SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Open Mobile Summit, the definitive industry conference for the leaders of the new mobile economy, returns to San Francisco November 7-9 2012 at the InterContinental San Francisco.
The three-day conference gathers market leaders and entrepreneurs driving a fundamental redefinition of the mobile Internet ecosystem, from carriers through to device manufacturers, Internet and commerce giants, media, retail, brands and app publishers.
Key themes this year include: Connecting Everything; The Age of mCommerce; Mobile video and the future of TV; Wearables, Sensors and Quantified Self; Taking LTE to market; Cloud; Big Data; App Engagement; Design and Monetization.
Preliminary speakers announced include:
· Aaron Levie, CEO, Box
· Gibu Thomas, SVP, Walmart
· David Wertheimer, President Digital, Fox Broadcasting Company
· Baudouin Corman, VP, Gameloft
· Brad Duea, SVP, T-Mobile
· Calvin Carter, President, Bottle Rocket Apps
· Cameron Clayton, EVP Digital, The Weather Channel
· Charlene Li, Founder, Altimeter Group
· Christine Robins, CEO, BodyMedia
· Dan Deeney, Partner, New Venture Partners
· Daniel Danker, GM Programmes and On-demand, BBC
· Francisco Varela, Director, YouTube
· Lucy Hood, Executive Director, CTM University of Southern California
· Mihir Shah, President and CEO, Tapjoy
· Musa Unmehopa, Technical Plenary Chairman, Open Mobile Alliance
· Paul Gunning, CEO, Tribal DDB Worldwide
· Peter Relan, CEO, CrowdStar
· Peter Skormoroch, Principal Data Scientist, LinkedIn
· Richard Ting, EVP, R/GA
· Rob Grimshaw, MD, FT.com
· Scott Kveton, CEO, Urban Airship
· Simon Khalaf, CEO, Flurry
· Suli Ali, CEO, TinyCo
· Tim Chang, MD Mayfield Fund
· Tom Byers, Professor, Stanford University
“This is more than a mobile conference. It’s a meeting of minds, the smartest, most heavyweight people in converging mobile, Internet, media and commerce. Together we define the future” said Robin Batt, founder.
Confirmed sponsors for The Open Mobile Summit and Appcelerate 2012 are PayPal, VMware, Google; Flurry, OMA, Tapjoy, Immersion and Urban Airship.
About Open Mobile Media Ltd.
The Open Mobile Summit is produced by Open Mobile Media Ltd, an independent group founded in 2008 by communications industry consultant Robin Batt. The company specializes in providing business intelligence to business leaders across the converging mobile, Internet, media and high tech spaces. http://www.openmobilesummit.com