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Mobile World Congress 2011

The 2011 Mobile World Congress will be held 14-17 February, in the Fira Barcelona Montjuic Venue, Spain.

This year the conference agenda will feature speakers representing the leaders of the world's most innovative companies, both from within the industry and from the growing number of adjacent market sectors joining the expanding mobile ecosystem. CEOs of the world’s most influential companies will share their observations and visions of the future while inspiring attendees to the thought-leadership conference. The conference agenda will cover, in between many others, aspects such us: Ways of developing mHealth into a profitable business; The Future of mHealth from both economical and technological standpoints or How mWellness can make a difference in people’s lives; Mobile Advertising: Integrating Mobile into a Broader Advertising Campaign; Mobile Enterprise, Social Networking: Social Goes mobile, Mobile Advertising: How Effective is Multimedia Mobile Advertising?; Network Technology Evolution.

The Mobile World Live keynotes will be featuring visionary speakers and streamed live around the globe. More than 22 focused breakout sessions, providing essential insights on current and future trends impacting the ever-changing mobile industry.
The mobile congress this year will bring also an even bigger App Planet, the new Centre of the Apps Universe. App Planet, will offer dedicated content for mobile application developers application developers, to be educated, energized, and challenged by this stimulating programme. In the App Planet Forum the agenda covers aspects as: Making Apps Profitable; Making Apps Smarter or Taking Apps to the Mass Market.

During the Congress it will take place also the Awards ceremony that highlights the most innovative mobile solutions and initiatives from around the world. This 16th Annual Global Mobile will recognize the industry’s greatest achievements, new technologies, innovative devices and ideas.

Also The Ministerial Programme forms part of each year’s Mobile World Congress. This distinguished programme offers an invaluable opportunity for policy makers and industry leaders to discuss strategies for shaping the future of the mobile industry, as well as the mobile potential to accelerate economic growth and advance social development around the world. It is expected that Ministers and regulatory heads representing 86 countries will join high-profile representatives from The World Bank, The European Commission and ITU for this industry-shaping programme.

And also The Exhibition with more than 1,300 industry’s leading suppliers of mobile products, services and technologies will display the cutting-edge products and technology that will define the mobile future and that will make it the most exciting and anticipated exhibition of the year. The exhibition at Mobile World Congress provides not only an excellent opportunity to see the latest products, solutions and technologies but also to get in touch with software creators, service providers, device manufacturers, telecoms personnel and more.

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