11th February 2014, London:

The Hot Topics team has today announced two new sponsors and an all-star speaker line-up ahead of its 4th Barcelona event on Monday 24th February. EY and Aimia have joined existing partners; Barclays, Qualcomm Ventures and Telefonica Digital.

Hot Topics, which hosts showpiece events in Barcelona, Stockholm, New York, Silicon Valley and London, in addition to creating a monthly publication, has become recognised as the platform through which global technology leaders, innovators & influencers connect, understand and shape the industry.

Featuring leaders and innovators from across the mobile eco-system, the following panel has been announced:

Tomer Kagan, Quixey
Lynda Smith, Twilio
Ojas Rege, Mobile Iron
Martin Hayward, Aimia
Jonathan Dharmapalan, EY
Ian Small, Telefonica
Di-Ann Eisnor, Waze
At this event, delegates will be treated to the following highly-interactive panel discussion:

What’s Red Hot?
Away from the madding crowds of the Congress itself, each panellist will be asked to select the biggest news story of the show and outline why the news is important and how it will change the industry in 2014. The other panellists will react, provoking stimulating debate and the audience will be invited to ask questions where appropriate.

Hot Topics has a pedigree in attracting the some of the global technology industry’s most influential executives to its events. Each event comprises thought-provoking debate on the industry’s most pertinent topical issues. This is then followed by a high-level networking session with the panellists and other delegates.

“We pride ourselves not only on the calibre of our speakers and attendees, but also on the provocative debates we stimulate during our events,” said Philip Randerson, Founder, Hot Topics and Group CEO of 360 Leaders. “Critically, our events provide an exclusive networking opportunity for our industry’s seasoned executives, investors and hottest start-ups. At Hot Topics we also facilitate elevated commercial activity through the wider networking we provide”.

Hot Topics is an invitation-only platform for the top influencers of the global technology industry to connect through a monthly publication and five global events. More details can be seen here www.hottopicsevents.com Invitations may be requested here: http://www.hottopicsevents.com/events/barcelona-2014.

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