Intellectsoft at the Mobile World Congress 2012

The Intellectsoft Managing Director Sean Weatherburn will take part in the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) – the world's premier event for mobile industry networking, business opportunities, and deal-making. The theme of the Mobile World Congress 2012 is “Redefining Mobile”. This year’s Congress will celebrate the current state of mobile and offer a glimpse into where mobile has potential to go next. The event will take place at the exhibition centre Fira Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain from Monday 27 February 2012 to Thursday 1 March 2012.

By the way, our heartiest congrats to Barcelona for being chosen as the Mobile World Capital, i.e. that Barcelona will not only host Mobile World Congress through 2018, but will become a permanent technological and cultural centre concentrating the potential of worldwide mobile communications.

The Congress motto can be presented with just one word — “more”: each year the organisers aim for more attendees, more outstanding exhibitors, more CEOs delivering keynotes, more App Developer Conferences, etc. Last year organisers broke their own record with more than 60,000 attendances, 3000 CEOs, 1400 exhibitors, 2,900+ press members representing 1,500 media outlets and more than 12,000 Mobile App Developers. True to the name of the event, it is global indeed hosting attendees from 200 countries from all over the world. This year organisers promise to take MWC to a new level and break all the records yet again.

The 2012 MWC Congress will feature:

• A world-class thought-leadership conference including visionary keynotes and panel discussions
• A pioneering technology and product exhibition
• App Planet – the Centre of the Mobile Apps Universe
• The newest programme, mPowered Brands for global marketers and agencies to increase their knowledge of mobile marketing and connect with mobile players bringing their visions to reality
• Last but not least, the Global Mobile Awards programme highlighting cutting-edge innovations in the mobile world. By the way, each ceremony at MWC Awards is marked out with live performances by top stars!

Obviously, this year MWC organisers have excelled themselves! Just take a look at the list of MWC Keynote Speakers in 2012 featuring highly respected business celebrities: Ben Verwaayen, CEO Alcatel-Lucent, Li Yue, China Mobile, Rene Obermann, CEO Deutsche Telekom, John Donahoe, CEO eBay, Hans Vestberg CEO Ericsson, Eric Schmidt, Chairman Google, etc. The host for MWC 2012 will be comedian and songwriter Tim Minchin.

Intellectsoft just couldn’t miss this largest, most significant and most successful mobile event in the world, as all companies in the vanguard of mobile development trends will certainly be there.