• PanelPanel
  • SessionSession
  • OEMOEM
  • OperatorOperator
  • 08.00

    • Registration and Refreshments

  • 08.40

    • Welcome and Speed Networking

  • Adam Shaw, Conference Researcher, Informa Telecoms & Media
  • 08.50

    • Chairman's Opening Address

  • Richard Kramer, Managing Director, Arete Research
  • Brett Simpson, Director, Arete Research
  • 09.00

    • Back to Reality: Can Smartphones Bridge the Consumer Relevance Gap?

  • Richard Kramer, Managing Director, Arete Research
  • Brett Simpson, Director, Arete Research

    • + expand

    • Current state of the smartphone market
    • What does the consumer want from a smartphone?
    • How far are they already successful in bridging the gap?
  • Topic

    • A Changing Ecosystem

  • 09.30

    • An Operators' Perspective on Market Developments in Mobile Operating Systems

  • Peter Becker-Pennrich, Head of Global Consumer Terminals Portfolio, Vodafone

    • + expand

    • LiMo, Android and Symbian, how has the market changed over the last 18 months
    • Where do Apple and Windows fit in?
    • What should the current operator strategy be regarding Operating Systems?
    • Achieving product differentiation in a converging ecosystem
    • What about developers?
  • 10.00

    • How Is Mobile Software Evolving?

  • Sari Stahlberg, Director, S60, Nokia

    • + expand

    • First understanding what the user wants
    • What makes certain software stand out from the rest?
    • Assessing how software will improve the user experience
    • What does software need to be capable of doing in order to succeed?
  • 10.30

    • The Mobile Phone Won't Exist Beyond
    2012: What Will Replace it?

  • Bharat Kapoor, Strategy Manager, Motorola

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    • What does current research predict the mobile phone will look like in 2012?
    • What will we expect our handsets to do by 2012?
    • Why is software flexibility particularly important to mass market phones?
    • How will operating systems evolve?
  • 11.00

    • Networking Coffee Break

  • 11.45

    • Interactive Panel Discussion
    Can't We All Just Get Along? Cooperation between operators and suppliers

  • Rupert Whitehead, Operator Account Director, Symbian
  • Richard Stamvik, Operator Relations Manager, Ericsson
  • Sari Stahlberg, Director, S60, Nokia
  • Peter Becker-Penrich, Head of Global Consumer Terminals Portfolio, Vodafone

    • + expand

    • Determining your customer, the operator or the user
    • What do operators require from a platform and how can you ensure your product meets their expectations
    • What does the user require from a platform
    • Best practice if there is a conflict
  • 12.30

    • Connecting the Operator and Developer to Create the Best Applications

  • Guenter Klas, Head of Industry Initiatives, Vodafone

    + expand

    • Do operators face one type of developer?- Long tail: myth or reality?
    • Reality check- any hurdles still in place to create best apps?
    • Efforts to make life easier for developers and do they fall on fertile ground?
    • Caring versus sharing- nurturing own community versus enabling massive scale
    • Ways of interaction between operator and developer- motivations?
    • The innovators' dilemma: commercial rewards and the path towards the killer application
  • 13.00

    • The 7 Centres of Gravity: How the Mobile Industry is Reshaping

  • Andreas Constantinou, Research Director, VisionMobile

    • + expand

    • The move from horizontal OSes to vertical single-player ecosystems
    • The elements needed to build a complete vertical ecosystem
    • Google, Nokia, LiMo, BREW, Apple, Microsoft and Adobe
    • Comparing and contrasting vertical ecosystems
  • 13.30

    • Networking Lunch

  • 14.30

    • Interactive Panel Discussion

    Is Fragmentation Increasing or Decreasing?

  • Roberto Lattuada, Head of Portfolio Selection, T-Mobile
  • Philippe Silberzahn, CEO and Co-Founder, Digital Airways
  • Erik Jacobson, Product Manager, Symbian

    • + expand

    • Who does fragmentation affect most? The operators perspective
    • Different OS and application platforms, different approaches
    • What affect does fragmentation have on the user experience?
    • Can high value services be effectively delivered whilst fragmentation is so rife?
    • Have those that promised an end to fragmentation really delivered?
  • 15.00

    • New Technology Coming Into the Market and the Effects This Will have on the Ecosystem

  • Françoise Duclos, Senior Project Leader, Embedded Applications, Bouygues Telecom

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    • What new technology will be coming in over the next year
    • How is this forecast to change the ecosystem
    • How are application platforms changing in the current ecosystem?
  • 15.30

    • Supporting Multiple Operating Systems

  • Dave Neary, Board Member, GNOME

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    • Analyzing current operator challenges in supporting multiple operating systems
    • Managing customer expectation and improving the user experience in a fragmented world
  • 16.00

    • Networking Coffee Break

  • 16.30

    • Mobile Web Applications: Ubiquity Across Handsets

  • Tim Raby, Managing Director, OMTP

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    • How can open source help the industry drive towards a common goal
    • How to protect the user and their privacy
    • The needs of the user, developer, operator, OEM in enabling the mobile web
  • 17.00

    • Modularised Systems

  • Luca Passani, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, WURFL-Pro S.R.L

    • + expand

    • The role of open source in enabling modularized systems
    • Better approach for customization
    • What are the challenges?
  • 17.30

    • End of Day One