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KEYSPEAKERS 2008

Toshio Miki, M.D. , Communication Device Development Department, DoCoMo

Guido Arnone, Director Terminals, Technology, Vodafone

Dr Ari Jaaksi, Director of Open Source Operations, Nokia

Simon Rockman, Head of Requirements and Applications, Sony Ericsson

Alan Wright, Head of the Future Solutions Group, Motorola Inc.

Dr Florian Seiche, VP, HTC Europe

Dr Jin-Sung Choi, SVP, LG

Anuraj Gambhir, President, Innovation and Corporate Business Development, Spice

Pre Conference Workshop, 9 June 2008

Leading Edge Handset Design

Are iPhone, Android, Open Source and other initiatives the next enabling steps toward Web Centric Mobility?

Workshop Leader: Ken Blakeslee, Chairman WebMobility Ventures

Workshop Objectives:

Understand the business impact and opportunities which unfold as a result of ubiquitous Web access over Mobile
iPhone, Android, Open Source and other initiatives are upon us - learn what their impact will be
Understand the key enabling technologies from an end user driven perspective and the likely timescales
Put together the end to end ‘big picture’ of Mobile Web 2.0 service delivery

Who should attend?

Strategic business and technology planners from mobile operators, service providers and MVNO’s
Providers of rich content and applications targeting Mobile users
Web based services companies going mobile
Mobile device and accessory brands, manufacturers, OEM’s and ODM’s

Workshop Agenda

Setting the scene - The emerging end to end services delivery proposition

New Business drivers
The new architecture of Web services delivery
Web 2.0 and it’s Mobile component
End user trends - demand expectations and revenue opportunities
Review of innovations in personal devices and accessories

Mobile Device Evolution - Part one

The iPhone Effect
Review of Android - friend or foe?
Linux and other open source approaches to Software design
Top Tier Mobile Phone manufacturers initiatives in OS design
SavaJe - lessons to be learned?

Round Table Discussion: Industry view of progress to date and forward outlook for the business opportunity areas and timing of commercial services

Lunch

Mobile Device Evolution - Part 2

Facilitators: Arete Research - Richard Kramer, MD and Brett Simpson, Director

The New Role of the OS in a Web centric world
Third party development environments
Java, Flash, Widgets
Browser wars, browser innovations or full blown browsers on mobile devices
User Interface design - Innovations to improve the user experience

Round Table Discussion: Consumer driven view of mobile device utopia. Consumer advocates in the areas of mobile TV, rich content, advertising, social networks, games, etc. discuss the enablers and bottlenecks

Observations and Conclusions Workshop

Key opportunities from delivering ubiquitous Web Access over Mobile
Key Stumbling Blocks
Roadmap and some timing forecasts
Action plan for success

End of Workshop.

Roundtable and ad hoc participation by the following industry leaders and companies:

Prof. Ed Candy, Technology Director, Global Technology Strategy, Hutchison Whampoa
David Pollington, Senior Manager - Terminals Research, Vodafone Group R&D
Andrew Hsu, Ph.D, Product Marketing Manager, Handheld Business, Synaptics, Inc.
Simon Rockman, Head of Requirements and Applications, Sony Ericsson
Ian Drew, VP Segment Marketing, ARM
Dean Bubley, Managing Director, Disruptive-Analysis UK
Charles McCathieNevile, Chief Standards Officer Opera Software
Plus representatives from: Symbian, Wind River, Ericsson, Qualcomm and others

Various charts and stimulus materials provided by:

Informa Telecoms and Media, ArcChart, First Partner, OMTP and others

Facilitator Biographies:

Ken Blakeslee
Ken is one of Europe’s leading experts on Mobile Services and Applications with particular focus on the emerging new media content, applications and commerce methodologies, and the merging of these with the ubiquitous, personal access of mobile. WebMobility Ventures focuses on investing and advising companies on bringing innovations in multimedia mobility to market.

Richard Kramer
After four years as the #1 rated technology analyst in Europe, Richard left his role as head of technology research at Goldman Sachs in January 2000 to form the first - and still only - independent technology research group in Europe. Unlike other analysts, Arete has no conflicts of interest preventing their telling the truth about technology and after the scandals surrounding deceptive and poor quality analysis, Arete found an increasing demand for its independent views on telecoms, software, semis and services.

Brett Simpson
Before co-founding Arete, Brett spent two years specialising in telecommunications equipment and semiconductors at Goldman Sachs International. Prior to his time at Goldman, Brett had three years with Ericsson, working in a business development role covering all aspects of wireline and wireless telecom infrastructure.

Arete Research
Arete Research is the leading independent global technology and telecoms equity research firm, as voted in the most recent survey by Global Investor. Founded in early 2000 by Goldman Sachs' former tech research team, we analyse technology trends and provide our views to a restricted group of investors including many of the largest pension, mutual and hedge fund managers. We are totally independent - we do no corporate advisory work, and by principle never receive any form of compensation from companies we analyse. We have extensive coverage of the global telcos and technology space, covering software, services, hardware including telecoms equipment and the global semiconductor space and we're best known for theme reports in key growth segments of tech.