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The Open Mobile Summit San Francisco
The Open Mobile Summit: Connecting Everything
London, 29-30 May 2012
The Open Mobile Summit London 2012 - now in its 4th year - will be the most significant event in the mobile, Internet and media calendar this year.
Press Coverage
Speakers to date
Marc Frons, CTO, New York Times Company
Rob Grimshaw, MD, FT.com
Pierre-Emmanuel Struyven, SVP Innovation, SFR
Jeff Smith, CEO, Smule
Narry Singh, CEO, Outfit 7
Roman Karachinsky, CEO, News 360
Raimo Van der Klein, CEO, Layar
Olivier Gers, CEO, Endemol Worldwide Brands
Claire Tavernier, SEVP FMX, Freemantle Media Group
Shahsi Verma, Director Customer Experience, Transport for London
David Smith, CIO, Fujitsu
John Sullivan, Head of IT, Gondola Holdings
Christian Lindholm, Chief Innovation Officer, Fjord
Larry Weber, Chairman, W2Group
Anastassia Lauterbach, SVP, Qualcomm
Charles Cautley, Managing Director Automotive, TomTom
Charles Hudson, CEO, Bionic Panda
Anthony Rose, CTO, Zeebox
Michael Acton Smith, CEO, Mind Candy
Plus many more tba shortly!
The best place for agencies to get informed, meet the movers, see the future and start building modern communications strategies for their clients."
Andrew Hoeberichts, SVP, Group Account Director, Carat
Probably the best conference I've been to…a great way to develop my own ideas about the future of mobile and the associated value chain"
Colin Wooldridge, Strategy Manager, Telefónica O2 UK Limited
The Open MobileSummit brings together the leaders from all corners of the converging digital ecosystem - giving a useful picture of the state of the industry today, and in the immediate future"
Olaf Swantee, Senior Executive Vice President, France Telecom / Orange
An amazing conference with inspiring speakers and great networking. A must to attend if you want to meet with people at the forefront of new mobile services."
David Furendal, CEO, Screen Interaction AB
Phenomenal networking. Amazing concentration of leaders across the mobile value chain"
Tomas Bennich, founder, Sweden Mobile Association
Open Mobile is a revelation: incisive C-level players and thinkers at the top of their game. Highly recommended for senior executives looking for the right mobile intersection."
Lucy Hood, Founder of Fox Mobile
The networking opportunities were A-star, making it worth the admission price on its own."
Oli Christie, CEO, Neon Play
Top level industry trends from the key people driving it – extremely useful"
Tony King Smith, VP Marketing, Imagination
Register your interest here now to keep up-to-date as we confirm speakers.
Don't miss out on the chance to:
- Hear from over 70 world class speakers: From Stephen Elop CEO Nokia through to Dennis Crowley CEO Foursquare and Vint Cerf Chief Internet Evangelist Google, year on year The Open Mobile Summit is renowned for world-class speakers. Watch this space as we confirm the 2012 line-up.
I must commend you for putting together such a brilliant conference. I participate in events around the globe and this was cream of the crop. Excellent speakers, audience and substantive discussion"
Cheten Sharma
- See the immediate future of fast changing mobile markets: Mobile is moving so fast right now - as the world's business leaders converge on the opportunity - it's not easy to keep up. The Open Mobile Summit provides a 360° snapshot of the industry in transition that will put your strategy in context of the entire changing ecosystem.
- Identify how you can monetize mobile: From business models for profitable mobile data operators through to building a sustainable apps business or leveraging the mobile commerce opportunity, the Open Mobile Summit shines a light on all the revenue opportunities in mobile, and the tools and techniques that can help you succeed.
- Do business with the most influential people in the ecosystem: The Open Mobile Summit regularly draws 450+ attendees from across a diverse group of mobile operators, handset OEMs, wireless software, Internet, media and application companies.
- See the future of the apps market: Learn how to be the best, by hearing from the best, at Appcelerate - the premier event for the mobile apps ecosystem.
Agenda Overview: Connecting Everything
As smartphones and tablets penetrate the mass market, and Internet connectivity is embedded in new category devices from tablets and TVs through to cars and pacemakers, mobile is about to deliver Internet Everywhere.
This is driving massive disruption within the industry - forcing mobile operators, handset manufactures, Internet, commerce and media giants to re-evaluate their business models and partnership strategies.
Meanwhile app publishers, enterprises, brands and retailers are looking to mobilize their businesses to take advantage of in the mobile and multi-screen media revolution.
At The Open Mobile Summit we gather the brave and the bold across these diverse markets, to provide a vision of the future converged mobile economy.
The agenda is designed to identify all the major shifts in the competitive landscape as mobile, Internet, media and commerce worlds converge - and shine a light on all the emerging opportunities in the new mobile economy.
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Click here to see the press coverage from the 2011 event
See last year's agenda - and get the slides and podcasts here
I was really quite shocked by the size of the event this year, and yet the level of influence and diversity of the speakers and attendees remained really high"
Mark Curtis, CEO, Flirtomatic
Open Mobile Timeline:
2007
- July - Apple launches iPhone
- Sept - Nokia announces OVI - move into Internet services
- Oct - Apple announces it will open iPhone to 3rd party developers
- Nov - Google announces Open Handset Alliance and Android OS
- Nov - Verizon will open its network to 'any device, any application'
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2008
- Feb - LiMo foundation launch first handsets
- June - Symbian acquired by Nokia who plan to open source the OS
- July - Apple ships 3G iPhone with embedded 'App Store' - a new market is created
- Sept - T-Mobile launches first Android phone
- Nov - World leaders meet at first Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco
- Dec - Netbook and Mobile Internet Device markets enjoy growth despite downturn
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2009
- Jan - Palm launches WebOS
- Feb - PC manufacturers launch smartphones, Vodafone launches second Android phone, HTC Magic
- April - Blackberry App Store launches, Nokia/Adobe launch Open Screen Initiative
- May - OVI app store launches, Vodafone announce app store ACER announce Android netbook
- June - Open Mobile Summit London - Sold out!
- Oct - FCC Chairman Genachowski promises to uphold principles of net neutrality in wireless
- Oct - Android steals the show at CTIA with announcements from AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, Dell and Kyocera
- Oct - Korea allows the iPhone. O2's UK iPhone exclusivity ends. Kindle coming to Europe
- Nov - Second annual Open Mobile Summit 09 San Francisco - Sold out! (and Palm announces Ares platform at show)
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2010
- Jan - Google launches Nexus One
- Jan - Microsoft announces the HP Tablet 'Slate PC
- Jan - Apple launches iPad
- Feb - Operators announce WAC
- April - Digital Economy Bill in UK
- April - HP to acquire Palm
- May - Android Q1 sales outstrip iPhone
- May - 2nd Open Mobile Summit London
- October - Apple break into top 5 largest phone makers
- October - Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7 in Europe
- November - Samsung launch Android OS Galaxy Tab in Europe
- Nov - 3rd Open Mobile Summit San Francisco
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2011
- Jan - Motorola launches Xoom tablet
- Feb - Nokia and Microsoft announce partnership;
Apple launches in-app payments;
- March - Amazon launches Android App store; Apple launches iPad 2
- April - RIM ships new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet
- May - Microsoft acquires Skype for $8.5bn
- June - 3rd Open Mobile Summit London
- June - FT.com launches HTML5 site
- Aug - Google announces acquisition of Motorola Mobility
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- Aug - HP ditches WebOS
- Sept - Amazon Fire goes on pre-sale
- Oct - iOS5 launches
- Oct - Steve Jobs dies, industry mourns
- Oct - Samsung launches first Android Ice Cream Sandwich handset
- Nov - John Donahoe CEO eBay keynotes Open Mobile Summit San Francisco 2011
To be continued... |