Mobile SIG

WCA Mobile SIG presents: Mobile OS – 2010 and beyond

April 20th 2010 -- 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Registration & Networking starts 3:30pm, Event from 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Qualcomm, Bldg B, Santa Clara CA

The year 2009 was the battleground among the Mobile operating system platforms fueled up by the emergence of Google’s Android, Palm's webOS, and other Linux based OSes competing against the renewed touch-based Windows Mobile 6.5 and Blackberry OS 4.6, as well as incumbent Apple’s iPhone and Symbian OS. With the exponential growth of the smartphones that is projected to take up over 30% of the entire mobile phone demand by 2013 and OS fragmentation becoming an increasing industry concern, the Mobile OS war in 2010 will only intensify. So, the question is who will be the winners and losers in 2010 and beyond? How effectively will open source based platforms compete vs. proprietary ones? Can one platform ultimately rule both the consumer and the enterprise markets? How successful will Android and other open source OS platforms be in expanding into non-handset device categories? These questions are equally important to answer for the OEMs, operators, and applications developers who are all faced with increasing challenges of cross-platform development.

The WCA Mobile SIG is excited to host a high profile panel event featuring the industry’s leading minds from all parts of the value chain who are at the forefront of shaping up the future of the Mobile OS landscape. This event will address these as well as many other questions, and provide a venue for a healthy debate. Don’t miss this chance to hear firsthand from our panelists and network with a broad spectrum of participants!

-- Moderator: Lars Kamp, Executive, Accenture Growth Strategy Practice
-- David Cao, CEO, ExtendLogic
-- Rob Chimsky, Vice President & CTO, inCode Telecom
-- Hugh Fletcher, Director of Technology, Verizon Wireless
-- Oliver Gunasekara, Head of N.A. for Global Alliances, Symbian Foundation
-- Anand Iyer, Sr. Prod. Mgr - Windows Phone 7, Microsoft
-- Asokan Thiyagarajan, Director, Samsung Telecommunications America

Please plan to join us on Tuesday April 20th for what promises to be an interesting and informative event. Seating at this event is limited! Register now for this exciting event!!

Early-bird: $10 before 11-Apr-2010
Late-reg: $15 before 20-Apr-2010
At-the-door: $20 (Cash-only please)

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April 2010 : WCA Mobile SIG
Mobile OS – 2010 and Beyond
-- Moderator: Lars Kamp, Executive, Accenture Growth Strategy Practice
-- David Cao, CEO, ExtendLogic
-- Todd Crick, President & CEO, inCode Telecom
-- Hugh Fletcher, Director of Technology, Verizon Wireless
-- Oliver Gunasekara, Head of N.A. for Global Alliances, Symbian Foundation
-- Asokan Thiyagarajan, Director, Samsung Telecommunications America
Photos & writeup by D.J. Cline

December 2009 : WCA LBS & Mobile SIG
LBS/Mobile Platforms Enabling Great Apps & Services
-- Tony Jebara, CTO, Sense Networks "Lifestyle Segmentation from Mobile Location and Call Data" - Presentation
-- Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen, VP of Business Development, Skyhook Wireless "Good Location Matters" - Presentation
-- Leila Modarres, VP of Marketing, DeviceAnywhere "Perfecting LBS Application Development" - Presentation
-- Adam Blum, CEO, Rhomobile "Rapidly Mobilize Your Enterprise Apps to All Smartphones" - Presentation
-- Ellen Schwab, VP of Sales and Business Development, Telespree Communications "Evolution of Wireless Device-based Self-service" - Presentation
-- Tom Owen, VP of Business Development, deCarta "An Integrated Platform for Powering Local Mobile Search and Navigation" - Presentation
-- John Kavulich, Staff Manager Location Products and Services, Qualcomm "Powerful and Precise Location Technology Enhancing the User Experience"
WCA LBS SIG YouTube Channel (Contains video segments of this event)

September 2009 : WCA Mobile SIG
The Application Store Phenomenon (In conjunction with the Silicon Valley - China Wireless Conference 2009)
-- Moderator: Dev Khare, Vice President, Venrock
-- Mark Anderson, CEO, Hiplogic
-- Shanquan Bao, Director of Mobile Terminal & IC, China Mobile Research Institute US
-- Curtis Sasaki, Vice President of Product Management, Research In Motion
-- Dan Turchin, CEO, Aeroprise
-- Charles Yu, Director of Business Development, hiSoft
-- Brian Vogelsang, Director of Product Management, Qualcomm

July 2009 : WCA Mobile SIG
Mobile Display Technologies
-- Moderator: David Witkowski, Vice President, Wireless Communications Alliance
-- Dr. Manish Kothari, Senior Director Business Operations, QUALCOMM
-- Dr. Raj Apte, Senior Engineer, PARC
-- Michael Cai, Chief Technology Officer, Vivante Corp
-- Donald Pitt, Sr. Director of Strategic Tech Group, Samsung

March 2009 : WCA Mobile SIG
Femtocells and their consequences for HSPA and LTE
-- Moderator: Stefan Scheinert, Principal, Scheinert Telecom - presentation
-- Peter Walther, Product Manager, mimoOn
-- Dror Nahumi, Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
-- Behzad Mohebbi, CTO, Nextivity
-- Tom McQuade, VP NA Sales, picoChip
-- Michelle Pampin, Wireless Backhaul Specialist

October 2008 : WCA Mobile SIG
The Mobile Search Summit
-- Moderator: Dev Khare, Vice President, Venrock
-- Lee Ott, Director Mobile Web, Yahoo
-- Josh Siegel, Product Manager Mobile Search, Google
-- Greg Carpenter, CEO, Boopsie
-- Mark Grandcolas, EIR, PARC

November 2007 : Mobile SIG
Analyze This! : The 700 MHz Auctions
-- Quentin Hardy, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, Forbes
-- Andrew Seybold, Founder & Principal, Andrew Seybold Inc.
-- Mike Thelander, Chief Executive Officer, Signals Research
-- Clint McClellan, Sr. Director of Market Intelligence, QUALCOMM (moderator)

The WCA Mobile SIG serves as a forum for communication, exchange of ideas, and partnership in the mobile eco-system. Given the broad nature of the mobile market, this SIG acts to some extent as an umbrella over the more vertically-integrated SIGs such as LBS but also provides insight and education on spectrum issues, mobile operating systems, use models, and associated issues.

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