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America Online, Inc.
Raine Bergstrom
Director, Product Management, AOL Mobile
Bango

Anil Malhotra

Chief Alliance Officer

Best Buy, Inc.

Kelly Egan

Entertainment Strategy    

ChangingWorlds

Stephen Oman

Program Director

CoreMedia
Willms Buhse
Director, Products and Marketing

Crisp Wireless

Boris Fridman

Chief Executive Officer

Crossover Technologies

Eric Goldberg

Managing Director

Digital Standard

Mike Beaty

Chief Global Strategist and Chief Software Architect

EA Mobile

Mitch Lasky

Senior Vice President

Everypoint

Nabeel Hyatt

Vice President, Production

Everypoint

Marc Theermann

Chief Marketing Officer

Fox Interactive Media

Craig Peters

Vice President, Business Development

GoTV Networks

Thomas Ellsworth

Chief Operating Officer

Google

Dipchand "Deep" Nishar Director, Product Management

Gracenote

Dale (Ty) Roberts

Chief Technology Officer

HBO International

Stanley Fertig
Senior Vice President

HELIO

Dr. Wonhee Sull

Chief Operating Officer

Hungama Mobile
Neeraj Roy
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

IDC

Lewis Ward

Wireless and Mobile Communications

InfoSpace

Brendan Benzing

Vice President, Mobile Search Platforms and Ad Solutions

Jupiter Research

Michael Gartenberg

Vice President and Research Director

JumpTap

Dan Olschwang

Chief Executive Officer
Kagan Research
John Mansell
Consultant

Kargo

Harry Kargman

Chief Executive Officer

M:Metrics

Mark Donovan

Vice President, Products and Senior Analyst

m-Qube

Natalie Farsi

Vice President, Media and Entertainment

Major League Baseball Advanced Media

Adam Ritter

Vice President, Wireless
mBlox, Inc.

Andrew Bud

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
MediaFLO USA, Inc.

Michael Boyd
Senior Director, Programming

Medio Systems

Brian Lent

Chief Executive Officer

Merrill Lynch & Co.

Todd Bernick
Managing Director
mForma

Scott Jensen

Vice President, Brand Partnerships
Microsoft Corp.

Peter Bernard

Group Manager, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division
Mobile DTV

Bob Shallow

Sponsoring Member, Nokia, Head of Music and Rich Media

MobiTV
Dave Whetstone
Chief Marketing Officer

Motorola
Michael Gaumond
Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Connected Home Solutions

Motorola

Dave Ulmer

Senior Marketing Director

MSpot

Daren Tsui

Chief Executive Officer

MTV Networks

Greg Clayman

Vice President, Wireless Strategy and Opportunities

Nellymoser

John Puterbaugh

Chief Executive Officer

NeoMedia Technologies

Charles Fritz

Founder and Chairman of the Board

Nephin Games

Alan Duggan

Chief Executive Officer and Founder
NMS Communications

Mark Grindeland

General Manager, Mobile Applications Business

NPD Group

Drew Hull

Research Director, Mobile Content

Ortiva Wireless

Sujit Dey

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Orange and UMTS Forum

Jean-Pierre Bienaimé

Director, Group Technical Support and Chairman, UMTS Forum

Parks Associates

Brett Sappington

Vice President, Business Development

Playboy Enterprises International Inc.

Victor Penev

Vice President, Playboy Online

SMS.ac
Greg Wilfahrt
Executive Vice President and Co-Founder

Shu Entertainment Productions

Roger Cameron Wood

Chief Executive Officer

ShoZu

Mark Bole

Chief Executive Officer
Snell & Wilcox

David Brooks

Vice President, Systems and Architecture

Sony Pictures Digital Sales and Marketing

Bill Sanders

Vice President, Programming

Spin³

Matti Zinder

Chief Executive Officer

Sprint Nextel

John Burris

Director, Data Programming, Product Marketing

Sprint Nextel

Alana Muller

Director, Applications and Information Services

Sprint Nextel

John Styers

Director, Messaging and Imaging

T-Mobile USA

Michael Gallelli

Director and Head of Product Marketing

thePlatform

Ian Blaine

Chief Executive Officer

ThumbPlay, Inc.

Are Traasdahl

Chief Executive Officer

Verizon Wireless
Ted Casey
Head of Mobile Music

Verizon Wireless

Ryan Hughes

Director, Content and Programming

Verizon Wireless

Tammy Robinson

Manager, Games Content and Programming

Vimio PLC

Malachy Harkin

Chief Executive Officer

Walt Disney Internet Group

Larry Shapiro

Executive Vice President and General Manager, North America Mobile

WapOneline

Tim Saarela

Chief Executive Officer, Americas

Wireless Week

Sue Marek

Executive Editor

XIAM

Colm Healy

Chief Executive Officer

Xringer

Moira Jacobs

Director, Business Development

 

 

 

 

 
   Calendar of Events / Mobile Entertainment Summit / Agenda


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April 4, 2006
The Beach

Las Vegas

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Details     Agenda     Speakers     Sponsors     Registration

Venue     Hotels     Mobile Entertainment Party

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Agenda

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7:30-8:30: Registration and Networking Breakfast

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Main Room

8:30-8:40: Welcome and Introduction

  • Michael Stroud, iHollywood Forum, Co-Founder
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Main Room

8:45-9:10: Keynote: The Case for Games

  • Mitch Lasky, EA Mobile, Senior Vice President
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Main Room

9:10-9:20: Presentation: Bango

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9:25-9:45: Presentation: Snell & Wilcox: Mobile Content Processor
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Main Room

9:45-10:40: Mobile TV and Video: Promise and Pitfalls

Mobile TV and video could transform the way consumers use their cell phones as re-purposed TV shows and made-for-mobile programming hit cell phones. We explore currently available video-on-demand and live TV offerings as well as new technologies championed by QUALCOMM's MediaFlo and Modeo (formerly Crown Castle). Are the phones and networks up to the task? What mobile video content will consumers demand and how will it be monetized? And will enough consumers come on board to justify the investments?

Feature Presentation: Mobile DTV

  • Dave Whetstone, MobiTV, Chief Marketing Officer
  • Stanley Fertig, HBO International, Senior Vice President
  • Ryan Hughes, Verizon Wireless, Director, Content and Programming
  • John Burris, Sprint Nextel, Director, Digital Media and Data Programming
  • Thomas Ellsworth, GoTV Networks, Chief Operating Officer
  • John Puterbaugh, Nellymoser, Chief Executive Officer
  • Bob Shallow, Mobile DTV, Sponsoring Member, Nokia North America, Head of Music and Rich Media
  • Moderator: Michael Stroud, iHollywood Forum, Co-Founder
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Main Room

10:40-10:45: Presentation: SMS.ac

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10:45-11:15: Networking Break

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Main Room

11:15-11:40: Fireside Chat

  • Michael Gallelli, T-Mobile USA, Director and Head of Product Marketing

  • Michael Gartenberg, Jupiter Research, Vice President and Research Director
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Main Room

11:45-12:05: Presentation

  • Mark Grindeland, NMS Communications, General Manager, Mobile Applications Business
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Main Room

12:10-12:20: Presentation: Everypoint

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Main Room

12:20-1:15: Mobile Marketing for Consumer Brands

Mobile marketing campaigns thus far have included trailers for "March of the Penguins," mobile coupons for McDonald's McFlurries, a mobile store front for Public Enemy and short codes positioned next to URLs on Disney's movie posters. A look at how leading marketers are grabbing consumers' interest -- without spamming them.

Feature Presentation: JumpTap

  • Larry Shapiro, Walt Disney Internet Group, Executive Vice President and General Manager, North America Mobile
  • Greg Clayman, MTV Networks, Vice President, Wireless Strategy and Opportunities

  • Colm Healy, XIAM, Chief Executive Officer
  • Mark Grindeland, NMS Communications, General Manager, Mobile Applications Business
  • Anil Malhotra, Bango, Chief Alliance Officer
  • Andrew Bud, mBlox, Inc., Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
  • Moderator: Mark Donovan, M:Metrics, Vice President, Products and Senior Analyst
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Main Room and Exhibit Hall

1:15-2:00: Lunch: Presentation and Prize Drawing sponsored by UK Trade & Investment

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Main Room

2:00-2:20: Keynote

  • Ted Casey, Verizon Wireless, Head of Mobile Music
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Main Room

2:25-2:35: Feature Presentation: mBlox

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Main Room

2:40-3:00: Keynote: The Future of Mobile Entertainment

  • Michael Gaumond, Motorola, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Connected Home Solutions
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS

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Main Room

3:10-4:00: Making Money from Content

Video, full-track music downloads, ringbacks, images -- the definition of content on mobile phones is changing rapidly. So are the ways it's monetized. We explore the options for drawing consumers into a mobile content buying experience -- from short codes to charging consumers' cell phone accounts and why the Internet's credit card model fails so miserably in the mobile world.

Feature Presentation: VectorMAX

  • Bill Sanders, Sony Pictures Digital Sales and Marketing, Vice President, Programming
  • Jean-Pierre Bienaimé, Orange, Director, Group Technical Support and UMTS Forum, Chairman
  • Matti Zinder, Spin³, Chief Executive Officer
  • Willms Buhse, CoreMedia, Director, Products and Marketing
  • Victor Penev, Playboy Online, Vice President, Playboy Online
  • David Brooks, Snell & Wilcox, Vice President, Systems and Architecture
  • Moderator: Michael Stroud, iHollywood Forum, Co-Founder
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Hall A

3:10-4:00: Big Hopes for Off-Portal
Once hostile to mobile commerce  proposals not directly connected to their decks, U.S. carriers are following T-Mobile's lead and gradually opening their walled gardens. We consider whether the U.S. is set to experience the kind of boom in off-portal content that carriers like Vodafone are experiencing in Europe. And what kind of content will play best -- sports, ringtones, movie tickets, adult, or...?

Feature Presentation: Thumbplay, Inc.

  • Kelly Egan, Best Buy, Inc., Entertainment Strateg   
  • Tim Saarela, WapOneline, Chief Executive Officer, Americas
  • Moira Jacobs, Xringer, Director, Business Development
  • Ian Blaine, thePlatform, Chief Executive Officer
  • Are Traasdahl, ThumbPlay, Inc., Chief Executive Officer
  • Moderator: Yuval Kossovsky, Computerworld Magazine Online, Journalist, Mobile and Wireless group
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Hall B

3:10-4:00: Mobile Search: Evolving for a New Medium

Google, Yahoo, 4Info and Synfonic are experimenting with SMS queries for everything from pizza to movie theaters. AOL Mobile offers a searchable Yellow Pages database. We consider how players big and small are adjusting to the wireless paradigm -- and what the prospects are for monetizing it.
Feature Presentation: Medio Systems

  • Brian Lent, Medio Systems, Chief Executive Officer

  • Alana Muller, Sprint Nextel, Director, Applications and Information Services
  • Brendan Benzing, InfoSpace, Vice President, Mobile Search Platforms and Ad Solutions
  • Dan Olschwang, JumpTap, Chief Executive Officer
  • Raine Bergstrom, America Online, Inc., Director, Product Management, AOL Mobile
  • Moderator: Brett Sappington, Parks Associates, Vice President, Business Development
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Hall C

3:10-4:00: New Revenue from Mobile Music
With the launch of Verizon's VCast Music Service and the Sprint Music Store, the battle is joined for the sale of music over the airwaves. Mobile music revenues could help counter-balance leveling ringtone revenue and the lurking specter of India-style ringtone piracy. But plenty of questions remain to be answered: will consumers pay $2.99 or more for over-the-air music downloads when they can buy songs for 99 cents on iTunes (or steal them)? Will consumers be as turned on by music streaming on their cell phones as they are by Internet radio? And what's all the talk about music videos on cell phones?

Feature Presentation: AIRMEDIA

  • Daren Tsui, MSpot, Chief Executive Officer
  • Dale (Ty) Roberts, Gracenote, Chief Technology Officer
  • Todd Bernick, Merrill Lynch & Co., Managing Director

  • Neeraj Roy, Hungama Mobile, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
  • Dave Ulmer, Motorola, Senior Marketing Director
  • Boris Fridman, Crisp Wireless, Chief Executive Officer
  • Moderator: Lewis Ward, IDC, Research Manager, Wireless and Mobile Communications
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Main Room

4:10-4:30: Keynote: Consumer-Driven Service Innovation

  • Dr. Wonhee Sull, HELIO, Chief Operating Officer
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Main Room

4:30-4:50: Fireside Chat

  • Dipchand "Deep" Nishar, Google, Director, Product Management
  • Michael Stroud, iHollywood Forum, Co-Founder
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CASE STUDIES
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Main Room

5:00-5:30: Best Practices: Marketing Mobile Entertainment Services

What works? A global view of best practices and tips for marketing mobile content services.

  • Liora Bram, NMS Communications, Director, Marketing, Mobile Applications
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Hall A

5:00-5:30: How to Drive Off–Portal Traffic

Media companies and brands are starting to embrace mobile entertainment. This case study will look at stepping outside the walled garden, and driving downloads through operator independent channels. Specifically, it will examine how to drive on-device growth through mobile search, pay-per-click and advertising. In addition, we will talk about: downloading Java applications from the Web, Yahoo! FIFA World Cup (case study), the importance of viral marketing, measuring success, Web to mobile conversion rates, good response rates and consumers' education.

  • Marc Theermann, Everypoint Inc., Chief Marketing Officer
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Hall B

5:00-5:30: Leveraging Print Media to Drive Mobile Internet Traffic

Leveraging print media to drive mobile internet traffic: how a leading magazine publisher is marketing its mobile content and using its print media to build a highly successful mobile service.

  • Anil Malhotra, Bango, Chief Alliance Officer
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Hall C

5:00-5:30: Rich Mobile Media

In 2006 we are for the first time seeing the real, tangible effects of rich media in the mobile industry. Recent service launches, including 'single price' off-deck music downloads, and new mobile billing methods will be discussed which demonstrate how rich media is finally moving away from the fringe and into the mainstream with sustainable business models that will revolutionize mobile entertainment.

  • Andrew Bud, mBlox, Inc., Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
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Hall A

5:40-6:10: European Mobile Entertainment Market

  • Stanislas Chesnais, Netsize, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Hall B

5:40-6:10: Get Billing. Get Customers. Get Paid.

  • Greg Wilfahrt, SMS.ac, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder
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Hall C

5:40-6:10: An Overview of Video Compression and Why it's Important for Mobile TV

  • David Brooks, Snell & Wilcox, Vice President, Systems and Architecture
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS

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Main Room

6:20-7:10: Global Brands, Mobile Marketing and Community
Brands are discovering that mobile phones are a great platform for viral marketing and building a community. Fox, which recently acquired MySpace, will be able to market to millions of new potential customers when MySpace Mobile goes live this spring. Cingular is tapping Fox's "American Idol" community by allowing viewers to text in their votes. We explore the explosive mixture of brands, mobile marketing and community.

Feature Presentation: AirG

  • Charles Fritz, NeoMedia Technologies, Founder and Chairman of the Board

  • Stephen Oman, ChangingWorlds, Program Director
  • Mike Beaty, Digital Standard, Chief Global Strategist and Chief Software Architect
  • Mark Bole, ShoZu, Chief Executive Officer
  • Stanislas Chesnais, Netsize, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  • Greg Wilfahrt, SMS.ac, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder
  • Moderator: Sue Marek, Wireless Week, Executive Editor

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Hall A

6:20-7:10: U.S. Messaging: Off and Running

After a slow start, the U.S. messaging market is taking off, boosted by a growing number of teenage users and the success of mass media campaigns like Cingular's partnership with Fox's American Idol, which last year generated 55 million user text messages (a Guinness World Record). Smaller campaigns by Harper Collins, MTV, ABC soap operas and dozens of others have also helped educate the market.  We examine the prospects for the U.S. market and media companies' role in it.

  • Roger Cameron Wood, Shu Entertainment Productions, Chief Executive Officer
  • John Styers, Sprint Nextel, Director, Messaging and Imaging
  • Peter Bernard, Microsoft Corp., Group Manager, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division
  • Natalie Farsi, m-Qube, Vice President, Media and Entertainment
  • Moderator: Eric Goldberg, Crossover Technologies, Managing Director
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Hall B

6:20-7:10: Get in the Game

With more than $2.5 billion revenue in 2005, the worldwide mobile gaming market is poised for fast growth. We consider what games will score the biggest gains; the impact of 3D, multi-player and location-based games on the market; and whether specialized phones such as Telematics' Gizmondo and Nokia's N-Gage will play an important role.

Feature Presentation: Spin³

  • Alan Duggan, Nephin Games, Chief Executive Officer and Founder

  • Harry Kargman, Kargo, Chief Executive Officer
  • Tammy Robinson, Verizon Wireless, Manager, Games Content and Programming
  • Scott Jensen, mForma, Vice President, Brand Partnerships
  • Moderator: Drew Hull, NPD Group, Research Director, Mobile Content
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Hall C

6:20-7:10: Mobile Sports: Big Score on the Little Screen

Sports are a big part of what mobile entertainment consumers crave, and content providers such as ESPN Mobile and FoxSports are rushing to provide it to them. So are Major League Baseball, the NFL, the PGA -- even World Wrestling. Content offerings range from news updates, photos and stats to mobile games and live TV feeds. We consider the offerings and potential of mobile sports.

Feature Presentation: Ortiva Wireless

  • Adam Ritter, Major League Baseball Advanced Media, Vice President, Wireless

  • Malachy Harkin, Vimio PLC, Chief Executive Officer

  • Nabeel Hyatt, Everypoint, Vice President, Production
  • Craig Peters, Fox Interactive Media, Vice President, Business Development
  • Michael Boyd, MediaFLO USA, Inc., Senior Director, Programming
  • Moderator: John Mansell, Kagan Research, Consultant
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Exhibit Hall

7:10-9:00: Networking Party and Dealmakers Dinner

Includes bar, networking, and lavish italian buffet and entertainment. This is the place where millions of dollars of business deals are made open to summit attendees only. Don't miss this popular kickoff reception!

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Details     Agenda     Speakers     Sponsors     Registration

Venue     Hotels     Mobile Entertainment Party

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