Under the motto 'Seville, where 5G leaders meet', FIBES will host the 5G Forum 2022

The main multidisciplinary meeting around 5G technology held in Spain, 5G Forum, will take place at the Exhibition and Congress Palace – FIBES (Seville) between May 9 and 13, with a first in-person day.

After celebrating its 2018 and 2019 editions in Malaga, and two years of celebration in online format, the meeting organized by Medina Media Events It arrives in Seville in 2022, extending its days to a total of five days, the first of which will be in person and the rest virtual. The meeting brings the debate on 5G technology to the Andalusian capital, bringing together projects, companies and experts who will reflect on the latest news and advances in the sector in Fibes.

The inauguration will be chaired by the mayor of Seville, Antonio Muñoz, together with the general director of Telecommunications and Regulation of Communication Services in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Arturo Azcorra, prestigious Spanish scientist, professor and Telecommunications engineer, recognized as the pioneer of Internet research and Network Science in Spain, who in 2020 received the European Redinald Fessenden award, awarded by the ACM-MSWIN International Conference for his contribution to core of 5G networks.

After the success of the last edition, which brought together more than 750 executives from 281 companies and 4,195 virtual attendees, this edition presents not only a hybrid format, but also a complementary program of networking informal y cultural for the guests. The objective of the Seville City Council is, in addition to referring to Seville as the technological capital of Southern Europe, that the participants in the 5GF22 have an immersive and first-hand experience in the city.

The international relevance that the 5G Forum has achieved in its four previous editions is evident by the participation of professionals from companies from 18 countries, among which managerial profiles such as CEO, CIO, CTO and directors of business innovation, product innovation, strategy, marketing, as well as consultants and researchers.

Las virtual sessions, held on the Medina Media Events platform, will be available this year to accredited visitors to be viewed on demand. In addition, the platform offers the possibility for each attendee to have their own agenda of meetings with other companies, with other participants or with the speakers, who will also offer question and answer sessions during the event. In the 2021 edition of the 5G Forum, the Medina Media Events platform received 4,195 visitors from 43 countries, highlighting the 3,152 visitors from Spain.

Seville in the 5G race

Seville has been one of the first Spanish cities to offer a favorable framework for the development of 5G technology.

On the one hand, the pilot project launched on the PCT Cartuja has represented a key deployment of this disruptive technology in a real environment.

Likewise, the implementation of new projects linked to 5G in other strategic spaces, such as the Real Alcázar or the FIBES itself, not only allow the promotion of 5G and its very wide spectrum of applications, but also improve the quality of the experience that visitors and residents get in the city.

In this sense, the organization of the 5G Forum abounds in the positioning of Seville as an Intelligent and Sustainable Tourist Destination, a shared city model that has in FIBES a think tank for development based on innovation and for the promotion of new networks and technologies such as those applied in the Smart Tourism Office and its Sustainable Urban Tourism Laboratory, whose tourism intelligence and telecommunications systems measure the impact of tourism in the city to offer companies a safe context for decision-making, the search for solutions and tourism entrepreneurship.

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