Mobile 2.0 Conference San Francisco

on October 31, 2008

Hereâ€™s the final revised agenda of the Mobile 2.0 Builder track that will run parallel with the Business Track in the afternoon. This track will start off with interactive panel discussions followed by a series of focused tutorials:

MOBILE 2.0 BUILDER TRACK - FINAL

1:00 Builder Keynote - Caroline Lewko (WIP)

1:30 - 2:15 Panel 1: Mobile Web vs. Applications vs. Widgets

iPhone SDK, Mobile Ajax, Nokia Web Run-Time, Google Gears, Android, etc… What technologies should a developer or entrepreneur be focusing on these days to get the most bang for the buck?
C. Enrique Ortiz - Panel Chair
Tim Haysom (OMTP);
Phong Vu (Nokia);
Charles Wiles (Google);
Fabrizio Capobianco (Funambol);
Jeff Sonstein (RIT)

2:15 - 3:00 Panel 2: Mobile (and Mobile Web) User Experience and Design Case Studies

What are the trends in mobile user experience? We’ll hear from a panel of top minds in this field.

Brian Fling (Fling Media) - Panel Chair
Barbara Ballard (Little Spring Design);
Christian Lindholm (Fjord);
Thomas Fellger (Iconmobile);
Nadav Savio (Google)

3:00 - 3:20 Tutorial
Building, dynamic, compelling, ad-funded, off-deck mobile web content - Stefan Butlin (Taptu)

3:20 - 3:40 Tutorial
iPhone WebApps - Brian Fling (Fling Media)

3:40 - 4:00 Tutorial
Mobile Design Case Study - Barbara Ballard (Little Spring Design)

4:00 - 4:30 Break

4:30 - 4:50 Tutorial
Yahoo! Blueprint - Markus Spiering (Yahoo!)

4:50 - 5:10 Tutorial
Nokia Web Runtime - Phong Vu (Nokia)

5:10 - 5:30 Tutorial
Gears Mobile - Charles Wiles (Google)

5:30 - 6:00 Closing Remarks / Q & A

6:00 - 7:30 RECEPTION

Final Agenda Business Track

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MOBILE 2.0 BUSINESS TRACK

8:30-8:45Â Â Â â€œIntroduction to Mobile 2.0â€ Gregory Gorman, Mobile 2.0 Coordinating Committee

8:45-9:05Â Â Â â€œOpen Source: Catalyst for Mobile Innovation 2.0â€, David Wood, Executive VP, Symbian

9:05-9:55Â Â Â â€œMobile Browsers: How Is Web Different On Mobile Devices?â€

Moderator, John Rizzo, VP Technology Strategy, Aplix Corporation

Taksuki Tomita, SVP, Opera Software Larry Berkin, VP, Ecosystem & Business Development, Access Systems Raj Singh, VP, Business Development, Skyfire Jay Sullivan, VP Mobile, Mozilla

9:55-10:45 â€œPlatforms, Monetization & Third Party Applicationsâ€

Moderator, Jason Devitt, Skydeck

Brandon Lucas, Senior Director, Business Development, Mobile, MySpace Henri Moissinac, Director, Facebook Mobile Sumit Agarwal, Mobile Product Management Lead, North America, Google Ilja Laurs, Founder, GetJar Michael Bayle, Senior Director, Global Mobile Advertising, Yahoo!

10:45-11:05Â Â Â BREAK

11:05-12:00 â€œCarrier Initiatives: For Developers & Third Party Applicationsâ€

Moderator, Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO, Funambol

Maurice Thompson, Director, Open Development, Verizon Wireless Venetia Espinoza, Director, Mobile Apps & Partner Programs, T-Mobile USA Laura Fay, Director of Strategy, Sprint James Parton, Head, 02 Litmus (UK)

12:00-1:00Â Â Â Â Â Â LUNCH

1:00-1.55 Â Â Â Â Â FIRESIDE CHATÂ â€œMobility: How Can We Capitalize On Itâ€

Moderator, Tony Fish, AMF Ventures

Ozzie Diaz, CTO, Wireless, HP Andy Kelm, Director, Nokia Services & Software Pankaj Kedia, Director, Ultra Mobility Group, Intel J.H. Kah, SVP, Business Development, SK Telecom Americas Marc Davis, Chief Scientist of Yahoo! Connected Life

1:55-2.25 Â Â Â Â Â MOBILE LAUNCH PAD

2:25-3:15 â€œConsumer vs. Business: The Market Opportunitiesâ€

Moderator, Michel Wendell, Nexit Ventures

Martin Frid-Nielsen, Founder, Chief Product Officer, Soonr Judy Gibbons, CEO, Mippin Tom Lee, Director, SMB Solutions, Research In Motion Omar Green, Director, Strategic Mobile Initiatives, Intuit

3:15-4:05 â€œWhere Are VC Investing & Why?â€

Moderator, Rich Wong, Accel Partners

Rick Segal, Partner, JLA Ventures & Blackberry Partners Fund Peter Barry, Head of Venture Capital & Startups, Vodafone Group Tim Chang, Partner, Norwest Venture Partners Greg Franklin, Principal, IntellectPartners

4:05-4:25 Â Â Â Â Â BREAK

4:25-4:55 Â Â Â Â Â MOBILE LAUNCH PAD

4:55-5:50 Â Â â€œMobile Advertising vs Online Advertising Modelsâ€

Moderator, Whitey Bluestein, Bluestein & Associates

Brian Cowley,Â President & CEO, AdInfuse Colm Grealy, Managing Director, SalesOnline Blair Swedeen, VP, Market Development, 1020 PlaceCast Jason Spero, Vice President, Marketing, AdMob Ragnar Kruse, CEO & Founder , Smaato

5:50-6:00 â€œClosing Remarks & Preview Mobile 2.0 Europeâ€ Rudy de Waele, Mobile 2.0, Coordinating Committee

6:00-7:30Â Â RECEPTION

Mobile 2.0 San Francisco - Start-ups Selected!

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The Mobile 2.0 Organizing Committee announced the selection of the presenting start-ups at Mobile 2.0 on November 3 in San Francisco.

This one-day event focusing on the Mobile Web and Disruptive Mobile Innovation, brings together experts and thought leaders from all areas of the mobile ecosystem, including startups, investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, and mobile application developers and web technologists.

You can browse the Mobile 2.0 event website to know everything about this yearsâ€™ event, including Business and Builder Track agenda.

Here’s a list of the start-ups selected to present/demo at the conference:

aka-aki (Germany) - focuses on Proximity Networking, as in mobile social networking with Bluetooth-sensing capabilities.
Dial2Do (Ireland) - Dial2Do lets you do common tasks by just calling a number and speaking.
Nimbuzz (Netherlands) - Mobile IM and Text Message Service.
Rummble (UK) - a location based discovery tool and social search platform.
Seesmic (USA) - a platform to enable deeper engagement and connection online using video.
Zipipop (Finland) - a start-up that is developing Zipiko, a mobile service for sorting your social life on the go.
Wubud (UK) - Wubud allows you to take your social network in your back pocket everywhere you go.

Two more start-ups are currently still under consideration and will be announced as ‘wildcards’ closer to the event.

We recommend not to wait last minute to book your seat, the conference has been selling out quickly the previous 2 editions.

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Our thanks to our partners Forum Nokia, Access, Taptu, Mippin, OMTP and O2 Litmus for their invaluable support.

Agenda Mobile 2.0 Builder Track

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on October 9, 2008

Hereâ€™s the agenda of the Mobile 2.0 Builder track that will run parallel with the Business Track in the afternoon. This track will start off with interactive panel discussions followed by a series of focused tutorials:

MOBILE 2.0 BUILDER TRACK

13:00 Builder Keynote - Caroline Lewko (WIP)

13:30 - 14:15Â Panel 1: Mobile Web vs. Applications vs. Widgets

iPhone SDK, Mobile Ajax, Nokia Web Run-Time, Google Gears, Android, etc… What technologies should a developer orÂ entrepreneurÂ be focusing on these days to get the most bang for the buck?
C. Enrique Ortiz - Panel Chair
Nick Allot (OMTP);
Phong Vu (Nokia);
Charles Wiles (Google);
Fabrizio Capobianco (Funambol);
Jeff Sonstein (RIT)

14:15 - 15:00 Panel 2: Mobile (and Mobile Web) User Experience and Design Case Studies

What are the trends in mobile user experience? Â We’ll hear from a panel of top minds in this field.

Kelly Goto (gotomedia) - Panel Chair
Barbara Balard (Little Spring Design);
Brian Fling (Fling Media);
Christian Lindholm (Fjord);
Thomas Fellger (Iconmobile)

15:00 - 15:20Â Â Tutorial
Building, dynamic, compelling, ad-funded, off-deck mobile web content - Stefan Butlin (Taptu)

15:20 - 15:40Â Â Tutorial
iPhone WebApps - Brian Fling (Fling Media)

15:40 - 16:00Â Â Tutorial
Mobile Design Case Study - Kelly Goto (Gotomedia)

16:00 - 16:30Â Â Break

16:30 - 16:50Â Â Tutorial
Yahoo! Blueprint - Markus Spiering (Yahoo!)

16:50 - 17:10Â Â Tutorial
Nokia Web Runtime - Phong Vu (Nokia)

17:10 - 17:30Â Â Tutorial
Gears Mobile - Charles Wiles (Google)

17:30 - 18:00Â Â Closing Remarks / Q & A

18:00 - 19:30Â Â RECEPTION

Agenda Mobile 2.0 Business Track

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on October 9, 2008

Here’s the agenda of the Mobile 2.0 Business track:

MOBILE 2.0 BUSINESS TRACK

8:30-8:45Â Â Â â€œIntroduction to Mobile 2.0â€ Gregory Gorman, Mobile 2.0 Coordinating Committee
8:45-9:05Â Â Â â€œOpen Source: Catalyst for Mobile Innovation 2.0â€, David Wood, Executive VP, Symbian
9:05-9:55Â Â Â â€œMobile Browsers: How Is Web Different On Mobile Devices?â€

Taksuki Tomita, SVP, Opera Software Larry Berkin, VP, Ecosystem & Business Development, Access Systems Raj Singh, VP, Business Development, Skyfire Jay Sullivan, VP Mobile, Mozilla

9:55-10:45 â€œPlatforms, Monetization & Third Party Applicationsâ€ Moderator, Jason Devitt, Skydeck

John Faith, GM & VP, Mobile, MySpace Henri Moissinac, Director, Facebook Mobile Sumit Agarwal, Mobile Product Management Lead, North America, Google Ilja Laurs, Founder, GetJar Michael Bayle, Senior Director, Global Mobile Advertising, Yahoo!

10:45-11:05Â Â Â BREAK

11:05-12:00 â€œCarrier Initiatives: For Developers & Third Party Applicationsâ€

Maurice Thompson, Director, Open Development, Verizon Wireless Venetia Espinoza, Director, Mobile Apps & Partner Programs, T-Mobile USA Laura Fay, Director of Strategy, Sprint

12:00-1:00Â Â Â Â Â Â LUNCH

1:00-1:30Â Â Â Â Â Â MOBILE LAUNCH PAD

1:30-2:20Â Â Â Â Â Â FIRESIDE CHATÂ â€œMobility: How Can We Capitalize On Itâ€ Moderator, Tony Fish, AMF Ventures

Ozzie Diaz, CTO, Wireless, HP Tom Libretto, Vice President, Forum Nokia Pankaj Kedia, Director, Ultra Mobility Group, Intel J.H. Kah, SVP, Business Development, SK Telecom Americas

2:20-3:10 â€œConsumer vs. Business: The Market Opportunitiesâ€ Moderator, Michel Wendell, Nexit Ventures

Martin Frid-Nielsen, Founder, Chief Product Officer, Soonr Judy Gibbons, CEO, Mippin Tom Lee, Director, SMB Solutions, Research In Motion Omar Green, Director, Strategic Mobile Initiatives, Intuit

3:10-4:00 â€œWhere Are VC Investing & Why?â€ Moderator, Rich Wong, Accel Partners

Rick Segal, Partner, JLA Ventures & Blackberry Partners Fund Peter Barry, Head of Venture Capital & Startups, Vodafone Group Tim Chang, Partner, NorWest Venture Partners Greg Franklin, Principal, IntellectPartners

4:00-4:20Â Â Â Â Â Â BREAK

4:20-4:50Â Â Â Â Â Â MOBILE LAUNCH PAD

4:50-5:45Â Â Â â€œMobile Advertising vs Online Advertising Modelsâ€ Moderator, Whitey Bluestein, Bluestein & Associates

Brian Cowley,Â President & CEO, AdInfuse Colm Grealy, Managing Director, SalesOnline Blair Swedeen, VP, Market Development, PlaceCast Jason Spero, Vice President, Marketing, AdMob Ragnar Kruse, CEO & Founder , Smaato

5:45-6:00 â€œClosing Remarks & Preview Mobile 2.0 Europeâ€ Rudy de Waele, Mobile 2.0, Coordinating Committee

6:00-7:30 RECEPTION

Confirmed Speakers

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