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Conference: Mobile Internet Track

Track Chair: Craig Mathias
Principal
Farpoint Group

There's no doubt that the Internet and the Web have revolutionized how business gets done – both inside the organization and in re-defining commerce itself. This track examines the key technologies, products, and strategies for making the most of the mobile Web and wireless access to the Internet.

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Wednesday, September 17
11:00 am–12:00 pm	MBX Plenary Wireless: So Much Left to Do Ever think that wireless and mobile are so big, complex, and evolving so quickly that figuring it all out is a full-time job? In this session, you'll have the opportunity to meet the top analysts who do just that - predict the future of everything related to mobility. And, of course, whenever you get two or more analysts together, it's a sure bet that there will be heated debate driven by a detailed knowledge of the industry, technology, and markets. We'll allow plenty of time for questions from the audience, so join us as we kick off MBX 2008 with a lively discussion of the issues, and what's next for wireless. Moderator - Craig Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group Craig J. Mathias is a Principal with Farpoint Group, a wireless and mobile advisory firm based in Ashland, MA. The company works with manufacturers, network operators, enterprises, and the financial community in technology assessment and analysis, strategy development, product specification and design, product marketing, program management, education and training, and the integration of emerging technologies into new and existing business operations, across a broad range of markets and applications. Craig is an internationally-recognized expert on wireless communications and mobile computing technologies, and has published numerous technical and overview articles on a variety of topics. He is a well-known industry analyst and frequent speaker at industry conferences and trade shows, and is currently a member of the Advisory Boards for the Interop (Las Vegas and New York), Mobile Business Expo (MBX), and WiMAX World conferences. He also serves as a semi-monthly columnist for SearchMobileComputing.com, ardent blogger for Unstrung.com, and weekly columnist for Computerworld.com. He holds an Sc.B. degree in Applied Mathematics/Computer Science from Brown University. Speaker - Andreas Antonopoulos, SVP and Founding Partner, Nemertes Research Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a Senior Vice President and Founding Partner with Nemertes Research, where he develops and manages research projects, conducts strategic seminars and advises key clients. Andreas is a computer scientist, a master of data communications and distributed systems, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a self-professed geek, with an engineering, programming and consulting background. Mr. Antonopoulos honed his speaking skills in front of audiences ranging in size from five executives in a boardroom to hundreds of people in large conferences. With more than three hundred speaking engagements under his belt he is considered a world-class and charismatic public speaker and teacher. Before joining Nemertes, Mr. Antonopoulos was the Security Practice Director at ThruPoint Inc, where he was responsible for a global team of security consultants who deliver solutions to multinational clients. Prior to ThruPoint he was a Security Practice Lead at Greenwich Technology Partners, where he designed the security architecture of a global wire-transfer network interconnecting the world's banks. Speaker - Fanny Mlinarsky, President, OctoScope Fanny is a Boston area entrepreneur helping companies create successful technology products and nurture them through their launch and growth phase. Her consulting company, octoScope, Inc., provides services focusing on product design and advocacy. In her last two companies Fanny has built significant value through creating and promoting winning products. In 2001 Fanny founded Azimuth Systems, the leading provider of Wi-Fi / WiMAX / LTE test equipment, and served as the company's Chief Technology Officer for five years. As a result of her design and advocacy work, the original wireless test platform that Fanny pioneered at Azimuth has become the industry standard for physical and protocol layer testing. Before founding Azimuth, she managed the Agilent Handheld Cable Testers and Network Troubleshooting Tools business unit formed through the acquisition of Scope Communications. Prior to that, she was VP of Engineering at Scope where she led the development of the technology that was acquired by Hewlett Packard/Agilent. Fanny spent over 23 years in engineering and management positions developing data communications and network test products. She is actively involved with the industry standards work and is the founder of IEEE 802.11T, the committee defining test metrics and methods. She has been publishing articles and presenting on data communications technologies and test. Fanny has been awarded 4 patents. In 2004, she received a Woman to Watch award from Mass High Tech. Speaker - Keith Shaw, Program Director, Network World Keith Shaw is Programming Director at Network World, responsible for multimedia strategy (videos, podcasts, chat events). In addition, he writes the Cool Tools column, which looks at personal technology, gizmos, gadgets and other fun stuff. You can reach Keith at kshaw@nww.com. Shaw also assists Network World in a variety of print and Web site projects. He has moderated several events for the Network World Events group, including Technology Tours on wireless LANs and Messaging/Spam. In 2004 he won an award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for the Sept. 15, 2003 article, Spam in the Wild. Shaw has been at Network World since December 1999. Before joining Network World, he worked at Computerworld for three years in several editing and production positions. He has been a journalist for more than 20 years, with experience at many daily newspapers. He has vast experience in writing, editing and design. He holds a bachelor's degree in newspaper journalism from Syracuse University. Speaker - Paul DeBeasi, Senior Analyst, Burton Group Paul DeBeasi is a Senior Analyst at the Burton Group and has over 25 years experience in the networking industry. Before joining the Burton Group, Paul founded ClearChoice Advisors, a wireless consulting firm, and was the VP Product Marketing at Legra Systems, a wireless-switch innovator. Prior to Legra, Paul was the VP Product Marketing at startups IPHighway and ONEX Communications and was also the Frame Relay product line manager for Cascade Communications. Paul began his career developing networking systems as a senior engineer at Bell Laboratories, Prime Computer, and Chipcom Corporation. Paul holds a BS degree in Systems Engineering from Boston University and a Master of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. Speaker - Philippe Winthrop, Research Director, Strategy Analytics Philippe Winthrop is a Director in the Global Wireless Practice at Strategy Analytics with a focus on Enterprise Mobility spanning all aspects of the enterprise mobility ecosystem, from mobile strategy adoption to mobile application integration, as well as managed services for mobility. Philippe has spent his entire career researching emerging technologies and their impact on the corporate value chain. Philippe started his career at GeoPartners research, a boutique strategy consultancy, where he worked on projects including AT&T Wireless' adoption and migration path to GSM from TDMA. After GeoPartners, Philippe joined IDC's European IT Services Research group where he spearheaded a wide variety of research and consulting projects for the Top 50 IT Services companies in Western Europe. Philippe most recently was the Research Director for Wireless and Mobility at Aberdeen Group, a Boston based research firm. Not only did Philippe launch the Wireless and Mobility practice at Aberdeen, he also conducted ground-breaking research to quantify the tangible value of key mobile and wireless technologies, including enterprise mobility strategy adoption, Fixed Mobile Convergence, enterprise WiFi adoption, application deployment on WLANs and more. Philippe is a frequent speaker and presenter and currently sits on the advisory board of Mobile Enterprise Magazine.
1:30 pm–2:30 pm	MBX Conference Sessions Future Directions: Advanced Wireless Technologies Despite its 100-plus year history, wireless today is benefiting from a level of innovation unmatched in any other area of high technology. New developments appear at a remarkable rate, with the accompanying marketing hype. However not all new developments are ultimately successful or even meaningful. This session will explore a number of key technology directions in basic wireless technologies and provide an analysis of which wireless technologies are going to matter in the long run. Moderator - Fanny Mlinarsky, President, OctoScope Fanny is a Boston area entrepreneur helping companies create successful technology products and nurture them through their launch and growth phase. Her consulting company, octoScope, Inc., provides services focusing on product design and advocacy. In her last two companies Fanny has built significant value through creating and promoting winning products. In 2001 Fanny founded Azimuth Systems, the leading provider of Wi-Fi / WiMAX / LTE test equipment, and served as the company's Chief Technology Officer for five years. As a result of her design and advocacy work, the original wireless test platform that Fanny pioneered at Azimuth has become the industry standard for physical and protocol layer testing. Before founding Azimuth, she managed the Agilent Handheld Cable Testers and Network Troubleshooting Tools business unit formed through the acquisition of Scope Communications. Prior to that, she was VP of Engineering at Scope where she led the development of the technology that was acquired by Hewlett Packard/Agilent. Fanny spent over 23 years in engineering and management positions developing data communications and network test products. She is actively involved with the industry standards work and is the founder of IEEE 802.11T, the committee defining test metrics and methods. She has been publishing articles and presenting on data communications technologies and test. Fanny has been awarded 4 patents. In 2004, she received a Woman to Watch award from Mass High Tech. Speaker - David Britz, Principal Technical Staff Member , AT&T Labs David M. Britz is AT&T's subject matter expert for Free Space Optical Communications (FSOC) and the Terahertz initiative. He is a Principal Technical Staff Member with AT&T Labs Research - Shannon Labs and has worked at AT&T contiguously for 24 years. Over the years his principal activities have included forward looking technologies and advanced product design and development including public communications products, ISDN telephones, advanced speakerphones, in-building and terrestrial optical wireless. From 1994 he became the project leader for AT&T's internal development and applications of commercial FSOC technologies, and later, after the break up of AT&T and Lucent and the change in AT&T's research direction, he initiated and continued investigations and industry collaborations on the utilization of FSOC for broadband local access networks, and later meshed based FSOC backbone applications for broadband Wireless Local Area Networks. Since mid 2007 he has been focused on the technologies and network applications utilizing extreme millimeter and terahertz frequencies for multi-gigabit wireless links for next generation terahertz based Personal Area Networks. He is a founding board member and has served as the Chairman of the FSO Alliance, a USA delegate to the IEC on laser safety and founding member of IEC-TC76 Working Group 5 part 12 (FSOC operation standards). He is an active member of 802.11 standards organization and in late 2007, successfully lobbied and initiated the Terahertz Interest Group in 802.15, accepting the Vice Chair position of that group. The THz IG was formed to investigate applications and prepare standards for this next generation multi-Gigabit wireless PAN's utilizing THz spectrum, and to engage with the ITU on impending THz spectrum allocations. Speaker - Roel Peeters, VP Marketing and Co-Founder, Ozmo Devices Mr. Peeters co-founded Ozmo Devices in 2004 and currently heads up its marketing and business development activities. Ozmo Devices is trailblazing the innovative area of Wi-Fi Personal Area Networking for peripherals. Ozmo's solution extends the functionality of Wi-Fi-enabled platforms to seamlessly communicate with low-power wireless peripherals such as mice and headsets. Mr. Peeters has over 10 years of high-technology marketing, product management and sales experience. Earlier in his career, Mr. Peeters held various applications engineering, sales, and sales management positions in Europe, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. with ICOS Vision Systems (acquired by KLA-Tencor), a semiconductor equipment manufacturer. He received his MBA from The Wharton School and an MSEE from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. Speaker - Russell Cyr, CMO & Co-Founder, Bitwave Semiconductor Russell Cyr is a 20-year veteran of the wireless communications evolution. Russ is currently the CMO and Co-founder of BitWave Semiconductor, a start-up working on a single chip software defined radio transceiver. Russ has worked for public and start-up companies in the areas of RFICs, WLAN, fixed broadband wireless access, cellular infrastructure, microcells, wireless local loop, CDPD, broadband microwave radio and high performance digital tuners. Prior to BitWave, Russ held VP and senior level positions at Global Communication Devices, Engim, Adaptive Broadband, California Microwave and Tellabs Wireless, Steinbrecher and Lockheed/Sanders. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in microwave engineering from the University of Massachusetts and he holds an MBA from Rivier college. Speaker - Sheung Li, Director of Product Development and Marketing, SiBEAM Sheung Li is the Director of Product Development and Marketing for SiBEAM, Inc. He is working to introduce a new generation of 60 GHz semiconductors to the consumer electronics and personal computing markets. Mr. Li's responsibilities at SiBEAM include product management, government affairs, and industry standardization. In his prior roles as Product Line Manager and later as Director at Atheros Communications, he launched every product from the company's initial 5 GHz chipsets through to the introduction of 802.11n. Mr. Li has also been responsible for customer premises equipment at Geocast Network Systems and home networking at 3Com Corporation. He is the Vice Chair of the IEEE 802.11n standards committee, and holds patents in low power and adaptive radio technologies. Mr. Li received a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and both a M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering and a MBA from Stanford University. Speaker - Steve Muir, CTO, Vanu, Inc. Steve Muir is currently CTO at Vanu, Inc., where he has held a number of different roles since joining the company in 2001 as a member of the engineering staff. He has been involved in numerous research projects in the areas of software defined radio, computer networking and operating systems. From 2003 to 2006 he was a member of the research staff at Princeton University, working on the PlanetLab project. Steve possesses a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and B.A. and M.Eng. degrees from the University of Cambridge.
4:00 pm–5:00 pm	MBX Conference Sessions The Microbrowser Grows Up Is there still a good reason why a mobile browser need be less capable than its desktop counterparts? Perhaps. But with mobile access to the web today just as important as mobile voice service, and with enterprises adopting web services as a fundamental IT strategy, there's now a clear requirement for mobile browsers that support desktop functionality - but in a compact package. This session includes a discussion of required features, demos of the latest mobile browsers, as well as a debate attempting to define best approach to user interface strategy and implementation. Moderator - Philippe Winthrop, Research Director, Strategy Analytics Philippe Winthrop is a Director in the Global Wireless Practice at Strategy Analytics with a focus on Enterprise Mobility spanning all aspects of the enterprise mobility ecosystem, from mobile strategy adoption to mobile application integration, as well as managed services for mobility. Philippe has spent his entire career researching emerging technologies and their impact on the corporate value chain. Philippe started his career at GeoPartners research, a boutique strategy consultancy, where he worked on projects including AT&T Wireless' adoption and migration path to GSM from TDMA. After GeoPartners, Philippe joined IDC's European IT Services Research group where he spearheaded a wide variety of research and consulting projects for the Top 50 IT Services companies in Western Europe. Philippe most recently was the Research Director for Wireless and Mobility at Aberdeen Group, a Boston based research firm. Not only did Philippe launch the Wireless and Mobility practice at Aberdeen, he also conducted ground-breaking research to quantify the tangible value of key mobile and wireless technologies, including enterprise mobility strategy adoption, Fixed Mobile Convergence, enterprise WiFi adoption, application deployment on WLANs and more. Philippe is a frequent speaker and presenter and currently sits on the advisory board of Mobile Enterprise Magazine. Speaker - Anna Chagnon, CEO, Bitstream At the helm of Bitstream Inc., President and CEO Anna M. Chagnon and her executive management team at Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) are successfully making digital and Web-based communications compelling in the wireless browsing, publishing, and font technology markets. Throughout her tenure at Bitstream, Chagnon held Executive VP, COO, CFO, and General Counsel posts, with her most recent promotion to CEO in October 2003. Chagnon is a frequent speaker and panel member at wireless industry conferences, including iDate, iWireless World, Mobile Enterprise, NetWorld + Interop and the Wireless Security Conference, as well as other events that span the diverse Bitstream Inc. product lines. In the wireless space, Chagnon is able to clearly articulate the roadblocks different segments -- from carriers and device manufacturers to application developers and corporate IT departments -- face when streamlining wireless operations with security concerns and business objectives. Speaker - Chris Blizzard, Mobile Evangelist, Mozilla Corporation Christopher Blizzard has been with the Mozilla project for the better part of the decade. He maintained the GTK+ front end in Mozilla for a number of years as a contributor but recently joined the Corporation as a full time Mobile and Open Source Evangelist. Speaker - Kiyo Oishi, COO, ACCESS Systems Americas Kiyo Oishi is an executive officer of ACCESS CO., Ltd. and Chief Operating Officer of ACCESS Systems Americas. In this role, he is responsible for the day-to-day operations of ACCESS Systems Americas, with a particular focus on integrating global marketing and business development efforts. Prior to joining ACCESS CO., Ltd., Kiyo was director of marketing at Geoworks, where he was responsible for multiple embedded software licensing deals with leading consumer electronics companies. Before Geoworks, Kiyo worked at Sony, where he accumulated extensive experience in sales, marketing and business planning in the areas of consumer electronics and component devices. Kiyo holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Speaker - Tatsuki Tomita, SVP of Consumer Products, Opera Software Tatsuki Tomita is SVP of Consumer Products for Opera Software. Tomita is responsible for leading the ongoing innovation and market expansion of Opera's consumer products: the flagship desktop Web browser; Opera Mini, the world's most popular mobile browser; and Opera Mobile, the full-featured Web browser for smartphones. Prior to his current role, Tomita established and led Opera's operations in Japan.
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Friday, September 19
10:15 am–11:15 am	MBX Conference Sessions Mobile Web 2.0 - Access and Applications With the web now forming the basis not just for publishing, but also for B2B and B2C m-commerce as a platform for applications, it's critical to understand the technologies of the mobile web. Also, businesses need to know how to extend their web strategies to mobile users. That's what this session is about. We'll explore how new web applications can be effective on mobile platforms, and the key tools and technologies required to be successful in making next-generation web applications mobile. Moderator - Eric Chan, Mobile Evangelist, Mobileslate Eric Chan is a Consultant in Mobile and Wireless Technology at Mobileslate. He regularly speaks at Industry events including Mobile Business Expo in 2006 and at CeBit Europe earlier this year. He also hosts a blog: http://www.mobileslate.com, where he writes about mobile and wireless content and services. Prior to Mobileslate, in 2003, he founded Caboodle Networks, a mobile search recommendation engine using semantic technology. While at Caboodle, he filed two patents in the area of search and information retrieval. The company was recently acquired by MCN in 2007. Chan is also an Adjunct Faculty in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Chan holds a Masters in Software Engineering and eBusiness Technology and a Bachelors in Business Administration, both from Carnegie Mellon University. Speaker - Matt Golden, BlackBerry Partners Fund, RBC Venture Partners Matt is a senior member of the RBC Venture Partners team focused on direct investments in the newly formed Blackberry Partners Fund. Prior to RBC Venture Partners, Matt was a founding member of Tira Wireless, a leading provider of mobile content deployment technology and services. As SVP Sales, Business Development and Corporate Development, Tira grew to become a recognized industry leader, consistently delivering strong year over year revenue growth and receiving multiple industry innovation and growth awards. Matt came to Tira from Brightspark Ventures LP, one of Canada's leading early stage venture capital firms. As Director of New Ventures, he applied his entrepreneurial skills to building financial networks, raising capital, striking alliances and forming partnerships for the Brightspark group of companies. Prior to Brightspark, Matt practiced law at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, one of Canada's premier law firms specializing in business technology, general corporate, financial services and mergers and acquisitions. As an expert on mobile content deployment, distribution and business development, Matt is a frequent speaker at business schools and industry events, including CTIA, Games & Mobile Forum, MECCA, Mobile Entertainment Summit and Always On Innovation Summit. Matt is a graduate of the University of Ottawa's LLB/MBA program. Speaker - Steve Tak Wan, Director, Technical Marketing, Qualcomm Steve is responsible for the global technical marketing of wireless applications and services at Qualcomm. He leads a team that works with operators in Asia, Europe and North America to analyze service trends, explore new applications that can be enabled or enhanced by improved network capabilities as well as develop user cases and business models for those applications. Steve holds an MBA from the Wharton School and an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Speaker - Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners Tim brings a combination of operational, technical and international business experience to Norwest Venture Partners. Tim focuses on investments in wireless and digital media as well as business development initiatives in Asia-Pacific. Tim has recently invested in and joined the board of directors of 3Jam and Lumos Labs. Tim also works with the boards of deCarta and Double Fusion. Prior to joining NVP in 2006, Tim was a principal at Gabriel Venture Partners where he was actively involved in over a dozen wireless-related deals and led Gabriel's investments in Iridigm Display Corporation (acquired by Qualcomm), Eyespot, Sequoia Communications, Sandbridge, and Kajeet. He also contributed to the boards of Placeware (acquired by Microsoft) and Arula Systems (acquired by Raritan), TestQuest, NextG Networks, and IPWireless. Tim built Gabriel's wireless sector practice and helped establish business development capabilities through strong, strategic relationships across the wireless value chain, particularly in Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Gabriel, Tim spent more than five years working in Japan as a product manager at Gateway Inc., and a development engineer for General Motors. Tim began his career in venture capital in 1999 during his time at Stanford Business School as part of the founding team of CTR Ventures K.K., a venture accelerator in Tokyo focused on seed and early-stage mobile consumer applications for the Japanese market. Tim currently serves on the advisory boards of the Wireless Communications Alliance (WCA), Dealmaker Media, Digital Hollywood, VC Task Force Wireless SIG, Silicon Valley Chinese Wireless Association, as well as the IBF Wireless Investor Summit. Tim holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and an MS in electrical engineering/system engineering as well as a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.
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