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2024

Telefónica Summary at MWC 2024

2024 Transformation Handbooks

Telefónica Open Gateway

Telefónica Open Gateway - Transformation Handbook 2024

Sessions Calendar Agora MWC 2024

26 February 2024

Time Session Speakers
11:00 – 11:45 Smart Tourism and Destination Digitalization

Natalia Bayona – Executive Director UN Tourism

Antonio Pérez – Benidorm Mayor & president of Alicante Council

Javier Martínez Gilabert – General director of digital transformation, Region of Murcia

Carmen Alonso Cañada – Head of Business Development Manager Spain, Telefónica

Frederic Vieuxmaire – Tourism Business Development , Telefónica España

Diego López Román – Head of Business Process, Telefónica España

12:45 – 13:45 (Re)create the Future of Intelligent Digital Services

Chema Alonso – Chief Digital Officer, Telefónica & CEO de Telefónica Innovación Digital

Jason Zander – EVP, Strategic Missions and Technologies, Microsoft

Vala Afshar – Chief Digital Evangelist, Salesforce

Lang Lang – Pianist

14:00 – 14:30 Urban air mobility: safe, autonomous and cleaner

Victoria Jing Xiang – COO Europe and Latam, EHang

Alfredo Serret – Global IoT Director, Telefónica Tech

14:45 – 15:15 Telefónica’s Network evolution: Softwarization and automation as a way to boost monetization and …

Yelamate Mallikarjuna Rao – CTIO, Telefónica Germany

Cayetano Carbajo – Director of Core, Transport and Platforms Telefónica, Global CTIO

15:30 – 16:15 First steps of Open Gateway in Telefónica

David del Val – Telefónica Open Gateway Director

Debora Ignacio Bortolasi – Executive Director B2B, Vivo, Telefônica Brazil

Federico Vega – CEO de Frete.com

Albert Lang – Itau, Technology Executive

Pablo Benito Martín – Deloitte, Technology Consulting Partner

Antonio Galdo – Salesforce, Sr. Director, Solution Engineering

16:30 – 17:00 DEMOTOUR – Live demonstrations session

Guillermo Bataller – Transformation and innovation projects manager, Telefónica

27 February 2024

Time Session Speakers
10:00 – 10:45 Immersive virtual operating room. Revolutionising the future of robotic surgery with mSurgery

Eva Aurín – eHealth Expert, Telefónica España

Óscar García – Innovation Expert, Telefónica España

Dr. Jordi Tarascó – Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital

Dr. José Mª Balibrea – Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital

11:00 – 11:30 Press conference
12:00 – 12:45 Holographic meetings for the people: The next-gen solution powered by Telefónica’s 5G and Edg…

Maria Vircikova – CEO of Matsuko

Chris Penrose – Global Head of Business Development Telco, NVIDIA

Alex Harmand – Global CTIO, Core and Platforms Technologies Manager, Telefónica

David Moro – Global CTIO, head of Service platforms, Telefónica

13:15 – 14:15 Beyond automation: responsible AI in business unveiled

Elena Gil – IA & BIG DATA Director at Telefónica Tech

Javier Magdalena – Automation and CRM Director at Telefónica Spain

Carolina García Vázquez – Head of AI at Telefónica Global CTIO

Gabriela Ramos – UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences

15:00 – 15:45 Mobile network sharing: A new development model for Latin America

Mauricio Lizcano – Minister TIC of Colombia

Cesar Martín – Ministro de Telecomunicaciones y de la Sociedad de la Información de Ecuador

Teresa Gomes – CEO Internet para Todos

Alfonso Gómez Palacio – CEO Telefónica Hispam

Andrea Folgueiras – CTIO Telefónica Hispam

José Juan Haro – Chief Wholesale and Public Affairs Officer Telefónica Hispam

16:00 – 16:30 The technology behind the Liceu Gala Concert

Enrique Blanco – Telefónica Global CTIO

Andrés Vicente – President & CEO Ericsson Spain & Portugal

Igor Cortadellas – Creative and artistic director of the show

Ian O’Connell – Co-founder Musion 3D

16:45 – 17:30 Utiq, a successful collaboration among the European Telcos in the Advertising space

Marc Bresseel – CEO, uTIQ

Nuria de Andres Santos – Head of Global Media, Telefónica S.A.

José Luis Nuñez Vivanco – Chief Strategy Officer, Unidad Editorial

David del Val – Director, Telefónica Digital Innovation

18:00 – 18:30 Discover how Telefónica is becoming an enabler of Web3 and XR

Yaiza Rubio – Chief Metaverse Officer, Telefónica

Daniel Hernández – VP Devices & Consumer IoT Telefónica

Max Melcher – Lead Product Manager at Chainlink Labs

28 February 2024

Time Session Speakers
10:00 – 10:45 Industrial Resilience: the Importance of OT Connectivity & Cyber Security

Jose Antonio Cascallana – Industrial Cyber Security Product Manager, Telefónica Tech

Alberto Muñoz – Industrial Connectivity Product Manager, Telefónica Empresas

María Luisa Redondo Velázquez – Global Information Security Director, Horse

María Eugenia Borbore – Head of Business Development, Telefónica Empresas

Sergio Basconcillos – Process Engineer Director at Basquevolt

11:00 – 11:30 Press conference
12:00 – 12:45 Tactical 5G bubbles and network slicing in public networks: Robotics and augmented reality in critic…

Ángel Alves González – Innovation Expert, Telefónica España

Leticia López Domingo – Innovation Expert

Sergio Gamo Velasco – STAM Defensa y Seguridad, Telefónica I. Seguridad

Miguel Borja Cano – Head of Vertical Drones y Robotization, Telefónica I. Seguridad

Gustavo Medina – CEO XReallity Factory

13:00 – 13:45 Green and digital transition in key sectors: Water and Energy

Alfredo Serret – Global IoT Director, Telefónica Tech

Ana Belén Pociña – Head of ESG Offer and innovation

Belén Díaz-Guerra Calderón – Head of the Transport Network Planning area, Redeia

Guillermo Pascual Gisbert – Director of the Solutions and Technologies division at Veolia

14:00 – 14:30 Towards a New Generation of Edge and Cloud

Juan Carlos García – SVP Technology Innovation and Ecosystems, Telefónica

Fidel Jesús Fernández Gómez – Director of technology & IT transformation, Telefónica España

Daniel Ribaya – Director of Cloud Products & Services, Telefónica Tech

15:30 – 16:00 Wayra Unleashed: A Tale of Telco Transformation in the Open Gateway Galaxy

Irene Gómez – Director Telefónica Open Innovation & Wayra CEO

Alex Marti – CEO & Co-Founder, Mitiga

Rodrigo Bernardinelli – CEO & Co-Founder, Digibee

Maria Vircikova – CEO & Co-Founder, Matsuko

Alex Algard – CEO & Co-Founder, Hiya

16:15 – 17:00 Industry 4.0 – digital transformation enabled by private networks

Sandeep Raithatha – Head of Innovation and 5G Private Networks, Virgin Media O2 Business

Dario Cesena – CEO Geprom, Part of Telefónica Tech

17:30 – 18:15 AI logistics – The artificial intelligence revolution in logistics centers

Daniel Guisado – CIO Würth España

Alejandro Alonso – Innovation Expert, Telefónica España

Sergio Sellers – Product Manager Computer Vision, Telefónica Empresas

29 February 2024

Time Session Speakers
10:00 – 10:30 Augmented employee experience: Generative AI use cases

Belén Espejo González – Head of People Business Development, Telefónica Empresas

Bruno Lago Prieto – AVs and Generative AI Business Development Manager, Telefónica Empresas

11:00 – 11:30 5G Multicam – VR 360 in Real Time

Alejandro Ugarrio – Atleti Lab director and digital development deputy director, Atlético de Madrid

Juan Jose Rodríguez Lupiañez – Innovation expert, Telefónica España

Ana Vega Viejo – Innovation expert, Telefónica España

12:00 – 12:30 How Startups and Corporates disrupt the market together – The WiseCX, Telefónica and Wayra case

David Cabrera – CEO, WiseCX

Fernando Asín – Head Marketing SMEs, Telefónica España

Matilde de Almeida – Business Development, Wayra

2023

Telefónica Summary at MWC 2023

2023 Transformation Handbooks

Complete programming Agora 2023

Monday, 27th February 2023

TimeSessionSpeakers
11:45 - 12:45Creating Developer-Ready Telco ServicesChema Alonso – Chief Digital Officer, Telefónica
Mark Evans - Chief Strategy, Development & Alliances Officer, Telefónica
Jason Zander – Executive Vice President, Microsoft
David Carmona – General Manager Strategic Missions &Technologies, Microsoft
Pablo Benito - Cloud Transformation Partner, Deloitte
13:00 - 14:00Open Gateway - Making collaboration with our strategic partners a reality for our networksDavid del Val - Open Gateway Director, Telefónica
Alex Martins Salgado - Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Telefônica Brasil
Ross Ortega– VP Product Management, Azure for Operators, Microsoft Azure
Amir Rao - Director Telco Product Management, AWS
14:30 - 15:00Immersive Remote Rehabilitation for Multiple Sclerosis (live demo)Vanesa Montoya - Innovation Expert, Telefónica
Irene Cañizares - Innovation Expert, Telefónica
Ana María Vega – Innovation Expert, Telefónica
15:30 - 16:00Open Gateway - Telefónica's journey towards network softwarization. Exposing network capabilities for future telco servicesCayetano Carbajo – Director for Core, Transport and Service Platforms at Global CTIO, Telefónica
16:30 - 17:00DEMOTOUR - Live demonstrations session Guillermo Bataller - Transformation and innovation projects manager, Telefónica
17:30 - 18:15Developing strategies for web3 and metaverseDaniel Hernández - VP Devices & Consumer IoT, Telefónica
Yaiza Rubio - Chief Metaverse Officer, Telefónica
Hugo Swart, VP & General Manager of XR Qualcomm

Tuesday, 28th February 2023

TimeSessionSpeakers
10:00 - 10:30The next 5G: Standalone (SA) and Network Slicing for real use cases (live demo)Juan Cambeiro - Innovation Expert, Telefónica
Irene Cañizares - Innovation Expert, Telefónica
Juan Jose Rodriguez - Innovation Expert, Telefónica
11:00 - 11:30Official presentation of LaCabina
11:45 - 12:30The smart factory: manufacturing, maintenance, and logisticsDario Cesena CEO of Geprom, Part of Telefónica Tech
Pablo Martin Garcia, responsible partner for Automotive EMEAL of NTT DATA
Jesús Martín Tello, responsible for Business Development for Telecom & Media EMEAL of NTT DATA
13:00 - 13:505G Drones, present and future (live demos)Leticia López Domingo – Innovation expert, Telefónica de España
Ángel Alves González – Innovation expert, Telefónica de España
Lorena Senador-Gomez - Director, Telefónica Ingeniería de Seguridad
Miguel Borja - Responsable Defensa, Telefónica Ingeniería de Seguridad
Jose Damián García- Director of Integrity and Security, La Liga
14:15 - 14:45Remote digital twin: joining robotics and 5G (live demo)Alejandro Alonso Portero - Innovation Expert, Telefónica
Vanesa Montoya - Innovation Expert, Telefónica
Ignacio Verona - Telecommunications Partner Engineer - Google Cloud
15:00 - 15:30Connecting 5G IoT from space worldwideJuanjo González - Head of IoT connectivity Telefónica Tech
Jesus Millón Millán - Head of Strategic Alliances & Business Development at Telefonica Global Solutions
Gianluca Redolfi - CCO at Sateliot
16:00 - 16:30DEMOTOUR - Live demostrations sessionGuillermo Bataller - Transformation and innovation projects manager, Telefónica
17:00 - 17:30Aristeo – the industrial God of the OT bees for cybersecurityJose Antonio Cascallana Arroyo - Manager C4IN Cybersecurity Centre, Telefónica Tech
18:00 - 18:30Digitalisation of the mining industry: the success of our customers Jorge Luis Azaldegui Zelaya – Head of Sales Specialists, Telefónica Tech
Andrés Escribano - Industry 4.0 & New Business Director, Telefónica Tech
Klever Morvely – Transformation and Busines Relationship Manager at Minera Las Bambas.

Wednesday, 1st March 2023

TimeSessionSpeakers
11:00 - 11:30Putting open innovation to work: the case of Solar360 Gonzalo Pérez - Wayra Head of Business Development
Alberto Cortés - CEO & Cofounder of Ezzing Solar
Guillermo Barth - CEO Solar 360
12:00 - 12:30Official presentation of the sports centre of the future
13:00 - 13:30SMEs and the digital todayBegoña Goicoechea Luis - Director of SME Sales at Telefónica
Xavier Meseguer Casas - Founder - President KPsport Group
14:00 - 14:30Educational robotics: from consumers to digital creators (live demo)Belén Espejo Gonzalez - Education expert, Telefónica
Juan María López Rufo - Education expert, Telefónica
15:00 - 15:30Smart & sustainable agricultureAna Belén Pociña Hijosa – Environment and Human Rights Directorate, Telefónica S.A.
Paz Revuelta - New Business Product Manager, Telefónica Tech
16:00 - 16:45Latest alliance models to meet Latin America´s connectivity challengesAlfonso Gómez Palacio - CEO Telefónica Hispam
José Juan Haro Seijas - Director Negocio Mayorista y Asuntos Públicos, Telefónica Hispam
Saúl Kattan - Consejero de la Presidencia de la República de Colombia y Presidente de ECOPETROL
Andrea Folgueiras - CTIO, Telefónica Hispam
Verena Weber - Head of the Communication Infrastructures and Services Policy Unit, OECD
José Miguel Torres - CEO ON*NET Fibra Chile
Ximena Mora - CEO ON*NET Fibra Colombia
17:00 - 17:30Cloud Computer Vision, for everyone and everywhere (live demo)Sergio Sellers Cañizares – Product Manager, Telefónica
Antonio León – CEO Etiqmedia
18:00 - 18:30Transforming the Modern Workplace: the role of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Assistants (live demo)Bruno Lago Prieto – Business Dev. Manager, Telefónica
Enrique García Lopez – Business Dev. Manager, Telefónica

Thursday, 2nd March 2023

TimeSessionSpeakers
10:00 - 10:30Telefónica and Unmanned Life: partnering for autonomous solutions in the Security industryJorge Muñoz - VP Business & Marketing at Unmanned Life
Marc Ferrer - Business Development, Telefónica
Miguel Borja Cano - Innovation Manager, Telefónica Ingeniería Seguridad
11:30 - 12:005G in Extreme Sports: Sail Grand Prix Cadiz experienceVictoria Aznar, Marketing Director Spain SailGP
Juan Cambeiro, Innovation expert, Telefónica

2022

Telefónica Summary at MWC 2022

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Complete programming Agora 2022

Monday, 28th February 2022

TimeSessionSpeakers
12:30 - 13:30Telefónica Digital CoreJosé María Alonso - Chief Digital Officer, Telefónica
Alberto Granados - President Microsoft Spain
14:00 - 14:30Holographic Telepresence with Carolina Marín, World & Olympic Badminton champion (live demonstration)Juan Cambeiro – 5G Customer Innovation, Telefónica España
Carolina Marin – World & Olympic Badminton champion
15:00 - 15:305G robotics for industrial environments supervision (live demonstration)Vanesa Montoya Grijalba - 5G Innovation expert
Alejandro Alonso Portero - 5G Innovation Expert
16:00 - 16:45DEMOTOUR - Live demostrations sessionGuillermo Bataller - Responsable de proyectos de transformación e innovación, Telefónica
17:00 - 17:30Open RAN in TelefónicaMaite Aparicio – Head of Open RAN – Global CTIO Telefónica
17:45 - 18:15New challenges of personal and digitalised mobilityJoaquín Balsera García – Director de Marketing y Negocio Internacional en Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)
César Sánchez Gómez – Gerente Administraciones Públicas Cataluña y Aragón (Telefónica de España)

Tuesday, 1st March 2022

TimeSessionSpeakers
9:30 - 10:00The future of mobility in the smart cityLeticia López Domingo - 5G Innovation Expert
Alejandro Alonso Portero - 5G Innovation Expert
10:30 - 11:305G Gaming Arena Powered by TelefónicaGamers TBC
12:30 - 13:155G Imagine infinite possibilities for your business (live demonstrations) Agustin Cardenas – Director of Digital Transformation of Enterprises
Juan Manuel Cambeiro – 5G Innovation Expert
Vanesa Montoya Grijalba – 5G Innovation Expert
Antonio Dvorak - Head of Value Proposal, Communication, and Innovation Center
13:45 - 14:15Predictive maintenance with 5G DronesAndrés Escribano Riesco. Director Industry 4.0 & New Business - Telefónica Tech AI of Things
14:30 - 15:00The Future is here, Telefonica's Headquarter Drone Protection (live demonstration)Fabián Blanco Ortiz – Chairman and CEO, Telefónica Ingeniería de Seguridad
Miguel Borja Cano – Head of Defense and National Security, Telefónica Ingeniería de Seguridad
Nicholas Zylberglajt – CEO, Unmanned Life
15:15 - 16:00A Rural Manifesto for LatamAlfonso Gómez Palacio – CEO, Telefónica Hispanoamérica
Andrés Jacome - Director Ejecutivo ARCOTEL Ecuador
Gema Sacristán – Chief Investment Officer, IDB Invest
José Juan Haro Seijas – Director Negocio Mayorista y Asuntos Públicos, Telefónica Hispanoamérica
16:15 - 16:45DEMOTOUR - Live demostrations sessionGuillermo Bataller - Responsable de proyectos de transformación e innovación, Telefónica
17:00 - 17:45Smart cities: Success stories of digital transformation projects of local administrationsMiriam Díaz Herrera - Concejala de Turismo, Comercio, Mercados y Relaciones Institucionales del ayuntamiento de Santander
Juan Antonio Bermejo – Head of Innovation Service Cabildo La Palma
Gastón Navarro - Subsecretary of Technology and Informatics of the city of Buenos Aires
Diego López Román – Marketing & Business Development Manager - Telefónica
18:00 - 18:45Enabling Metaverse-ready networks: A Telecom Infra Project Birds of a FeatherVish Ponnampalam - Tech Lead, Meta
Rashan Jibowu - Product Lead, Meta
Rick Lievano - WW CTO, Telecom Industry, Microsoft
Juan Carlos García - Senior VP of Technology and Ecosystem, Telefónica
Víctor Fernández - Manager Network as a Platform, Vodafone

Wednesday, 2nd March 2022

TimeSessionSpeakers
10:00 - 10:30Industrial Cybersecurity: challenges and solutions (live demonstration)Vicente Segura – Head of OT&IoT Security Telefónica TCCT
Unai Ayúcar – CTO of Alias Robotics
11:00 - 11:30Reinventing the future of portsAgustín Moro- Head of Global Partnerships Telefonica Open Innovation
Agustín Cárdenas – Director Transformación de Negocios Empresas
Inês Oliveira - Global Head of Telefónica Open Future
Mafran Martínez – CTO Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva y Responsable Puerto Huelva
Antonio Torregrosa- Managing Director Fundación Valenciaport
12:00 - 12:305G - VR Endoscopy QuirónPedro Rosón. Head of Gastroenterology Department Hospital Quirón Salud Málaga, IEDA Director, Board Member Spanish Endoscopy Society.
Juan Jose Rodriguez Lupiañez, Innovation Expert Telefonica España
13:00 - 13:30Why do we need smart buildings?Carlos Martínez Miguel – Global Director IoT, Big Data & AI Solutions and Services, Telefónica Tech
Mariano González Villellas – Director de la División Inmobiliaria, Grupo Iberebro
14:00 - 14:30A country of digitalised SMEsJavier Vizcaíno - Director SMEs, Telefónica España
15:00 - 15:30Digitalization for a green transitionJosé Frasquet– Director de Estrategia, Consorcio de Consorcio de Valencia 2007
Maya Ormazabal Herrero - Directora de Medio Ambiente y Derechos Humanos, Telefónica S.A.
Sergio de los Santos Vilchez – Director del Área de Innovación y Laboratorio, Telefónica Tech
16:00 - 16:30INESCUBE PROTECT: The artificial eye that sees the chemistry of things (live demonstration)Daniel Kumpel – CEO, INES OPTICS SL
Guillermo Bataller - Transformation and innovation projects manager, Telefónica
Blanca Drake, Head of Open Innovation Marketing, Telefónica
17:00 - 17:30New ways of working: digital tools and skillsBelén Espejo González – Head of HR Business Development, Telefónica
María del Pilar Río Maeztu - Vertical Education Leader, Telefónica

Thursday, 3rd March 2022

TimeSessionSpeakers
10:00 - 10:30Open Innovation: Startups shaping Telefónica’s futureHernan Bastiani – Head of Business Development at Wayra Barcelona
Eulàlia Grau - CFO de Volava
Albert Rodés – CEO Watchity
Javier Polo – CEO Councilbox
11:00 - 11:30Virtual Assistants and RPA: Efficient Citizen ServiceBruno Lago Prieto – Business Development Manager. Telefónica
Juan María Lopez Rufo – Business Development Manager. Telefónica
12:00 - 12:30Blockchain on the streetsJose Luis Núñez - Responsable global de Blockchain en Telefónica Tech

2021

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