Industry Event: Mobile World Congress 2025

March 3rd - 6th 2025

Industry Event: Mobile World Congress 2025

Barcelona, Spain

March 3rd - 6th 2025

The IOWN Global Forum will have a significant presence at MWC 2025 this year. The Forum will have a booth showcasing the importance of IOWN technologies, with exciting demos, at Hall 2, Stand 2B40.

The Forum will also host a Partner Programme session on Tuesday, 4 March, from 15:00-19:00 CET, at Partner Theatre 5, Hall 8.0, titled “Five Years to 2030: Paving the Path to Sustainable Development Goals with IOWN Technology.” This half-day program includes three sessions, during which experts will introduce IOWN technology and the Forum’s vision of the new future, discuss how this technology can help address growing data center demands, and consider its potential influence on the development of 5G and beyond.

Speakers include:

Dr. Katsuhiko Kawazoe

NTT Corporation,  
Senior EVP, CTO

Michiaki Hayashi

KDDI Corporation,
GM, Infrastructure Technology Research

Derrick Buckley

Microsoft Asia,
Regional Business Lead for
Media and Communications

Giovanni Manto

Nokia,
Vice President

Takehiro Nakamura

NTT Docomo,
Chief Standardization Officer

Jefferson Wang

Accenture,  
Senior Managing Director,  
Global Network Practice Lead

Ralph Rodschat

Ciena, VP,
Global Sales Engineering

Chris Wright

Red Hat,
CTO and SVP of Global Engineering

Toru Maruta

KDDI,
Executive Officer,
Technology Planning & Strategy

Masahisa Kawashima

NTT Corporation,
IOWN Technology Director

Jongyoon Shin

SK Telecom, Team Lead,
Wireline & Transport Network Dev

Dr. Gonzalo Camarillo

Ericsson,  
Head of Implementation Components

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