Let's welcome our first sponsor... Headforwards

The Headforwards team are no strangers to Swedish Beers and are a previous sponsor. It's great to have them back!

Headforwards is both a consultancy (advisory and strategy) and a delivery partner for your software solutions. They're now 12 years old and are a trusted partner of clients in sectors including insurance, financial services, health, global communications and local authorities. 

Join Toby and his lovely team and find out how they've delivered value for over 120 different clients with one of the lowest attrition rates on the market. You can also find out how they support the local, growing digital community in Cornwall and form a key part of the annual Agile on the Beach festival. Oh, and they'll have some beer tokens to hand out too.

Swedish Beers - The "Are We Really Doing This Again?" Edition in Barcelona on Wednesday 28 February 2024

Yes, it's that time of year mobile friends. The GSMA is expecting about 90,000 of us to descent on Barcelona at the end of the month for our annual shindig celebrating all things mobile technology. And thanks to you lovely lot making last year's reunion sooooo good, we are coming back to Barcelona one more time. If you are an executive working in or with the mobile industry please do RSVP. Feel free to share with your friends and colleagues too.

We're back at Space Cowboy as they looked after us so well last year. We'll be open from 7pm until late. No admission after 01:00. We will revert to a pay bar if/when the beer tokens run out. Photo ID (eg. your MWC pass) may be required. We reserve the right to refuse admission. 

The format will be the same as previous years - a relaxed evening, no formalities, no presentations. Please come with an open mind, be prepared to see friends old and new, chat, enjoy a drink or three (courtesy of our sponsors) and have yourself a good time. Oh, and leave the ties, the corporate personas and the sales spiel at the door! There's no need for them here. The Swedish Beers crew and the friendliest bar staff in town will be on hand to welcome you.

If you'd like to support the party by being a sponsor, please get in touch with Helen. The more sponsors, the more beer tokens. Last-minute supporter level options are available allowing you to have your own beer tokens to distribute on the night.

See you in Barcelona.

Skål

Helen and Team Swedish Beers

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Please note, RSVP'ing here or on Facebook DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU ENTRY! We managed to get everyone in who wanted to come last year so don't be put off! The queue does move quite quickly. All are welcome to attend if you are working in and around the mobile industry and enjoy a good chat. You may be asked for ID on entry. There might be a queue which usually goes down pretty quickly - Spanish licencing law requires us to keep to a specific capacity. We reserve the right to refuse entry. Beer tokens valid while bar tab lasts. No admission after 01:00.

Can you spot yourself?

The wonderful and talented Erika Erias (check her out on Instagram), once again did a lovely job of photographing Swedish Beers in Barcelona 2023. If you'd like to check out the photos, you can see them over on Flickr or you can view below.

Thank you to our sponsors, World Mobile, 51 Degrees and nquiringminds who helped make it all happen!

Let's welcome long-time attendees, first-time sponsors - nquiringminds to Swedish Beers!

Well, that was a lovely surprise in my inbox just now. Nick Allott and his team at nquiringminds have been coming to Swedish Beers for I don't know how long, but this is their first time sponsoring. So let's give them a very warm welcome!

About NQM

nquiringminds provides intelligent trusted systems, combining deep AI powered analytics with strong cyber secure fundamentals. It's a deep tech UK company, which since 201 has been successfully deploying its solutions into smart cities, health care, industrial, agricultural, fintech sectors, with defence and security becoming increasingly dominant.

The company also has an impressive pedigree: Cisco identified nquiringminds as being a Top 15 Company in IOT. They were awarded a Cabinet Office Open Data Champion Award, a Parliamentary Nomination for Innovation in Productivity and Most Innovative Solution award at the Ministry of Defences AI Hackathon. They won an IOT Boost award for their health care product line, and Cyber Savvy Company of the year award for their security credentials. 

The former UK Prime Minister , Teresa May, selected nquiringminds to represent the best of UK Innovation on her first ever trade mission. nquiringminds is one of only two SMEs to feature as a case study in the UK Governments £4.6 billion Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Whitepaper. They have featured as one of TMForums Industrial IOT 5G Catalyst projects and are a TechNation Cyber 2.0 alumni. Recently Techworks recognised nquiringminds as DeepTech company of the year in 2022. They are a DCMS UK’s Most Innovative Cyber SME 2022 finalist.

I think it's safe to say, they know what they're talking about!

Whilst in Barcelona, you'll find them at MWC in Hall 7 at 7A15 where they're launching two new products: 

TDXVolt: a zero trust services infrastructure platform and
CyberTDX: a cognitively enhanced cyber defence service designed for the internet of things (IoT)
Both products are the latest iteration of the TDX product family.

Find out more about that here and here

Welcome back to the 51Degrees team!

You know you're doing something right when previous sponsors want to get in on the action again. And that's exactly what's happened with the lovely people at 51Degrees. They are long time supporters of Swedish Beers and I'm thrilled to bits to welcome them back. As they're old hands at this, they can show you the ropes and they'll have a bunch of beer tokens to share out too.

So what do they do?

51Degrees does very nifty things with device detection. They've been doing this for a long time so really know what they're doing. They can provide you with real-time data super-powers for your digital business. So if you want an easier way to optimise your products, websites, apps and ads, chat to James and Paul on the night.

If you'd like to book a meeting with them, you can do that by emailing marketing@51degrees.com with the subject line "Let's chat at MWC23". 

You'll be able to spot James and Paul at Mobile World Congress and Swedish Beers as they'll be wearing red shirts with the 51Degrees logo.

A very warm Swedish Beers welcome to our lead sponsor - World Mobile!

I'm very pleased to announce the support of World Mobile for our Swedish Beers bash on Wednesday night. 

World Mobile wants to live in a world where everyone can participate in economic empowerment without the restraints of location or origin. They want to allow consumers to be able to make well-informed purchases and for businesses to thrive in the global market. Moreover, the World Mobile Team is on a mission to create an innovative, high-impact mobile network with a tangible socio-economic effect by connecting the unconnected and offering free telephony to otherwise isolated areas through partnership schemes.

Using blockchain technology at the core of their network, protection, security and the sovereignty of subscriber's data is at the heart of what World Mobile does. And by allowing subscribers to own and operate elements of the infrastructure, World Mobile is building distributed, censorship-resistant, trustless and borderless communication channels to emancipate people around the world.

Sounds pretty nifty, I'd say. James, Josie, Holly and the World Mobile Team will be able to tell you much more on the night. And of course, they'll have the beer tokens, so do search them out when you come!

Find out more about World Mobile over on their website or LinkedIn or contact Josie to arrange a meeting at their expo space at this year's Mobile World Congress.

If you haven't already registered, you can do that here: https://swedishbeersBCN2023.eventbrite.co.uk

Swedish Beers Barcelona #15 - The Reunion Edition Wednesday 1 March 2023

Yes, that's right, we're back! Fighting fit and raring to go.

Despite having had to take an enforced break due to the pandemic and family responsibilities, and despite thinking I was done with the whole mobile networking event thing, and despite not deciding to go to Barcelona until a week ago, here I am, hosting another Swedish Beers party for you all during the week of Mobile World Congress. 

I'm both thrilled to bits and a little bit scared at the same time as I'm a bit out of practice. But with the outpouring of Swedish Beers love from so many people and amazingly supportive sponsors and friends, I'm delighted to tell you that we're back one more time. This one will be my 15th Swedish Beers party in Barcelona!

As usual, we'll be expecting a down-to-earth crowd of mobile execs from all areas of the industry keen to chew the fat about all things mobile over a drink or three. 

Our lead sponsor is World Mobile who have found an innovative way to connect the last mile for the half the planet who are currently unconnected. 

You do need to register to come and we reserve the right to ask for ID on the door. And if it's busy, there may be a short wait to get in. Please be patient with us if that happens. We will do our best to get everyone in.

What: Swedish Beers BCN #15 - The Reunion Edition

Where: Space Cowboy, Carrer dels Carders, 31, Barcelona 08003. 

Nearest metro: Jaume 1 / Urquinaona / Arc de Triomf

Time: 19.00 until late. Last entry 01:00

RSVP: Required - no entry without RSVP. ID may be required.

Food will be available to buy on the night.

Skal and see you there!

Helen and the Swedish Beers crew.