Greetings,

Hope all’s well and that you are enjoying summer. Seattle is finally seeing its share of sun this week.

We just finished off a  busy June with Mobile Breakfast Series events in Seattle, Atlanta, and London. Great discussions around OTT, Cloud, and Connected Devices with some of the leaders in the space. Check out the event recaps. We have more research coming out on the subject so stay tuned.

One thing is pretty clear – it is a great time to be a consumer. Choices abound. However, the key question in industry shifts is how the revenue will get distributed amongst the players and if any new money is going to come into the ecosystem. That will be the core of the discussion themes at our fall mobile executive summit – Mobile Future Forward on Sept 10^th in Seattle and I am very pleased how the program is shaping up. We will provide regular updates as we continue to refine the program and announce more speakers. As you know, our programs are deep in content and high on participant caliber. Each year we strive to bring together some of the leading thinkers and doers from around the world to brainstorm the future of mobile. As we like to call it – it is a mobile boot camp with the brightest brains in mobile.

I am delighted to be partnering with some of the leading players in the mobile ecosystem: Intel, Ericsson, Juniper, Synchronoss, and Tekelec.

We are expecting a full house so grab your seats today. Early bird expires Tuesday – July 10^th.

As you can see below, we have an outstanding group of executives who are responsible for changing the industry every day. Their viewpoints and commentary will be invaluable. The Mobile Future Forward team, our esteemed partners, our fantastic speakers and our engaged community are really looking forward to Sept 10^th.

Confirmed Speakers

· Steve Elfman, President, Sprint · Glenn Lurie, President, AT&T · Wim Sweldens, President, Alcatel-Lucent Wireless · Michael Bayle, SVP and GM, ESPN Mobile · Martin Fichter, President, HTC · Stephen Bye, CTO, Sprint · Bobby Morrison, President, Verizon Wireless · Erik Moreno, EVP, Fox · Stephen David, former CIO, Proctor & Gamble · Ed Cantwell, SVP, West Wireless Health Institute · Jana Messerschmidt, VP, Twitter · Dan Deeney, Partner, New Venture Partners · Houck Reed, VP – Broadband Solutions, Tekelec .. More to come

· Mung Ki Woo, Head of Mobile, Mastercard Worldwide · Antonio Benjamin, Global CTO, Citi · Biju Nair, EVP and Chief Strategy Officer, Synchronoss · Hank Skorny, VP/GM, Intel · Jack Kennedy, EVP, News Corp Digital Media · Marianne Marck, VP – Engineering, Starbucks · Tim Chang, Partner, Mayfield · Erik Ekudden, Head of Technology Strategies, Ericsson · Carlos Domingo, President and CEO, Telefonica R&D · Kevin Packingham, SVP – Product Innovation, Samsung · Frank Meehan, Executive, Horizons Ventures · Oke Okaro, Global Head of Mobile, Bloomberg · Mark Anderson, CEO, SNS

Discussion Topics

· Looking back from Mobile 2020 – the last 10 years

· The fight for developers – Apps, APIs, and Dollars

· Will Privacy get in the way of mobile growth?

· PostPC era and the tablets – commerce, engagement, and consumption

· Quantified Self. Quantified Enterprise – how to benefit from big data?

· Gamification of Everything – How to reinvent business models and revenue streams

· When will Mobile Commerce eclipse Ecommerce? And How?

· Mobile Broadband – LTE is here and now. What’s Next?

· Mobile Competitive Policy – Balancing competitiveness, consumer interests, policy, and innovation

· nScreen Connected Consumer – Expectations, Solution roadmap, and Revenue flows

· Operators vs. OTT – Competition, Co-opetition, and the new landscape. Measuring the seismic shifts.

· Big (Mobile) Data – Collection, Management and Use of Data

· Mobile Cloud Computing – Innovation, Competition, and Business Models

· Mobile CIO Prism – Disruption in the enterprise. Opportunities for growth and cost reductions

· Managing networking growth in the Yottabyte Era – strategies to tame signaling and data tsunamis

· Mobile Platforms and Ecosystems – The Cycles and the Eternal Debate

· Mobile Security – BYOD, Hacking, Protecting, and Monetization

· Emerging Markets, Emerging Opportunities

· Battle for the Home – Devices, Apps, Networks

· Retail channel transformation – how are we going to shop and who makes money?

I hope you will join us in what is shaping up to be an exceptional gathering of the mobile minds. Registration is open now. Early bird will expire July 10^th. The last two events were sold out so be sure to grab your seat to one of the most anticipated mobile gathering of the year.

Thanks.

Kind regards,

Chetan Sharma