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Event Date |
Mon Feb 28 CET - Thu Mar 3 CET (almost 3 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Sun Feb 27 6:00pm - Wed Mar 2 6:00pm |
Location |
MWC Barcelona - Fira Barcelona
Av. Joan Carles I, 64, 08908 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain |
Region | EMEA |
The 4YFN is the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry. Combining these two influential events signals a new era and commitment to working together.
For digital innovation and startups, explore 4YFN
It’s all about fulfilling the potential of mobile technology and connecting everyone and everything to create a better future. Dive into the startup ecosystem and discover what technological breakthroughs are making an impact.
• 4YFN Conference and Summits
Industry leaders, innovators, founders, challengers, pioneers and boundary-breakers will join us on stage.
• The exhibition
The 4YFN exhibition features hundreds of startups and companies from across the globe, showcasing the latest technologies and disruptive business models.
• The ecosystem meeting point
Join us and connect with the most relevant startup communities, investors and international funds – attending 4YFN in support of the startup
• Programmes
Introducing our curated programmes focused on startups and innovation in high growth verticals and strategic areas: Connectivity, Digital Health, Fintech, Impact, Industry X and Investors.
2022 Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Shuky Sheffer
CEO, Amdocs
Anne Chow
CEO, AT&T Business
Adam Selipsky
Chief Executive Officer, Amazon Web Services
Jim McKelvey
Co-founder and Director, Block
Yang Jie
Chairman, China Mobile
Ruiwen Ke
Chairman & CEO, China Telecom
LieHong Liu
Chairman & CEO, China Unicom
Mats Granryd
Director General, GSMA
Cher Wang
Chairperson HTC, HTC Corporation
Guo Ping
Deputy Chairman, Rotating Chairman, Huawei
Mauricio Ramos
CEO, Millicom
Paul Polman
Business Leader, Campaigner & Co-Author, Net Positive
Pekka Lundmark
President & CEO, Nokia
Cristiano Amon
President and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm Incorporated
Charles Stewart
CEO, Sotheby’s
Allison Kirkby
President and CEO, Telia Company
José María Álvarez-Pallete López
Chairman & CEO, Telefónica S.A.
Andy Penn
CEO, Telstra
Caroline Casey
Founder & Creator, The Valuable 500
Nick Read
CEO, Vodafone Group
Prem Akkaraju
CEO, Weta Digital
SPEAKERS:
Marc Badosa
Founding Partner, 4Founders Capital
Yossi Vardi
Chairman, 4YFN
Pere Duran
Director , 4YFN
Wyatt Oren
Strategic Sales Manager, Agora
Blaise Thomas
Startup Advocate, Agora
Carlos Trenchs Sainz de la Maza
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Aldea Ventures
Pietro Grassano
Business Solutions Director, Europe, Algorand Foundation
Zina Jarrahi Cinker
Director General, AMPT
Zoe Peden
Principal, Ananda Impact Ventures
Clara Campas
Managing Partner and Co-founder, Asabys Partners
Ali Parsadoust
CEO & Founder, Babylon
Jaume Baró i Torres
Business Services Director, Barcelona Activa – City Council
Uri Tintoré
Co-Founder, Belvo
David McClelland
Technology Journalist, Broadcaster
Alex Puig
CTO, Caelum DAO
Judit Carrera
General Director, CCCB
Damien Balsan
Investment Partner, Conexo VC
Oisin Lunny
Public Speaker, Podcast & Webinar Host, Event Consultant, Conference MC
Óscar Garcia-Pañella
Partner. Gamification Consultant, Cookie Box
Usha Raghavachari
Lab Director, D-Ford London, Melbourne & Sao Paulo
Oscar Höglund
Co-Founder and CEO, Epidemic Sound
Esteve Almirall
Associated Professor, Esade
Gemma Galdón Clavell
Founder and CEO, Eticas Research and Consulting
Pep Viladomat
McKinsey LEAP, Expert Associate Partner
Domhnaill Hernon
Director Innovation and Creativity , EY
Augie Fabela
CEO, Co-Founder, Author, FastForward.ai
Meritxell Teixidó
CEO/CSO, Get2brain
Felix Oshwald
Founder, GoStudent
Lluís Juncà
Director General for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Government of Catalonia
Miguel Kindelán
Head of Spain and Portugal, GP Bullhound
Pau Sarsanedas
President & CEO, GPA Innova
Montserrat Guardia Güell
Cofounder and CEO, Green Onion
Noaa Barak
4YFN Strategy Manager, GSMA
Claire Sibthorpe
Head of Digital Inclusion, GSMA
Max Cuvellier
Head of Mobile for Development , GSMA
Stephanie Lynch-Habib
CMO, GSMA
Kimberly King
CEO, HumanTec
Alexander Dunaev
COO & co-Founder, ID Finance
Luis Valente
Co-Founder and CEO, ILoF
Taryn Andersen
CEO, Impulse4women
Priya Guliani
Founder and CEO, IntelliAqua
Gonzalo Brujó
Global President, Interbrand Group
Georgia Taglietti
Consultant and Strategist, Founder, International Consulting Network for Arts & Culture
Ton van 't Noordende
Quantum Delta NL, PHX, Investor in Residence Quantum Delta NL Infinity, Founder PHX
Francesca Bria
President, Italian National Innovation Fund
Alain Baumann
Founders, Konic Thtr
Vinny Pujji
Managing Partner, Left Lane Capital
Paul Murphy
Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Vanesa Diaz
Business Development Director, LuxQuanta
Alexandre Besenval
Head of Studio, MadBox
Nicolai Schaettgen
CEO, Match-Maker Ventures
David Siegel
CEO, Meetup
Teddy Zee
COO, MintNFT
James Sun
CEO, MintNFT
Enrique Lizaso
CEO, MULTIVERSE COMPUTING SL
Maximilian Tayenthal
Co-founder and co-CEO, N26
Monica de Mier
CEO, Nextmo
Becks Perfect
Founder, Nifty World
Giuseppe Scionti
Founder, NOVAMEAT
Ilana Wisby
CEO, Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC)
Geilan Malet-Bates
Chair of Green FinTech Forum, P27
Itxaso Del Palacio
Notion VC, Partner
Ronny Krieger
General Manager Europe, Patreon
Mireia Vila Trunas
IT Director South West Eurooe & Turkey, Pepsico
Francisco Polo
High Commissioner for Spain Entrepreneurial Nation, Presidency of the Government of Spain
Jahed Momand
Steward, PrimeDAO
Alexandre Prot
Co-Founder and CEO, Qonto
Liran Dan
Founder and CEO, Reach Rach
Simone Van Neerven
Founder, reBella
Jaume Sanpera
Founder and CEO, Sateliot
Sia Houchangnia
Partner, Seedcamp
Tim Smith
Journalist, Sifted
Mahesh Sundaram
Senior Strategic Advisor for Global Growth, Silicon Castles
Catherine Ogilvie
Senior Marketing Advisor, Silicon Castles
Andreas Spechtler
Founder and CEO , Silicon Castles
Marc Bigas
Co-founder, Skitude
Margarita Albors
President & CEO, Social Nest Foundation
Jill Petzinger
Journalist, Tech EU
Guenia Gawendo
Telefónica Innovation Ventures Director, Telefónica
Chema Alonso
Chief Digital Consumer Officer (CDCO) , Telefónica
Hamish Jenkinson
Founder and Executive Creative Director, The Department (UK)
Cristiana Falcone
Independent Director, TiM
Vicente Díaz
Threat Intelligence Strategist, VirusTotal
Pipo Serrano
Journalist
2022 Sponsors and Partners
SPONSORS:
• Accenture
• Generalitat de Catalunya
• Kochava
• Kyndryl
• MWCapital
• Salesforce
• Vinfast
• Citi
• STC
• ZTE
• Comba Telecom
• Paloalto
• Radisys
• RedHat
PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Sabadell BStartup
HOST SPONSORS:
• ACCIO
• Barcelona Activa
• ICEX
• Mobile World Capital
PROGRAMME HEADLINE SPONSORS:
• Dayone
• Esade
• Wayra
SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• APDCAT
• Inversion y Comercio
• Agora
• Aws
• Imagin
• Jetro
• Invest in Andalucia
• K-Startup Center
• Kudo
• Nestle
• SK Telecom
• Silicon Castles
• Up! Euskadi
LEAD MEDIA PARTNER:
• Mobile World Live
OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Euronews Next
• The Wall Street Journal
FEATURED MEDIA PARTNERS:
• C114
• Insider Intelligence
• Radio+Television Business Report
• Technology Record
• TeleSemana
SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• 3GPP
• AI Journal
• Aimm
• Cities Today
• COLLAB NEXT
• Comnews
• Communications Today
• Connect World
• Convergencia
• Digital TV
• E3zine
• ElectroPages
• The European Sting
• Frecuencia Mobile
• Frecuencia Money
• Innovators Magazine
• Inside Telecom
• Inside Towers
• IoT for all
• IoT Now
• IT Reseller
• M
• Microwave Journal
• Mobile Europe
• Mobile
• The Mobile Network
• Phone World
• Podcast Business Journal
• SCTE
• Silicon
• It Sohu
• STL Partners
• Telecom Review
• Teletimes
• Top Business Tech
• TYN Magazine
• UCL
• Vanilla
• Via Satellite
• VMH
• Zona Movilidad