Tuesday, October 21
Pre-Conference Sessions

4G World Executive Summit
Chair: Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer,Yankee Group

Mobile Applications &
Developers Summit

Sponsored by Netbiscuits
Chair: Carl Howe, Director of Enterprise Software Research, Yankee Group
9:00am The Mobile Internet:
State of the Industry & Global Perspective
Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group
Mobile Web Development Strategies
Carl Howe, Director of Enterprise Software Research, Yankee Group
9:30 4G Technology Executive Roundtable
Chris Pearson, President, 3G Americas
eBay and Mobile Commerce: A Natural Fit
Francesco Rovetta, Director eBay Mobile, eBay
Next Generation Mobile Web Development
Michael Neidhöfer, CEO, Netbiscuits
10:30 Networking Break
10:45 Mobile Advertising - Why aren’t more brands on the Go?
Bruce Stewart, VP & GM, Connected Life Americas, Yahoo!
11:30 The Android Opportunity: Mobile Internetfs Next Step
Ian McKerlich, Director of Mobile Web and Content Services, T-Mobile USA
12:15pm Networking Lunch
Tracks New England Mobile Summit
Chair: Mark Lowenstein, CEO, Mobile Ecosystem
4G World Executive Summit
Chair: John Jackson, VP, Yankee Group
Netbiscuits: Mobile Web Developerfs Best Practice Workshops Android Developerfs Workshop
1:30

Leadership Panel: Wireless Industry Directions, Opportunities, and Challenges

Panel: The Evolution of Mobile Internet Devices

Moderator: John Jackson, VP, Yankee Group

Designing for mCommerce - eBayfs New Mobile Web Concept
Ken Sun, Group Product Manager, eBay
An Introduction to Android
Justin Mattson, Android Developer Advocate, Google
2:30

New England Mobile Showcase: Companies at the Forefront of Whatfs Next in Wireless

Panel: Devices and Operating System Wars

Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Rethink Research

Get The Most from Your WAP site: Best Practices for Mobile Advertising Sites
Nick Lim, Director of Products, Nokia Interactive Advertising
Building an Android Application 101
Justin Mattson, Android Developer Advocate, Google
  Networking Break
3:30

Myth or Fact: We Don’t Do Consumer

Panel: Opportunities for Consumer Electronics Vendors

Robert Eckert, COO, 3Italia

Global Online Live Events – “The Speaks” On Multiple Media Platforms
Tom Bendien, Business Development Manager Web 2.0 & Mobility, Cisco
Getting Technical: Building Android Applications
Justin Mattson, Android Developer Advocate, Google
 

Networking Break

4:00

The Investment, Talent, Educational and Organizational Infrastructure

4:30

Panel: Monetizing 4G Mobile Internet Services

Moderator: Ari Banerjee, Research Director, Service Provider Software Solutions, Yankee Group

How to Create Successful Mobile Services as Publisher and MVNO
Dr. Ulrich Schmitz, Head of New Business/Technology, Axel Springer
Fireside Chat with Rich Miner
MJ Nash, Chief Strategy Officer, Wandersmart

Rich Miner, GM Mobile Platforms, Google

5:30 Pre-conference program concludes