Countdown to MobileBeat 2010 San Francisco; MSG Offers VIP Discount
In brief: There’s just over one week left for you to register for MobileBeat 2010 (July 12-13, San Francisco), VentureBeat’s third annual conference and start-up competition exploring the real money-making opportunities with mobile industry movers and shakers. Register with MSG’s VIP code for a 20 percent discount.
Less than a week to MobileBeat and the program continues to add new speakers and exciting topics. Be sure not to miss out on the chance to hear and connect with a powerful keynote line-up that now includes: John Donovan, CTO of AT&T Operations; Phil McKinney, VP & CTO of HP’s Personal System Groups; Omar Khan, Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung; and Omar Hamoui, AdMob founder and now Google’s VP of Mobile Ads.
Newly added panelists include Christy Wyatt of Motorola Mobile Devices, Pooja Midha of MTV Networks Digital and Ian McKerlich of T-Mobile. They join a stellar array of insiders such as Facebook’s Erick Tseng and Twitter’s Kevin Thau of Twitter.
MSG is proud to be a media sponsor of MobileBeat, an event that has sold out (!) the last two years. Attendance is limited so be sure to register now to avoid missing THE mobile conference of the year!
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Join 500 mobile industry leaders — from the major U.S and international carriers, to the top device makers, developers, startups, marketers, investors, and press — for two packed days of exciting content, power networking, and deal-making.This year’s new two-day format will explore “The Year of The Superphone and Who Will Profit.”
You’ll also get a peek at 20 of the hottest new start-ups in the applications and infrastructure/services categories showcased in MobileBeat 2010’s Startup Competition. Help select the ones most likely to shake up the mobile world and who’ll receive the coveted Tesla Award plus accompanying fame and glory.
Agenda highlights:
Move over, Telcos, Here comes Silicon Valley
- Samir Argawal, Nokia, Head of MeeGo software development
- Kevin Thau, director of mobile, Twitter
Mobile Platforms 1: the Future Struggle Among the Titans
- Christy Wyatt, SVP Motorola
- David Ko, Yahoo! SVP, Audience, Mobile and Local, North America
- Alan Brenner, SVP at RIM
Mobile Platforms 2: Who is Winning the Heart of Developers?
- Jason Spero, Director, Mobile, Google
- Ian McKerlich, T-Mobile, Director of Mobile Content
- Oliver Gunasakera, Symbian
- Peter Vesterbacka, Angry Bird
Building a Successful Mousetrap
- Russ McGuire, Sprint, VP of Strategy
- Tyler Lessard VP, Global Alliances and Developer Relations Research In Motion
- Ilja Laurs, founder and CEO, GetJar
- Laura Merling, Alcatel-Lucent, Vice President Developer Platform and Programs
It’s 5pm. Do You Know Where Your Friends Are?
- Othman Laraki, Director Geo, Twitter
- Tasso Roumeliotis, Location Labs, Founder & CEO
- Seth Priebatsch, Chief Ninja, SCVNGR
- Keith Lee, CEO, Booyah (MyTown)
Enabling Mobile Games
- Stewart Putney, Founder and CEO, Moblyng
- Ben Keighran, Chomp, CEO & Co-Founder
- Si Chen, PapayaMobile, CEO
For a complete list of speakers, panels, and breakout sessions, check out the full agenda here.
