Track A:
1:15-1:55pm Panel: Operators and innovation
From app stores to open APIs, what's the operator's role in the app economy?
- Beyond shipping bits: What are the viable services in billing, location, advertising, cloud?
- How can carriers leverage network assets and their customer relationships to innovate in service delivery?
- What is the role of carriers in app discovery?
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Track B:
1:15-2:15pm Panel: Wallet wars: The race to contactless mobile payments
- Market leaders from across the global ecosystem explore the future of mobile payments, NFC and the mobile wallet.
- Which of the various different approaches have longevity? Who will get scale first and how?
- Banks, operators, credit cards and authentication: Who does what in the new world order?
- How big is the market opportunity?
- Will standardization occur and how will this facilitate the market?
- How important is global reach?
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1:55 - 2:15pm Pricing and packaging mobile broadband
- Pricing and packaging mobile broadband: What are the options for new customer propositions, that also make good business sense?
- The mobile data business case: What's the role of network sharing and partnerships?
- What's the role of the application community? Revenue sharing models, and network friendly app development
- What's the business case for 4G?
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2:15 - 2:35pm Fireside Chat: Connected Car
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2:35 - 2:55pm Next generation carrier: Thoughts on operator of the future
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2:55-3:15pm Evolution of the mobile experience: All your devices are belong to us
Scott explores the transition to third wave of computing. We have advanced from workstations to mobile devices and now emerge into a phase where modern computing experiences are progressively being driven by dynamic compositions of sensors, monitors, devices, data, and services.
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2:15-3:15pm Panel: Video everywhere and the future of TV
- Multi-screen media models TV Everywhere, Internet TV, live streaming to tablets – which look set to dominate (in the multi-screen media era)
- Connected TV: How (and when) will Internet-connected TV's change the game? The end of the set top box?
- TV gets social – and interactive. How?
- The second screen: Where the smartphone meets the tablet and the connected TV
- Monetization: How can we monetize the multi-screen world? Changing business dynamics, rights and windowing strategies across the connected devices.
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- Albert Cheng, EVP Digital Media, Disney/ABC
- Marc DeBevoise, SVP & GM Entertainment, CBS Interactive
- Francisco Varela, Global Head of Platform, You Tube
- Daniel Danker, GM Programmes & On-Demand, BBC
- Pete Distad, VP Distribution, Hulu
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3:15-3:25pm Monetizing the cloud: The next generation multi VAS
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3:15-3:25pm WiFi offload: The key to mobile content delivery
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4:00–4:50pm Panel: Taking the connected home to market
- What are the applications that can drive consumer adoption? From energy monitoring and home security to healthcare and wellbeing
- Where are the revenue opportunities and what's the business case? Service bundles, maintenance contracts and more
- Who does what? How is the relationship between the operator and the consumer products company evolving? What might the successful partnering strategies be?
- What are the implications of a networked open eco-system of devices in terms of data revenues?
- Once devices are connected, what are the opportunities for open APIs for 3rd party app development?
- What's the significance of the trend to mobile as remote control for the connected home? How about the home hub?
- Who will own the home? Electronics company, operator, utility provider? What's Apple's plan?
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- Harry Wang, Director of Research, Parks Associates

Speakers:
- Jin Sung Choi, SVP, LG Electronics
- Jason Topel, VP Product, Pandigital
- David Rose, CEO, Vitality
- Eric J. Bruno, SVP, Verizon Telecom
- Scott Moore, VP/CMO, Best Buy Mobile
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4:00–4:50pm Panel: Mobile advertising
- How do we make mobile advertising a real business? Lessons from the front line
- What are the latest innovations in mobile advertising? From cookies and data-mining through to new techniques for yield management
- Innovations in ad formats: Offers, incentivized installs, ad retargeting - and dealing with deal fatigue
- How is the market for video advertising evolving?
- What are advertisers buying today and where are they seeing the returns?
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- Andy Miller, General Partner, Highland Capital (formerly Apple)
- Gene Keenan, VP, Isobar
- Todd Haskell, VP Advertising, New York Times
- Brandon Lucas, VP and GM Mobile, Black Entertainment TV
- George Bell, CEO, Jumptap
- Isaac Babbs, SVP, Millennial Media
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4:50-5:00pm Apps on SIMs: Bringing Facebook to the global mass market
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4:50-5:00pm Spotlight presentation
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5:00-5:50pm Panel: Mobile video: Innovations in delivery and monetization
Exploring the opportunities to improve mobile video delivery in next generation networks, including:
- How can we leverage innovations in mobile video delivery to turn the challenge into an opportunity for mobile operators?
- What are the latest innovations that will improve the management of mobile video?
- What's the business model? How can content providers and carriers collaborate to monetize mobile video?
- What can content and app publishers do to create services that will enhance the customer experience while being network efficient?
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- Kevin Shatzkamer, Chief Mobility Architect, Cisco
- Peter Yared, CTO, CBS Interactive
- Biren Sood, CEO, Vasona Networks
- Robert Khedouri, VP, SanDisk
- Emer Delos Reyes, Director, Verizon Wireless
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5:00-5:50pm Panel: mCommerce and the future of shopping
Leading online and physical retailers share their experiences leveraging the mobile channel to enhance shopping. What's delivering results today, and where is the growth moving forward?
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Track A:
1:15-2:05pm Panel: Apps, tablets and the open mobile enterprise
With smartphones and tablets arriving in enterprises through both direct and consumer channels, we explore how enterprise CIOs can leverage open mobile platforms and apps for enterprise IT:
- Which apps are driving productivity gains today? From mail, calendar and contacts – to video, cloud collaboration and beyond
- Where is the innovation happening? What are the opportunities for large software houses, for independent app shops – and for in-house development?
- Tablets: Which tablets have the edge for enterprise users today? Which features do CIOs want?
- The latest in security, enterprise management features, enterprise app stores and built-for-tablet apps
- Will open platforms drive a rethink in enterprise IT concepts of control, and how we manage the boundary between personal and corporate device usage?
- What do CIOs want from the next generation of carrier services?
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- Charaka Kithulegoda, CIO, ING Direct
- Dr Ferdinand Velasco, Chief Medical Information Officer, Texas Health Resources
- Dickie Oliver, VP Global IT, YUM! Brands
- Srinivas Krishnamurti, Head of Mobile Solutions, VMware
- Susie Wee, VP, CTO, Cisco
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Track B:
1:15-2:05pm Panel: Take your tablets: Future of publishing
This session explores the new business models emerging as news, magazines and books/ more extend to smartphones and tablets.
- Is mobile a business, or a brand builder for publishers?
- Business models: How do advertising, subscription and fremium models stack up today? Is 30% fair and how can we change it?
- The new frontier: Are tablets the killer device for print?
- Where’s the growth, and what’s the stickiest? Mobile and tablet titles, supporting apps or non-editorial apps?
- From writers, paper and ink to aggregators, platforms and developers: What are the new economics of the publishing business?
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2:05-2:55pm Panel: Apps, movies and merchandising: The future of entertainment brands
- How do you monetize brands in a multi-screen world? From long tail to premium content, advertising, apps, merchandise, virtual goods and more
- Entertainment apps: Where's the money? App as marketing channel, or real business in its own right?
- Live streaming and music / movies on demand – will more iTunes-like channels emerge from the tablet manufactures – or will they be usurped by a more open web–like distribution system?
- How can mobile be net additive to TV , film and music brands?
- Made for mobile vs mainstream media brands to mobile. Will Angry Birds ever be as big Super Mario or Mickey Mouse? Could the TV and film studios create mobile first brands?
- Where are the partnership opportunities between big media and the apps worlds?
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2:05-2:55pm Panel: Roadmaps for the open mobile web: html5, monetization and discovery
As more publishers look for alternatives to the walled gardens of app stores, the industry is looking to html5 and the open mobile web for answers. This session explores what it takes to make the mobile web a viable publishing platform, what are the keys to success in this environment and who's making it happen today.
- Publishing to html5: Which kind of content, services and experiences work well today, for which markets?
- Which new monetization models become viable in the mobile web environment? Advertising, freemium, subscriptions and more
- App store 2.0: Which of the other app stores can offer significant additional revenue, beyond Apple?
- Discovery beyond the app store: Which online marketing tactics translate well?
- Will social platforms be the next major discovery platform after the app store?
- How do the economics stack up: Cost structures, scalability across platforms…and what is the addressable market size for html5 apps on feature phones?
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2:55-3:05pm Multi-modal UX: Apps you can feel
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2:55-3:05pm A new dimension in app discovery
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3:05-3:25pm Patent wars: The value of IP in a dynamic mobile world
- Why now – what has changed to make patents of such high interest to smartphone players?
- What is in dispute – which types of patents are the community attempting to assert against Android (kernel vs. API vs. UI/UX)
- What's the status of various disputes – Apple vs. tablets, Oracle vs. Android, etc.
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3:05-3:25pm Fireside chat: Changing user behaviour in a multi-screen world
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3:25-4:05pm Silicon wars and the future of devices
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3:25-4:05pm Location, social and the context in the cloud
We know who you know, where you've been and what you like. How can we help you?
This panel explores the trifector at the intersection of social, local and deals, and how the context provided by social data, location data and algorithmic recommendation engines can drive new apps and services, and better discovery of both digital and physical goods and services.
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11:20 - 12:10pm Building for the web: Should you be building in HTML5 now?
Is it time to start building in HTML5? How to build web apps that feel like native apps today..
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11:20 - 12:10pm Building for the iPad
A tablet is not a large phone. Are you wanting to leverage the iPad and other tablets to produce amazing brand experiences? Tablets will lead the post-PC era. Learn and share best practices and proven processes that have produced some of the best iPad apps on the market.
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11:20 - 12:10pm Building for the Enterprise
How to make and monetize apps that enterprise buyers need now.
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11:20 - 12:10pm Strategies for Success in the tablet market
Discover what makes a great tablet app, how to think differently about tablets versus mobile, and get insights on how to create innovative experiences for this high value audience
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11:20 - 12:10pm Breaking the mold: Innovating in today's apps market
Explore how to move beyond yet another in-app purchase monetized 'social game' and drive more diversity in the mobile apps market.
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11:20 - 12:10pm Getting personal: Enhancing the individual app experience
What options are available to publishers to create a more personalized experience? Best techniques for creating the most compelling and engaging user experiences including content discovery and recommendations, social integrations and latest techniques to detect user preferences from mobile devices.
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1:50pm - 2:40pm Getting featured
Worried about drowning in a sea of apps? Come learn from others who've managed to penetrate the veil and secure coveted featured positioning by the Apple and Google editorial teams.
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1:50pm - 2:40pm New tactics for app distribution
Explore the latest tactics and techniques for discovery, moving beyond CPI and incetivized installs, towards social discovery, and how to use analytics and web marketing tactics as a distribution platform. |
1:50pm - 2:40pm Increasing engagment with social hooks
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1:50pm - 2:40pm Engagement: How to build sticky apps
Consumption patterns may be shifting to smartphones and other mobile devices, but that won't be enough to get customers to actively and regularly engage with your app. We'll investigate the elements of a "sticky" mobile experience, and explore the best practices for designing experiences that drive the behaviors required to build a successful app business. |
1:50pm - 2:40pm Are there 'rules' for discovery on Android?
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1:50pm - 2:40pm The new virtuous cycle: Building & monetizing app audiences
Explore best-practices to first acquire and measure users, then update an app while targeting campaigns to re-engage users. Find out how using the power of data and segmentation, mobile social games can build a better audiences, faster, and earn more revenue.
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3:50pm - 4:40pm Best kept secrets of mobile monetization
This session will reveal and discuss the realities and best practices for mobile monetization. Relevant to audiences of publishers, advertisers and everyone in between.
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3:50pm - 4:40pm Mobile Games Monetization: What's the Problem?
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3:50pm - 4:40pm Mobile app design: Best and worst
Explore which design elements are evolving, how many features are too much, the need for speed, the race to LBS, single touch / no touch, client vs server and much more. Is design the key to app success?
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3:50pm - 4:40pm Monetizing via Advertising: How to generate and grow ad revenues
Leader: Dhana Pawar, Director Mobile Product, Coupons.com
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3:50pm - 4:40pm Money and Privacy: How to acquire customers, make money and not get sued
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