MWC Barcelona 2022 | GSMA | 27 February 2022 | Fira Barcelona Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, 64, 08908 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

2022 Themes:

• 5G Connect
This theme will explore what tomorrow’s world looks like with 5G use cases shaping its growth.

• Advancing AI
With global investment set to top £170 billion by 2025, the transformative impact of AI in networks and society is huge, and we’re still just scratching the surface

• CloudNet
Networks continue to adapt in order to support service delivery and today, cloud is seen as a key enabler of large-scale transformation with the market projected to reach $75 billion by 2026.

• FinTech
The mobile eco-system is the heartbeat of fintech as technology continues to reduce barriers and enable new disruptions and innovations.

• Internet of Everything
With over 40 billion devices, the growing suite of connected devices and smart technologies offers a new means to reimagine and transform physical spaces.

• Tech Horizon
The Tech Horizon theme aims to explore how mobile is transforming our future with innovations that go beyond the industry and deliver purpose.

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:

SPEAKERS:

Hayes Mackaman
CEO, 8i

Martha Cotton
Fjord Managing Director & Research Lead, Accenture

Jefferson Wang
Senior Managing Director, Cloud First Networks & 5G Lead, Accentureo

Tejas Rao
Managing Director, Cloud First Networks, Ecosystem & Partnership Lead, Accenture

Miguel Flecha
Managing Director, Strategy & Consulting, Travel, Europe, Accenture

Albert Tan
Head of Network Services, Managing Director ASIAM, Accenture

Mathangi Sandilya
Global Technology Lead, Comms & Media, Accenture

Sulabh Agarwal
Managing Director, Global Payments Lead, Accenture

Mona Moren
UAM Communication, Navigation & Surveillance Manager in UTM, Airbus

Rod Menchaca
CEO, AIS Channel

Tommy Ge
GM, Alibaba Cloud DACH, NLD, LUX & East Europe, Alibaba Cloud

Yanis Cottard
President, ALTYOR

Fernanda Mendez
Senior Segment Leader for NFV, Networks, Partnerships, Amazon Web Services

Adam Selipsky
CEO, Amazon Web Services

Amir Rao
GM, Solutions Portfolio & Technology Alliances, Telco Vertical, Amazon Web Services

Adolfo Hernandez
VP Telecom Industry Business Unit, Amazon Web Services

George Elissaios
Director, Product Management, Edge Computing, Amazon Web Services

Ishwar Parulkar
Chief Technologist Telecommunications, Amazon Web Services

Chris McKenna
Global NFV Core Portfolio Lead, Amazon Web Services

Niall Norton
General Manager, Networking Software Division, Amdocs

Shuky Sheffer
President & CEO, Amdocs

Dipti Vachani
SVP/GM Auto & IoT, ARM

Biju Nair
EVP & President, Connected Living, Assurant

Margaret Rooney-McMillen
VP, Strategic Accounts, Hyperscaler & SI, AT&T

Gordon Mansfield
VP, Mobility & Access Architecture, AT&T

Anne Chow
CEO, AT&T Business

Fabio De Pasquale
Digital Business Development & Innovation, Global Manufacturing, Atos

Jaya Baloo
Chief Information Security Officer, AVAST

Jaione Pagazaurtundua
Director, Solutions, Azure / Microsoft

Ali Parsadoust
CEO & Founder, Babylon

Eliott Jones
CEO, Biospectcal

Jim McKelvey
Co-Founder & Director, Block (Formerly Square)

Mike Zeto
Chief Commercial Officer, Boingo Wireless

Mary Clark
CMO, Brivo

Rob Shuter
CEO, BT

Harmeen Mehta
Chief Digital & Innovation Officer, BT

Marc Allera
CEO, Consumer Division, BT

Neil McRae
MD Architecture & Strategy, Chief Architect, BT Group

Howard Watson
CTO, BT Group

Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri
Chairman, Caixabank

Yanick Martel
VP, Artificial Intelligence & Analytics, Capgemini

Julia Carbajal
Global Head of T&M Strategic Partnerships, Celo

Yang Jie
Chairman, China Mobile

Ruiwen Ke
Chairman & CEO, China Telecom

LieHong LIU
Chairman & CEO, China Unicom

Jamie Jefferies
VP, International, Ciena

Jürgen Hatheier
CTO, EMEA, Ciena

Masum Mir
VP & GM Cable, IoT & Mobility, CISCO

Humberto La Roche
Principal Engineer, Cisco Systems

Carol Grunberg
Managing Director, Global Head of Partnerships & Innovation, TTS, Citi Bank

Miriam Tuerk
CEO, Clear Blue Technologies Inc

Ralph Gambetta
Secretary General, Calypso Networks Association & Board Member, Smart Ticketing Alliance, CNA

Laxmi Akkaraju
SVP Strategic Customer Services, Cognite

Zied Brini
Delivery Director, EMEA, ConsenSys

Claire Malsen
CMO, Consult Hyperion

Jessica Ellis
Head of Programme Development, 5G Testbed & Trials Programme, DCMS

Tibor Fabry-Asztalos
SVP, Engineering, Dell Technologies

Marta Isarria
TMT Industry Human Capital Consulting Partner, Deloitte

Axel Menneking
Managing Director Hub:raum Investment Fund, Deutsche Telekom

Nathan Radar
VP Cloudified Production, Deutsche Telekom

Claudia Nemat
CTO, Deutsche Telekom

Marc Rouanne
Chief Network Officer, DISH

Tony Poulos
Managing Editor, Disruptive.Asia

Ralph Schepp
Co-Founder & COO, Droniq GmbH

Per Narvinger
Head of Product Area Networks, Ericsson

Mikko Karikytö
CPSO & Head of Product Security, Ericsson

Dr Gemma Vall-llosera
Head of Innovation & Incubation for AI & Automation, Ericsson

Mats Pellbäck Scharp
Head of Sustainability, Ericsson

Claudia Garcia
Portfolio Director, Ericsson

Eva Hedfors
VP, Head Marketing Ericsson Digital Services, Ericsson

Salvador Anglada
Group Chief Business Officer, Etisalat

Khalid Murshed
Chief Technology & Information Officer, Etisalat

Irene Pipola
EY Partner, TMT Italy Leader, EY

Tom Loozen
Global Telecommunications Sector Leader, EY

Isabel De Dios Gonzalez
TMT Industry Market Partner, EY

Daniel Theander
Global Capital Operations & Innovation Suite Solution Leader, EY

Carmine Di Sibio
Global Chairman & CEO, EY

Paul Brody
Global Blockchain Leader, EY

Geoff Vickrey
Americas TMT Consulting Leader, EY

Catriona Campbell
Client Technology & Innovation Officer, UK&I, EY

Laura Kankaala
Senior Security Consultant, F-Secure

Christine Bejerasco
CTO, F-Secure

Gonda Lamberink
VP, Critical Manufacturing Security Solutions, Fortress Security

Cortney Harding
Founder, Friends With Holograms

Greg Manganello
SVP, Fujitsu

Simon Rees
Chief Architect Adaptive Organisation, Fujitsu

Cathy McCann
Head of Innovation & Portfolio UK Public Sector, Fujitsu

Cathy Hackl
Chief Metaverse Officer & CEO, Future Intelligence Group

Jörn Watzke
Senior Director Garmin Health Global, Garmin

Luis Neves
CEO, GeSI

Amol Phadke
Managing Director, Global Telecom Industry Solutions, Google

Jen Hawes-Hewitt
Head of Telco Partnerships, Google Cloud

Gabriele Di Piazza
Senior Director, Outbound Product Management, Telecom & Edge, Google Cloud

Stephanie Lynch-Habib
CMO, GSMA

Steven Moore
Head of Climate Action, GSMA

Peter Jarich
Head of GSMA Intelligence, GSMA

Mats Granryd
Director General, GSMA

Tim Hatt
Head of Research & Consulting, Strategy, GSMA Intelligence

Kimberly King
SVP, Strategic Partners & Alliances, Hitachi Vantara

Philipp Landgraf
Head of Technology, Holo-Light GmbH

Cher Wang
Chairperson, HTC

Tide Xu
CSO, Huawei

Daisy Zhu
VP, Wireless Marketing, Wireless Product Line, Huawei

Song Peng
President, Global Carrier Marketing & Solution Sales, Huawei

Gan Bin
CMO, Wireless Product Line, Huawei

Dr Philip Song
CMO, Carrier Business Group, Huawei

Guo Ping
Rotating Chairman, Huawei

Raja Hebbar
Associate Partner & Communications Sector Leader, IBM

Marisa Viveros
VP, Strategy & Offerings, IBM

Rakshit Mehta
Industry Business Development Leader, Telecom, IBM

Steven Goetz
VP & Senior Partner, IBM Consulting

Mark Thirman
Global Connected Edge Strategy, IBM Consulting

Carolina Aguilar
CEO & Founder, Inbrain Neuroelectronics

Matija Razem
VP Business Development, Infobip

Stacey Shulman
VP, Internet of Things Group GM, Health, Life Sciences & Emerging Technologies, Intel

Cristina Rodriguez
VP, Intel Wireless Access Network, Intel

Caroline Chan
VP & GM, Intel Network Business Incubator Division, Intel Corporation

Georgina Horton
Head of Communications, Isansys

Maxim Dontsov
Head of the Information Security Analysts Group, Kaspersky

Vladislav Tushkanov
Senior Data Scientist, Kaspersky

Grant Simmons
VP Foundry Strategic Services, Kochava

Dr Victoria Lipinska
Quantum Lead, KPN

Jacob Groote
EVP Innovation & Partnerships, KPN

Paul Savill
Global Practice Leader, Network & Edge, Kyndryl

Celeste Koay
CMO, Leet Technology

Charles Ferland
Lenovo VP & GM Edge Computing & Communication Service Providers (Telco), Lenovo

John Baker
SVP, Business Development, Mavenir

Brandon Larson
SVP, GM, Multimedia Business Unit, Mavenir

Karolina Sauer-Sidor
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Venkat Atluri
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Naomi Smit
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Ferry Grijpink
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Bob Sternfels
Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company

Laura Richter
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Renuka Bhalerao
Connectivity Technologies & Ecosystems Manager, Meta

Shah Rahman
Director, Engineering, Meta Connectivity

Chris Weasler
Head of Special Initiatives, Meta Connectivity

Tony Lutz
Product Marketing Manager, Meta Connectivity

Ranveer Chandra
CTO Agri Food, Microsoft

Sanjay Mewada
WorldWide Marketing Lead, Microsoft

Micaela Giuhat
Director 5G Policy & External Engagements, Microsoft

Mauricio Ramos
CEO, Millicom

Ralph Simon
Founder & CEO, Mobilium

Lawrence Chu
Managing Director, Moelis & Company

Mazen Mroue
CTIO, MTN Group

Sarah Mills
MD, Wholesale & Smart Infrastructure, Neos Networks

Paul Polman
Business Leader, Campaigner & Co-Author, Net Positive

Ana Maiques
CEO, Neuroelectrics

Priscilla Campillo
Emerging Markets Manager, Niantic

Becks Perfect
Founder, Nifty World

Ricky Corker
Chief Customer Experience Officer, Nokia

Jane Rygaard Pedersen
Head of Dedicated Wireless Networks & Edge Clouds, Nokia

Hilary Mine
VP Customer Strategy & Technology, Nokia

Pekka Lundmark
President & CEO, Nokia

Mark Atkinson
SVP Head of Radio Access Network PLM, Nokia

Rika Nakazawa
VP, NTT New Ventures & Innovation, NTT

Seizo Onoe
Chief Standardization Strategy Officer, NTT CORP & Fellow of NTT DOCOMO, INC, NTT DOCOMO

Ronnie Vasishta
SVP Telecom, NVIDIA

Camille Mendler
Chief Analyst, Omdia

Mark Giles
Lead Industry Analyst, Ookla

François Charcosset
Commercial Operation Director, Orange

Steve Jarrett
SVP, Data & Artificial Intelligence, Orange

Narciso Perales
CEO, Orange Bank Spain

Karine Dussert-Sarthe
EVP Orange Innovation Marketing & Design, Orange Group

Philippe Lucas
EVP Orange Innovation Devices & Partnerships, Orange Group

Jerome Berger
President & Managing Partner, Orange Ventures

Ilana Wisby
CEO, Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC)

Keith O'Brien
CTO WW Service Provider, Palo Alto Networks

Zahid Ghadialy
Senior Director, Technology & Innovation Strategy, Parallel Wireless

Eugina Jordan
VP, Marketing, Parallel Wireless

Ken Munro
Partner, Pen Test Partners

Keith Grose
Head of International Payments, Plaid

Leilani DeLeon
Lead of IoT Product Marketing, Qualcomm

Jilei Hou
VP & Head of AI Research, Qualcomm

Cristiano Amon
President & CEO, Qualcomm

Art Miller
Senior Director & Global Head of IoT Retail, Qualcomm Inc

Dev Singh
GM, Robotics, Drones & Intelligent Machines, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Miguel Nunes
Senior Director, Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Carlos Abellan
Co Founder & CEO, Quside

Dr David Soldani
Chief Information Security Officer, Rakuten Symphony

Rabih Dabboussi
Chief Revenue Officer, Rakuten Symphony

Azita Arvani
General Manager, Rakuten Symphony Americas

Ali Rebaie
President, Rebaie Analytics Group

Azhar Sayeed
Chief Technologist, Telecoms, Red Hat

John Bovich
Partner, Reed Smith LLP

Yves Desmet
VP, Global Service Providers EMEA, RingCentral

Anne Stephan
VP Mobile Network Testing, Rohde & Schwarz

Alexander Pabst
VP, Market Segment Wireless Communications, Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG

Rose Maghas
Founder & CEO, Rova Digital Limited

Jean-Marie Pierron
VP Comms Industry Strategy & Solutions for EMEA, APAC & LATAM, Salesforce

Samantha Fein
VP Marketing & Business Development, Samsung SmartThings

Lars Willemse
CEO & Founder, Showcasing

Nicole Barclay
Global Director & Chief of Staff, Marketing, Skyscanner

Daichi Nozaki
President & CEO, SoftBank Telecom, America Group

Charles Stewart
CEO, Sotheby's

Stephen Douglas
Head of Market Strategy, Spirent Communications

Mike Thelander
President, SRG Research

Ahmed Alenazi
CEO, STC Pay

Ling Wu
Founder & CEO, TBCASoft

Danielle Royston
CEO & Founder, TelcoDR

Maria Loza
Lead Advisor, Telefonica

Elena Gil Lizasoain
Global Director of Product and Business Operations, Telefonica

Maite Aparicio
Head of Open RAN, Telefonica

Mallik Rao
Chief Technology & Information Officer, Telefónica

Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete
Chairman & CEO, Telefonica

Diego Perino
Director, Telefonica Research, Telefonica

Mariano Martinez
Global Director, Partnerships, Telefónica

Irene Gomez
Global Director Connected Open Innovation, Telefónica

Allison Kirkby
President & CEO, Telia Company

Andy Penn
CEO, Telstra

Caroline Casey
Founder & Creator, The Valuable 500

Sara Mascall
Technology, Media & Telecom Commercial Sector, The Wall Street Journal

Yvonne Chen
Executive Advisor, Tmytek

Mahesh Sooriyabandara
Director, Toshiba Research Laboratory, Toshiba

Yusuf Kirac
CTO, Turk Telekom

Randall Haimovici
Associate General Counsel, US Mobility & Canada, Uber

Timoni West
VP, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Unity

Rima Qureshi
EVP & CSO, Verizon

Tami Erwin
CEO, Verizon Business

Jeanie York
CTO, Virgin Media O2

Dr Bettina Horster
Board Member, VIVAI Software AG

Rob Soni
Head of RAN Architecture, VMware

Kaniz Mahdi
VP Distributed Edge, Office of CTO, VMware

Mariam Cassim
CEO Financial Services, Vodacom

Johan Wibergh
CTO, Vodafone

Nick Read
CEO, Vodafone

Vinod Kumar
CEO, Vodafone Business

Scott Petty
Chief Digital & IT Officer, Vodafone Technology

Prem Akkaraju
CEO, Weta Digital

Iván Cairo
General Manager, Alliances Business Unit, Whale Cloud

Jimmy Jones
Head of Security, ZARIOT

Jiashun Tu
Principle Scientist, ZTE NFV/SDN Solution, ZTE

Hans Neff
CTO Group Director, ZTE

Tommy Bjorkberg
Director, CTO Group, ZTE

Chris Mulley
Principal Architect, CTO Group, ZTE Corporation

Dr Zehra Zaidi
Independent Consultant, Climate Change

2022 Sponsors and Partners

SPONSORS:
• Accenture
• Generalitat de Catalunya
• Kochava
• Kyndryl
• Mobile World Capital Barcelona
• Salesforce
• Vinfast
• Citi
• STC
• ZTE
• Comba
• Paloalto
• Radisys
• Red Hat

PARTNERS:
• Accenture
• Amplitude
• Award Solutions
• Aws
• Fortinet
• BMC
• QDivision
• Fujitsu
• Global Child Forum
• GTI
• Honor
• Hp
• Huawei
• Maxgen Technology
• MEF
• NEC
• Rakuten Symphony
• Service Now
• Realme
• Telus
• Xilinx
• ZTE