Executives from ARM, Best Buy, China Mobile, Citigroup, ISIS, Juniper Networks, Sprint and VimpelCom will be speaking in the keynote programme at the GSMA Mobile World Congress, which will be held 27th February – 1st March 2012 at the Fira de Barcelona Montjuic in Barcelona.
“The line-up of keynote speakers strengthens what is an already unparalleled conference programme,” said Michael O’Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA. “Mobile World Congress attendees will have the opportunity to hear from many of the mobile communications industry’s most influential leaders across our four-day programme. We’re looking forward to a very exciting event in February.”
Keynote speakers at Mobile World Congress include:
- Warren East, CEO, ARM
- Brian Dunn, CEO, Best Buy
- Xi Guohua, Vice Chairman, China Mobile
- Vikram Pandit, CEO, Citigroup
- Michael Abbott, CEO, ISIS
- Kevin Johnson, CEO, Juniper Networks
- Dan Hesse, CEO, Sprint Nextel
- Jo Lunder, CEO, VimpelCom Previously announced Mobile World Congress 2012 speakers are:
- Ben Verwaayen, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent
- Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO – AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, AT&T
- Sunil Mittal, Chairman and MD, Bharti Airtel
- René Obermann, CEO, Deutsche Telekom
- John Donahoe, President and CEO, eBay
- John Riccitiello, CEO, Electronic Arts
- Hans Vestberg, President and CEO, Ericsson
- Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google
- Peter Chou, CEO, HTC
- Michael Roth, Chairman and CEO, Interpublic Group
- Stephen Elop, President and CEO, Nokia
- Ryuji Yamada, President and CEO, NTT DOCOMO
- Franco Bernabè, Chairman and CEO, Telecom Italia Group
- Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and CEO, Telenor Group
- Vittorio Colao, Chief Executive, Vodafone
Topic areas addressed in the keynote programme will include mobile operator strategies in developed and developing markets, cloud computing, connected consumers, mobile money, mobile OS and applications and next-generation networks and technologies.
In addition to the keynote programme, the 2012 conference will also feature dedicated tracks on applications, cloud computing, embedded mobile, mobile advertising, mobile health, mobile money, next-generation technologies and OSS/BSS, as well as sessions exploring business strategy, developing markets, devices, network capacity, regional issues and social media, among other subjects.
