GSMA announced that
executives from Cisco, Ford, Visa and ZTE will be making keynote presentations
at the GSMA Mobile World Congress, which will be held 27th February – 1st March
2012 in Barcelona.
The GSMA also announced
new developments across other program at Mobile World Congress, including the
exhibition, App Planet, the GSMA Forum Series and the mPowered Brands Program.
“Mobile is
connecting the world in ways never thought possible just a few years ago. More
than a mere communication device, mobiles now serve as our books, health
monitors, payment devices, social connectors and tour guides. Mobile technology
is embedded in our cars, homes, appliances, governments and utilities. Mobile
World Congress 2012 will celebrate the current state of mobile and offer a
glimpse into the future,” said Michael O’Hara, chief marketing officer,
GSMA.
The GSMA announced that
the following executives will be participating in the Mobile World Congress keynote program:
John Chambers, chairman
and CEO, Cisco Systems
William Clay Ford,
executive chairman, Ford Motor Company
John Partridge,
president, Visa
Shi Lirong, president,
ZTE
Previously announced
keynote speakers for Mobile World Congress 2012 are:
Ben Verwaayen, CEO,
Alcatel-Lucent
Warren East, CEO, ARM
Ralph de la Vega,
president and CEO – AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, AT&T
Brian Dunn, CEO, Best
Buy
Sunil Mittal, chairman
and MD, Bharti Airtel
Li Yue, president, China
Mobile
Vikram Pandit, CEO,
Citigroup
Rene 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
Michael Abbott, CEO,
ISIS
Kevin Johnson, CEO,
Juniper Networks
Stephen Elop, president
and CEO, Nokia
Ryuji Yamada, president
and CEO, NTT DOCOMO
Dan Hesse, CEO, Sprint
Nextel
Franco Bernabe, chairman
and CEO, Telecom Italia Group
Jon Fredrik Baksaas,
president and CEO, Telenor Group
Jo Lunder, CEO,
VimpelCom
Vittorio Colao, chief
executive, Vodafone
In addition to the
keynote program, the 2012 conference will also include 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.
The conference program
will feature presentations from many prominent speakers including:
John Donovan, CTO,
AT&T
Manoj Kohli, CEO
(International) and joint managing director, Bharti Airtel
Olaf Swantee, CEO,
Everything Everywhere
Olivier Piou, CEO,
Gemalto
Khalid Al-Kaf, CEO,
Mobily
Thierry Bonhomme, EVP,
Networks & Carriers and Research & Development, Orange
Ghassan Hasbani, CEO –
International, STC Group
Sandro Dionisi, head of
Telecom Italia Labs and chairman, NGMN
Matthew Key, head of
Telefonica Digital
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
