HP Discover 2013 – Barcelona kicks off next week, starting December 10, 2013. It will run until December 12th at the Fira Barcelona GranVia in Barcelona, Spain.  SiliconANGLE will be there, live-streaming exclusive interviews and providing analysis throughout the event.  Watch our live broadcast on theCUBE, at SiliconANGLE.tv.

This year the conference will feature hundreds of sessions focused on the hottest topics in the industry today including Big Data, converged cloud, mobility, security, and risk management.

About the event

This year’s main stage speakers from HP will include Meg Whitman, CEO and President; George Kadifa, Software EVP; Mike Nefkens, Enterprise Services EVP; Bill Veghte, Enterprise Group EVP and GM; and Dion Weisler, Printing and Personal Systems EVP.

Track keynotes will be given by HP employees including Paul Evans, Global Marketing, Worldwide Lead Application Transformation; Saar Gillai, Cloud SVP and GM; Pradeep Jotwani, LaserJet and Enterprise Solutions; Tom Joyce, SVP and GM for Converged Systems and Enterprise Group; and Herbert Koeck, SVP Printing and Personal Systems Group and Managing Director, EMEA, as well as Diego Lopez, Telefonica Head of Technology Exploration, Global CTO Unit.

One of the highlights of the event will be the HP Discover Zone. HP claims that this is not a traditional expo, as it is the heartbeat of the show. This is the area for conversations and investigation, and will be featuring Product Pavilions, Solution Pavilions, Exhibiting Partners, Innovation Theater and Discover Theaters.

Watch live!

If you can’t be at HP Discover 2013 – Barcelona in person, you can still check out the latest buzz by following it on Twitter @HPDiscover or #HPDiscover or checking out HP Discover’s Facebook page, its blogs or its YouTube channel.

theCUBE, SiliconANGLE’s premiere video production, will also be covering the event. You can check out live interviews on SiliconANGLE.tv where our hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante will be sitting down with top brass attending the conference. You can also get the latest news here at SiliconANGLE or follow Furrier and Vellante on Twitter @furrier and @dvellante, respectively.

What to expect

HP’s been under a great deal of pressure to deliver on the many changes its made in the past two years, but the company is still struggling amidst its massive turnaround. HP’s cache of products, particularly 3PAR’s all-flash capabilities and Vertica’s Big Data appeal, are central to the company’s long term goals, being amongst the most noteworthy product acquisitions and launches for HP during this transition.

Though HP’s cash flow remains good and the company is steadily paying down its debt, its “PC business is still problematic,” says Wikibon co-founder and cohost of theCUBE, Dave Vellante.  He goes on to note the strength of HP’s printer business, as well as the company’s most recent earnings that brought a surprisingly good quarter for its server business.

Where HP is still looking to gain traction is in cloud and mobile markets, and the public sector.  In its hopes to broaden business beyond the private cloud, HP recently hired Stuart Bladen, the company’s new head of public sector business for HP’s UK offices.

We may also see some new product lines revealed at HP Discover Barcelona, and Vellante expects anticipates these new products will have to do with storage, applying a “storeonce and storeall” approach to the datacenter.