SUNDAY

1 March 2026

16:00 – 19:00

Meet 500+ Media at ShowStoppers
(paid event, rsvp anke@ecosystemservices.nl)

18:00 – 22:00

NL@MWC Delegation Kickoff Reception and Dinner in Barcelona
(Registration for this event opens soon).

MONDAY

2 March 2026

All day

NL Pavilion, NL Startup/4YFN Pavilion and Knowledge Missions
Join

08:30

Fira is open to the public

10:00 – 11:00

Meet the Dutch, Guided Tour through the NL Pavillion.

Registrate here

11:00 – 12:30

NL Talks at the NL Pavilion CS54
(program is following soon)

  • SemiBlocks introduces revolutionary new oscillators for industrial 5G and portable radios
    • Christiaan van der Sluijs CEO SemiBlocks
  • Prison Tablets, the safe way to guide prisoners back to society
    • Jeroen de Muijnck Managing Director Sectra
  • Quantum Safe Networks

11:00 – 12:00

Visit the European Innovation Council booth for executives and companies (Registration for this event opens soon).

11:00 – 12:30

Navigating the Future:
Connectivity Solutions for the North Sea and BeyondPanel
Location: Connected Industries, Hall 4,
(Registration for this event opens soon).

  • Pedro Mur, NTT Data, Partner – Head of Mobility, Transport and Logistics
  • Jens Buysse, City Mesh, Research Manager, Telecommunications Expert, and 5G Innovator
  • Sebastian Tan, ST Engineering Advanced Networks & Sensors Pte. Ltd., GM, Advanced Connectivity LOB, Head, Enterprise Communications BU.
  • Raymon Berkhout, Dari Group, CEO and Inland Shipping Ambassador
  • Nick Roullier, SES, Vice President of MECA Regional Sales & Partner Management

 

Moderators:

  • Jo Gilbert, GSMA, Technology Director – Manufacturing and Production Lead
  • Anke Kuipers, Ecosystem Services, Managing Director

13:30 – 14:30

Meet the Dutch, Guided Tour through the NL Pavillion.

Registrate here

14:30 – 15:30

NL Start-up Pitch @ 4YFN hall 8.1

15:00 – 15:30

NL Talks at the NL Pavilion CS54
(program is following soon)

  • Stephane Ouaki, Head of Department at European Innovation Council and SMEs
  • Frits Grotenhuis, Director Digital Holland
  • Paul Wijngaard, Alliance Director 6G at Future Network Services
  • Inge Tijhaar, Head of Commerce Europe CM.com

Moderator: Paul Timmers, Geopolitics and Technology, Prof University of Leuven, Research Associate University of Oxford, WeltWert®️

16:15 – 16:45

NL Talks at the NL Pavilion CS54
(program is following soon)

Panel discussion: Telecoms for EU digital strategic autonomy

  • Paul Naastepad Managing Director at Eurofiber Netherlands
  • ⁠Ingrid Romijn CEO at Q*Bird
  • ⁠Georg Serentschy Managing Partner at Serentschy Advisory Services GmbH
  • ⁠Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho, Head of Unit Future Connectivity Systems, DG CONNECT, European Commission.


Moderated by Paul Timmers, Geopolitics and Technology, Prof University of Leuven, Research Associate University of Oxford

17:00 – 17:05

Groupphoto at the NL Pavilion CS54

17:05 – 17:15

Official opening of the NL Pavilion.

  • Dirk Beljaarts, Minister of Economic Affairs (Economische Zaken)
  • Roel Nieuwenkamp, Ambassador to Spain
  • Frits Grotenhuis Director of Digital Holland

17:15 – 18:30

Networking drinks at the NL Pavilion

Powered by NLconnect & Ecosystem Services

19:30 – 23:00

NL@MWC Community Night Barcelona
(become our sponsor)
(Registration for this event opens soon).

  • Organised by: Ecosystem Services
  • Co-organised by: Digital Holland
  • Made possible by: Eurofiber, SPIE, CleverMobi, FrontierEU

TUESDAY

3 March 2026

All day

NL Pavilion, NL Startup/4YFN Pavilion and Knowledge Missions
Join

08:30

Fira is open to the public

09:00 – 10:00

Breakfast at the NL Pavilion

10:00 – 11:00

Meet the Dutch, Guided Tour through the NL Pavillion.

Registrate here

11:15 – 11:45

NL Talks at the NL Pavilion CS54
(program is following soon)

  • Kelly Richdale, SandboxAQ – Senior Advisor/ WEF – Executive Fellow
  • Steven Moore, Head of Climate Action at GSMA


Moderated by Tieneke Breemhaar from WaytoSustain, partner of Ecosystem Services

13:30 – 14:30

Meet the Dutch, Guided Tour through the NL Pavillion.

Registrate here

14:45 – 15:15

NL Talks at the NL Pavilion CS54
(program is following soon)

  • IoT Inflection Points: From Smart Metering to Massive Scale
  • You cannot just switch off 2G!
    • Boudewijn van de Moesdijk, Technical Sales and Product Manager BroadForward
  • Spie and KPN join forces in the private 5G market
    • Ruud Sijben Business Developer Spie
    • Paul Cobben Sector Developer Manufacturing & 5G Innovation Lead KPN

17:00 – 19:00

International Network reception at the NL Pavillion CS54
(become our sponsor)

19:00 – 22:30

Future Network Services Diner
(invite only)

WEDNESDAY

4 March 2026

All day

NL Pavilion, NL Startup/4YFN Pavilion and Knowledge Missions
Join

08:30

Fira is open to the public

08:30 – 10:00

International Network Reception outside of the Fira
(Registration for this event opens soon).

10:00 – 11:00

Meet the Dutch, Guided Tour through the NL Pavillion.

Registrate here

11:00 – 11:30

NL Talks at the NL Pavilion CS54
(program is following soon)

  • Deepen Relationships With Every Interaction with a touch of AI
    • Guylaine Berge, Senior Product Marketeer at CM.com
  • Leading in sustainable Indoor networks

14:00 – 15:00

Meet the Dutch, Guided Tour through the NL Pavillion.

Registrate here

15:00 – 15:30

NL Talks at the NL Pavilion CS54
(program is following soon)

  • 20 Years of Huawei NL and the road to a sustainable future!
    • Sebastiaan Smit, Sales Director Benelux Public, Huawei Enterprise Business Group
  • Developing a Circulair Router
    • Melanie Kubin-Hardewig, GCR VP at Deutsche Telekom
    • Ole Schilling, Climate Lead at Deutsche Telekom
    • Monique Lempers, Chief Impact Officer at Fairphone

17:30 – 18:30

Glomo Awards ceremony.
Location: Hall 6.

17:00 – 19:00

Networking drinks at the NL Pavillion CS54
(become our sponsor)

20:15 – 23:00

Wednesday night event

THURSDAY

5 March 2026

All day

NL Pavilion, NL Startup/4YFN Pavilion and Knowledge Missions
Join

08:30

Fira is open to the public

10:00 – 11:00

Meet the Dutch, Guided Tour through the NL Pavillion.

Registrate here

11:00 – 12:00

The Cube NL at the NL Pavillion CS54
(become our sponsor)

At The Cube NL the Scale-ups will share their challenge with the audience and the CUBE panel existing of:

  • Marco Sprenkels, Country manager Netmore BeNeLux
  • Lenneke de Voogd-Claessen, Program Lead 6G Ecosystem – Future Network Services
  • Mark Beermann, Director Ecosystem Services

–
11:00 Welcome and introduction of the day and panelist
11:05 Q-Bird
11:10 Game Distribution
11:15 Future Connections
11:20 Molano
11:25 Techbinder
11:30 Axelera
11:35 Sun Led
11:40 Semi Blocks
11:45 Chat License
11:50 Closing statements

16:00

Last toast in Barcelona on a great event!

Live stream of theCUBE

The program is subject to change!