MWC19 Day 4: Protect and serve, a new motto

by David Vindel

EMEA Practice Leader Technology
February 28, 2019

MWC19 Day 4: Protect and serve, a new motto

Protect and serve has been the motto of the Los Angeles police since 1963, and it is a motto the MWC19 congress embraced by taking very seriously the topics of protection and how best to serve the industry. MWC19 is handling sensitive subjects such as digital wellness and digital trust – two areas that once … Read more

MWC19 Day 3: Innovation thriving at MWC2019

Shows like MWC19 tend to be the perfect stage upon which companies can reveal their latest innovations and this year’s MWC19 delivered plenty. Hard to summarize everything, but there are three groups with which we can classify the innovations that will affect all of us. These deserve special attention because they stood out to media … Read more

MWC19 Day 2: Nothing artificial about AI at MWC2019

Artificial Intelligence has made a huge impact on human interaction with machines, in industries such as finance, healthcare, travel, utility, and telecom. It’s only right, then, that AI should be exploited by exhibitors at MWC19. The show features robots like the XR series robots, the Smart Service Robot that can man reception areas, and a … Read more

What to expect at MWC 2019

MWC19

In just over a week’s time the wireless world convenes at the Mobile World Congress descends upon Barcelona. MWC19 Barcelona will attract more than 107,000 professionals from over 200 countries and territories, with over 2,000 journalists registered – each of them asking the same question: What’s new? Many companies wait until the show starts to … Read more

WheelSwap: Making the Road Safer with Behavioral Science

Cyclists

Anyone who has ever failed to accomplish a New Year’s Resolution knows that changing one’s habits poses myriad difficulties. In particular, our decisions to change our ways are often motivated by negative emotions, such as fear of early death or guilt from overeating for example, which previous research has found less successful than efforts motivated … Read more

Rakuten Optimism 2018: A Fellow’s Perspective

Rakuten

One day, one focus: optimism. That was the word that stood out after attending the Rakuten Optimism event in San Francisco. Not only did this retail and marketing conference bring together innovators in e-commerce and digital media, but it also connected the Bay Area tech community with each other. As recent Fellows at the H+K … Read more

Strategic Partnerships: How the Government Innovates

Innovates

Conventional wisdom holds that governments are not particularly good at innovating. And while there are plenty of examples to support that notion, there is also a growing and global portfolio of examples that suggest quite the contrary. A few examples: Providence, Rhode Island, USA: Children from lower-income families weren’t being exposed to enough spoken words … Read more

Smart City-zens Required

smart cities

Unsurprisingly, smart cities are high on the agenda at CES this year, with a dedicated smart city showcase focused on bringing this most utopian of ideas to life. According to Navigant Research, we can expect to see a global market for smart city solutions and services of $97.9 billion in 2026. The development of smart cities … Read more

3 Questions with H+K US CEO Alex Jutkowitz

Leading up to Holmes Report’s Global PR Summit, PRovoke17, we asked Alexander Jutkowitz, H+K US CEO, to tell us his perspective on the changing communications landscape. Alex will join the event as a panelist discussing navigating change in a new reality.How can brands innovate faster in a world of uncertainty?It all starts with how you define uncertainty. … Read more