My presentation on the future of connectivity at Telecoms World Middle East TWME 2015, Dubai

It was a pleasure to be at this unique event. Thanks to Terrapinn for asking me to do this keynote.

Here are the slides from today: high res via dropbox (42 MB PDF) or

Connectivity Future Telecommunications ICT Gerd Leonhard Dubai Futurist Public-web 12MB PDF

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: CONNECTIVITY AS THE VEHICLE AND DRIVER OF INNOVATION

•   Outlining the vision, the possibility and the pathway through the digital transformation
•   Imagining the IoT world and the role of the operator
•   Adding value to the core services and becoming a lifestyle platform
•   The three telcos of the future

And here is a short summary movie clip (animated slides)

Be sure to watch this related film I released released

Visit TheFutureShow.TV for more future-related videos

And some best-of’s images, as usual:)

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