MWC: MLOVE partners with 4YFN
MLOVE announces Partnership with Mobile World Capital Barcelona for 4 Years From Now Conference
HAMBURG / BARCELONA, 2/04/2014 – MLOVE is curating 4 sessions during 4YFN – the debuting entrepreneurship conference during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. 4YFN takes place February 24 – 26, 2014 in Hall 8 of Fira Montjuic.
We welcome MLOVE and their community to 4YFN and appreciate our continued collaboration,
said Aleix Valls, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Director at Mobile World Capital Barcelona.
We are excited to present amazing speakers that join us on stage to premiere the first 4YFN conference. We will feature thought leaders like Intel, Rambus, AKQA, Telefonica and the maker movement,
stated Harald Neidhardt, CEO & curator of MLOVE.
MLOVE will host an MLOVE.tv studio booth and continues its collaboration with Mobile World Capital Barcelona this year with curating & moderating the following sessions:
Internet of Things:
Digital innovation and IoT is on a rampant growth curve: what are the opportunities in regards to sensors, services, platforms, security and the maker movement in this new era?
- Dr. Genevieve Bell, Intel Labs, Director & Research Fellow
- Jérôme Nadel, Rambus, CMO
- Massimo Banzi, Arduino, Founder
UI / Service Design
What are new paradigms to design for exploding growth in mobile screens, wearables and the Internet of Things?
- Ben Jones, AKQA, CTO
- Magnus Jern, Golden Gekko, CEO
- Lars Stalling, Service Innovation Designer
Singularity & Future of Mobility
Moore’s law, trends in society adoption, Quantified Self and exponential opportunities for a Lifestyle of Mobility.
- Ariane van de Ven, Telefonica, Digital Global Trend Expert
- Harald Neidhardt, MLOVE, Founder & Curator
- Teemu Arina, meetin.gs, Founder & CEO
Maker Movement
You can do it! Learn how you can play and make the next cool thing in hardware design.
- Cecilia Tham, Makers of Barcelona (MOB / Fab Café), CEO
- Prof. Reto Wettach, Fritzing & IXDS, Founder
- Tomás Diez, Fab Lab Barcelona, CEO
In addition, MLOVE will run a “Future Cube” ideation workshop about the Internet of Things on Wednesday 2/26 at 3 PM.
For the complete agenda and session times please refer to the 4YFN program schedule here: http://4yfn.com/en/page/programme
Please note the dates for the next MLOVE ConFestival:
MLOVE ConFestival Europe, Berlin, Germany – June 25-27, 2014
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ABOUT MLOVE
MLOVE (mlove.com) is an event organizer, media company and a community of passionate innovators in our Lifestyle of Mobility.
The MLOVE ConFestival brings together CEOs, innovators and entrepreneurs from across multiple disciplines to share, learn and cross-pollinate ideas with an array of scientists, artists and other thought leaders.
The Best Event in Mobile
WIRED
MLOVE events expose the mobile industry to the best minds outside of Mobile to maximize the opportunity of creating life-changing services and applications that can impact us all for the better. MLOVE offers trend research and customized ideation workshops to help define corporate & branded mobile strategies.
The MLOVE tribe was founded in 2008 and started grass roots with an international group of “mobile passionistas”. MLOVE’s goal is to stimulate new ideas and thinking which you can apply to your life, your business and to inspire others.
The MLOVE ConFestival cemented its reputation as a ‘TED for Mobile’ by spoiling attendees by three days of inspirational talks and workshops.
Will Samson, Editor at Contagious Magazine
MLOVE MEDIA EVENTS: Mobile World Congress – Barcelona
MLOVE.TV & Gallery: „Stuff we Love“
- 2/ 24-26 Monday – Wednesday: 4YFN – Hall 8, Fira Montjuic
MLOVE Afterparty @MWC
- 2/ 27 Thursday – Ocaña Bar, Plaça Reial, Barcelona 7PM
- Register at Eventbrite: https://mlove-mwc14.eventbrite.com
CONTACT:
- Email: media@mlove.com
- Twitter: @MLOVE (hashtag: #mlove)
- Web: mlove.com
- Facebook: facebook.com/mlovesociety
MEDIA ENQUIRIES:
- Harald Neidhardt, Founder & Curator harald@mlove.com +49 (160) 94477555
- PHOTOS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlove-confestival/sets/
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About 4 Years From Now
4YFN is an international forum organized by Mobile World Capital Barcelona under the auspices of the Mobile World Congress from 24 to 27 February 2014.
4YFN brings together more than 1,000 entrepreneurs, professionals, startups, accelerators, incubators and investors from around the world. Created by Mobile World Capital Barcelona, the event will provide a real hands-on experience that will help entrepreneurs get to the next level.
About Mobile World Capital Barcelona
Since 2013, Barcelona is the world’s capital of mobile, successfully leading companies to take advantage of mobile technology’s limitless opportunity to enhance people’s lives. The Mobile World Capital is uniquely positioned to accelerate the growth of mobile by creating an ecosystem of public – private partnerships, communication platforms, and a living city-lab.
About Mobile World Congress
Year over year, the GSMA Mobile World Congress attracts the largest number and highest-quality attendees of any event in the mobile industry:
- More than 72,000 attendees
- More than 41,000 C-Level leaders
- More than 4,300 CEOs in attendance
- 1,700 exhibitors utilizing 94,000 net square meters of exhibition and business meeting space
- 3,400+ press members representing 1,500 media outlets from 79 countries
