Program
- KEYNOTES:
- Bruce Stewart, VP & GM, Connected Life Americas, Yahoo!
- Ian McKerlich, Director of Mobile Web and Content Services, T-Mobile USA
- 4G World Executive Summit
Including keynote addresses from:
- Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group
- Chris Pearson, President, 3G Americas
- Mobile Applications and Developers Summit
Enterprises seek a strategic, affordable roadmap to develop next-generation wireless applications. Spend the morning learning various mobile web development and deployment strategies, as well as the plethora of open source mobile devices and platforms that can deliver services and applications quickly and cost effectively. Including keynote addresses from:
- Carl Howe, Director of Enterprise Software Research, Yankee Group
- Francesco Rovetta, Director eBay Mobile, eBay
- Michael Neidhöfer, CEO, Netbiscuits
- New England Mobile Summit
A showcase of New England’s next generation wireless companies, as well as sessions highlighting leaders in the mobile ecosystem. Presented by Mobile Ecosystem.
- KEYNOTES:
- Emily Nagle Green, CEO, Yankee Group
- Steve Elfman, President of Network Operations and Wholesale, Sprint Nextel
- Anand Chandrasekher, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Ultra Mobility Group, Intel
- Erik de Kroon, Head of Marketing for Internet Discovery, Vodafone
- Anthony Lewis, VP of Open Development, Verizon Wireless
- Marcelo Vieira, General Manager, OMAP Business Unit, Texas Instruments
- TRACK 1: Mobile Enterprise & Security
Recent high profile database breaches have brought the need for carriers and enterprises to improve the security of personal and corporate data. These sessions include topics on subscriber data management, securing work and home identity information, as well as securing applications that can be accessed anywhere.
- TRACK 2: Mobile Transactions Workshop
Three sessions offering an in-depth overview of mobile payments and banking, mass transit services, as well as emerging applications. The sessions will also cover the growing importance of security and privacy when data is exchanged over mobile wireless networks.
- TRACK 3: Media & Advertising Opportunities for the Mobile Internet
There are a growing number of opportunities to leverage mobility and the mobile user experience. This group of sessions will focus on how media companies can evolve next-generation technology into long-term businesses.
- TRACK 4: Mobile Content & Entertainment
The opportunities for delivering more than just voice communications, email, and internet browsing in the mobile environment are vast. However, average wireless users are not certain what they expect from this relatively new medium. These sessions will cover market opportunities, the connection between content and consumer, as well as how to measure demand for the growing mobile entertainment market.
- KEYNOTES:
- Rich Miner, EVP of Mobile, Google
- Shashi Kavi, CTO Broadband, Internet and Media Group, Ericsson
- Sophia Stuart, Director, Mobile, Hearst Publications
- Len Lauer, EVP and Group President, Qualcomm
- Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software
- TRACK 1: Mobile Social Networking
Media companies, advertisers, content developers and mobile operators all recognize the tremendous opportunity for mobile social networks. But are there room for more services of this type? How will legacy services translate into the mobile world? Where do mobile social networks fit in the enterprise space?
- TRACK 2: Mobile Internet World Venture Forum
The mobile internet is truly an ecosystem, with a vast number of business models ready to drive adoption and revenue to the next step. These sessions will explore how players will attract venture and angel financing, as well as how companies will survive as credit markets continue to tighten.
- TRACK 3: Location Based Services
Location Based Services (LBS) offer a wide variety of opportunities for service providers and new application developers to monetize the mobile internet. But technical, regulatory and business model barriers still inhibit its potential. These sessions will examine the inhibitors, as well as the potential of such services beyond simple navigation, including potential for a vast array of enterprise applications.
- TRACK 4: Examination of Mobile Internet Business Models
These sessions will provide practical insights into the creation of sustainable business models based on the combination of the internet with mobile connectivity. They will examine the issues from the point of view of both mobile and internet players and focus on key services that will evolve around the growth of anywhere connectivity and the specific capabilities of advanced mobile networks.
