Keynotes and speaking sessions​

Meet our speakers at MWC 2026

Featured speakers

Speaker

Justin Hotard

Nokia, President, CEO, Interim President of Mobile Infrastructure
Session: Keynote 10: Blueprints for the Intelligent Future.​
Date & Location: 4 March 2026 10:00 – 11:00 CET | Main Stage, Hall 4

Speaker

Pallavi Mahajan

Nokia, Chief Technology and AI Officer
Session: 6G, Cloud, Edge, AI: The New Power Stack for Industrial Leadership
Date & Location: 2 March 2026 09:00 – 10:15 CET | Marconi Stage, Hall 6

Monday, March 2

Speaker

Pallavi Mahajan

Nokia Chief Technology and AI Officer
Session: 6G, Cloud, Edge, AI: The New Power Stack for Industrial Leadership​
Date: Monday, March 2​
Time: 09:00 - 10:15 CET
Location: Marconi Stage, Hall 6

Speaker

Kal De

Nokia, SVP of Core Software, Mobile Infrastructure
Session: Agentic AI Summit
Date: Monday, March 2
Time: 09:00 - 13:00 CET
Location: GSMA Summits Stage, Hall 6

Speaker

Aji Ed

Nokia, VP, Head of AI-RAN, Cloud RAN and SMO
Session: Networks on Autopilot: When AI Takes the Wheel​
Date: Monday, March 2​
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 CET​
Location: Marconi Stage, Hall 6

Speaker

Marcelo Cheminn Madruga

Nokia Core Software, Head of Portfolio Technology & Architecture
Session: 5G Future Summit​
Date: Monday, March 2​
Time: 15:00 - 19:00 CET​
Location: GSMA Summits Stage, Hall 6

Tuesday, March 3

Speaker

Ari Kynäslahti

Nokia Mobile Infrastructure, SVP and Mobile Networks CTO
Session: O-RAN ALLIANCE Summit - Capturing Open, AI-enabled RAN Opportunities Today and in Tomorrow’s Open 6G​
Date: Tuesday, March 3​
Time: 09:00 - 13:00 CET​
Location: Partner Theatre 3, Hall 8.0 – 4YFN & Partner District

Subho Mukherjee

Speaker

Subho Mukherjee

Nokia, VP and Global Head of Sustainability
Session: Deutsche Telekom panel: Committed beyond today: Sustainability as strategic telco logic
Date: Tuesday, 3 March
Time: 10:00 CET
Location: Hall 3, Booth 3M31

Session: GSMA roundtable: A lifeline for the displaced high-level roundtable
Date: Tuesday, 3 March
Time: 12:30 - 13:30 CET
Location: Ministerial programme meeting room 1CC5

Speaker

Shkumbin Hamiti

Nokia, VP, Head of Network Monetization Platform
Session: AI at the Gateway: Where Networks Learn to Earn​
Date: Tuesday, March 3​
Time: 13:15 - 14:00 CET​
Location: Marconi Stage, Hall 6

Stawros Orkopoulos

Speaker

Stawros Orkopoulos

Nokia, Senior Staff Standardization Specialist, DMTS
Session: Post Quantum Cryptography Readiness, Standardization and Migration
Date: Tuesday, 3 March
Time: 15:00 - 17:15 CET
Location: GSMA Summits Stage, Hall 6

Speaker

Lieven Levrau

Nokia, Senior Director, Product Strategy
Session: Beyond Connectivity: From AI Ambition to Infrastructure Reality
Date: Tuesday, March 3
Time: 15:00 - 18:30 CET
Location: Partner Theatre 5, Hall 8.0 – 4YFN & Partner District

Speaker

Jean Lawrence

Nokia, Vice President, Global ABM and Field Marketing
Session: Is AI-as-a-Service the Next Growth Frontier?​
Date: Tuesday, March 3​
Time: 16:30 - 17:15 CET​
Location: Turing Stage, Hall 6​

Wednesday, March 4

Speaker

Justin Hotard

Nokia, President, CEO, Interim President of Mobile Infrastructure
​Session: Blueprints for the Intelligent Future​​
Date: 4 March 2026
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 CET
Location: Main Stage, Hall 4

Thursday, March 5

Speaker

Sami Ranta

Nokia General Manager, Real-time Extended Reality Multimedia (RXRM) unit
​Session: Sports and Entertainment Summit: Connectivity Revolutionising Sports and Entertainment​
Date: Thursday, March 5​
Time: 10:30 - 12:00 CET​
Location: Connected Industries, Hall 4

Speaker

Francesca Sartori

Nokia, Head of Environmental & Responsible AI Leadership
​Session: How Green is Your Bottom Line?​
Date: Thursday, March 5​
Time: 11:15 - 12:00 CET​
Location: Marconi Stage, Hall 6

Find Nokia at MWC 2026

2 - 5 March 2026
Hall 3 – Stand #3B20
Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain

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