Aaron Johnston, Principal Product Manager, Games, Vodafone Group

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Aaron Rattue, Group Sales and Marketing Director , Telecom and m2, GfK Retail and Technology

Aaron Rattue, Group Sales and Marketing Director at the Retail & Technology Division of GfK has over 11 years experience working with Operators, Retailers & Manufacturers in the Technology Markets. During this time, Aaron has been advising GfK's extensive client list in the areas of technology sales, subscriptions and content consumption within the mobile communications industry in the UK and across the Globe.  Aaron recently moderated the ‘Internet Everywhere’ Panel Discussion at the 2010 Mobile World Congress.

Andrew Bud, Chairman, MEF and Executive Chairman, mBlox

Andrew has been the Chairman of the Global Board of the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) since 2008.  He helped found MEF in 2001 and was re-elected to its Board in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009.  From 2005-2008 he was a non-executive director of PhonePayPlus, the agency of UK regulator Ofcom responsible for premium-rate telecoms services.
Andrew is the Executive Chairman of mBlox Inc, the world’s largest mobile transaction network which handles enterprise SMS and mobile premium transactions for companies worldwide.  Prior to becoming Executive Chairman, Andrew was the CEO of mBlox, which he co-founded in 1999 and led to profitability. From 1988 to 1996, Andrew was head of mobile technology for Olivetti in Italy, where he developed and launched Europe’s first  wireless networks for PCs.  In 1994, while at Olivetti, he became the founding technical head of Omnitel (now Vodafone Italia). Between 1996 and 1999 he was a Director at Connect Communications Group and at Azlan PLC, pan-European companies in the telecommunications products and services sector.  His earlier background was in mobile technology R&D.
Andrew is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the IET, with a degree from the University of Cambridge.  He delivered the 2009 Appleton Lecture for the IET on “New Approaches to Digital Distribution”, and in August 2009 was named by Telecoms.com as one of the top fifty mobile industry executives worldwide.

Albert Pastore, Senior Legal Counsel, Music, Nokia

Albert Pastore works at  Nokia with a focus on content licensing with rights holders for Nokia's music  and other content services. He joined Nokia through the acquisition  of On Demand Distribution (OD2) where he was Director of Business and Legal  Affairs. His prior experiences include working as Legal Counsel for policy and  strategy at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)  and at law firms in New York USA, Paris France and Munich Germany. He speaks  English, French, German, Spanish and Italian and is based in London England.

Amir Gefen, Director of Business Development, cVidya Networks

Amir’s deep telecom industry knowledge and experience includes over a dozen years specializing in OSS/BSS solutions. His combined business knowledge and industry background have consistently aligned his initiatives with tangible business objectives and quantifiable results. Prior to cVidya Amir led Product Line Business Development at Amdocs. Amir holds M.A. Degree in Marketing from New York Institute of Technology, he is a member of the TM Forum Revenue Assurance team, and represents cVidya at the M-E-M activities. 

Andrew Fisher, Chief Executive Officer, Shazam

Andrew Fisher, CEO, Shazam Entertainment
Andrew was appointed CEO of Shazam in March 2005. He has been responsible for determining the company’s strategic focus and leading its accelerated growth to become the world’s leading mobile music discovery application. Under his leadership the company has recruited more than 25 million unique users and launched services across 75 carriers in over 60 countries throughout the world.
Prior to joining Shazam, Andrew was European Managing Director of InfoSpace Inc. At InfoSpace Andrew led the company's significant European growth focusing on music and entertainment services for mobile operators and portal solutions for many leading online service providers. Over the past 14 years, Andrew has led the successful growth of a number of technology focused enterprises. He founded and was Managing Director of TDLI.com which was acquired by InfoSpace Inc with an enterprise value of $400m and was General Manager of Thomson Directories Business Ventures.

Angel Gambino, Vice President, Business Development, Sonico

London based American, Angel Gambino, is an entrepreneur who has  a wide range of experience working with innovative media and technology  businesses that develop useful social utility and high quality digital entertainment  experiences for the masses. She has a unique blend of general management skills  with particular success accelerating the growth of new businesses by creating  and identifying the right models to enable monetisation of content and  applications.

Angel has a passion for music, media, technology and social issues and has  combined these interests in a number of ways during her career to date. She  currently holds a number of directorships and is on the boards of several  companies.

Recently Angel held the position of Global VP, Music & Content at social  media giant Bebo, where she was responsible for accelerating the growth and  enhancing the popularity of bebo while creating and executing bebo's music  strategy, product and partnerships.

Previously she was VP, Commercial, Strategy & Digital Media for MTV  Networks where she oversaw MTVN’s strategy & P&L across the company’s  11- channel portfolio of MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and Paramount Comedy brands  where she launched their first IPTV, mobile and Flux channels and communities.

Prior to MTVN, Angel was Controller, Business Development & Emerging  Platforms at the BBC where she had responsibility for extending the company’s  four television and nine radio brands across mobile, broadband and on-demand  platforms.

Angel was also Director of Broadband at gameplay, and has consulted to a number  of Fortune 500 companies on issues of online commerce.

Earlier in her career she served as Director of Legal and Business Affairs for  several NGOs protecting wildlife and their habitat.

Angel is now the VP of business development at  Sonico.

Barry Houlihan, CEO and Founder, Mobile Interactive Group (MIG)

Billy Wright, Vice Chairman, MEF

Billy is a  veteran of the telecoms and media industry who brings deep international  experience from across the Carrier, Studio and OEM sectors. Currently, he is globally responsible for Business Development and Partnering for Nokia’s  Media and Games Services: a role that brings him into daily contact with the  world’s leading studios, broadcasters, music labels, games publishers, large  scale aggregators and innovative application developers.   Prior to  joining Nokia, Billy held roles including:
  - VP and GM Global Wireless, Warner Bros Entertainment. Based Burbank,  California - Global Director Content and Sponsorship, Orange Group. Based  UK 
  Billy holds a  First Class Honours Degree in Electronic Engineering from Bristol University  and is a Graduate of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He is married with  three children.  

Colin Miles, EVP & Co-founder, i-POP Networks

Colin is EVP and Co-founder of i-POP Networks where he has spent the past several years evangelising the marketing power as well as the revenue-generating potential of mobile services.
Through Colin’s efforts in spearheading mobile marketing within Asia, he has struck strategic partnerships and business alliances with many blue-chip and media accounts such as ESPN STAR Sports, MTV Asia, CNBC, STAR TV, FremantleMedia, Sony Pictures/AXN Asia and Nokia.
Colin also plays a key role in the creation and execution of many pioneering interactive mobile projects in Asia, particularly where SMS, MMS and rich media content are used to engage, interact and build relationships with audiences through the use of mobile phones. His most recent projects include the launch of Mobile ESPN Asia via Bridge Mobile Alliance and the development of a strong WAP presence for AXN Asia.

Prior to i-POP, Colin worked in the field of Enterprise software & services development for a leading e-Commerce applications provider.

Colin holds an Honours degree in Publishing & English from Oxford Brookes University. His expertise in the media, e-commerce and mobile arena has spanned across Asia in the last 12 years.

Colin was chairman of the Mobile Broadcasting and Digital Content Conference in Singapore (2006) and has had two White Papers published for Broadcast Asia. He has recently been elected Vice-Chairman of Mobile Entertainment Forum Asia, as well as an officer for Mobile Monday Singapore. He is also a regular conference speaker in many key conferences and workshops across Asia.

Chris James, Managing Director, Steel Media

After ten years in the publishing industry in senior roles at Future Publishing and boutique contract publishing firm JPP, Chris founded Steel Media in December 2005. The mission was simply to seek out developing areas of entertainment technology, apply uncompromising editorial excellence and ultimately create consumer-facing media brands that could make a difference.

The first launch, Pocket Gamer was intended to provide a professional, credible and engaging publishing treatment to the mobile and portable games market and four years later has done just that. Not only has PocketGamer.co.uk developed into a respected industry standard and Europe`s leading online iPhone, mobile and handheld games destination, it has also spawned a trade-focused b2b portal PocketGamer.biz, an annual industry report, a French language variation, an app, an annual awards, a regular magazine (published in partnership with leading UK mobile operators) and syndicated editorial content to the likes of Samsung, Vodafone, T-Mobile and O2.

Aside from extending Pocket Gamer's influence and speaking at a host of leading mobile conferences, Chris is currently leading Steel Media's other initiatives including advertising networks the iPhone Alliance and Mobile Alliance, contract publishing projects for leading mobile blue chip companies (like Nokia, Samsung and T-Mobile) and newest launch their critical aggregation service for iPhone and mobile games and apps, the quality index.

Claire Boonstra, Co-founder Lavar, VP Content & Community

Claire Boonstra
Co-founder of the Layar Augmented Reality browser and platform, responsible for  the content and the global ecosystem of over 3000 independent Layar content  creators. Claire holds an MSc in Civil Engineering but now builds bridges  between people, industries and media. She has a background in mobile (Service  Development for i-mode/ KPN Mobile; organizer of Mobile Monday Amsterdam),  marketing (European Brand Development manager at Unilever) and media (Marketing  Manager at Talpa Digital). Loves to ski, dance, scuba dive and fly glider  planes. Engaged and mother of a 1-year old.

Damien Byrne, Head of New Propositions, T-Mobile

Damien is a relatively new addition to the telecoms sector having spent the majority of his career covering marketing and commercial roles in FMCG and retail, working for companies such as Woolworths, Homebase, Blockbuster and Britvic.
His expertise is category marketing and he played a significant part in the set up of category management business processes at a number of the companies listed above.
Damien joined T-Mobile just over 3 years ago and in that time has managed the launches of Mobile Advertising, Mobile Jukebox, Mobile TV, Social Networking and Instant Messenger and is now responsible for new proposition development.
He holds a Masters in US Political History; is married with 2 children and although ‘officially’ retired from the sport, still enjoys the odd game of rugby

David Sheridan, Director, Market Development, Europe

David Sheridan is  OpenMarket Director for Market Development, Europe, with specific remit to lead  OpenMarket’s European expansion in key markets. OpenMarket provides a market  leading messaging and mobile transaction hub. David was previously Head of  Legal and Commercial Development for MX Telecom, and has several years  experience working in conjunction with Mobile Networks to provide businesses  with new and innovative means of interacting with mobile users.

Dominic Pride, Managing Director, The Sound Horizon

Dominic founded The Sound Horizon in 2009 to serve the growing number of  companies wishing to create and maintain digital strategies, successfully  manage innovation and create concepts for new services.
With ten years of experience in digital media strategy and execution,  Dominic has first hand experience of initiating and delivering strategic change  in large corporations and in managing innovation within companies of all sizes.
Prior to The Sound Horizon, Dominic was Product Marketing Director for  Shazam, where he spearheaded the company’s expansion into branded,  application-based services on iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows and Nokia  platforms, and helped to position the company as one of the planet’s prime  music discovery brands.
At Orange / France Telecom Group, he drove the market development of mobile  and convergent music services across the company’s international footprint, and  played a key role in the transition to DRM-free music.
With specialist digital agency Frukt Music and as an independent consultant,  he has worked with Sony Music, Orange, BMG, Ministry of Sound and UK music  industry associations AIM, BPI and PPL.

Dr. Tero Ojanpera, Executive Vice President, Services, Nokia

Tero Ojanpera is the head of Nokia's Services offering, which includes social and location focused businesses as well as Nokia's media entertainment businesses. As Executive Vice President, Services, Tero is leading Nokia's compelling and contextual mobile internet services which deliver on Nokia's promise of ‘connecting people’ in the 21st century.
A highly-respected industry commentator, author and speaker, Tero has played a defining role in driving Nokia's evolution since joining the company in 1990. Tero has held a number of senior roles at Nokia, including Chief Technology Officer, Chief Strategy Officer, as well as head of the Nokia Research Center.
Tero has been a member of the Nokia Group Executive Board since 2005. He has a master’s of science degree from the University of Oulu, Finland and a Ph.D degree from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Eden Zoller, Principal Analyst, Consumer Pracitice, Ovum

Eden is a Principal Analyst with  Ovum's consumer group practice. A key focus is strategic analysis of the  wireless market, with particular expertise in enhanced content and messaging  services, mobile marketing and next-generation device/platforms. Eden also  covers fixed broadband content, convergence, home networking, and is building  Ovum's expertise in partner relationship management (PRM) and customer  relationship management (CRM).
Eden is the lead author of a number  of reports and recent ones include Next-generation devices: the impact of  convergence, Regulating and controlling access to Internet content, Partner  relationship management: best practices and CRM for mobile operators.
In addition, Eden has managed  high-level consultancy projects focused on providing strategic advise and  market intelligence.
Eden's knowledge of the wireless  market means she is a frequent speaker at conferences and is regularly called  upon by the media for comments on industry events.
Prior to joining Ovum in 1998, Eden  was editor for a number of respected industry publications, including Informa's Mobile Communications International and the formerFinancial  Times newsletters FT Telecom Markets and FT Mobile Communications.

Emma Lloyd, Business Development Director, Sky

Emma started her career in management consulting where she has  ten year's business consulting and mobile telecommunications experience,  initially with Coopers & Lybrand and latterly PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).  Emma left consulting in 2001 and co-founded The BT Movio service launched with  Virgin Mobile in September 2006, the first mobile broadcast TV and digital  radio service in Europe.
Emma joined Sky as a business development director in  January 2008 where she leads the business development of mobile services along  with a number of group wide initiatives.

Eric Duprat, General Manager, Mobile, Paypal

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Evgeny Kosolapov, Chief Executive Officer, United Fun Traders (UFT)

Evgeny has extensive international background working for few years in China, Singapore, USA. While being involved mainly into traditional internet projects, such as communities. Since 2005 has moved into mobile content business and he is back to home Russia.
The company, United Fun Traders has been formed as an alliance by three leading developers of games, multimedia and mobile community service (TMs "Herocraft", "Foundreams", "Jamango" respectively). Products are deployed in more than 50 countries by now in Europe, South-East Asia, LATAM.
The company is a full member of Mobile Entertainment Forum. Altough the main goal of Evgeny's company is to bring local products to international markets, being native to home market Evgeny has deep knowledge of Russia's content realities.
Currently Evgeny is also acting as country manager of I-Free branch in Ukraine, the leading VAS services provider in CIS.

Faisal Galaria, Business Development, Spotify

Faisal Galaria is ex-Managing Director  International of Kayak.com and was responsible for building the EMEA and Asian  businesses. He now seeks out promising angel investments and advises start ups  across the consumer internet space. Faisal has an outstanding brand building  track record with sales, marketing and business development experience across  media, internet and finance sectors.
Previously Faisal was the General Manager and VP  Corporate Development at Jaman, based in California. Prior to Jaman, Faisal ran  global online business development and was Director of Europe at Skype, which  was acquired by eBay for $3 billion in 2005. At Skype/eBay, he was responsible  for key partnerships across the US, Europe the Middle East, with companies such  as Sony, Bebo, HP, Dixons and McAfee. Following Skype's investment in FON,  Faisal became Vice President of Global Business Development and was responsible  for partnerships with BT in the UK and Time Warner in the USA.
Faisal was also a member of the Policy Executive  of Britain's telecom and media regulator Ofcom. At Ofcom, he played a senior  role in the high-profile negotiation and valuation of distribution rights for  Premier League Football and co-authored the Telecoms Strategy Review.
Faisal started his career in wireless and  Internet consulting and was a senior member of Cluster Consulting, which was  acquired by Diamond Technology Partners (NASDAQ: DTPI) for $930 million in  2000.
Faisal has been educated across Europe and  graduated with honors from UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science  and Technology) with a Bachelor's in Management Sciences in the UK. He also  holds an MBA from IESE in Spain.

Fernando González Mesones, Head of B2C, Buongiomo SpA

Fernando  González Mesones is Buongiorno’s Global head of B2C. After more than eight  years working in Procter and Gamble, both in Europe and Latin America, Fernando  Gonzalez-Mesones joined Buongiorno in the year 2000 having been President of  Americas and Iberia. Fernando holds a Law & Economics Degree from Madrid  Complutense University and Business Case Program degree at Harvard Business  School. He is also a Professor for the m-commerce courses at the  "Instituto de Empresa", and co-author of the book: Mobile Marketing.  The Multimedia Revolution ( Ed Esic ). Member of the Academic Council of the  MIB (Internet Master in business) and coordinator of the module of mobile  Internet and other platforms, (www.mib.isdi.es).

Fionnuala Duggan, Director, Random House Group Digital

Fionnuala has over eighteen years of senior management experience in digital media.
From 1998 to 2001, she was Vice President, New Media, EMI Recorded Music Europe and International, where she oversaw group strategy and commercial operations for new media activities outside the US, including digital downloading of music, e-commerce, mobile telephony and digital marketing and promotions. In 1997, as Director Multimedia Services at EMI, she set up Abbey Road Interactive, the first European DVD-Video facility.
From March 2005 – 2006, she was Chairman of the Digital Content Forum, a secretariat that provides a two-way conduit between government and the digital media industries, on matters of policy-making. She was a partner at Impresario Media LLP, a firm which provides strategic advice to media, publishing, telecommunications, entertainment and financial clients including: EMI, Audible, eMusic, Videonetworks, Hutchison 3G and the LSO.
Previously, as New Media Development Director at Macmillan Publishers Ltd, Fionnuala set up Macmillan Interactive Publishing.  She was also instrumental in devising and implementing the strategy for Macmillan new media activity, ranging from children's and general reference publishing to online products for academic, reference and magazine publications.
In 1991, Fionnuala began her media career at Maxwell Multi Media, a CD-ROM publisher. From 1987-1990 she was an Associate Consultant at Arthur D. Little, where she specialised in the strategic management of new technology. 
Fionnuala holds an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau (1991) and a BA Mod in Experimental Physics from Trinity College Dublin (1987).

Frank Chindamo, CCO, Fun Little Movies

Frank Chindamo is  the president and Chief Creative Officer of Fun Little Movies. He also holds  the world’s record for the most short films made independently. His films  have appeared on HBO, Showtime, CBS, PBS, A&E, Playboy, MTV, and Comedy  Central, winning 20 awards including 2 American Cine Golden Eagles, a  Finalist's Place for Best Short at the Cannes Film Festival, CTIA’s “World’s  Smallest Film Festival” and a runner-up to MTV for Best Video Channel at the  2006 Mobile Entertainment Awards.
Frank and/or Fun  Little Movies have been a cover story or featured in Forbes Magazine, the L.A.  Times, the NY Times, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, CBS, Wired Magazine, etc.
In 2006 and 2007,  Frank was named one of the Top 40 people in IPTV. This year he has been  nominated by Ernst & Young for Entrepreneur of the Year, and is co-leading  the Mobile Entertainment Forum’s Educational Initiative.
Frank received  his Film B.F.A. from N.Y.U. and his Screenwriting M.F.A. from Columbia  University and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California  (USC), where he teaches the class “Mobile/Internet Viral Screenwriting and  Production.”
Chindamo is also  a supporter and advisor to the worldwide charity, Airline Ambasssadors, which  hand-delivers educational, medical and relief aid globally. He wrote and  produced the promo on their website.

Frank Taubert, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), 24-7

With over 20 years of experience working in the music industry, both in the United States and Germany, Frank has a profound understanding of the intricate workings and needs of the labels and artists as reflected in the 24-7 Entertainment platform.
Prior to launching 24-7 Entertainment, Frank worked for Magix Entertainment Products in Berlin as International Product Manager and before that, he spent many years working for BMG Entertainment in marketing, sales and multimedia in both the Munich and New York offices.

Frank holds a Master of Business Administration from Ludwig Maximilians-University in Munich where he studied Marketing and Information/Communication Technology.

Gerrit Jan Konijnenberg, EVP Strategic Development, Comfone

Gerrit Jan Konijnenberg, Comfone’s Executive Vice President, Strategic Development, has an impressive professional background in the mobile telecommunications sector and in managing international sales teams to achieve successful results.

Of Dutch origin, Gerrit Jan Konijnenberg completed his education in the Netherlands specialising in Marketing and PR. Previous to joining Comfone in January 2009, Gerrit Jan Konijnenberg was CEO at Comsys, a Dutch company specialising in interactive telephony services, where he managed and implemented the international growth strategy within the telecom sector.

Previous to this position, as CEO and Founding Director of 3G Media Consult, he played a pioneering role in developing mobile content solutions. In 2004 Gerrit Jan Konijnenberg was named one of the best entrepreneurs in Europe by Eurowards. An active Board Member for the Global Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) since 2005, he is currently Chairman of the MEF for the Europe, Middle East and Africa Region.

Gary Schwartz, President and CEO, Impact Mobile, Inc

Gary Schwartz founded Impact Mobile in 2002  having worked in the IT and telecommunications industry for over 20 years. Over  the past eight years, Gary has played a leadership role in the mobile industry,  running the first cross-carrier short code campaign in North America.

Gary founded the mobile committee for the  Interactive Advertising Bureau (www.iab.net) in 2006 and has worked to publish  literature such as the Mobile Buyer's Guide help extend the digital buy into  mobile.

Additionally, in 2007, Gary started work to  help establish a joint task force between the Mobile Marketing Association  (MMA) and the IAB with the aid of the Media Rating Council (MRC) to develop  global, auditable mobile measurement standards. This initiative is scheduled to  launch mid-2010.

In 2008, Gary was elected as the Americas  vice-chair of the Mobile Entertainment Forum (www.m-e-f.org) with a remit to develop a global  Mobile Commerce Guidebook to demystify the space for brands and retailers. This  initiative is currently underway.

Gary is an honors graduate from Columbia  University and the Stanford University Center in  Tokyo. He is the recipient of the Interactive Advertising Bureau award for industry excellence, Macromedia  People Choice Award as well as the Dodge Foundation award for innovation.

Impact Mobile has become an industry leader  in North America providing carriers, agencies, brands and retailers the mobile  technology and network to help them drive return on their advertising  investment.

Gianluca D’Agostino, Co-founder and Chief  Executive Officer,  Neomobile

Gianluca D’Agostino is the co-founder and Chief  Executive Officer of Neomobile.

Operating in the mobile entertainment market, worth €50bln globally in 2009 and forecasted to grow up to €65bln by 2011, Neomobile has headquarters in Rome andoffices in 14 countries throughout the Mediterranean region, Latin America and Asia.
Today  Neomobile is among the most renowned players in the fastest growing segment of the market known as D2C (direct-to-consumer), a company built upon a strong  vision and driven by the talent and the commitment of 200 young and skilled  professionals. In 2008-09 Gianluca drove the Neomobile to achieve major goals in the business while also completing two key deals with leading private equity funds (Monte Paschi Siena Venture and BlueGem) and starting a M&A strategy whose first step was the acquisition of the Spanish Arena Mobile.

15 years of experience in Telecommunications, Mobile VAS and Content have helped  Gianluca to build a strong international company, one of the global leaders in its industry and one of the few digital companies in Italy with a global ambition.

As an evangelist of the Mobile Entertainment world, Gianluca often features as  speaker and lecturer in several mobile industry events worldwide, including MEM  2008 and 2009 and the latest 2 Roundtables with the Italian Government. In 2009 he has been awarded by ME Magazine as one of the top 50 Managers in the industry.

Before founding Neomobile, Gianluca has been several  years one of the Italian key consultant in Mobile Content and Messaging, leveraging his unique background and know-how in this emerging field of Telecommunications and Entertainment.
From 2001 to 2003 he was Managing Director Italy in Freever, one of Mobile ASP pioneers in Europe, leader in Mobile Communities and Social Networks, later acquired by Buongiorno.
Previously he played management roles in big corporations: KPMG Consulting, Telecom Italia and TIM where he had the opportunity to work in Strategy and Marketing in the 90s during the golden age of Mobile Telephony.

Gianluca is a chartered Electronic Engineer, and is a graduate (1993) of La Sapienza University in Rome.
Born in 1969 in Milan, he’s married with two children. He is fluent in English and French and conversant in Spanish and Portuguese.

Hill Ferguson, Vice President, Product Management & Marketing, Zong

Hill is responsible for product strategy and marketing at Zong. A payments veteran, Hill spent the last decade developing and managing new payment services in Silicon Valley. As General Manager for Yodlee's Personal Finance Products, Hill led the development and distribution efforts for several new and innovative payments products currently being used by top banks and web portals. At Yahoo! Hill produced and managed several consumer products, including a  consumer bill payment product and a peer-to-peer payment service. In his  spare time he manages LoanBack, a "friends and family" loan management service he co-founded in 2005. Hill earned a BS and an MBA, both from Vanderbilt University.

Ingrid Silver, Partner, Technology, Media and Telecoms, Denton Wilde Sapte

Ingrid is a partner in the Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) department at Denton Wilde Sapte. She has been involved in the media and communications sector for over 12 years and is an expert in the provision of commercial, regulatory and corporate advice to the media sector, with a particular emphasis on new media services such as interactive and mobile content services, convergence, interactive television, IPTV and strategies involving triple play. She has acted for a wide variety of clients ranging from large corporates to cutting-edge new entrants in the new media sectors.
Born and raised in Australia, her practice is truly international as she practises law in London, is a native French speaker and fluent German speaker, and has lived, studied and worked in several countries across Europe.
Ingrid is involved in a number of organisations, including being European President of the Global Telecom Women's Network (GTWN), a member of the Stream Magazine's Editorial Advisory Board and a Global Board Director of the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF). She is listed as an expert in her field in the 2009 edition of Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Regulatory Communications Lawyers and most recently in Legal 500 for broadcasting and digital carriage as a "top-notch European media law figure".

James Parton, Head of O2 Litmus, O2 UK

James has worked at Telefónica O2 UK for 8 years, during which time he has greatly contributed to O2's position as mobile data market leaders via the successful delivery and launch of more than 25 major products and service platforms including MMS, Mobile Video, the DVB-H Broadcast TV Trial, Mobile Music Streaming and Downloads, and the Ticketing and Interactive services within The O2, Europe's premier music and entertainment venue which won the "Best Use of Mobile" award at the 2007 UK Interactive Marketing and Advertising Awards.
James is currently focusing on new product development and innovation at Telefónica O2 UK, particularly via his leadership of the O2 Litmus initiative - a newly launched ‘community project’ dedicated to finding and nurturing the very best mobile, wireless and internet-enabled applications and services.
Previously, James spent 5 years working in BT Openworld in various product, commercial and business development roles; and was instrumental in developing BT's 3G strategy at BT Wireless in 2000.
James has also lectured in Marketing and Product Development at The University of Oxford Faculty of Continuing Education and Reading University.

Jerry Kramskoy, Senior Technologist, Future Media and Technology, Mobile Research, R&D, BBC

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Joe Barrett, Snr. Director of Strategic marketing, Qualcomm QIS & Europe

Joe Barrett is Snr. Director of Strategic  Marketing QUALCOMM QIS & Europe. He is responsible for European services  strategy, vision, messaging, market research, market analysis and supports  European Industry Analyst relations. He is responsible for liaising with the  Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) and sits on the executive committee.  Joe joined QUALCOMM in January 2006 as part of the Flarion Technologies  acquisition. While at Flarion he helped create the business environment that  supported trials with tier 1 mobile operators and the eventual commercial  deployment of FLASH-OFDM technology. Previously Joe was Director of industry  marketing at Nokia Networks where he helped to define and communicate the  company's messages, materials and story, promoting the evolution towards  3G-network deployment.

Prior to Nokia, Joe worked in Sales and Marketing  in the UK's emerging mobile phone market witnessing firsthand the explosive  growth of mobile communications. He started his communications career in the  Royal Navy as a radio engineer and then with BT. He holds an MSc. in Marketing  from the University of Glamorgan and is the co-editor of the book “Services for  UMTS”, published by Willey in 2001.

John Orlando, Managing Director, 2 Ergo

John joined 2ergo in December 2009 as Managing Director of 2ergo  Americas. John’s career has spanned the breadth of the mobile communications  industry and he has worked with more than 30 mobile network operators in the  United States and worldwide capturing significant market share in the mobile  media, entertainment and content space. He also currently serves as Chairman of  the Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas, the leading global trade  association for companies across the mobile entertainment sector. Prior to  joining 2ergo, John was the Chief Marketing Officer at Livewire Mobile, a mobile  personalization and music company where he played a critical role in shaping  the company into a thought leader in the mobile entertainment sector. Before  that, he held several positions at NMS Communications including Chief Marketing  Officer, where he managed the global marketing team, as well as serving as the  Director of Product Marketing.  John holds a BSEE Cum Laude from  Northeastern University, Boston.

John Tigg, Head of Mobile Sales,  Yahoo!, UK and Ireland

John Tigg joined Yahoo! in March 2007 and is currently Head of Mobile Sales, Yahoo! UK and Ireland. In this role, John is responsible for Yahoo!’s mobile sales partnerships, management of revenue streams, forecasting and reporting. Yahoo! is a leading Web brand on the mobile Internet with its mobile homepage currently available in 38 countries on more than 4,000 devices. Yahoo! has partnerships with more than 100 mobile carriers and OEMs globally, including Apple, RIM, AT&T, Nokia, Telefonica and America Movil.  In UK and Ireland, John has spearheaded sales partnerships deals with Three UK, Vodafone and T-Mobile UK.

John held several sales positions at Yahoo! prior to heading the mobile group, including managing agency sales for Kelkoo. He transitioned to the mobile team in Oct 2007, managing a large portfolio of both mobile focused and mainstream agency clients to maximise revenue and introduce Yahoo! mobile as a key medium. John was instrumental in creating a brand focused business for Yahoo! OneSearch, eventually building a strong business worth £600k+ per quarter.

Prior to Yahoo!, John held several sales roles at Addvantage Media and Ciao GmbH Global Media and Research.

Jon Billings, Head of Technology for Mobile, BBC

Jon Billings is Head of Technology BBC FM&T Audio & Music & Mobile.

Jon leads the Audio & Music and mobile technology teams on projects such as the implementation of BBC iPlayer on mobile and www.bbc.co.uk/programmes.  He originally joined the BBC in 2007 as part of the team that created BBC  iPlayer for the PC.

Before moving to the BBC he spent ten years at Microsoft and was an integral part of their digital media evolution from web video streaming through IPTV, HD DVD and WM technology integration with major mobile & consumer electronics companies.

Prior to this Jon spent time at VXTreme who created the first web video streaming solution. He started his career working on Informix RDBMS & ORDBMS porting, , performance optimisation & benchmarking and consultancy with Telco & Media sales team.

Kate Bulkley, Journalist

An award-winning business journalist both on camera and in print, Kate contributes to national UK newspapers and also writes regularly for specialist publications, including Digital TV Europe, RTS Magazine, Hollywood Reporter and Broadcast.

An American, Kate has lived and worked in London since 1990, first as International Editor for pay TV title Cable World magazine; then as Media Editor for European Business News, a 24-hour, pan-European channel, owned by Dow Jones & Co., where she created and co-presented the award-winning, daily half-hour media show called Media Report. From 1998 to 2001, Kate was on-screen Media and Telecommunications Editor at CNBC Europe, a co-venture between NBC and Dow Jones & Co.

Kate began her journalism career at CNN in Washington, DC and subsequently worked in radio and in print in Colorado where she was senior reporter at The Denver Business Journal.

Kate has a master's degree in international economics and politics from the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (part of Johns Hopkins University in Maryland), and an undergraduate degree in Modern European Studies from Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

Lee Epting, Content Services Director, Vodafone  , Inc

Lee Epting is the Director of Content Services  at  Vodafone responsible for Vodafone's global content services portfolio, including portal, applications shop, music, games, tv/video and personalization content.

Lee is an industry executive with over twenty years experience in the technology sector, was Vice President of Forum Nokia from 2003-2008, Nokia's global developer support community. In this role, Lee was responsible for driving the business connections between Nokia and more than 3.5 million registered Forum Nokia software developers, mobile network operators, content aggregators, media companies and enterprises.

Prior to joining Nokia in 2003, Lee worked with Palm Inc. and later Handspring in technology development management, business development, and sales. She was instrumental in helping to build the Palm OS platform while working for Palm Inc, as well as recruiting, managing and supporting Enterprise ISV partners for the Palm OS platform, such as SAP, Oracle, Remedy, Lotus and Computer Associates. While working for Handspring, Lee launched the Springboard expansion platform for Visor handhelds, launched the wireless development platform for the Treo handheld communicator, and created the Handspring Enterprise Alliance program.

Lee served on the Board of Directors of Symbian Ltd. from 2006 through 2007. She also performs advisory roles with technology companies globally.

Lee earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Santa Clara University and is also a graduate of Santa Clara University’s International Business Degree Program.

Mark Britto, Chief Executive Officer, Boku

Mark Britto – CEO
With over 20 years as an entrepreneur, sales and financial services executive, Mark Britto is responsible for making BOKU the leading mobile payments platform. Mark joins BOKU after six years as the CEO of Ingenio, a service marketplace and performance advertising company, which he led to a 2007 acquisition by AT&T. Prior to Ingenio, Mark spent 4 years as SVP of worldwide services and sales at Amazon.com, where he signed landmark deals with brands such as Toys R Us, Borders, Circuit City and Target. Mark’s first start-up, Accept.com, was bought by Amazon.com in 1999 and served as the primary backbone of Amazon’s global payments platform. Mark began his career in senior credit and risk management roles at leading national banks FirstUSA and Bank of America.

Kunal Gupta, CEO, Polar Mobile

As CEO of Polar Mobile, a leading mobile content solutions enabler  for large media companies, Kunal leads a fast-growing team in building a next  generation mobile software platform so businesses can quickly and efficiently  bring to market intuitive and engaging mobile products and services that grow  audiences, open new revenue streams and extend brands to the mobile marketplace.

Jeffrey Litvack, General Manager, Mobile and Emerging Products, The Associated Press

Jeffrey Litvack is the General Manager, Mobile & Emerging  Products for the Associated Press. Jeff is responsible for identifying and  assessing new market andproduct opportunities for the AP worldwide. Under  Jeff’s leadership, the AP introduced the award-winning AP Mobile news network  -- since its launch in May, the AP Mobile was named the “Best in News” mobile  application by The New York Times, the #3 top iPhone App for 2008 by Time  Magazine, and was selected a finalist in the Blackberry Developer Awards. In  addition, Jeff oversaw the development of AP’s internet connected news  applications for the Intel Widget Platform and Microsoft MediaRoom which will  be installed in consumer electronic devices scheduled for consumer release in  late-2009. These applications are breaking new ground in the digital home  entertainment space and allow viewers to simultaneously access breaking news  from across the nation without missing a second of their favorite television  program, movie, live entertainment or sporting event.
Previously, Jeff served as the Executive Director at the Museum  of Television & Radio, where he sourced, negotiated, and executed online  video partnerships with leading-edge technology companies specializing in  digitization, storage, retrieval, and rights management. Prior to MT&R,  Jeff was with Yack, Inc., the "TV Guide to the Web" as the Head of  Business Development and Strategic Planning and was responsible for expanding  the company's core product to include new forms of online programming (e.g.  webcasts, video-on demand, online radio, etc).
Jeff is highly regarded for his visionary knowledge of converging  media platforms and channels and has spoken at numerous industry conferences,  including the keynote at JupiterMedia Mobile Marketing & Content, as a  panelist for Digital Hollywood, IPTV World Forum, Mobile Advertising 2008, and  the IAB Leadership Forum on Mobile. He is also the author of several published  works in such publications as HFMA's Managing the Margins, Advanced Magazine  and Healthcare Informatics.
  Jeff holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in  Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business where  he graduated summa cum laude. He is the proud father of 1 ½ year old Madison  Litvack.

Mark Curtis, Chief Executive Officer, Flirtomatic

Mark Curtis, CEO, Flirtomatic
Mark Curtis is CEO of Handmade Mobile, the company behind Flirtomatic. Mark was previously a partner at Fjord, inventing and building cross platform and mobile products for clients such as Nokia & Orange. Prior to that he was a global EVP for Razorfish responsible for 1500 staff. Together with a partner, he set up CHBi in 1994 to develop interactive technology solutions for marketing clients; by 1998 it was one of the top 3 new media agencies in London and was acquired by Razorfish.
He has a track record in media innovation (for clients such as Yell, RAC & Allied Domecq). Prior to becoming involved in digital media, Mark had set up Curtis Hoy, a successful media promotion company which spearheaded the use of radio for sales promotion in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. He is also the author of Distraction – Being Human in the Digital Age (Futuretext 2005). He likes cycling and mountains and wine and has five children.

Mark Harding, Director, KPMG’s IP & Contract Governance Services, KPMG

Mark leads a series of digital content reviews on behalf of the music majors and other content owners. These reviews involve gaining a deep understanding of the evolving digital content value chain.   The team Mark leads is currently engaged in more that 30 digital content reviews (mobile and online) which includes all of the major European mobile network operators. 

Acting on behalf of the music majors but at the same time helping the digital distributors with their existing controls and reporting provides a unique insight on the industry. 

Mark is close to the ‘on the ground’ issues faced by both the content owners and the digital distributors as both look to improve control whilst at the same time innovate with new products and revenue streams. 

Mark Watts-Jones, Head of Product Management, Orange

Mark is the Head of Product Management for Orange UK’s data and social media products. Mark has worked for Orange in a variety of marketing roles, most recently leading partnerships with the world’s major social media brands including Facebook and Twitter. Mark also led the development of social networking with Dolphin, Orange UK's innovative Pay As You Go tariff with free mobile social networking.
Mark is currently leading the marketing and development of Orange UK's other community, user generated and social media products, partnerships and strategy.

Mark Linder, Global Client Leader, WPP

Mark Linder is the WPP Global  Client Leader for Team BP, Team Nokia and Team EY, and previously for Team  Vodafone, based in London. Mark leads the collective teams across two agency  networks and 10 or more other WPP companies that serve those clients globally.  Mark came to London after leading Ogilvy’s Detroit office. Mark’s non-agency  background includes disciplines from general advertising to direct marketing to  the Internet. He was founding Vice President-Marketing for Mainspring, and was  also the first ever chief marketing officer for KPMG (“The Global Leader”), the  global accounting and consulting firm.

Mark Slade, MD, 4th Screen Advertising

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Miguel Lopez Quesada, General Manager, Zed TV

Miguel López-Quesada
General Manager
Corporate Communications and Institutional  Affairs - Zed Group
General Manager - Zed TV

Miguel  Lopez-Quesada serves since 2007 as General Manager for Zed Group, and leads the  Corporate Communications and Institutional Affairs. Zed Group is a large  organization of privately-held inter-locking companies at the forefront of  mobile and internet entertainment (Zed), film animation (Ilion) and video game  production (Pyro Studios).

Since  December 2008, he is also General Manager of Zed TV, Zed’s corporate division  focusing on interactivity between platforms: TV, mobile and Internet. Zed TV  has launched 4 different TV formats in several markets, obtaining huge  audiences and engaging over 5 million participants via mobile and the Internet.

Miguel  Lopez-Quesada has been a top management advisor and crisis management specialist  for multinational companies for the last 15 years. He has been involved in a great variety of projects for worldwide recognized brands like McDonald’s, Coca  Cola, Yahoo or Microsoft.

Also as an individual, Miguel  Lopez-Quesada is an expert communicator and,  most importantly, a very  active one. His profound networking vocation is reflected by his participation  in trade and professional organizations. He keeps up his academic role as  lecturer in internationally recognized Business Schools (Instituto de Empresa  and IESE), and his activity as a writer and media commentator. Miguel is a  member of the MEF (Mobile Entertainment Forum) Global Board.

Massimiliano Pellegrini, Managing Director Dada.net and CEO Dada Entertainment, Dada SpA

Massimiliano Pellegrini
Managing Director Dada.net and CEO Dada Entertainment
Managing Director of Dada.net S.p.A., the subsidiary company that manages all consumer business for Dada S.p.A., a leading international provider of web and mobile community and entertainment services, Max Pellegrini has played a key role in the internationalization of the company’s D2C product, in the U.S., Spanish and Latin American markets. At the creation of Dada Entertainment LLC, a joint venture between Dada and Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Max was appointed CEO in October 2007 and he still covers this role.
Before joining Dada in May 2000, Pellegrini worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), where as a Senior Manager in the Strategic Services Division he specialized in the planning and integration of complex programs of organizational change. In AC he worked with clients operating in the oil and chemistry industry and the utility sector specializing in Internet Economy as the General Manager of a start-up company held by AC.
Massimiliano Pellegrini graduated from the University of Florence in 1993 majoring in Business Administration. He later specialized in Business Finance and General Management at St. Joseph University in Philadelphia.

Michael Bornhaeusser, Founder and Managing Partner, 5CCG

Serial entrepreneur in the digital service and entertainment industry
Co-founder of MMK AG Switzerland and COO, merger with Pixelpark 1998
Co-founder of Pixelpark and Managing Director, IPO 1999
Head of consulting Pixelpark for digital strategy and M&A (main clients: Bertelsmann, BMG, Credit Suisse Group, RTL, Coca Cola, etc.)
Co-founder of SDC AG and from 2001 CEO, trade sale 2007
Acquisition of DWS LLC NYC in 2003 and CEO, trade sale 2007 (global customer and partner such as Telstra, Vodafone, O2, Hutch India, China Telecom, Telus, Rogers, VIVO, Siemens, Musiwave, Openwave, Sun Microsystems, Nokia, HTC, Midem, Popkomm, SonyBMG, Universal Music, EMI, Warner Music Group, Warner Pictures, etc.)
Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Lecturer at the University of Basel
Head of the steering committee of I-Net Basel ITC
Member of the board of several international companies and venture funds

Neeraj Roy, Chief Executive Officer, Hungama Mobile

Neeraj Roy
Chief Executive Officer, Hungama Mobile
Hungama are the owners of some of the biggest entertainment portals in South Asia, Hungama.com, BollywoodHungama.com, the # 1 Bollywood portal in the world, GamingHungama.com and recently acquired Nautanki.tv an online Video Network clocking over 300 million video views a month.
Hungama Mobile has an active Mobile Entertainment and Marketing/Applications business, which has been engaged with over 300 brands and developed over 1000 interactive campaigns.
Hungama Mobile is the largest aggregator, developer and publisher of BOLLYWOOD content in the world. Hungama Mobile has now launched a Bollywood channel with over 150 operators in 32 countries across Mobile, Internet and IPTV services. These include companies such as O2, Nokia Ovi, Vodafone, Verizon, Rogers, SingTel, Maxis, Apple, MSN Music etc
Neeraj has been voted amongst the ‘50 Most influential People in Mobile Entertainment’ globally 3 years in a row.
Neeraj is the Vice Chairman of the Mobile Entertainment Forum, an organization of over 200 members from the entire value chain of the Mobile & Digital Entertainment business

Neil Holroyd, Head of Games, Orange, UK

Neslihan Ucar Cadirci, Partner and Services Management, Turkcell

Turkey has one of the most difficult and  unusual mobile consumers market all over the world and I’m working for the  leader of this market, Turkcell Telecommunications, from 10 years. After 2  years at Technical Procurement department, I was the first member of Content  Business Group at 2002 where we started to work with third parties. Within  these 8 years we built an ecosystem with more than 250 companies and 550  services for both individual and corporate customers.
I was  one of the project owners of ringback tone service which is a success and case  study all over the Europe with its consumer and revenue base.  I act as a Manager of Turkcell-im wap portal  between 2006-2008 which was built on an idea of changing the general habits’  for using WAP(now mobile internet)  of  Turkish customers’ and we tried to be their unique address for content and  services together with our third parties.
Now I’m responsible both managing the 3rd  party ecosystem and B2C Services Product Management and we’re trying to expand  our ecosystem abilities to Turkcell Group Companies such as Life:) in  Ukraine&Belarus, KKTcell in Cyprus, Superonline and Turkcell Technology in  Turkey.

Oded Ran, Head of Consumer Marketing, Windows Phone UK, Microsoft

Oded is Head of Consumer  Marketing for Windows Phone in the UK. In this role, he is in charge of  the consumer launch of Microsoft's next generation of phones, Windows Phone 7. Previously, he was Head of Mobile Services, looking after Microsoft's  mobile products (Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger and MSN Mobile) in the  UK.

Prior to joining Microsoft, he was Head of Product and Group Product Manager with Retailx, a global leader in retail software solutions and was responsible for developing their B2B  mobile solutions suite.

Oded has 10 years broad experience launching web and mobile products and driving business growth across three continents. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School, Boston (magna cum laude) and a BA from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (magna cum laude).

Follow Oded on twitter: @odedran

Pankaj Sethi, President, Corporate Strategy & Services,Tata Teleservices

Pankaj holds  responsibility for Corporate Strategy and Business Excellence at Tata  Teleservices. He is also responsible for Value Added Services, their strategic direction and  revenue growth. In his corporate  role, he leads strategic direction in key areas of 3G evolution, Rural Business  Models and GSM- CDMA market segmentation, working with internal strategy team  and external business consultants.

His role in  Business Excellence, drives benchmarked improvement in Customer Service,  Business Processes and Market Planning. He continues to  lead VAS teams in developing the emergent VAS areas of m- commerce,mobile  advertising and mobile 2.0 services. He is  passionately involved with Value Added services, which he has created from  inception at Tata Teleservices and established as a growing contributor to  company revenues.Unique creations in VAS include a Mobile Internet solution for the masses  (developed along with Opera) and a comprehensive interactive Mobile Advertising  platform. Pankaj has been  with Tata Teleservices for over 4 years.

He brings with him a decade of marketing experience with FMCG companies and  brands such as Levers, Brooke Bond, Johnson and Johnson and Richardson Vicks. Prior to joining  Tata Telservices, he has worked extensively in media companies in Television  (Nimbus Communications), Films ( Mukta Arts) and Internet (Microland). An MBA from  Indian Institute of Management -Ahmedabad, he holds a graduate degree in  Physics, from Delhi University. He is an active  speaker and participant in key industry forums and a Director on the Asia  Board of Mobile Entertainment Forum.

Patrick Mork, Vice President, Marketing, Getjar

Patrick Mork, VP of marketing
Patrick joined GetJar in 2008 as VP of marketing and member of the executive team.  His primary role at GetJar is to develop the company’s overall marketing, branding, content and communications strategy.

Patrick has been in the mobile content space since 2004 first at mobile games publisher I-play then subsequently at glu mobile. Prior to joining GetJar, Patrick was Marketing Director Europe at glu where he built up the company’s marketing team and was a key part of the European management team that helped take the company publicon the NASDAQ in March 2007.

With 15 years of marketing experience at leading companies such as PepsiCo and Diamondcluster, Patrick has worked in large multinationals and venture-backed start-ups in marketing, sales and general management.
Patrick holds on MBA from INSEAD and a BS from Georgetown University.

Patrick Porodi, Managing Director, Exicon at Catalist Group

Patrick has over 15 years  of experience in the wireless and interactive media industries in over 20  markets worldwide. He has held management roles at Alcatel, Packetvideo, Diveo  Broadband Networks, Skytel, Teleworx and TVAnswer (Eon Corporation) and has  recently been appointed the Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of Amobee Media  Systems. Prior to joining Amobee, he had profit & loss responsibility for  Alcatel’s growing Mobile Video & Music
business unit. In particular, he was responsible for Alcatel’s commercial  successes with the likes of T-Mobile, Orange, DoCoMo and SonyNetworkServices.

A staunch activist in the world of mobile entertainment, Patrick was first  elected Chairman of the MEF in 2004, and was re-elected as Chairman in May  2006. He holdsa Masters Degree in Business and International Management from  Thunderbird and a Bachelors Degree in Political Science and History from The  College of William and Mary.

Patrick is fluent in English, French, Italian and Spanish and lives in London.

Paul Goode, Head of Industry Relations, Com Score

Paul Goode  is responsible for product and business development for comScore’s Mobile  Census Solutions, which enable mobile operators to turn their mobile usage data  into mobile media metrics and business intelligence systems in a secure and  anonymous manner.
Before  comScore’s acquisition of M:Metrics, the pioneer in mobile media measurement,  Paul led business development for company. There, his charter was to support  cross-industry mobile metrics programmes and to create partnerships with  vendors of leading media planning tool vendors. Paul also played a key role in  setting up M:Metrics Europe, overseeing products, operations and marketing in  the early days before better people were hired.
As a  senior analyst, Paul readily talks about all things mobile and media, armed  with the extensive facts and figures from comScore.
Prior to  M:Metrics, Paul laboured to enable the mobile content and applications market  since the mid-nineties, with roles at Metrowerks, Motorola and Oberthur Smart Cards.
Paul is a  graduate of Oxford University, where he studied classical literature, ancient  history and philosophy – the perfect education for the world of media  measurement.

Paul Whiteing, Chief Executive Officer, Phonepay Plus

Paul Whiteing, Chief Executive, PhonepayPlus

Paul was appointed Chief Executive of PhonepayPlus in March 2009.  Prior to his appointment, Paul had been performing the role on an acting basis, and before that he was Director of Policy & Innovation at PhonepayPlus where he held responsibility for policy and industry relations.  Paul is also Director of the Independent Mobile Classification Body (IMCB) - a subsidiary company of PhonepayPlus.
Paul has managed a diverse range of projects, ranging from developing the Code of Practice, developing regulations for new service types such as Quiz TV, Premium SMS and Directory Enquiry (118) services, as well as leading on internal projects such as a review of governance which led to the creation of a Board comprising, for the first time, industry members. Prior to PhonepayPlus, Paul's background was in the public sector where he held a number of managerial positions, most recently as Contract Manager at the Legal Services Commission.

Pavel Roytberg, Director of Product and Service Development, MTS

Pavel Roytberg
Director of Product and Service Development, MTS
Pavel Roytberg graduated from the Moscow Institute of Wireless Technology, Electronics and Automation in 1993; completed his MBA at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, in 2000. Before joining MTS, Roytberg worked for Cisco Systems in San Jose, California, from 2000 to mid-2006, where he was responsible for business development. Roytberg joined MTS in mid-2006 and is responsible for the product development and product management with the four major areas of focus being messaging, data, content and network services.

Pedro Duarte Gonzalez, Head of Mobile, Real Madrid

Pedro Duarte, Mobile Marketing Manager in Real Madrid, has a degree in industrial engineering and an MBA from the ICADE-Comillas University.
After working as sales engineer in some private companies, he became Media Manager in Carat-Aegis Media managing the media budgets of some of the most important New Media companies in Europe.
After this, he moved to Buongiorno, the world's number one mobile entertainment company. Here, Pedro Duarte managed the mobile marketing strategy of the Group for Spain and Latin America.
In 2007, Pedro signed for Real Madrid, to lead the newly created mobile marketing/New Media department. In this department Pedro has developed a very important work, in terms of worlwide distribution of mobile content and creation of the mobile community of Real Madrid.
He usually assists to events and conferences as speaker and is Founder of it's own company, focused in new media consultancy (mobile and internet) for third parties and organisations.

Pete Wood, Vice President, International Business Development, Digital Media, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Pete Wood, Vice President Digital Distribution at Sony Pictures Entertainment, has worked for the company for four years. During this time he has driven the mobile format forward, and now continues to find innovative ways of distributing digital content. In Pete's current role he is responsible for distributing and licensing Features and TV content across all digital platforms Worldwide. This includes working on new and exciting ways to bring Sony Pictures’ content to the consumer and improving the overall digital product and experience.

Before working at SPE Pete was Major Account Development Manager at Just Rams plc, the hardware development specialists. Whilst here he was responsible for building & developing advanced digital ecosystems for content with leading OEM's, Operators & content owners.  He also launched the World’s first digital Music Album and the first full length movie on  a phone.

Pete has continued to push the boundaries of this industry and his success can be attributed in part to his focus on the end user experience.  Pete has successfully bridged the gap between innovative digital solutions and the mass market by educating and engaging the consumer.

Peter Garside, Regional Manager, Western & Central Europe, Ericsson

Peter Garside is the Head of Ericsson IPX in the UK and was the founder  of the Ericsson IPX Organisation in the UK and Ireland. Over the past two and a half years he has built the business from the ground up to a successful world  class payment facilitator serving hundreds of content providers. Peter's  passion has been building up the WAP Billing business for micro payments and in  2005 he received a commendation for this solution at the International  Management Awards. Currently Peter is working towards secure MMS and the  successful implementation of Payforit. With a Master in International Business,  Peter has worked in Sweden and in the UK and has conducted business cases for  Voice over IP technology and also sold system support and other operator  services in Nigeria to MTN and Econet.

Peter Jenner, President Emeritus, IMMF and Director, UK MMF (Music Managers' Forum)

After gaining a First Class Honours Degree  in Economics at Cambridge University, Peter Jenner became a Lecturer at the  London School of Economics at the tender age of twenty-one. His career in academia lasted four years  after which he left to devote his attention to managing an up-and-coming modern  music group that had caught his attention. The band's name was Pink Floyd.
Jenner then put on a series of free  concerts in London's Hyde Park that culminated with The Rolling Stones in 1969.  Now, after more than forty years in the music business, the list of clients he has worked with reads like a Who's Who of musical successes. He has managed  Tyrannosaurus Rex (fronted by Marc Bolan), helped set up Harvest Records and  produced and managed many of its bands - notably Roy Harper, The Edgar  Broughton Band and Kevin Ayers.
He then on went to manage and produce Ian  Dury and the Blockheads and manage The Clash, The Disposable Heroes of  Hiphoprisy, Michael Franti, Robyn Hitchcock, Eddi Reader and Baaba Maal,  amongst others. Currently, Jenner manages Billy Bragg's career and has done so  for more than twenty five years.
He is President Emeritus of the IMMF, a  director of the UK MMF (Music Managers' Forum) and on the advisory board of The  Featured Artists Coalition. Jenner has also taken an active role in discussions  on future digital music delivery systems and payment to artists, in many  countries. He has an overriding interest in securing artists rights and their  income from these rights and has spoken frequently and publicly on the subject.  In 2006, Jenner courted controversy with a seminal paper and subsequent  conference called ‘Beyond the Soundbytes’. Here, he proposed an ‘Access to  Music Charge’ that he saw as some small compensation for artists, in addition  to removing the attraction of using unauthorised sites in the digital environment (such as Limewire and Pirate Bay). However he accepts that the  Control of Copyright is no longer a practical approach and that the challenge  has become getting appropriate remuneration for the digital use of music.

For more details, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jenner

Philip Blair, Product Director, HTC

Philip Blair, Product Director, HTC Europe Co Ltd
Philip’s role with HTC puts him at the forefront of the company’s well-known product development initiatives. Working across the product and technical teams in Europe and closely with the research and development team in Taiwan, Philip oversees the route-to-market of the fast paced and innovative creations generated by HTC’s leading research and development.

Previous roles as Head of Handset Commercialisation at Orange, and as a consultant with PA Consulting, have equipped Philip with a keen sense for cutting-edge technological developments and the ability to fulfill the needs of operators and customers profitably and successfully.

Ralph Simon, MEF Americas Chair Emeritus

Ralph Simon, Chairman Emeritus & Founder, MEF
Ralph Simon is regarded as one of the founders of the modern mobile entertainment industry. Over the last decade he has been a global trailblazer and innovator, growing the global mobile entertainment & content industry, and playing a central role in its growth and presence worldwide. He has been dubbed the ‘father of the ring tone’, as he and his team created and developed the first ring tones in the USA, Europe, Africa and Australia in 1998. Prominent internationally, he evangelized mobile operators, media & film companies, TV networks, brands, ad agency groups and platform providers on how to create and grow mobile revenues and content on mobile phones.

Simon co-founded the independent Zomba group of music companies & leading record label, Jive Records in the 70’s, building them into the music industry’s leading independent music company. He became the Executive Vice President of Capitol Records and Blue Note Records in Hollywood, running one of the world’s most significant record companies, where he started EMI Music’s global New Media division in the mid-‘90s. He correctly predicted that mobile phones would become the indispensable voice/social networking-and-music companion for mobile consumers and their increasingly mobile lifestyles. In the late 1990’s he founded the influential Mobile Entertainment Forum – Americas (MEF), the industry voice of the global mobile entertainment industry.

As Chairman Emeritus of the MEF, he acts as a high level adviser to the mobile operators, handset makers, and the cross-platform entertainment industry targeting the more than 3 billion mobile subscribers world-wide. In July 2005, Simon was the mobile producer of the Live 8 global concerts working with Sir Bob Geldof, Bono and the Live Aid organization. Simon was also the mobile producer of the successful Al Gore/Live Earth global event in July 2007 – which became the first world-wide green event and a global TV audience of over 300m viewers. The influential trade publication, Mobile Entertainment magazine voted him among the world’s Top 50 executives in Mobile Entertainment in 2005, 2006 and 2008. In 2007 he received their special award, for his Outstanding Contribution to the global Mobile Entertainment Industry.

In 2009 he became the mobile strategy advisor to famed Irish rockers, U2 and helped create their global partnership with Blackberry to tie in with U2’s highly successful world touring cycle.Simon heads the London-based Mobilium Advisory Group, providing high level strategic advice and guidance on how to create and grow revenues and impact from the usage and distribution of mobile entertainment content, mobile music, messaging, mobile media technology and applications.

Ray de Silva, Principal Product Manager, Enabler Commercial Partnerships Vodafone Internet Services, Vodafone

Ray is responsible for developing the opportunity for Vodafone to monetise core network assets via global 3rd party partnerships. Having delivered strategy and guided the organisation into launch mode, he is now developing global partnership opportunities for the new smart enabler programme. Vodafone Smart provides selected global partners with real improvements in end customer experience across Vodafone’s footprint with a significantly improved time to market. Ray is also a key member of the MEF Smartpipe Enablers initiative and a regular speaker within the mobile ecosystem.

Previously, at Vodafone UK, Ray was responsible for developing strategic partnerships to drive growth within the off-portal mobile ecosystem. His Direct-2-Consumer briefings were an extremely popular industry forum for ideas exchange and thought leadership.

Ray joined Vodafone in 2001 to develop commercial relationships for Vodafone Multimedia. From 2003 he developed a small portfolio of B2B customers into a highly effective reseller channel that enabled over £700m worth of off-portal mobile content sales in the UK in 2005. Ray was instrumental in shaping Vodafone’s approach to the Off-Portal market and its resulting success, as well as driving significant organisational change and the move away from a walled-garden model.

Prior to moving to the UK, Ray lived in New Zealand and held a senior Commercial Development role for Corporate GSM, a specialist B2B service provider of Vodafone equipment & services to major enterprise customers. In addition, he developed his entrepreneurial talent by launching several award-winning B2B mobile service providers of his own between 1995 and 2000.

Richard Titus, Chief Executive Officer, Associated Northcliffe Digital

Richard Titus, CEO, Associated Northcliffe Digital (AND)
On April 8, 2009 Richard was appointed CEO of Associated Northcliffe Digital (http://www.AND.co.uk) where he oversees a portfolio of digital businesses including sector leaders; Jobsite, Primelocation, Findaproperty, and Motors.co.uk as well as the dating site aggregator Allegran and Teletext amongst others. He is tasked with driving the strategic direction of the diverse AND portfolio  and with growing these businesses by building and improving their services and expanding into new and emerging markets. His leadership remit also includes digital consumer experience across the rest of the DMGT portfolio.

Previously, Richard led one of three BBC future media divisions as Controller Future Media, A&M and Mobile. In this role he is responsible for the strategic, editorial and technical delivery of its mobile products and services (including the GMSA award winning mobile iPlayer) as well as a portfolio of pan-BBC product groups and support of its Audio and Music content on digital platforms including more than 50 regional and national radio stations. He assumed this role after leading an overhaul and redesign of the BBC's Internet, mobile and IPTV - services with a combined audience greater than 50 million unique users a week. Managing 180+ people across several divisions he provided thought leadership, strategy and delivery of the BBC's Future Media & Technology division's audience facing products and services.

Richard has founded or co-founded seven firms in his diverse entrepreneurial career including Razorfish LA and Schematic, an Adweek top 10 interactive agency where he served as President and Vice Chairman before its 2007 acquisition by WPP. Richard is a frequent public speaker on the impact of innovation and digital products and services on audiences in the technology, Internet, media & entertainment sectors. Outside technology, with his filmmaker wife, he has executive produced feature film and television projects including two Sundance Film Festival selections; 2002's On_line and 2006 theatrical documentary Who Killed the Electric Car?

Rimma Perelmuter, Executive Director, MEF

Since joining MEF  in 2001, Rimma has been instrumental in MEF's rapid growth and extended global  reach, forging relationships with industry leaders and key stakeholders and  positioning MEF as the authoritative global voice in the mobile entertainment  industry.
As Executive  Director, Rimma oversees MEF's global activities: devising strategy and working  with the Global Board of Directors comprising industry executives, managing the  UK-based headquarters as well as overseeing two regional field offices in the  US and Asia and has overall responsibility for extending MEF's worldwide reach  and membership benefits.
Prior to MEF,  Rimma worked for several global trade associations based in Washington DC where  she gained extensive knowledge of strategy and policy setting, international  coalition building and project management.
A bi-lingual  English-Russian speaker, Rimma holds a Masters degree from the London School of  Economics and a Bachelors degree from Cornell University.

Rob Lewis, Chief Executive Officer, Omnifone

Rob Lewis, CEO, Omnifone
Rob Lewis is CEO and co-founder of Omnifone, the leading independent provider of cloud based unlimited music services for consumer electronics vendors, ISPs, automotive and mobile companies globally.  As CEO, Lewis secured the first international licensing for unlimited music services with all four major music labels and leading independents in 2007 and is responsible for the rollout the company’s multi-award winning MusicStation® powered unlimited music services to millions of device users across four continents with HP, BSkyB, Sony Ericsson, Vodafone, Telenor and Hutchison Telecom.

Lewis is a 2009 Ernst & Young UK Entrepreneur of the Year and the PwC UK Technology, Innovation & Growth Awards 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year. He previously founded Business & Technology Magazine (sold to Dennis Publishing) and co-founded the successful internet software developer Cromwell Media (sold to InterX for £850m). He was also the founder and CEO of Silicon.com (later sold to CNET Networks) and its sister companies, Paris-based Silicon.fr and Munich-based Silicon.de.  www.omnifone.com.

Ron Czerny, Chief Executive Officer, Playphone

Ron Czerny, Chief Executive Officer, Playphone
As founder, chief executive officer and board member, Ron Czerny (pronounced "Cher-nee") serves as the visionary and driving force behind PlayPhone’s corporate strategy. His more than 14 years of experience in the digital entertainment industry has allowed Czerny to help establish PlayPhone’s dominance in the mobile media industry and has positioned the company to compete and thrive on a global scale.
In 2000, Czerny founded Atrativa, a mobile and Internet consumer entertainment company with operations based mainly in Latin America. As chief executive officer, Czerny led Atrativa to its current status as the premier Web game provider in South America, powering several major ISPs including UOL (South America’s largest ISP), Yahoo! Brazil, AOL Brazil, MSN Brazil, Ibest (Telecom Brazil), Terra Networks (North and South America) and many others. RealNetworks, Inc. acquired Atrativa in 2006.
Czerny also played an important role in Latin America’s video game industry between 1992 and 1999 as the co-founder of the Brazilian Entertainment and Video Game Association. He also served as the president of Romstar and Sports Arcade, companies with strategic and exclusive partnerships with Capcom for video game distribution in Latin America.
Czerny holds a degree in business administration with an emphasis in international business from San Jose State University in California.

Sarah Evans, Head of Mobile Internet and Portals, O2 UK

Sarah joined O2 in July  2008, following 10 years in Media and Communications roles delivering a wide  range of digital and web based services. Of note, Sarah was responsible for  delivering Film Download services for LOVEFiLM, Tiscali and Empire whilst at Arts  Alliance Media; previous to that she was instrumental in growing and shaping  ntl’s (now Virgin Media) Broadband base and consumer propositions. Sarah  initially joined O2 to manage mobile advertising and content partner  relationships. More recently she has taken up responsibility for mobile  internet services including O2 Active, O2’s mobile web portal.

Seth Schachner, Vice President Digital Business, Latin region, Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.

Seth Andrew Schachner is currently Vice President,  Digital Business – Latin Region for Sony Music Entertainment Inc, where he is  based in Miami.
Now in his eleventh year with Sony Music, his responsibilities involve driving  new digital and mobile business in Latin America and the US, in one of the  company’s fastest growing digital markets.
At Sony, Schachner closed a record-breaking mobile deal with the artist Ricky  Martin and Sony Ericsson.  Featuring a “pre-loaded” handset, the deal  generated sales of 1.5MM handsets in Latin America as well as a major  endorsement for the artist. Schachner recently followed this up with a Shakira  handset.
Schachner joined Sony Music in 1999 as Zomba Jive Record's Vice President of  New Media Strategy & Development, where he led digital initiatives with  many of the US’s first digital music services.
Mr. Schachner is an executive with twenty years experience in the media and  entertainment industries.
Previous to Sony Music, Schachner served as Vice President, Business  Development for Liberty Digital and as Director, Business Development for  Viacom Interactive.
In 1995, Schachner became AOL’s first business development executive for music,  where he negotiated AOL's first content deals with the music industry.
Earlier experience includes business development and financial roles at  Universal Music Group and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation.
Mr. Schachner holds an MBA and BA from Columbia University in New York.
In August 2009, Schachner was appointed to a seat on Florida’s Film &  Entertainment Advisory Council by the President of Florida’s Senate.  The  council advises Florida’s Governor’s Office of Film & Entertainment.

Shashi Fernando, CEO, Saffron Digital

Shashi Fernando is the co-founder and CEO  of Saffron Digital, a global video platform company with products live in  22 countries. Saffron Digital is a pioneer in DRM technology, and is committed  to bringing entertainment media to as wide a variety of devices as  possible.

The company's clients currently include IPC Media,  Sony Pictures Paramount,20th Century Fox, Sky, Nokia, LG, Samsung,  Sony Ericsson,  T Mobile and Vodafone. In  2009, Saffron Digital was named in the Tech Media Invest Top 100 list of  companies, organised by Europe Unlimited in association with The Guardian,  PricewaterhouseCoopers and Kemp Little.

Before establishing Saffron Digital in  2006, Shashi founded the digital film company Filmnight in 2004. His  career began at British Airways and then Hollinger Digital, part of the  Telegraph group, before joining the interactive agency Razorfish, working  with client such as Nike, Giorgio Armani, Sony and Hutchinson.

Sonia Aliprandi, Director, Regulatory (Legal), Qtel International

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Stanley Fertig, Senior Vice President, New Media HBO International

Stanley Fertig – Stanley Fertig is senior vice president of HBO  International, overseeinghthe pay television company’s mobile businesses  outside the US. Under his leadership, HBO has recently launched a multi-country  mobile television service available on Vodafone Live!, including full episodes  of some of HBO’s most celebrated shows. Fertig’s duties at HBO also include te  development of international programming services on other new platforms, and  sitting on the boards of directors of HBO Asia and HBO Central Europe. Previously,  Fertig was senior vice president of acquisitions and business development at  Columbia Music Entertainment, a Tokyo-listed independent music &  entertainment company, overseeing international distribution, digital  distribution and acquisitions. During the 1990’s, Fertig held a series of  positions at Time Warner, where he pioneered localized television by creating  ad-supported television channel ventures in Europe, Asia and Latin America.  Fertig is best known as the creator of VIVA, the highly acclaimed music  television channel in Germany, recently purchased by MTV. His other network  credits include Hamburg-1, the first local television channel in Germany’s  second-largest city, Channel [V], the leading music television service in Asia,  and Z+ (now also MTV), Hungary’s music television channel. Fertig also provided  assistance in the development of n-tv, Germany’s news channel, and Music Choice  Europe (now Sky Music Choice), the platform for ad-free digital music via cable  and satellite. Fertig holds a B.A. degree from Columbia College, an M.A. from  New York University, an MBA from the Yale School of Management, and a PhD from  Harvard University. He and his family live in New York.

Stuart Collingwood, Vice President, EMEA, Sling Media

Stuart Collingwood SLING MEDIA (UK)
Mr. Collingwood is Vice President EMEA of Sling Media which he joined in June, 2006. He has responsibility for all of the company’s European operations including partnerships, country and territory expansion and strategic planning. For the three years prior to joining Sling Media, Mr.Collingwood advised pay TV providers, digital media companies and technology start-ups on the launch of new digital platforms and technology. He also served as Vice President EMEA for Liberate and spent eight years at Fujitsu-ICL.
Mr. Collingwood is based in London.

Suhail Bhat, Policy and Initiatives Director, MEF

Suhail Bhat, Policy and Initiatives Director, MEF
Suhail joined MEF as its Policy and Initiatives Director in September 2006 and is responsible for driving policy on issues affecting the global mobile entertainment industry and managing all MEF global initiatives to advance member interests and ensure continued industry growth. Engaging with stakeholders across the mobile entertainment industry at both a local and international level, Suhail leads on a diverse range of initiatives such as the Smart Pipe Enablers Initiative, Ad-funded Mobile Entertainment and Content Sales Reporting. He also leads the regulatory policy work for MEF globally to shape regulation and raise awareness of its effective implementation with the aim of protecting revenues and ensuring a positive consumer experience.
Prior to MEF, Suhail worked at PhonepayPlus (formerly ICSTIS) from 1998, the independent regulator for premium rate services. While at PhonepayPlus, Suhail ran industry-wide consultations and lead on the development of the highly influential ICSTIS Code of Practice which governs all mobile direct to consumer transactions in the UK and the Help notes. He was also responsible for working with key external stakeholders and regulatory bodies to advance policy initiatives in mobile content.

Sunil Gunderia, Vice President, Head of Mobile EMEA, Disney Corporation

Mr. Gunderia is the London-based Vice President,  Digital Distribution for The Walt Disney Company, EMEA .

In this capacity he is responsible for the distribution of media content across digital platforms and oversees the distribution management for games and applications.
Previously Mr. Gunderia served as Head of Mobile for EMEA, Latin America and Southeast Asia. The group he headed developed, distributed and marketed a variety of digital content including graphics, music, applications and games . Prior to this Sunil worked in the Disney Interactive Media Group as as a Director, International Strategy and Business Development based in Los Angeles where he was responsible for the development of international strategy and  business development.
Mr. Gunderia holds an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California

Tanya Field, Director, Mobile Data Group.

Tanya Field, Director – Mobile Data Group.
MMA Europe Board Member
Tanya Field joined Telefonica O2 UK in September 2006 as Head of Content for the UK operation. In this role she was tasked with delivering the portal content strategy, managing both third party relationships and in-house content development.
In September 2007 Tanya Field joined Telefonica S.A. as Director – Mobile Data Group with an operational remit to deliver solutions for User Interface, Mobile Advertising and Internet Products and Services across both Telefonica Europe and Telefonica.
She is currently delivering leading edge Mobile Internet solutions for the portfolio of Telefonica companies and will deliver a Global Mobile Advertising Solution in 2008.
As Director of the Mobile Data Group she is ultimately responsible for determining the 3 year development and delivery plan for global solutions across the above mentioned three workstreams.

Thomas Schulz, Managing director, EMEA, AdMob

As Managing Director of EMEA for AdMob, Thomas is responsible for the company's strategy, operations and expansion across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Previously Thomas has held Pan-European senior business development positions at Overture Services and Yahoo! Search Marketing as well as general management positions in start-ups, such as the Idealab! backed company dotTV. He has top-level experience in the e-commerce space, including knowledge of the key players, industry structures, and technology platforms. Thomas holds a BA from FH Reutlingen, a DESS from ESC Reims and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Tim Green, Editor, Mobile Entertainment Magazine

Tim Green is executive editor of Mobile Entertainment, the  world's only dedicated trade magazine for the mobile content community. The magazine was launched in 2005 and is now firmly established as the journalistic uthority in the sector, complemented by its web site at www.mobile-ent.biz. Tim has been writing about mobile content since the market's inception in 1999, first as mobile editor of MCV (the games industry trade magazine) and then as a senior analyst with market forecaster Screen Digest.

Tim Harrison, Founder, The Mobile Consultancy

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Tim Hussain, Head of Mobile and Video Advertising, BSkyB

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Tim Raby, Managing Director, OMTP

Tim joined OMTP 1st January  2006. Prior to joining OMTP, Tim was Head of Devices for O2 Group where he was  responsible for all Terminal technology and Portfolio activity during the 3G  launch period. He was responsible for the successful launch of the first ODM  consumer O2 brand X phones alongside the XDA PDA family. Tim came to O2 via BT  Internet and Genie which he joined in early 2000. During this period he played  a key role in many different parts of the evolving mobile data value chain;  including Business Development in Genie Europe, developing Unified Messaging,  pioneering Java Games and launching O2 Active. Before this Tim had 15 years experience  in many different areas of Telecommunication and software development.

Tim Wright, Director, Technology, Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Ty Roberts, Founder & CEO, Gracenote

Dale (Ty) Roberts, Sr. Vice President & Chief, Technology Officer,  Gracenote
Ty Roberts is widely recognized as one of the inventors of enhanced CD technology and is accredited with producing the industry’s first enhanced CDs. He joined Gracenote in November of 1998 after the company acquired ION, a multimedia and music technology company that he founded in 1993. Roberts serves as Gracenote’s chief technology strategist, providing technology direction and overseeing the creation of products and services that leverage the power of the Gracenote database to deliver information services.

While at ION, Roberts produced the recording industry’s first enhanced audio CD titles, including David Bowie’s “Jump” and “Headcandy” from Brian Eno. He was the company’s lead technologist and innovator in adding multimedia content to traditional audio CDs. ION was also widely recognized as a leading provider of enhanced CD production tools utilized by recording and multimedia development companies. In September 1993, Bertlesmann Music Group created the first interactive record label after acquiring a 50 percent interest in ION.

Prior to founding ION, Roberts was a founder and senior manager of LightSource, a software development company that produced multimedia and graphics editing where he created several award winning, Apple-based music applications including “Studio Session” and “Jam Session.” Well-known within the music industry community, Roberts has spoken at numerous conferences and events throughout the world.

Vesa-Matti Paananen, Mobile Communications Business, Consumer & Online, Microsoft

Vesa-Matti “Vesku” Paananen is the mobile  business group lead and responsible for Windows®  phones business in the Consumer & Online division of Microsoft  in Finland. He also drives the Windows Marketplace for Mobile application store  in thirteen Western European countries. Before joining Microsoft Mr. Paananen  has been part of the founding teams of a number of International and Finnish  Internet and mobile start-ups. In 2000 he founded Mobile Monday, the open  global mobile society now active in over 30 countries. In 2004 Mr. Paananen was  honoured as ‘the Father of the Ringtones Business’ when he received the Special  Recognition Award of Mobile Entertainment Forum for his contribution to  developing the commercial ringtones business in 1997

Will Page, Chief Economist, PRS For Music

Will Page is the Chief Economist at PRS for Music. He  graduated with a MSc in Economics in 2002 and worked for four years at the UK  Government Economic Service. His role is to provide analytical support to  colleagues within the organisation and to provide economic insight to the  music industry as a whole. His work is focussed around three main areas:  economic modelling of the recorded music business, the application competition  law in two-sided markets and the broken supply chain between copyright and  ISPs. He is currently working with Andrew Bud, Executive Chairman of  MBlox, on the profile, tension and profitability that exists within 'Long Tail'  markets.