8 - 9 May, Hotel Palais Stephanie, Cannes

Agenda Day 2

Day Two: 9th May 2008

Networking Break & Exhibition Visit

10.40

Off Portal vs On Portal: Fostering an Era of Positive Change

11.10

Change Multi-channel strategies are becoming amust-do formedia and content companies, and uptake in off-portal content is surging, as operators and content owners collaborate over revenue sharing and data charging. This panel will present the case for off-portal vs on-portal. What are the challenges and opportunities on all sides?

  • Moderator:
  • Bena Roberts, Founder and Chief Analyst, BKI Media
  • Panellists:
  • Jens Begemann, CPO, Jamster
  • Ray Andersen, CEO, Bango UK
  • Russell Buckley, MD Europe, Admob
  • Paul Meyers, CEO, Acme Mobile
  • Andrew Bud, MEF Vice Chair and Executive Chairman mBlox

Exploring the New World of Content: Search and Discovery on Mobile

11.40

How can consumers to expand their content discovery outside of local search? Is a web like search experience on mobile a reality? What are the key factors in enabling off-deck content service discovery? How is the value chain embracing the mobile search opportunity?

  • Moderator: Beth Marcus, Chapter Chair INmobile.org & CEO, Zeemote
  • Panellists:
  • Stephen Burke, SVP Marketing, MCN Inc
  • Bob Last, Head of Business Development, Taptu
  • James Patmore, Vice President, EMEA - Amdocs - Advertising, Commerce, and Entertainment Division
  • Gary Roshak, Vice President, Mobile Advertisers and Publishers, Yahoo!
  • Carey Bunks, Senior VP Business Development, yell.com

Opening up the Industry: Data Pricing and Enablers

12.10

What will fuel a boom in mobile entertainment? Some say pricing and charging hold the key, as new flat rate models enter the market with the potential to open up the industry. But what are the limitations of ‘all-you-can-eat’ data packages? Is lack of data charging clarity restricting mobile entertainment growth?

  • Moderator: Andrew Bud, MEF Vice Chair and Executive Chairman, mBlox
  • Panellists:
  • Matthews Millar, Director of Mobile and Devices, Adobe
  • Ian Mullins, CEO, Yamgo
  • Anuj Khanna, Head of Marketing Tanla Mobile

Lunch & Exhibition Visit

12.40

What is the Cost of a Bad User Experience?

13.30

What makes for a good user experience on mobile? Does the industry understand the true cost of a bad experience? This session seeks to gain some clarity from the different opinions in the market and will refer to the findings of the latest consumer survey led by the MEF.

  • Discussion by Members of the MEF Quality of Experience Initiative:
  • Moderated by: Graeme Ferguson, Managing Director, Global Content Division, Picsel Technologies
  • Panellists:
  • Bertrand Schmitt, COO & VP Marketing, Zandan
  • Dominic Butler, Experience Architect, Custom Solutions EMEA, Adobe Systems Europe
  • Kamar Shah, Global Head of Industry Marketing, Games, Multimedia, Nokia

Taking a Fresh Perspective: Identifying New Opportunities for Mobile Music

14.00

How are music services evolving? What are the key revenue opportunities? How is unlimited music bundling in tariffs faring on both sides of the Atlantic? Can ringback tones replicate their Asian success in the rest of the world, and what might be the preventing factors? How are the label’s off-portal strategies evolving - and who will crack communities and music on mobile? Join the leaders in mobile music as they share their views on how to create the best selling music service

  • Moderator: Ralph Simon, Chairman Emeritus & Founder, MEF Americas
  • Sissel Henriette Larsen, Director, Content, Mobile Markets, Telenor
  • Rob Lewis, CEO, Omnifone
  • Andrew Fisher, CEO, Shazam
  • Anthony Ackenhoff, Co-Founder & Managing Director, FRUKT
  • Ian Henderson, Vice President, EMEA Digital Business Development, SONY BMG Music Entertainment

Redefining Mobile Gaming and Growing the Market

14.30

This panel will examine whether expectations for mobile gaming have been met, and what must happen to reinvigorate the market. Will new technologies - touch screens, GPS - provide the means to revive interest? Is in-game advertising the answer? With more networks moving to 3G, how can mobile gaming achieve its full potential?

  • Moderator: Monty Munford, Creator, Monty’s Gaming and Wireless Outlook
  • Panellists:
  • Anders Hakfelt, Vice President Commercial, EMEA, South-East Asia, Latin America, Hands-On Mobile
  • Suresh Sudera, Head of Games, Vodafone Group
  • Chris James, MD, Steel Media (publishers of Pocket Gamer)
  • Balbir Blugan, Mobile Business Development, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • Frank Keeling, UK MD of Publishing, Glu Mobile

Networking Break & Exhibition Visit

15.00

Regulatory Impact on the Business Environment

15.20

Regulation that previously only applied to broadcast media is now affecting mobile. These carefully selected experts will offer an invaluable lesson on mobile regulation from 2008. How will content standards and advertising quotas be affected? What does it all mean for mobile TV? If you’re in mobile you can’t afford to miss this.

  • Discussion with senior European regulatory figures
  • Moderated by: Marco Argenti, Managing Director, Dada.net
  • Panellists:
  • George Kidd, Chief Executive, PhonepayPlus
  • Elin Nolsoe Stenberg, Head of EU Affairs, Orange-France Telecom

The Future of Personalisation

15.50

Today's consumers tailor mobile services to suit their specific needs. Personalising mobile services and applications represents a golden opportunity to increase revenues and drastically improve the user experience. How can personalisation be properly monetised?

  • Moderator: Nick Lane, Mobile Consultant
  • Panellists
  • Mark Rolston, Senior Vice President of Creative, Frog Design
  • Andrew Perlman, General Manager Vringo USA, Senior VP Content & Community, Vringo
  • Simeon Coney, VP of Business Development, Adaptive Mobile
  • Nick Desai, CEO & Co-Founder, Juice Wireless
  • Aaron Rattue, Business Group Director, Telecom GfK

Interacting and Engaging: The Potential of Participation Media

16.20

Interactive participation TV has often been cited as a good example of how the media and telecoms have converged to enable viewers to become more personally involved with TV shows. However, a series of basic errors in the UK resulted in Participation TV services taking a serious knock in terms of consumer confidence. How can consumer confidence be restored to ensure this lucrative new revenue stream remains open for operators, content owners and broadcasters? What does the future of interactive services hold for the mobile entertainment industry?

  • Moderator: Suhail Bhat, Policy and Initiatives Director, MEF
  • Panellists:
  • Pierre-Emmanuel Struyven, CEO, Streamezzo
  • Mika Kuusisto, Director International Business Development, MINICK UK
  • Barry Houlihan, MD and Founder, MIG
  • Gerrit-Jan Konijnenberg, CEO, Comsys

End of Day Two & Close of Conference

16.50

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