Mobile World Congress 2013

Jul 31, 2012

Mobile is more pervasive than ever before and soon nearly everything around us, people and things, will be connected. Mobile has forever changed the way we communicate, the way we conduct business, the way we manage our lives, and the way we are entertained. The possibilities for future innovations are nearly endless.

During the four days of Mobile World Congress, the 2013 conference programme will highlight the impact of mobile on individuals and businesses – in developed and developing markets – across a range of industries. As always, the conference programme will challenge and educate attendees, providing essential insights on the latest technological developments, market opportunities, next-generation services, and devices which are shaping mobile communications.

Thought leaders and industry experts from the most influential companies within the expanding mobile value chain will be participating in more than 40 conference sessions at Mobile World Congress, from thought-provoking and visionary keynote presentations to interactive panel sessions, all addressing the most pressing topics in mobile.

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Vertical Disruption

Dr. Paul E. Jacobs

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm Incorporated

As more and more verticals and business sectors adopt mobile technology, the Connected Lifestyle seems ever closer to being realized. What can we learn from the success stories and setbacks alike? Join CEOs from across the value chain as they share their thoughts and experiences of the transformative power and disruptive nature of mobile.

February 25, 2013

Panel: Back to the Future: Mobile Innovation 2023

Peggy Johnson

Executive Vice President, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and President, Global Market Development

Visit the future of mobile communications at the next-generation mobile innovation session in Mobile World Congress 2013. This demo-heavy session will attempt to predict the mobile future through pitch presentations from young, inventive start-ups and keynote speeches from established industry innovators.Delegates will be invited to vote on the innovation that will make the most impact to the future of communications and social interaction in 10 years' time as 6 companies pitch their concept in a battle for recognition by our panel of industry investors and to gain the lead in our audience vote.

February 27, 2013

Panel: Health: Innovating for global health

Rick Valencia

Vice President & General Manager, Qualcomm Life

Taking a look at what's new and what's coming through in mobile health. During this session Innovators will showcase the future of health, from new uses for standard mobile technology to new devices with the potential to revolutionise the field, while examining what makes an enabling environment for mobile health innovation.

February 27, 2013

Panel: Devices - MWC round up and look into the future

Raj Talluri

Senior Vice President of Product Management

In this session, experts will debate the trends and stand-out announcements from the event, and will consider what’s next for mobile devices.

February 28, 2013

Webinar: What is next for HSPA+?

Jan 23, 2013

9:00am PST

We reached a billion connections for the HSPA family in 2012 and Dual-Carrier is now deployed by over 100 operators. So what are the next steps for HSPA+, both in the near and long term?              

Tune in to this webinar to learn more about HSPA+’s role in 1000x, the dual-Carrier evolution and upcoming commercial progress, voice enhancements, spectrum innovations, and the future HSPA+ evolution.             
Check it out: http://www.fiercewireless.com/offer/qualcommhspa?source=qualcomm

Rasmus Hellberg

Senior Director, Technical Marketing

Rasmus Hellberg is a senior director of Qualcomm’s technical marketing team, where he focuses on the wireless evolution and related technologies. Rasmus has spent more than 15 years in the wireless industry and started his wireless career in product management, working on the Japanese PDC system and the first commercial WCDMA products.

February 13, 2013

Real time visual methods for shape-based object detection and RGB-D camera relocalisation

Mar 12, 2013

Detecting objects and computing pose are two central requirements for a range of agile systems in robotics, wearables and mobiles. Developing methods that are fast to operate and train is of critical importance in particular if new information needs to be incorporated immediately into the system.

This talk will cover two methods we have recently developed for real-time (framerate) training and operation. The first is aimed at scalable, textureless, and multi-object detection based around the idea of scanning paths. We build a tractable approach to extract edge configurations described with invariance to scale and rotation and that importantly allows for in-situ training and detection. This method works on conventional RGB cameras and is amenable to work on low processing platforms such as mobiles.

The second method aims to rapidly compute the pose of an RGBD camera visiting a space previously mapped. This problem known as relocalisation is key to develop agile perceptual systems that can go in and out of 3D environments where precise 6D estimation of pose is important such as for Augmented Reality, assembly guidance or manipulation. The method uses a regression approach and is fast enough to replace tracking altogether