Billboard Mobile Entertainment Live! - Fall 2008   

September 9, 2008
Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA
 




2006 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

MOBILE ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT COMMERCE & APPLICATIONS

Billboard MECCA
Presented by SMS.ac
Monday, September 11, 2006
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel
Los Angeles, CA

8:00am - 9:00am
Registration
Networking Breakfast & Exhibits:
Visit display tables by:
July Systems
M:Metrics
Mobile 365
TiraWireless
mBlox
WAP Oneline USA, LLC
Bango
Motorola
CoreMedia
MobiTV
Greystripe, Inc.
Nellymoser
Visit the Motorola iRadio Auto Display!

Press Room:
Sponsored by TiraWireless

9:00am - 9:15am
Welcoming Address & Announcements

9:15am - 9:20am
Sponsor address

9:20am - 9:55am
Keynote Speaker:
Paul Reddick, VP Business Development & Product Innovation, Sprint Nextel

9:55am - 10:00am
Sponsor address

10:00am - 10:45am
State of the Industry
Representatives from Mobile Music, TV, and Games industries discuss the milestones reached and challenges ahead for the mobile entertainment industry with wireless industry analysts, device manufacturers and operators. Some feel the industry is on the right course for success, others feel it's adrift and losing the battle for customer awareness. There's a lot of navigation yet to be done, so come hear from those with their hands on the wheel.
Moderator:
Tom Wheeler, Managing Director, Core Capital Partners
Speakers:
Michael Arrieta, VP Digital Sales and Marketing, Sony Pictures Digital
Greg Ballard, CEO, Glu Mobile
Rio Caraeff, VP & GM, Universal Music Mobile
John Harrobin, VP of Marketing, Verizon Wireless
Rob Tercek, Founder, Multimedia Networks


10:45am - 11:15am
Networking Break/Ask an Expert Roundtables
Mobile Search: Anil Malhotra, Chief Alliance Officer, Bango

11:15am - 11:45am
Keynote Speech

11:45am - 12:30pm
The Producers
Key to driving customer adoption of mobile entertainment will be content worth buying, created specifically for a mobile device. This panel gathers the leading creative minds in the entertainment industry to discuss their plans for developing to the small screen. Featuring representatives from the Music, Film, and TV fields.
Moderator:
Brian Seth Hurst, CEO, The Opportunity Management Company
Speakers:
Joey Carson, CEO, Bunim/Murray Productions

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
Refuel with lunch brought to you by July Systems and mBlox!

1:30pm - 2:00pm
Keynote Speaker

2:00pm - 2:45pm
Mobile Web 2.0
Creating great content is one thing. Making it easy for consumers to discover and buy is another. Today's Internet is being used by consumers to share and recommend content that they've either created themselves or acquired elsewhere. And it's working. Isn't it about time the mobile industry does the same? This panel will look at how the mobile entertainment industry can best merchandize the mobile entertainment experience, from carrier portal strategies, to off-portal content, to mobile social networking and SMS.
Moderator:
Mark Donovan, M:Metrics
Speakers:
Michael Gallell, Director of Segment Marketing, T-Mobile
Mike Gaumond, VP & GM Digital Media Services , Motorola
Michael Grossi, VP of Business Development, Helio
John Smelzer, SVP of Business Development, Fox Interactive Media


2:45pm - 3:00pm
Mobile Treasure Hunt Winners announced

3:00pm - 4:00pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Main Stage:
Justify Your Existence
Four of today's most innovative mobile entertainment companies will demonstrate their cutting-edge solutions before a panel of Billboard editors and industry analysts, who will ask questions and facilitate audience feedback. Do they have what it takes to impress us? There's only one way to find out.

Breakout Room 1
Commerce Strategies for Mobile Entertainment
The amount of mobile entertainment content available these days is at an all-time high. So why aren't consumers buying it? The problem is that content to-date has been hidden in complicated carrier decks. This panel looks at the multiple alternatives for consuming mobile entertainment content, from ad-supported models, to off-deck and direct-to-consumer plays, to user-generated content and social networking.
Moderator:
Antony Bruno, Digital/Mobile Correspondent, Billboard Magazine
Speakers:
Tom Ryan, SVP - Digital & Mobile Strategy and Development, EMI
Anthony Stonefield,USA Wireless

Breakout Room 2
Content Horizons Workshop
Four experts from the Music, Gaming, Video and TV industries will individually present their visions for the future of mobile entertainment as it relates to their specific segment. Each presentation will be followed by a Q&A session with attendees for a one-on-one interactive learning experience.

Music: Beyond Ringtones
Speaker: TBD

Games: Recipes for Success
Speaker: Brian McGarvey, VP & GM, Americas, Vivendi Mobile Games

Video/Animation: The Next Horizon
Speaker: TBD

TV: Tuning in to Wireless
Speaker: Greg Clayman, VP of Wireless Operations & Strategy, MTV Networks

4:00pm - 4:30pm
Networking Break/Ask an Expert Roundtables

4:30pm - 5:30pm - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Main Stage
Justify Your Existence
Another four newcomers take the stage to impress our panel of Billboard editors and industry analysts with demonstrations of their mobile entertainment solutions. Questions will be asked, feedback will be encouraged, and opinions will be made. Will they impress or depress? You're the judge.
Moderater:
Antony Bruno, Digital/Mobile Correspondent, Billboard Magazine

Breakout Room 1
Real World Wireless
Mobile Entertainment is more than just accessing content for the phone. It also involves using the phone as a means of interacting with real-world entertainment. From TV shows to rock concerts, the mobile phone has become an accessory being used to bring fans ever closer to their entertainment experience.
Speakers:
Anthony Batt, Founder/CEO, Buzznet
Alex Campbell, Co-Founder & CEO, Vibes Media
Dave Ulmer, Sr. Director of Marketing, Motorola Media Services

Breakout Room 2
4:30pm - 5:00pm
International Workshop: Overseas Best Practices
The majority of mobile entertainment activity these days is taking place in Europe and Asia. In this Workshop, representatives from each region will individually present the current market realities in their home country, what's worked, what hasn't, and what U.S. mobile entertainment companies can learn from their example.
Europe
Speaker: Steve Glagow, Director Partners and Operations, Orange

Asia
Speaker: TBD

5:00pm - 5:30pm
Technology Workshop: Building Blocks to Success
Quality mobile entertainment relies on a solid foundation of elegant technology. From multimedia platforms and operating systems, to digital rights management solutions and user interfaces, this Workshop will feature today's leading technology enablers showing off their capabilities and the expected impact on the market.
Multimedia platforms
Speaker: Rajesh Khera, Director of Mobile Solutions, RealNetworks

DRM
Speaker: Dr. Willms Buhse, CoreMedia/Vice Chair, OMA DRM Group

6:30pm - 8:30pm
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