most prominent executives in the mobile industry and a meeting point where professionals find industry opportunities, make deals and network. Wonder how great it is? The figures talk by themselves: 98.000 sqm of exhibition, 202 countries represented, 1700 exhibitors and more than 72.000 senior mobile professionals –including 4.300 CEOs and 57% of C-Level executives.
It’s not a surprise that 82% of the 2013 attendants considered it as the most important event in the mobile industry and 89% of them will be back this year.
Exhibition
Many leading companies use the MWC to present their new products. This year, Samsung has “practically” confirmed they will be launching their new Galaxy S5 in Barcelona and maybe even give us a glimpse of a smartphone running their own Tizen OS!! On the other hand, HTC will show their new HTC One Two and Nokia will hopefully present the Nokia X Normandy.
Also, apps have a prominent place in the App Planet, the Centre of the Mobile Apps Universe, where the mobile app community gather to learn, network and engage with innovators.
Conferences
The 2014 Mobile World Congress will become a central stage for the mobile industry. Mark Zuckerberg and Virginia Rometty will be sharing their visions for the future of mobile technology in standalone afternoon sessions, that will be the only sessions to be broadcast over the internet and via Mobile World Live TV:
- Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook. Founder and CEO –Monday 24 Feb. 18:00 CET),
- Virginia M. Rometty (IBM. Chairman, President and CEO –Wednesday 26 Feb. 18:00 CET),
Other confirmed keynote speakers include personalities such as:
- John Chambers (Cisco. Chairman and CEO),
- Randall Stephenson (AT&T. Chairman and CEO),
- Jan Koum (WhatsApp. Co-Founder and CEO),
- Robert Bakish (Viacom. President and CEO),
- Michael Corbat (Citigroup. CEO),
- Michel Combes (Alcatel-Lucent. CEO) and many others.
If you want more information on the conferences being held, go here.
Some of the ones we thought will be interesting include:
- Mobile, Disrupted: Challenging the State of Play (Monday 24th, 11:15 CET)
- Building the Future Network (Monday 24th, 16:00 CET)
- The Connected Lifestyle: Transforming Industries (Tuesday 25th, 09:00 CET)
- The Battle for the Multi-Screen Home (Wednesday 26th, 11:15 CET)
- Innovation Unleashed (Thursday 27th, 09:30 CET)
Tell us which ones you would like to attend?!
Networking Events/Parties
During the MWC week, there will be many related events all around Barcelona. These are some of them:
- IOT/BCN – Internet of Things Barcelona Meetup (Sunday 23rd, 18:00, at Pangea Coworking space. Information here)
- Mobile Sunday 2014 (Sunday 23rd, 19:00, at City Hall. Information here)
- Hot Topics Barcelona (Monday 24th, 19:00, at Hotel Omm. Information here)
- MEF Connects MWC 2014 (Monday 24th, 20:00, at Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona. Information here)
- VIP Mobile Monday Founders/Leaders Mixer + Momentum Accelerator Party (Monday 24th, 20:00, at Rossini. Information here)
- Mobile Marketing Mixer Party 2014 (Tuesday 25th, 20:00, at Cerveceria Moritz. Information here)
- Swedish Beers (Wednesday 26th, 19:00, at Dos Trece. Information here)
- MLOVE MWC Afterparty (Thursday 27th, 19:00, at Ocaña. Information here)
Location
Mobile World Congress 2014 will take place 24 – 27 February 2014. The event will once again take place at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain.
Adress:
Fira Gran Via
Av. Joan Carles I, 64
08908 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona
More information:
