Opening MWC23 – 8:00

11:45 – 12h15 : Panel Deeptech and European sovereignty by Clara Chapaz – Director of the French Tech. Hall 8.1.

14:30 – 15:00 : Trends of the 5G by Sergi Figuerola-Fernández, CTO/CIO @i2CAT Spanish Reseaxh Foundation & @5GBarcelona. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5B61

15:00 – 16:30 : Welcome on the French Pavilion by Laurent Saint Martin, Director General of Business France, followed by a tour. Hall 5 – 5B41 and 5B61

16:00 – 17:00 : Networking cocktail by the SCS cluster – Lounge area 5B41

20:30 – 00:00 : French Tech Cocktail, Deeptech and European Sovereignty theme. Fabrika Moritz Barcelona.

Opening MWC23 – 8:00

10:00 – 10h15 : Presentation of the Digital Infrastructure Award, by Philippe le Grand, President of Infranum. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5

10:15 – 10:30 : Presentation of the Innovation Award to the most promising French company exhibiting in the Pavilion, by Karine Dussert-Sarthe, Director of Innovation Marketing & Design at Orange. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5B61

10:30 – 11:00 : Intervention of the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), United Arab Emirates with Dr. Thierry Lestable, Executive Director. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5B61

11:00 – 11:30 : Intervention of Telecom Italia with Paolo Murri, Head of Business Development.Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5B61

11:30 – 12:00 : Financing your startup in France or in Spain, what are the differences? Introductory remarks by Flavien Noël, Director of Pole Action Media. Bastien Bouchut, Cabinet B&R Partner, Muriel Moscardini, French Tech Madrid, Guillaume Rostand, French Tech Barcelona, Marc Sztulman, Regional Councillor of Occitania in charge of Digital. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5B61

13:00 – 13:30 : Intervention of Comprion Germany “How to Mitigate Interoperability Issues between eSIM Profiles and Devices”, Dr. Marcus Dormanns. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5B61

14:00 – 14:30 : Presentation of Infranum and its export actions, by Philippe Le Grand, president of InfraNum and Marianne Brunat, president of the international export commission, VP Orange. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5B61

14:30 – 15:00 : How to ensure operational efficiency and access security with Kron? With Tuna Dabak, Product Owner

15:00 – 15:30 : Presentation of OVH – The challenges of quantum computing with Fanny Bouton – Startup Program and Quantum Lead. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5B61

16:00 – 16:30 : Intervention of Fraunhofer IPT “5G use cases and their potential for manufacturing”, Pierre Emanuel Kehl, Research Group Leader “Digital Infrastructures”. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5B61

16:30 – 17:00 : What are the best practices for setting up a business and creating a network in Spain? With Aurélie Chamerois, journalist at Equinox Barcelona, Laurent Gauze, Vice-President of Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole in charge of the economy and President of the CCI of Pyrénées-Orientales, Christian Marion-Carreras, Director of the French CCI of Barcelona, Javier Miguel, Tech Coordinator for South of Europe at Business France. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5B61

17:00 – 17:30 : How to increase economic collaboration between France and Spain (in Spanish). Introductory remarks by Pierre Roca, President of the Pôle Action Média and Director of the Idem Creative Arts School. Xavier Bernard-Sand, Director of the Pyrenees-Mediterranean Euroregion, Olivier Ramadour, Consul General of France in Barcelona, Armelle Revel-Fourcade, Mayor of the City of Le Soler and Vice-President of Perpignan, Méditerranée Métropole delegated to cross-border partnerships, A representative of the Catalan economic development agency ACCIÓ. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5B61

17:00 – 18:00 : Crêpe Party of Bretagne Commerce International. Lounge area 5B41

18:00 – 18h45 : Visit of ARCEP on the French Pavilion in hall 5B41 & 5B61

19:30 – 23:30 : French Time Barcelona Cocktail by Pôle Action Media at IDEM

Opening MWC23 – 8:00

10:00 – 10h30 : Atos Germany presentation. “Beyond the network – a telecom ship for 5G” by Jean-Claude Geha, SVP Global Head of Telecom, Media and Technologies Industries. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5.

11:00 – 11:30 : Intervention of Comprion Germany. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5

12:00 – 12:30 : Colt Technology Services presentation “Edge to Cloud for enabling SmartX – particularly cities, offices and buildings” by Aaron Partouche, Innovation Development Director. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5.

13:00 – 13:30 : Comprion presentation “Testing of eSIM-Controlled Mobile Device Features”, Andreas Bertling, Managing Director. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5

13:30 – 14:00 : Round-table “Open innovation, feedbacks on the cooperation between large groups and startups” by François Dufour, Open Innovation Hub Director of Orange, with Rafael Guillet and Olivier Dhotel, co-founders of BloomFlow and FireCell. Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5

15:00 – 15:30 : Intervention de Comprion “M(V)NO eSIM Profile Creation and Validation – Take Control!”, Jens Christoph, Managing Director. Espace Keynote du Pavillon France en hall 5

17:00 – 18:30 : Orange Startup Networking Cocktail on the Orange booth. Invitation by Karine Dusert-Sarthe EVP Orange innovation, Marketing and Design & Jérôme Berger, CEO Orange Ventures. Stand 3K10 Hall 3.

Opening MWC23 – 8:00

9:20 – 9:50 :

5G streaming : where are we going? Avec Yann Begassat, Business Development Director for 5G & Xavier Leclercq, VP Business Development, at Broadpeak. Espace Keynote area of the French Pavilion in hall 5B61