The Mobile World Congress draws to a close with more than 60,000 attendees  

After two years marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mobile World Congress has returned, attracting more than 60,000 professionals between 28 February and 3 March at the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona. For yet another year, the TIC Salut Social Foundation was there, with a spot at the Digital Catalonia stand.   

The theme of this year’s edition was “Connectivity Unleashed” and it focused on 6 thematic axes: Artificial Intelligence, 5G connectivity, the use of the cloud (CloudNet), digital finance (FinTech), the metaverse and the technological horizon. Under this banner, the most influential congress in the world of the connectivity industry has fully recovered the face-to-face format, with more than 1,500 exhibitors and 1,000 speakers. In parallel to the MWC, the Four Years From Now (4YFN) event was also held. 4YFN is an international benchmark in terms of connecting startups, investors and companies and in promoting new business opportunities. 

Catalonia looks up  

Among the projects which the TIC Salut Social Foundation presented at the Digital Catalonia stand was the Health/ AI Programme, the European project INCISIVE (which aims to use artificial intelligence for diagnosing and detecting cancer), the work of the Data Protection Officer’s department and the App Certification Service of the mHealth Office. Promoted by the Department of the Vice-Presidency and the Department of Digital Policies and Territory of the Generalitat de Catalunya under the slogan ‘Catalonia looks Up‘, this stand also provided 52 other Catalan companies, organisations and technology centres with the opportunity to share their most innovative projects in the field of ICTs.  

For the first time, Digital Catalonia showcased an innovative 360º holographic experience designed to show the benefits of IoT/5G connectivity as well as the space missions that are being carried out with nanosatellites within the framework of the NewSpace Strategy for Catalonia. Furthermore, there was a presentation of one of the Vice-Presidency’s most strategic projects: the AINA project, which uses data technologies and Artificial Intelligence to teach machines to understand and speak Catalan. 

Finally, the congress also hosted the second edition of the Open Innovation Challenge, organised by the Department of Business and Employment, through the ACCIÓ programme; a B2B meeting between the key agents involved in the innovation ecosystem. 

Watch this Fundació TIC Salut Social’s participation at MWC