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Mobile World Congress 2016
Conference Programme
Day 1 – Monday 22 February 2016
09:15-10:30
Keynote 1: Mobile is Everything
César Alierta, Executive Chairman & CEO,
Telefónica
Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA
Shang Bing, Chairman, China Mobile
Vittorio Colao, Chief Executive, Vodafone
Jon Fredrik Baksaas, Chairman, GSMA
3
10:30-11:00
Networking Break: featuring the Best of the
Briefings at The Showcase Stage
Every year the GSMA’s conference team
meets a host of companies that amaze us in
our summer briefings. Because of constraints
of time or topic, in the past we have sometimes
been unable to showcase some of the most
exciting in the conference agenda, leading to
bitter regrets about ‘the ones that got away’.
Not this year! This Showcase Stage session
will bring you live interaction with three very
different companies that blew our socks off
with their ideas and the implications they offer.
Moderator: Reijo Pold, Head of Partnerships
& Events, Wayra Open Future
Julian Hughes, Acting MD, Consumer
Electronics, Intelligent Energy
Oliver Blower, CEO, VoxSmart
Itzik Woda, Senior Product Marketing
Manager, Media, Kaltura
11:00-12:00
5G: Creating Value for Consumers
With its promise of a tenfold increase in data
transmission speeds compared to current 4G
capabilities, much lower system latency and
improved spectrum and signalling efficiency, 5G
offers huge capacity for operators to innovate.
Evolving the existing mobile broadband business
model to take advantage of these enhancements will
prove vital to justify the investment that will be
required in order for 5G to succeed and resonate
with consumers. With early standardisation efforts
still underway, this session will assess the real
substance behind the 5G hype and explore how
mobile operators globally are investing in their future,
featuring the latest trial results and informed
perspectives on the vital technology roadmap ahead.
During the session, tweet your comments and
questions to #MWC5G1
Moderator: Peter Jarich, VP, Consumer
Infrastructure Services, Current Analysis
Alex Jinsung Choi, CTO, SK Telecom
Bruno Jacobfeuerborn, CTO, Deutsche Telekom
Matt Grob, EVP & CTO, Qualcomm Incorporated
Dr. Walter Weigel, VP, Huawei European Research
Institute
Guangyi Liu, CTO, Wireless Department, China
Mobile Research Institute
Ilker Kuruoz, CTO, Turkcell
Pilar del Castillo, MEP, European Parliament
11:00-12:00
Brands Go Mobile First
We have reached a stage where brands and
businesses are now able to select, personalize and
connect with consumers in an efficient, relevant and
timely manner through mobile devices. Brands are
aiming to establish better relationships with
consumers, creating premium, high-impact
experiences to personalise the customer experience
and retain customers. This session will showcase
some of the innovative campaigns taking place
today, and will discuss the challenges and
opportunities faced in putting mobility first. This
session will address how operators and brands can
benefit from leveraging personal and contextual data;
big data, predictive analytics, mobile data and
location technology. During the session, tweet your
comments and questions to #MWCBMF
Moderator: Michael Bayler, Business
Transformation, Strategist & Author
David Black, MD, Branding & Consumer Markets,
Google
Mary Clark, CMO, Syniverse
Michael Kassan, Chairman & CEO, MediaLink
Susie Kim Riley, Founder & CEO, Aquto
Louis Paskalis, SVP, Enterprise Media Executive,
Bank of America
11:00-12:00
Digital Identity for Connected Societies
An increasing number of digital services, from
financial to government services, are utilising digital
identities to access these services. Several private
and public sector deployments, sometimes in
partnership, are underway across the world to drive
the use of digital identities. Despite the complexity
involved in deployment, digital identity solutions
enable users to have greater direct control over their
own digital identities and enable more effective
identity management by service providers. What are
the different technology approaches to digital identity
solutions? How can digital identity solutions be scaled
and managed across users or a geographic
population? What are some of the use cases finding
success? Find out in this session. During the session,
tweet your comments and questions to #MWCIDT
Moderator: David Birch, Director, Consult Hyperion
Laurent Leboucher, VP, APIs & Digital Ecosystems,
Orange
Atreedev Banerjee, GM, Europe & VP, Product,
Mobile ID & Authentication, Danal, Inc.
Ajay Bhalla, President, Enterprise Security Solutions,
MasterCard
Jessica Westerouen van Meeteren, EVP,
Government Identity Solutions Division, Morpho
Mariana Dahan, Coordinator, Identification for
Development (ID4D), The World Bank
11:00-12:00
Enterprise Wearables for Improved Productivity
and Safety
Whether for hospital surgeons, airline security, or for
enabling warehouse workers to access information
while keeping their hands free, enterprise wearables
are now gaining traction across an almost unlimited
range of industries. A recent study by Salesforce
Research found that 76% of companies report
improvements in business performance since
deploying wearables in the enterprise. Indeed there
is a possibility that the addressable enterprise market
may prove even greater than for consumers. Tractica
forecasts that enterprise and industrial use cases will
drive the deployment of more than 75 million
wearable devices during the period from 2014
through 2020. This session will demonstrate some of
the leading applications of wearables in the
workplace and reveal how they are delivering real
business benefits. During the session, tweet your
comments and questions to #MWCWRB1
Moderator: Stuart Carlaw, Chief Research Officer,
ABI Research
Gaia Dempsey, Co-Founder & VP, DAQRI
Paul Günther, Co-Founder, ProGlove
Vishal Shah, VP, Business Development, Atheer
Labs
Lance Anderson, VP, Enterprise Sales, Vuzix
Corporation
12:15-13:00
Keynote 2: Mobile is Disruption
Moderator: Shaun Collins, CEO, CCS Insight
Ralph de la Vega, Vice Chairman, AT&T Inc. & CEO,
AT&T Business Solutions & AT&T International
Hans Vestberg, President & CEO, Ericsson
Brian Krzanich, CEO, Intel Corporation
13:00-14:00
Networking Lunch: featuring Network Disruptors
at The Showcase Stage
Although traditional models of mobile network
technology and deployment have delivered great
results over the past two decades, we are reaching a
point where new thinking is needed to meet the needs
of today and tomorrow – to extend the reach of
services more widely and to deliver the services in a
way that makes sense for all parts of the value chain.
To do this requires new business models hand in
hand with new technology – a genuine reinvention
rather than incremental innovation.
This showcase highlights a range of inventions with
the potential to help take the mobile ecosystem
beyond its current bounds, either to complement
existing businesses or disrupt them.
Moderator: Chetan Sharma, Founder & CEO,
Chetan Sharma Consulting
Dave Black, CMO, Meshh
Dion Jerling, Founder, Connect Africa
Michal Stala, Co-Founder & CEO, Mistbase
Kenny Ewan, CEO, WeFarm
Steve Papa, Chairman, CEO & Founder, Parallel
Wireless
Mansoor Hanif, Director, Radio Access Networks, EE
14:00-15:00
Keynote 3: Mobile is Connected Living
Moderator: Justin Springham, Managing Editor,
Mobile World Live, GSMA
Mark Fields, President & CEO, Ford Motor Company
Dan Schulman, President & CEO, PayPal
Guo Ping, Deputy Chairman & Rotating CEO, Huawei
15:15-16:15
Operator Customer Analytics
If data is the new oil, operators have been sitting on
some immense reserves for years. Today we are
seeing operators make more creative and more
flexible use of this data, driven by improved technical
capacities to do so and the sheer business need for
customer relevance. Used well it is benefitting the
end user’s experience and engagement as well as
driving fresh uplifts in ARPU. We examine some of
the best examples here, together with a look behind
the scenes at how operators overcame traditional
roadblocks to fully leverage this information.
Moderator: Chris Lewis, MD & Founder of the Great
Telco Debate, Lewis Insight
Kuan Moon Yuen, CEO, Consumer, Singtel
Tanya Field, CEO, Smartpipe
Dr. Andrew Tiller, VP, Marketing , AsiaInfo
Dr. Jiwon Ashley Joo, SVP Product Marketing & MD
T-Valley, SK Telecom
Rob Rich, MD, Insights Research, TM Forum
15:15-16:15
Devices: Innovation or Commoditisation?
Smartphone adoption has entered the late majority
phase of technology adoption diffusion and the word
“commoditisation” is being freely used. Certainly,
high profile victims of this maturing market are
multiplying. Is the consumer only interested in the
price of their Android device? Innovation is the
antidote to commoditisation, and the market is
searching for the next great hope or hype. Wearables
have yet to deliver, but is the market as
undifferentiated as the doomsayers would have you
believe? Where is the innovation gold in them there
hills? In this session, we ask some of the main
protagonists to respond and highlight where they are
innovating and differentiating to enhance the
consumer experience. During the session, tweet your
comments and questions to #MWCDEV
Moderator: Ben Wood, Chief of Research, CCS
Insight
Jean-Daniel Ayme, Corporate VP, IM Division,
Samsung
Stephane Maes, VP, Product Management &
Planning, Motorola
Nick Muir, CEO, Wileyfox
Vikram Natarajan, SVP, Global Partnerships &
Distribution, Cyanogen
Tim McDonough, SVP, Marketing, Qualcomm
Incorporated
Francisco Montalvo, Director, Group Devices Unit,
Telefónica S.A
15:15-16:15
Gaming
The combination of increasingly sophisticated and
immersive gaming experiences, streaming
technologies and social media platforms is
transforming the video games industry. The personal
gaming experience is being supplemented or even
replaced by a community experience, and moving
from personal entertainment to spectator sport, with
top e-sports events now drawing larger viewing
audiences than many established sporting events,
and attracting ever more investment as a result. This
shift in consumer behaviour is creating new and
exciting opportunities all along the gaming value
chain, from the way games are developed and
commercialised to enabling gamers themselves to
monetise content streamed via their own channels
and to their own audiences. How will these trends
evolve over the coming years, and what impact will
they have on the video games industry and beyond?
How is mobile gaming being incorporated into this
new paradigm? What can other digital media
industries learn from gaming’s trans-media approach
to content creation and audience engagement?
During the session, tweet your comments and
questions to #MWCGMG
Moderator: Ivan Fernandez Lobo, Founder &
Chairman, Gamelab Conference
Bernhard Mogk, SVP Sales & Business Development,
ESL
Koh Kim, Head of Business, Mobcrush
Peter Warman, CEO & Co-Founder, Newzoo
Sean Lee, CSO, Wargaming
15:15-16:15
Smart Cities Sustainability
This session will focus on the continued demand on
smart systems in order to achieve long term
attainment for smart cities. Operators, governments
and platform providers need to harmonise efforts to
improve sustainability, economic performance and
quality of life whilst also reducing environmental
impact. What are the main challenges involved in
achieving and maintaining a sustainable
environment? Industry experts will be brought
together to showcase examples of successful smart
systems and will discuss how the ecosystem is
coming together to address the challenges of making
smart cities a reality. During the session, tweet your
comments and questions to #MWCSMTC
Moderator: Steve Brumer, Partner, 151 Advisors
Ms. Chen Jie, SVP, ZTE Corporation
Vijay Sammeta, CIO, City of San Jose, CA
Francisco Rodríguez Jiménez, Manager, Municipal
Institute of Information Technology (IMI), Barcelona
City Council
Selina Lo, President & CEO, Ruckus Wireless
Shrikant Shenwai, CEO, Wireless Broadband
Alliance
Mike Zeto, General Manager, Smart Cities, AT&T
Mobility
Charlie Sheridan, Director, Intelligent Cities Lab, Intel
Hany Fam, President, MasterCard Enterprise
Partnerships
John Ellis, Software Developer & Business
Development Veteran, MD, Ellis & Associates
16:45-17:45
NFV Implementation: Beyond Cost Savings
Although NFV only arose as a concept a couple of
years ago, there are already pioneers using
virtualised functions in their networks. Beyond a
means to reduce reliance on proprietary hardware
and to reduce costs, NFV solutions can open up new
options for the business in developing new
capabilities and revenue streams. This session
brings together some of the early adopters to share
what they have done, why, and the impact that it has
had for their companies to date. During the session,
tweet your comments and questions to #MWCNFV
Moderator: Gabriel Brown, Senior Analyst, Heavy
Reading
John Donovan, CSO & Group President, AT&T
Technology & Operations, AT&T
Bhaskar Gorti, President, Applications & Analytics,
Nokia
Francois Locoh-Donou, SVP & COO, Ciena
Martin Guilfoyle, Chief Architect & Strategist, Cirrus
Core Networks
Chris Halbard, EVP & President, International,
Synchronoss
16:45-17:45
Mobile Video Explosion
Ericsson expects that almost 70% of all mobile data
traffic will be from video by 2021, growing 55%
annually during this period. The major drivers for this
are the continuing increase in smartphone and tablet
penetration across the globe along with
improvements in network services, 4K screens, HD
smartphone cameras and the way users consume
video through applications. This changing interaction
and production is creating a new age for video.
During this session, thought leaders will showcase
the latest innovations and discuss the key areas of
opportunity and growth for advertisers, content
owners and distributors, as well as the impact this will
have on future networks and how they will support
demand. During the session, tweet your comments
and questions to #MWCVID
Moderator: Joy Chen, Associate Principal, McKinsey
& Company
Alex Wellen, Chief Product Officer, CNN
Edgar Schnorpfeil, COO, DOCOMO Digital
Jane Schachtel, Head of Global Tech & Telco
Strategy, Facebook
Scott Mirer, VP, Device Partner Ecosystem, Netflix
Kirill Filippov, CEO, SPB TV
David Benson, Director, Brand Strategy EMEA,
YouTube
Bob Bakish, President & CEO, Viacom International
Media Networks
16:45-17:45
Putting Privacy at the Core of Digital
As devices, apps and services continue to expand
users’ digital footprints on a massive scale, privacy
has emerged as a key consideration for users,
service providers and policymakers. The amount of
user data generated from devices, apps and services
today is unprecedented and is set to increase rapidly.
How can devices, platforms, apps and services be
designed in ways which put privacy at their core and
give users clear privacy controls over how their data
is collected and shared with third parties? How are
policymakers ensuring the right data protection and
privacy frameworks are put in place, particularly as
the technological landscape rapidly evolves? This
session will bring together some of the industry’s
leading privacy experts to debate these questions
and more. During the session, tweet your comments
and questions to #MWCPVCY
Moderator: Pat Walshe, Director & Consultant,
Privacy Matters Ltd
Dr. Pablo Rodriguez, Director, Research &
Innovation, Telefónica
Todd Simpson, CSO, AVG Technologies
Katryna Dow, CEO & Founder, Meeco
Stephen Deadman, Global Deputy Chief Privacy
Officer, Facebook
16:45-17:45
Innovations in Digital Finance
Digital finance is emerging as one of the most
innovative areas in financial services. Established
players and new market entrants are offering a
variety of digital financial services aimed at different
customer segments. Whether it’s replacing physical
cash, displacing traditional financial services or
creating new digital financial services, examples of
innovation in digital finance can be found across
developed and emerging markets. Digital financial
services are extending beyond payments to savings,
loans and insurance and utilise digital channels such
as mobile phones, ATMs and point of sale systems.
This session will explore recent innovations and
developments in digital finance in developed and
emerging markets, from the technology enablers to
business models, and what conditions are required to
build momentum. During the session, tweet your
comments and questions to #MWCFIN
Moderator: James Wester, Research Director, IDC
Financial Insights
Jon Prideaux, CEO, Boku
Jonathan Hakim, President & CEO, Cignifi Inc.
Tilman Ehrbeck, Partner, Omidyar Network
Michael Foley, CEO, Telenor Pakistan
18:00-18:45
Keynote 4: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
Moderator: Jessi Hempel, Senior Writer, WIRED
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO, Facebook
Day 2 – Tuesday 23 February 2016
09:15-10:30
Keynote 5: Mobile is Securing the Digital ID
Moderator: Michael O'Hara, CMO, GSMA
Simon Segars, CEO, ARM
Anne Bouverot, Chair & CEO, Morpho (Safran)
Pavel Durov, Founder & CEO, Telegram
Sigve Brekke, President & CEO, Telenor
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10:30-11:00
Networking Break: featuring Apps at The
Showcase Stage
It’s difficult to do justice to an area as wideranging as apps in just 30 minutes…but we’ll
try. With thousands of new apps developed
every month, we’ve cherry picked a few gems
for you to feast on in this Tuesday morning
session, from the only app you’ll need for your
Smart Home to year-round fundraising.
Come along, watch the demos and get handson with these inventive apps.
Moderator: David MacQueen, Executive
Director, Apps & Media, Strategy Analytics
Philip Steele, Founder, nCube
Damir Sabol, CEO, Photomath
Henry Ludlam, CEO, Team First
Agathe Evain, CMO, Lilymedia
11:00-12:00
5G: Creating Value for Industry Verticals
As the Internet of Things (IoT) begins to transform the ways
in which people and things interact, 5G is widely anticipated
to prove a catalyst for enabling a range of new industry
applications. These ultra-low latency networks will deliver
the connectivity requirements necessary to revolutionise
the prospects for autonomous cars and healthcare to name
just two such examples. Deloitte predicts that 60% of all
wireless IoT devices will be bought and used by enterprises
and industries, and 90% of the services revenue will
likewise be enterprise-driven. Thus providing critical
security and privacy concerns can be allayed and solutions
are in place to protect the huge amount of sensitive data
that will be transmitted on these networks, 5G looks set to
play a vital role in the Internet of Things across many
verticals. This session will debate how operators can
capitalise upon these exciting new market opportunities
and ensure technology requirements can be fulfilled with
their 5G investments. During the session, tweet your
comments and questions to #MWC5G2
Moderator: Peter Jarich, VP, Consumer Infrastructure
Services, Current Analysis
Günther Oettinger, Commissioner, Digital Economy,
European Commission
Vish Nandlall, CTO, Telstra
Hossein Moiin, EVP & CTO, Nokia
Ulf Ewaldsson, CTO, Ericsson
Roberto Viola, Director General DG CONNECT, European
Commission
Seizo Onoe, CTO & EVP, NTT DOCOMO
Alex Jinsung Choi, CTO, SK Telecom
11:00-12:00
Mobile Advertising: Ad-Engagement and Ad-Blocking
It is well recognised that mobile is a powerful platform for
marketers to communicate with their target audience.
Consequently, consumers are now being exposed to a
significantly higher volume and sophistication of online
advertising than ever before. However, it is vital to achieve
the right balance between well-targeted, relevant offers and
perceived intrusion in order to avoid abusing trust and
alienating consumers, who are not always aware of the
impact multimedia adverts can have on data allowances
until it is too late. Accordingly, ad-blocking initiatives that
provide consumers with more transparency and control
over the privacy of their personal data are now gaining
considerable traction. Certainly, Apple’s recent decision to
support mobile ad-blocking with the release of Safari iOS 9
has brought this inflammatory subject into the public
spotlight, forcing publishers and advertisers to consider
their response carefully. This session will debate the future
of the ad-tech revolution and seek to determine what
approach is truly in the best interests of the consumer.
During the session, tweet your comments and questions to
#MWCADV
Moderator: John Jackson, Research VP, Mobile &
Connected Platforms, IDC
James Hilton, Global CEO & Founder, M&C Saatchi Mobile
Allie Kline, CMO, AOL
Benjamin Faes, MD, Media & Platforms, Google
Pete Blackshaw, VP, Digital & Social Media, Nestle
Roi Carthy, CMO, Shine
Nick Hugh, VP & GM Advertising EMEA, Yahoo
11:00-12:00
The New Digital Operator
Under today’s business and financial pressures
nobody can afford to stand still. We have already
heard auto makers, financial houses and many others
describe themselves as digital companies; and now
operators are starting to describe themselves as
becoming ‘digital services providers’ (DSP).What
does that mean, in practice, to the operators? And
what changes in business model, technology,
organisation and business practices must they adopt
to realise the aim of becoming a successful DSP?
Leading lights share their plans, pain points and
experiences so far. During the session, tweet your
comments and questions to #MWCNDO
Moderator: Susan Welsh de Grimaldo, Director,
Wireless Operator Strategies, Strategy Analytics
Shelly Swanback, Group Operating Officer, Accenture
Digital
Mike Sutcliff, Group, CEO, Accenture Digital
Vasyl Latsanytch, CMO, MTS Group
Masakatsu Fujiwara, Head of European R&D
Representative Office, NTT
Michael Duncan, CEO, Consumer, Telefónica
11:00-12:00
The Industrial Internet of Things
This session will focus on the industrial internet of
things (IIoT) and the opportunities for enterprises
across industries around the world. Much discussion
on the benefits of IoT to date has centred on creating
efficiencies, however, crucial to companies now is
how IIoT can drive revenue growth. The concept of
industrial M2M isn’t new, but the opportunity has
exploded as enterprises across a range of industries
increasingly recognise the value of pairing big data
analytics with IIoT. Through discussion and analysis
of case studies in success, this session will explore
the big applications for IIoT, the different approaches
to capturing revenue growth with IIoT and the
potential challenges ahead. During the session, tweet
your comments and questions to #MWCIOT1
Moderator: Dan Shey, VP, B2B, ABI Research
Ronald Zink, Director, On-Board Applications, John
Deere & Company
Angel Barrio, VP M2M, Etisalat Group
Christopher Ganz, Group VP Service R&D, ABB
Mats Myrberg, Senior Director, Business
Development, IoT & Research, Microsoft
12:15-13:00
Keynote 6: Mobile is Media, Part
Moderator: Rajeev Chand, MD & Head of Research,
Rutberg & Company
Jonah Peretti, Founder & CEO, BuzzFeed
Ralf Reichert, CEO, Turtle Entertainment (ESL)
13:00-14:00
Networking Lunch: featuring the Entertainment
Showcase at The Showcase Stage
Technology today is changing people from passive
consumers of entertainment and media into a much
more active role creating, curating and interacting
with content. From TV and music to virtual reality,
politics and sports, we are on the brink of a much
more exciting future that blurs the boundaries
between our experience of the physical and digital.
This showcase will highlight some of the most
exciting developments at the cutting edge of
entertainment today.
Moderator: Avi Greengart, Research Director,
Platforms & Devices, Current Analysis
Grant Martin, VP, Business Development, Avegant
Joerg Tewes, CEO, Avegant
Yaw Asamani, CEO & Co-Founder, DooWapp
Jon NEVERDIE Jacobs, Presidential Candidate,
Virtual Reality
Artem Kiselev, CEO, MinglVision
Madhumita Halder, Co-Founder & DreamerRat,
MadRat Games
Rajat Dhariwal, Co-Founder, MadRat Games
Yaw Asamani, CEO & Co-Founder, DooWapp
14:00-15:00
Keynote 7: Mobile is Media, Part 2
Moderator: Caroline Hyde, European Business
Correspondent, Bloomberg TV
Gavin Patterson, CEO, BT Group
Laura Desmond, Chief Revenue Officer, Publicis
Groupe & Global CEO, Starcom Mediavest Group
Jonathan Skogmo, CEO, Jukin Media
15:15-16:15
Enterprise Mobility CIO Roundtable
Enterprise mobility is emerging as a key enabler of
business transformation to drive greater efficiencies,
agility and customer engagement. The enterprise
organisation will face numerous considerations, such
as whether to develop enterprise mobility capabilities
in-house or use external service providers; what
mobile apps and services to deploy or business
functions to mobilise; and how to deploy enterprise
mobility securely. What are CIOs’ biggest priorities
and investment areas when deploying enterprise
mobility – for example, devices and connectivity,
enterprise apps, mobile device management, or
security? What is the best governance structure to
support enterprise mobility? In this session, industry
CIOs and C-level IT practitioners will discuss their
companies’ respective paths to enterprise mobility.
During the session, tweet your comments and
questions to #MWCCIO
Moderator: Nick McQuire, VP, Enterprise, CCS
Insight
Pere Nebot, CIO, CaixaBank
Marc Decorte, VP, Connected Digital Technologies,
Shell
Isabelle Droll, CIO, TUI OneAviation, TUI Group
Kalman Tiboldi, Chief Business Innovation Officer,
TVH Group
15:15-16:15
Data Monetisation: Capturing the MNO Revenue
Opportunity
Operators have a unique perspective of their users;
information which, in aggregate, can be a powerful
resource both internally and for sharing with third
parties. While privacy concerns have been an issue
historically, more powerful techniques for collating,
presenting and anonymising data in real time have
made the potential MNO offering both safer and more
compelling to partners in the public, NGO and private
sectors. This session explores how operators are able
to monetise the data they hold within the bounds of
both privacy and public acceptance. During the
session, tweet your comments and questions to
#MWCDTMN
Moderator: Dan Thomas, Technology
Correspondent, Financial Times
Richard Jarvis, Head of Threat Analytics Engineering,
BAE Systems
Yogesh Malik, Group CTO, VimpelCom
Matt Beal, Director, Innovation & Architecture,
Vodafone Group
Rima Qureshi, Group SVP, Strategy, Ericsson
15:15-16:15
The Virtual Reality Opportunity
This session will explore the evolution of virtual
reality and the growth opportunities it presents. As
the smartphone market becomes increasingly
saturated, with less significant hardware innovations,
a market opportunity is emerging for VR products,
both in consumer and enterprise markets. VR is
quickly approaching consumer readiness and with
some significant VR product announcements
recently, more companies are considering VR for
their business and whether it presents a new growth
opportunity. How can companies actually make
money from VR and when should they invest and
start planning? Beyond this, how can the industry
move forward with Virtual reality and with what
affect? Is this an important opportunity for the future
of the mobile industry? During the session, tweet
your comments and questions to #MWCVRO
Moderator: Jefferson Wang, Senior Partner, IBB
Consulting
Edward Tang, Founder & CSO, Avegant
Arthur van Hoff, CTO & Co-Founder, Jaunt
Mihai Pohontu, VP, Emerging Platforms, Samsung
Myles McGovern, CEO, Immersive Media
15:15-16:15
The Road to Connected and Autonomous Cars
With a global market forecast of 44 million automated
vehicles by 2030 (BCG, 2015), connected and
automated driving is expected to have a huge
economic impact. New laws are now mandating
connectivity in Europe from March 2018, where all
new cars and light vans must be equipped with
‘eCall’, an emergency notification system to deal with
road accidents. Numerous societal benefits are
anticipated with progress in this industry, including
new jobs across the automotive value chain;
increased road safety and lower fatalities; increased
fuel-efficiency and lower environmental impact;
reduction of traffic congestion and higher comfort
standards for users. However the journey ahead is
not without potential roadblocks. This session will
examine how the automotive and mobile industries
can work closely together to enable the connected
car market to deliver upon its full promise, and how
key challenges including differing product lifecycles
and safety/security concerns can be surpassed.
During the session, tweet your comments and
questions to #MWCATO
Moderator: Dominique Bonte, VP, B2B, ABI
Research
Macario Namie, VP, Strategy, Jasper
Michael Wanzeck, Head of Connected Car, Porsche
David Bunch, Global VP, Shell Retail Marketing &
Chairman, Shell Brands International
Wilko Andreas Stark, VP, Strategy & Mercedes-Benz
Cars Product Strategy & Planning, Daimler
16:45-17:45
Financial Transactions: The Rise of Digital Money
The Digital Money Market is getting increasingly
crowded, with banks joining a busy space already
populated by scores of tech start-ups, device
manufacturers, card based consortia and payment
platforms, all struggling to find a foothold and vying
for control of the customer service opportunity. All
resulting in confusion for customers who are looking
for more convenient, faster and more secure ways to
pay for their purchases. This session will examine the
opportunities, barriers and disruptions for the mobile
and financial industries by looking at the latest
developments and the associated benefits for the
wider value chain and end consumer. Is there still an
opportunity for mobile to innovate? Find out during
this session. During the session, tweet your
comments and questions to #MWCFNT
Moderator: Samee Zafar, Director, Edgar, Dunn &
Company
Naveed Sultan, Global Head of Treasury & Trade
Solutions, Institutional Clients Group, Citi
Yair Finzi, Co-Founder & CEO, SecuredTouch
Andi Dervishi, Fintech Global Head, IFC
Anuj Nayar, Senior Director, Global Initiatives, PayPal
Hiroyuki Sato, CEO, DOCOMO Digital
16:45-17:45
Cognitive Computing
Artificial intelligence and cognitive computing have
existed for some time now, but it hasn’t been until
quite recently, as our ever more connected world
ushers in the Big Data era, that these technologies
have been brought into the mainstream. Broadly
defined as simulating human thought processes in
computerized models, cognitive computing is
designed to facilitate useful interaction between
human and computing systems that build knowledge,
learn, understand language and reasoning while also
being able to grasp more subtle concepts such as
context. Beyond the incredible potential for scientific
research, businesses and industries generating
structured data at the necessary scale stand to
benefit the most in the short term from insights gained
from these new computing systems. In the longer
term, these technologies promise to radically
transform how we interact with an increasingly digital
and automated world around us. Join this session for
unique insights from pioneers of cognitive computing.
During the session, tweet your comments and
questions to #MWCCGC
Moderator: Malik Saadi, MD & VP, Strategic
Technology, ABI Research
Michael Karasick, Ph.D., VP, Innovations, IBM
Watson Group, IBM
Jeff Gehlhaar, VP, Technology, Corporate Research
& Development, Qualcomm Incorporated
Werner Vogels, CTO, Amazon
16:45-17:45
Innovating for Inclusion
Governments, NGOs and other institutions are
increasingly leveraging ICT, and mobile in particular,
to more efficiently deliver important services to
existing constituents as well as to previously
underserved individuals and communities. In many
cases however, scaling up these activities to boost
overall inclusion faces many challenges. From an
access point of view, coverage remains a key
concern, and efforts aimed at connecting the rest of
the world to the internet must continue at pace, and
will certainly require a blend of conventional solutions
as well as more innovative or cost efficient solutions
to achieve this goal. Digital literacy also presents a
significant challenge given so many of the world’s
underserved populations will be accessing such
services for the first time, emphasising the need to
educate users as well as developing intuitive and
intelligent user interfaces. Finally, more will need to
be done to move new and existing services into the
digital space to increase their reach and positive
impact, while also ensuring that such services are
provided in a safe and secure environment. Join this
session to learn how the mobile industry is working
with different stakeholders to develop important and
innovative solutions for inclusion. During the session,
tweet your comments and questions to #MWCICN
Moderator: Tarek Bazley, Science & Technology
Editor, Al Jazeera English
Mike Cassidy, VP & Project Leader, Project Loon, X
(formerly Google[x])
Sebastian Tolstoy, VP, Business Unit Radio,
Ericsson
Yael Maguire, Head of Connectivity Lab, Facebook
Vincent Gouarne, Global Head TMT & VC, IFC
Rangu Salgame, CEO, Growth Ventures & Service
Provider Group, Tata Communications
Mark Kaplan, CEO, Tone
Irfan Wahab Khan, Deputy CEO, Telenor Pakistan
16:45-17:45
Stadiums: Enhancing the Fan Experience
This session will explore the evolution of stadiums as
the ultimate incarnation of some of the most
innovative consumer mobile experiences.
Developments in technology, changing demographics
and the opportunity for new revenues are driving
large stadiums and industry stakeholders to think
creatively about how they can enhance the fan
experience and what is needed to enable this from a
networking and infrastructure perspective. Through a
series of world leading case studies the session will
showcase examples of innovative broadcast
technologies, applications and services for
consumers in the stadiums of tomorrow.
Complimentary to this, the session will discuss the
technologies, solutions and strategies required to
enable these new services and raise questions on
how to commercialise the opportunity. During the
session, tweet your comments and questions to
#MWCSDM
Moderator: Tony Poulos, Managing Editor, Disruptive
Views
Christine Pantoya, SVP, Mobile Strategy, NBA
Laurence Sotsky, CEO, Hopscotch
Chot Reyes, President, Media5
Doug Webster, VP, Service Provider Marketing, Cisco
Systems, Inc.
Matt Stagg, Head of Mobile Video & Content, EE
Sergio Verdu, Director, Digital Media, ESPN
Pierre-Louis de Guillebon, EVP, B2B Services-Paris,
Euro2016, Orange
Kate McKenzie, COO, Telstra
18:00-18:45
Keynote 8: Qualcomm & MERCEDES AMG
Petronas Formula One Team
Moderator: Nicki Shields, TV Presenter & Journalist ,
Formula E & CNN
Derek Aberle, President, Qualcomm Incorporated
Paddy Lowe, Executive Director, Technical,
Mercedes AMG Petronas
Lewis Hamilton, Driver, Mercedes AMG Petronas
Day 3 – Wednesday 24 February 2016
09:15-10:30
Keynote 9: Mobile is Transforming Industries
Moderator: Naomi Climer, President, Institution of
Engineering & Technology (IET)
Chuck Robbins, CEO, Cisco
William Ruh, SVP & Chief Digital Officer, GE &
CEO, GE Digital
Richard Fain, Chairman & CEO, Royal Caribbean
Cruises Ltd.
Kaan Terzioğlu, CEO, Turkcell
14
11:00-12:00
The Reinvention of the MVNO
In many countries MVNOs were first introduced as
a regulatory mechanism for boosting competition,
but often ended up supporting specific niches with
relatively little impact on the market as a whole.
Today, though, we are seeing MVNOs exploit new
opportunities driven by the rapid changes in the
technology and business environment. They are
creating new markets and supporting drastically
different business models, increasing their potential
both as disruptive rivals and partners to the MNOs.
In this session we showcase some of the most
significant of this new wave. During the session,
tweet your comments and questions to
#MWCMVNO
Moderator: Claude Achcar, Managing Partner,
Actel Consulting
Nicholas Constantinopoulos, President,
FreedomPop International
Emmanuel Walckenaer, SVP Cloud & Connectivity
Services, Sierra Wireless
Brent Newsome, VP, Business Development,
NewNet
Frank Bodewes, Telecoms Consultant, Enexis
Murari Srinivasan, CEO & Co-Founder, Luminate
Wireless
11:00-12:00
The Contextual Commerce Opportunity
Contextual commerce presents significant
opportunities as the entire shopping experience
becomes seamless and automated, driving up
consumer spend. This session will explore how the
significant opportunities in contextual commerce can
be realised by leveraging the numerous data sets
available. From behavioural to demographic or
situational data, what role do the different
stakeholders in the ecosystem play in capturing,
analysing and sharing these different data sets?
What are the business models involved? How can
the ecosystem work more collaboratively to build the
context of a customer and deliver a better overall
commerce experience for customers? Beyond this,
the session will explore the potential pitfalls with
breaches in privacy as ultra-convenience becomes
king. During the session, tweet your comments and
questions to #MWCCCO
Moderator: Claire Maslen, Senior Manager,
Financial Services, GSMA
Michael Jaconi, Co-Founder & CEO, Button
John Fontein, VP, Business Development , GoEuro
Aunkur Arya, GM, Mobile, Braintree
Scott Snyder, President & CSO, Mobiquity
11:00-12:00
Network Security
Today’s increasingly complex IP-based networks are
becoming harder and harder to protect with a
perimeter-based form of security, while the
increasing variety and sensitivity of data traffic is
liable to render networks greater targets. Radically
different approaches to data security, problem
detection, mitigation and recovery will be essential to
make sure that future networks are robust and, to
end users, trustworthy. While it is early days still,
there are pioneers doing striking work to rethink the
way our networks are protected. Join them in this
session to gain a glimpse of the most promising
opportunities. During the session, tweet your
comments and questions to #MWCSEC
Moderator: Nik Willetts, Deputy CEO & Chief Digital
Officer, TM Forum
Dr. Anand Prasad, Executive Specialist, Chief
Advanced Technologist, NEC
Dave Palmer, Director, Technology, Darktrace
William Chow, CTO & Co-Founder, Mobolize
Eddie Garcia, Chief Security Architect, Cloudera
11:00-12:00
Unleashing the Value of IoT Platforms
The Internet of Things continues to attract much
industry interest but it is still in the early stages. While
many devices are being developed today to support
the Internet of Things, the majority are at the concept
stage or exist as standalone devices, as yet
unconnected to other IoT devices as interoperable
solutions for the home or in industrial applications.
The world of IoT platforms for application
development is currently in flux, with a number of
competing platforms using different protocols and
based on different standards. What is the best
approach for developers building apps for the Internet
of Things? How are open standards evolving to
enable IoT solutions to seamlessly interconnect in the
future? How can IoT platforms facilitate data analytics
to improve existing IoT solutions and support the
creation of new products and solutions? During the
session, tweet your comments and questions to
#MWCIOT2
Moderator: Saverio Romeo, Principal Analyst,
Beecham Research
Philip DesAutels, Senior Director, IoT, The AllSeen
Alliance
Mihai Voicu, Chief Security Officer, Telit IoT
Platforms, Telit
Angelo Corsaro, CTO, PrismTech
David Sharp, Head of Technology 10x, Ocado
12:15-13:00
Keynote 10: Mobile is Digital Inclusion
Moderator: Anders Borg, Chair, Global Financial
System Initiative, World Economic Forum
Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF
Ann Cairns, President, International Markets,
MasterCard
Karim Khoja, CEO, Roshan
13:00-14:00
Networking Lunch: featuring Emerging Markets
at The Showcase Stage
Creating successful and sustainable relationships
between operators and innovators in Emerging
Markets lies at the heart of this session. Whether
delivering mobile services to underserved
communities, or giving traditional social media
players a run for their money, Wednesday
lunchtime’s Showcase Stage will host a series of
pitches and demos from some of the best and
brightest innovators operating in Emerging Markets.
From Product Health, who are helping to light up the
developing world, to Farmerline, who provide critical
market information to Ghanaian farmers, come and
hear from the companies that are shaking things up
and delivering a range of truly transformational
services..
Nathalie Boulanger, SVP, Start-up Ecosystem,
Orange
David Gilarranz, VP, Digital Innovation, Millicom
Ana Segurado, Director, Telefonica Open Future
Rob Hygate, Operations Director, Africa Water
Enterprises
Virginia Gardiner, CEO, LooWatt
Jason Simpson, Founder & Executive Director,
Mobile4Energy
Alloysius Attah, CEO & Co-Founder, Farmerline
Tony Lynch, MD, Product Health
14:00-15:00
Keynote 11: Mobile is Commerce
Moderator: Ina Fried, Senior Editor, Re/code
Patrick Collison, Co-Founder & CEO, Stripe
Dawn Airey, CEO, Getty Images
Sir. Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive, WPP
15:15-16:15
Co-Opetition and Managed Services in the Digital
Value Chain
While the traditional ‘telcos’ move to become smarter,
more agile providers of digital services, the
ecosystem around them is shifting. More complex
offerings in IoT and ‘x as a service’ force operators to
coordinate partners more like a systems integrator.
Ventures into media distribution, financial services
and more, create new fields for competition and
collaboration. Meanwhile traditional vendors are
building their own managed service propositions
which can take them direct to market as well as
supporting MNOs in delivering their new generation of
services. In short, the old supplier-buyer relationship
is changing fast. The opportunities are astronomical
for those leaders who can reinvent their processes,
organisations and world view to embrace these new
realities but it’s not easy. This session brings lessons
from thought leaders positioning their companies to
lead in the years ahead. During the session, tweet
your comments and questions to #MWCDVC
Moderator: Laurent Viviez, Partner, AT Kearney
Mike van den Bergh, CMO & MD, HKT Global
Development Services, PCCW Global
Stephen Nolan, SVP, Tech Data
John Lagerling, VP, Mobile Partnerships, Facebook
Gary Miles, GM, Strategic Initiatives, Amdocs
15:15-16:15
MNO CEO Roundtable
Operator revenue growth has seen significant variations
between different regions over the past few years with
emerging market economies maintaining healthy growth, as
opposed to most of the rest of the world seeing slower and
even negative growth rates. The global forecast for the
coming years seems much more stable and uniform,
though perhaps not so bright, with GSMAi predicting a
3.1% CAGR per annum through to 2020, down from 4% for
2008-14. While most markets will see similar forces driving
this trend - such as regulatory action, increased competition
and market saturation - decisions taken today will define
how successful operators will be at beating the markets
tomorrow. Indeed, the transition to data centric services
enabled by next generation all IP networks is creating new
opportunities to diversify revenue streams with new
products, services and partnerships beginning to offset the
loss of traditional operator revenues, as well as easing the
burden of investment for future network deployments and
upgrades. Join leading operator CEOs from around the
world as they discuss how the mobile industry can best
position itself to succeed in the face of the challenges our
industry will encounter in the coming years. During the
session, tweet your comments and questions to
#MWCCEO
Moderator: Boris Nemsic, Partner & Executive Board
Member, Delta Partners
Allison Kirkby, Group President & CEO, Tele2
Glenn Lurie, President & CEO, AT&T Mobility
Dr. Khaled Biyari, CEO, Saudi Telecom Group
15:15-16:15
Enabling the Smart Workforce
Mobility is now front and centre of any progressive
companies IT strategy. While consumer initiatives grab the
headlines and the vast majority of subscribers, enterprise
accounts for a significant share of revenue and profit. For
example 27% of Vodafone’s global revenue comes from
enterprise, 40% in the UK. Employees now expect the
flexibility that mobile solutions provide to enable a 21st
century work/life balance. It is a key element of recruitment
and employee retention. Businesses are looking far beyond
productivity applications to unified communications, M2M,
cloud and full service solutions across all device types,
operating systems and things, for organizational and
service efficiencies. The growth and complexity mobility
adds to enterprise IT infrastructure requires significant
strategic consideration and investment in enabling
technology; security, cost, application and device
management solutions. This session explores the options
to ensure the right strategy and solutions to ensure success
and a future-proof roadmap. During the session, tweet your
comments and questions to #MWCWRB2
Moderator: Dan Shey, VP, B2B, ABI Research
Ian Evans, VP & MD, EMEA, VMWare
David Keane, CEO, Bigtincan
Steve McGaw, CMO, AT&T Business Solutions, AT&T
Francois Mahieu, VP, B2B Europe, Samsung
Shamayun Miah, VP & European Mobile Leader, IBM
Global Business Service
15:15-16:15
Wearables for Wellness and Lifestyle
The wearables market is set to be worth an incredible
$25 billion by 2019, with fitness and activity trackers
predicted to account for more than half of the market
in terms of units shipped, while smartwatches will
contribute more than 50% of the revenue (CCS
Insight, 2015). Spurred largely by the arrival of the
Apple Watch, traditional watchmakers are now also
entering the wearables space, with Fossil Group’s
acquisition of MisFit possibly signalling the start of a
wider trend. Yet the real promise of wearables is
perhaps far greater than the digital tracking
applications which dominate the market today. This
session will explore the ways in which these gadgets
are set to have a profound impact upon our everyday
lives, in some cases with scope for truly life-changing
capabilities. During the session, tweet your comments
and questions to #MWCWRB2
Moderator: Stuart Carlaw, Chief Research Officer,
ABI Research
Robin Thurston, Chief Digital Officer, Under Armour
Greg McKelvey, CSO & Digital Officer, Fossil Group
Stephane Marceau, Co-Founder & CEO, OmSignal
Aideen O'Colmain, Corporate Wellness Director,
FitBit
16:15-16:45
Networking Break: featuring Accessibility at The
Showcase Stage
Through old age, accidents and a host of other
reasons, many customers in all markets are either
temporarily or permanently disabled in some way.
With a projected spending power of $3.5trillion and
growing, it makes sound business sense to make
sure that disabled people can use your services.
There are opportunities built in to existing products
together with amazing new services that can help you
get sizeable segments of your potential customer
base connected and active online as a win-win.
This is your chance to see and experiment with some
of the most effective ways to support your customers,
often with minimal effort
Moderator: Chris Lewis, MD & Founder of the Great
Telco Debate, Lewis Insight
Mari-Satur Torre, Manager, Foundation Innovation,
Vodafone Spain Foundation
Sabine Lobnig, Deputy Director, Communications &
Regulation, Mobile Manufacturers Forum
Thomas Barmuller, VP, EMEA, Mobile Manufacturers
Forum
Dee O'Sullivan, Director, MyHealthApps.net
Stan Karpenko, Founder & CEO, GiveVision
Tomotaka Takahashi, Founder, Robo-Garage
16:45-17:45
The End of Subsidy?
The mobile has an annual debate about the future of
subsidy, however 2015 has seen some significant
shifts in the use of subsidy, with greater tariff
transparency, use of finance, flexibility and
unbundling with the growth in SIM only contracts.
Subsidy remains critical to high end device sales and
subscriber acquisition in many, often advanced
markets. If this trend continues, what will the impact
be on mobile operator’s control of retail, a key
customer touchpoint, it’s control of a devices network
performance and the sales of high end devices,
which are already under pressure? The end of
subsidy could marginalize the mobile operator and
accelerate the advent of eSIM in smartphones and
other mobile devices. This session discusses the
future of subsidy and the potential impact of its
demise. During the session, tweet your comments
and questions to #MWCSUB
Moderator: Rachel Lashford, VP, Analysis, Canalys
Markus Alexander von Böhlen, Director, Devices,
SIM & Logistics, Telefónica Germany
Biju Nair, President & CEO, HYLA Mobile
Mr. Luo Zhongsheng, VP, CoolPad
Ranjiv Dale, Head of Technology, GfK UK
16:45-17:45
Humanitarian Connectivity and the Mobile
Industry
From natural disasters to complex humanitarian
emergencies, mobile technology can be a vital tool
for those impacted by crisis. “Digital Aid” is
transforming the way the global community responds
and interacts- as demonstrated recently in the 2015
earthquake in Nepal, and in the ongoing refugee
crisis in Europe and the Middle East. In this session,
hear from thought leaders in the mobile and
humanitarian sectors about the evolving role of
mobile technology in humanitarian crises, from
resilience to response. During the session, tweet
your comments and questions to #MWCHMN
Moderator: Alec Barton, Founder & Publisher,
Developing Telecoms
Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, Regional CEO, South Asia
Region, Axiata Group
Eduardo Puig de la Bellacasa Aznar, Global Director,
Stakeholder Engagement & Corporate Reporting,
Telefonica
Elaine Weidman-Grunewald, VP, Sustainability &
Corporate Responsibility, Ericsson
Jacob Korenblum, CEO & Co-Founder, Souktel
Digital Solutions
Pierre-Guillaume WIELEZYNSKI, Deputy Director,
IT, World Food Programme
16:45-17:45
Retail: Convergence of Digital and Physical
Like many others, the retail industry is experiencing
significant disruption due to the opportunities created
by mobile and digital platforms. As the consumer’s
shopping expectations evolve, retailers are working to
create a true ‘omni-commerce’ experience which
recognises the changing roles of online and physical
stores in purchasing decisions. Retailers are
increasingly developing innovative approaches to
mobile, social and physical storefronts and working to
integrate the consumer shopping experience. From
contextual buyable-pins and buttons, to beacons and
native in-app purchasing, this session will look at
strategies to make these experiences as seamless as
possible as well as debate who now owns the
consumer and commerce relationship. During the
session, tweet your comments and questions to
#MWCRTL
Moderator: Shira Levine, Research Director, Service
Enablement & Subscriber Intelligence, IHS
Victor Ortiz, Director, Mobile Retail Engagement,
Toys "R" Us
Margarita de Miguel, Global Chief Digital Contents
VP, Telefónica On The Spot Services
Davor Sutija, CEO, Thinfilm
Nick Jones, EVP, Innovation & Growth, Arc
Worldwide/Leo Burnett
16:45-17:45
The Internet of Things: Connectivity
Connectivity and communication technologies provide
the fundamental plumbing to IoT solution enablement.
All vertical markets are dependent on innovation in
device and communication technologies to reduce
costs, enhance services, and to enable a roadmap of
new services. This portion of the value chain is
complex for suppliers and end-users. Besides
continuous hardware pricing pressure, device and
module vendors need to rationalize portfolios for
connectivity options, vertical market segments
served, and services. For instance, cellular hardware
is being challenged by new low-power wireless WAN
technologies operating on unlicensed spectrum. This
in turn is driving development of new LTE standards
designed for M2M/IoT communications. This session
will assess the most salient device, module,
connectivity technology, standards and vertical
market trends shaping the IoT market. During the
session, tweet your comments and questions to
#MWCIOT3
Moderator: Bengt Nordström, CEO, Northstream
Paul Scanlan, President, Business & Network
Consulting, Huawei
Joyce Mullen, VP & GM, Dell OEM Solutions, Dell
Rami Avidan, MD, IoT, Tele2
Art Miller, Senior Director, Business Development,
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Daniel Collins, Co-Founder & CTO, Wireless, Jasper
Day 4 – Thursday 25 February 2016
09:15-10:30
Keynote 12: Mobile is Innovation
Moderator: Paul Dowling, CEO, Dreamstake
Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov, FRS, ,
University of Manchester
Xavier Carrillo-Costa, CEO & Founder, Digital
Legends
Philip McAleese, CEO, See.Sense
Ed Rex, Founder & CEO, Jukedeck
David Peto, Founder & CEO, Aframe
Jon Reynolds, Co-Founder & CEO, SwiftKey
19
11:00-12:00
New Paradigms for Delivering Cost Effective
Quality of Experience
To quote an operator CEO recently, “Without QoE
we are dead”. The quality of users’ experience on
the operator network is fundamental to the brand’s
reputation, but throwing money at the network to
ensure bandwidth has proven unsustainably
expensive and, at times, just solves the wrong
problem. New QoE-centric approaches to network
building, monitoring and management paired with a
clearer understanding of the end user’s actual
experience offer the chance for the operator to
compete better with less expenditure. In this
session we examine best practices to deliver an
excellent quality of experience. During the session,
tweet your comments and questions to #MWCQOE
Moderator: Monica Paolini, Founder & President,
Senza Fili
Raul Amaya, SVP, Strategy, Avantel
Ozgur Genc, Director, Central Operations, Turkcell
Group
An Jian, President, Global Wireless Network
Marketing & Solutions, Huawei
Stephen Douglas, Solutions & Technical Strategy
Lead, IoT, Spirent
Biren Sood, CEO, Vasona Networks
11:00-12:00
Personalisation and the On-Demand Economy
Fuelled by an increasing reliance upon the
convenience of mobile phones to conduct everyday
activities and transactions, expectations of near
instant service availability have led to the
unstoppable rise of the on-demand economy. With
no less than $15 billion in funding for on-demand
companies to date, so-called ‘Uber for X’ start-ups
are now a force to be reckoned with and the
opportunity is there for companies in an almost
unlimited range of industries to take advantage of
this trend and strive for greater consumer
satisfaction. Leveraging scalable cloud-based
communications platforms and social networks to
connect people and finding new and efficient ways to
deliver instant gratification and personalised services
on-demand will prove fundamental to success. This
session will demonstrate some of the success stories
from the on-demand economy, providing invaluable
takeaways for any company looking to exploit and
profit from this transformative industry shift. During
the session, tweet your comments and questions to
#MWCODE
Moderator: Tony Poulos, Managing Editor,
Disruptive Views
Roy Ng, COO, Twilio
Mike Curtis, VP, Engineering, AirBnB
John Jung, Chief Business Officer, Kakao
11:00-12:00
Mobile Innovation @ MWC2016: The Innovation
of Things
We are seeing a huge influx of start-ups and new
products in the IoT space. This session will feature
stand-alone presentations from established
companies in this space and fast paced pitch
presentations from young companies trying to gain a
foothold in this environment. Finally, the session will
conclude with a live audience vote to decide on the
most innovative product or service. During the
session, tweet your comments and questions to
#MWCINO1
Moderator: John Occhipinti, Partner, Relay Ventures
Cecilia Atterwall, Head of Strategy, Marketing &
Communications, Business Unit Global Services,
Ericsson
Nicolas DeBock, Principal, Balderton Capital
Mark Evans, Head of Payments Advisory, Global
Payments & Cash Management , HSBC
Omar Tellez, Executive Board, Moovit
Todd Greene, Founder & CEO, PubNub
Kenny Hawk, CEO, Mojio
Gillen Bilbao Baro, COO, Change Alert
Denis Vitchevsky, VP, Strategy, Neura
Nathan Anderson, CEO, ScanTrust
11:00-12:00
Securing The Internet of Things
The Internet of Things will enable unprecedented
numbers of connected things from wearables and
connected cars to smart homes and critical
infrastructure. The possibilities are seemingly endless
as new use cases emerge. However, with more
connected devices comes a greater risk of potential
security threats; hackers will always look for ways to
expose new vulnerabilities. Industry approaches to
tackling security weaknesses range from reactive
measures to seeking to implement security at the
design stage. What security threats does the Internet
of Things pose? What is the industry, from device
manufacturers and app developers to mobile
operators and industry alliances doing to secure the
Internet of Things? How can security and encryption
be embedded into IoT platforms, apps and big data
stores to protect against potential security hacks?
Find out in this session. During the session, tweet
your comments and questions to #MWCSIOT
Moderator: Godfrey Chua, Principal Analyst,
Machina Research
Sven Schrecker, Chief Architect, IoT Security
Solutions, Intel
Marc Jones, Chairman & CEO, Aeris
Communications
James Lyne, Global Head of Security Research,
Sophos
Jimmy Johansson, Information Security & Privacy
Officer, Telenor Connexion AB
Martin Oerder, Head of Software Product Group,
Professional Lighting Systems, Philips Lighting
12:15-13:15
LTE Network Diversity: LTE Unlicensed and
Beyond
Global mobile data traffic is set to continue growing
at exponential rates over the next five years, and
according to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index, Wi-Fi
will account for just over half of all traffic from 2016
onwards. The development of LTE-U provides mobile
operators with a compelling solution to address
congestion within their licensed spectrum bands
while also providing a superior user experience to
Wi-Fi in the unlicensed bands, especially in those
instances where Wi-Fi’s performance is likely to be
tested. However, questions remain over the viability
of running both Wi-Fi and LTE-U within the same
bands, and concerns have been raised about the
potential impact LTE-U deployments might have on
existing and future Wi-Fi deployments. Beyond these
technical considerations, how will consumers react to
competition between a perceived free service in WiFi, to charged access via LTE-U? Given the potential
impact on consumers, will telecoms regulators be
tempted to intervene, and what implications could
this have for future innovations in the unlicensed
spectrum bands? Join experts from across the value
chain as they debate the potential benefits and
pitfalls of LTE-U. During the session, tweet your
comments and questions to #MWCNDY
Moderator: Peter Rysavy, President, Rysavy
Research
Shawn Covell, VP, 5G Advocacy, Intel
Dean Brenner, SVP, Government Affairs, Qualcomm
Incorporated
Edgar Figueroa, President & CEO, Wi-Fi Alliance
Alan Law, Distinguished Engineer, Vodafone &
Chair, Small Cell Forum
12:15-13:15
News & Content on Mobile: New Trends in
Consumer Consumption
Against a backdrop of media fragmentation and
technology evolution, mobile is playing an
increasingly important role in the way that we
consume and create news, video, music and other
content. The outcome is the creation of new and
dynamic business models for content providers in
order to cater to new trends in consumer
consumption. How is this impacting an established
industry? It is unclear if mobile is seen as a threat or
welcomed as a ground-breaker. This session will
feature speakers from across the new media &
content value chain, looking at how the technology
industry is impacting the industry and to what effect.
During the session, tweet your comments and
questions to #MWCNMM
Moderator: Sam Evans, Partner, Redshift Strategy
Elisabetta Romano, Head of TV & Media, Ericsson
Arlie Sisson, VP, Product & Design, Condé Nast
Andrew Hawken, Head of Digital Media, Sky News
Jimmy Maymann, EVP & President, AOL Content &
Consumer Brands, AOL
12:15-13:15
Mobile Innovation @ MWC2016: Software and
Services
The second session in this year’s mobile innovation
programme will feature four more finalists from young
companies in the software space. Starting with standalone presentations from established companies in
this space, the session will conclude with timed pitch
presentations and live feedback from a panel of
industry judges. Once again, the finalist will be
decided by an audience vote. During the session,
tweet your comments and questions to #MWCINO2
Moderator: Paul Lee, Global Head of Research,
TMT, Deloitte
Austin Hay, Product & Partner Growth Team Lead,
Branch Metrics
Mike Molinet, Founder & COO, Branch Metrics
Didac Lee, Head of Innovation, FC Barcelona
Jorge Ruiz, Global Digital Acceleration Head, Citi
Ronen David, Director, Amdocs Innovations, Amdocs
Ben Narasin, General Partner, Canvas Ventures
Pat Phelan, CEO, Trustev
Nick von Christierson, CEO & Co-Founder, Baby
Bundle
Anthony von Christierson, COO & Co-Founder, Baby
Bundle
Omar Tellez, Executive Board, Moovit
Ted Nash, CEO, Tapdaq
12:15-13:15
The Graphene Revolution
The race is on to harness the potential of Graphene
and the mobile industry is in a leading position to
benefit from its unique properties. Although at largely
a conceptual stage, a number of companies are
successfully working to create industry changing
products and services that benefit from Graphene’s
unique characteristics. This one hour session will
showcase the companies currently working with
Graphene to demonstrate the new products and
capabilities in mobile technology that this material is
supporting using its unique characteristics of strength
and electronic support. How realistic is the promise of
Graphene and what will it create in the future? See for
yourself at Mobile World Congress 2016! During the
session, tweet your comments and questions to
#MWCGPH
Moderator: Frank Koppens, Group Leader, ICFO
Professor Andrea Ferrari, Director, The Cambridge
Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge
Tapani Ryhänen, Head of Business Line, Nokia
Vittorio Pellegrini, Director, Italian Institute of
Technology
Thanasis Georgiou, VP, BGT Materials
Mike Banach, Technical Director, FlexEnable
14:15-15:15
Crowdsourcing and Community Marketing
With the global crowdfunding market predicted to be
valued at $96 billion by 2025, platforms like
Kickstarter and IndieGogo have become a formidable
tool for raising capital and community engagement
from existing supporters and potential new
customers for product launches. Most of the iconic
technology crowdfunding campaigns to date have
been initiated by start-ups, seeking to innovate and
harness the power of the crowd to compete with
larger, better-funded rivals. Yet demonstrating the
broad appeal of community marketing, increasingly
we are now also seeing more established companies
with much deeper pockets using these platforms for
research and to gauge consumer interest in new
products. Featuring a range of case studies from
across the technology industry, this session will
explore the impact of the rise of crowdsourcing and
seek to understand how these platforms can be
leveraged to increase consumer engagement. During
the session, tweet your comments and questions to
#MWCCRD
Moderator: Goncalo de Vasconcelos, Forbes
Contributor, Co-Founder & CEO, Syndicate Room
Fredrik Lindahl, CEO, Flightradar24 AB
Carlos Gomez, Head of Business Growth, Europe,
Waze
Nir Erez, Co-Founder & CEO, Moovit
14:15-15:15
New Security & Encryption Paradigms
Mobile network security is paramount in today's world
and it is a world that is changing rapidly. With
everything connected, what will the future look like?
How does the mobile industry continue to develop
security and encryption into next generation networks
and balance this with regulatory obligations across
the world? What will be the future challenges of a
hyper-connected society for confidentiality and
privacy and how is overall cyber security maintained?
This session will feature experts from across the
security world who will discuss potential challenges
and solutions. During the session, tweet your
comments and questions to #MWCSEP
Moderator: David Rogers, Founder & CEO, Copper
Horse
Ingrid van Engelshoven, Vice-Mayor, The Hague
Raj Samani, VP & CTO, Intel Security EMEA
Jason Porter, VP, Security Solutions, AT&T
David Kleidermacher, Chief Security Officer,
BlackBerry
Ciaran Bradley, CTO, Adaptive Mobile
14:15-15:15
Mobile Innovation @ MWC2016: Hardware and
Devices
The concluding session in the Mobile Innovation
programme at MWC16 will feature insight from
leading commentators on the mobile industry,
together with fast-paced demonstrations and
presentations from young companies making a
splash. As the communications ecosystem diversifies,
can we break the mould on the hardware in our
pockets? Find out here and vote on the most
groundbreaking innovations. During the session,
tweet your comments and questions to #MWCINO3
Moderator: Matt Guest, Head of Digital Strategy,
Deloitte
Marc Sommer, SVP Business Development &
Partnerships, Deutsche Telekom
Miquel Montana, Partner, Clifford Chance
John Occhipinti, Partner, Relay Ventures
Gary Stewart, Director, Wayra UK
Tony Pham, VP, Marketing , Coin
Richard Ollier, CEO, GIROPTIC
Joanna Montgomery, CEO, Little Riot
Dave Black, CMO, Meshh
Mats Horn, CEO, Tinitell
14:15-15:15
Connecting the Home
The rise of the Internet of Things has seen the
concept of the connected home become a reality.
With connected devices continuing to grow, evolve
and benefit consumers, we are now seeing the
connected home become one of the largest growth
opportunities for the IoT ecosystem. As we become
increasingly aware of the benefits of a connected
home, the demand for solutions is gathering
momentum. Barriers to adoption remain however;
there is a strong need to establish interoperability
among connected products and services in order to
enable collaboration and allow network and service
optimisation for example. Join some of the industry’s
leading players as they discuss innovative solutions
and the challenges and opportunities faced in
achieving interoperability. During the session, tweet
your comments and questions to #MWCCNH
Moderator: Matt Hatton, Founder & CEO, Machina
Research
Suraj Shetty, VP & GM, Mobility Solutions, Cisco
Systems, Inc
Stephen Vincent, Executive Director, Business
Development, Digital Life, AT&T
Stephanie Huf, Head of Marketing & Communications
Industry & Society, Ericsson