John Hoffman, executive organizer, Mobile World Congress “4 Years From Now” pavilion

‘4YFN’, Barcelona. Mobilium Global chief executive Ralph Simon seen reconnecting at 4YFN with John Hoffman, CEO & organiser of the Mobile World Congress conventions worldwide, CEO of the GSMA Ltd, 4YFN (Four Years From Now) & CEO of Barcelona Mobile World Capital.

Hoffman said: “The GSMA’s idea is always to do something to incubate companies & ideas that couldn’t afford to be at Mobile World Congress or weren't yet ready for it. 4YFN has become a great mechanism to bring to Barcelona a different part of the digital & mobile ecosystem world: startups, new entrepreneurs & investors. We need to keep focusing on this ecosystem to help grow what will drive the mobile & innovation industry 4 years from now".
MWC attracted 109,000 attendees from 198 countries including more than 7,900 CEOs & 2,400 companies. 4YFN attracted 23,000+ with its total focus on startups from more than 90 countries. The distinguished Israeli innovation expert Yossi Vardi chairs 4YFN.

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Indian advertising leaders with innovator & investor, Yossi Vardi

Tel Aviv. Indian ad industry leaders with legendary Israeli innovator & tech guru, Yossi Vardi (centre in white striped/check shirt) & the IAA delegation led by Neeraj Roy of Hungama Digital, India. Yossi gave a spell-binding speech to the delegation explaining just why Israel is the world’s leading “Start-Up Nation”.

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Advertising Industry World Congress, Kerala, India with Unilever chairman, Paul Polman

 

Mobilium Global chief executive & interviewer Ralph Simon reconnects with Unilever CEO, Paul Polman, one of the most far-sighted business leaders of his generation, after his compelling keynote talk at the World Congress of the International Advertising industry in Kerala. One of the world’s leading advocates for sustainable business models, Paul formally retired from his role on January 1st after 10 years as Unilever CEO in which he championed his Sustainable Living Strategy, now a key tool for all businesses globally, to benefit from a Sustainable Business Model. His vision led to Unilever brands growing by 46% and improving profitability by 70%. Bravo Paul !

 

 

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Visioneering Valedictorians in Kochi, India

Kerala, India: BollywoodHungama.com founder & CEO, Neeraj Roy; Mobilium Global chief executive, Ralph Simon; & Didier Rappaport, original co-founder of The Daily Motion & now, founder of Happn, the mobile app that’s revolutionising dating. Happn has near 40 million users worldwide & operates across 40 countries in 50 cities including Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, New York City, London, Madrid, Paris, Mumbai, Sydney, Moscow & Singapore. These 3 were speakers at the World Congress of the International Advertising Association in Kerala, India, the world's major bi-annual global advertising Congress.

 

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Good sparks were flying at "Media Honeypot” in Helsinki

Helsinki, Finland. Good sparks were flying at the Nordics’ top annual media gathering - l to r: Pia Kalsta, CEO of Finland’s leading newsmedia, magazine, TV, Radio, Events & Classified advertising giant, Sanoma Media Finland, with interviewer & moderator Mobilium Global chief executive Ralph Simon, & Merja Yla-Anttila, Chief Executive of Finland’s National Public Service Media company, YLE - whose 4 TV channels & 24 regional radio stations reach 99% of all Finns. Media Honeypot has grown to become the must-attend Nordics’ annual media conference attracting top cross-media execs from Scandinavia, the Nordics , Europe, UK & USA.

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World Summit Award winners on stage at 4Gamechangers, Vienna

World Summit Award winners & experts participated on stage at the important 4Gamechangers Festival, Austria, produced by ProSieben Sat.1 PULS 4 TV.
Centre of the pic: The WSA Team - WSA Director, Nora Wolloch (in green top) , Carlos Breijo Linares, Liene Ulmane, Matthias Kandler
WSA Experts and Board: Ralph Simon (in yellow top) - Chief Executive of Mobilium Global UK & Shinta Dhanuwardoyo (in pink top) , WSA Expert Indonesia & CEO Bubu.com, Indonesia
WSA Winners: Gica Trierweiler, from Beaba, Brazil
Japleen Pasricha, from Feminism in India, India
Rohayl Varind, from Slumschool, Pakistan
WSA Network Austria:
Mathias Haas (pictured back in centre), WSA Youth Ambassador and CEO Supersocial, Austria
Toni Chung, (front left) WSA Friend and Coach, Austria
Markus Raunig, CEO Austrian Startups, Austria

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Global Health Innovation: From Big Data to Small Devices

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Yossi Vardi: What it Takes to create a Successful Startup Ecosystem

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Shane Smith, Founder of Vice Television

Stockholm, Sweden. Ralph Simon, Mobilium Global chief executive as he reconnects & meets up with Shane Smith, the remarkable co-founder & chair of Vice Television - the amazing, edgy channel that has transformed modern television.

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