Agenda
Product and Partnership Innovation for Personal Communications Services
16th October, The Grange Hotel, London, 0830 - 1745
Key themes to address:
- End user needs in voice and messaging, community and self-expression
- Business and Pricing Models
- Challenges and opportunities in addressing those needs (Technical and Organisational): SDP, IMS, Charging, NPD processes, Harnessing Developer Communities
- Examples of best practices today: Creating a Platform, Embracing Developers, Fast Track Market Entry processes
- Next Steps for the Industry to compete/grow business.
Using the ‘Mindshare’ interactive process this Summit is made up of short, specially prepared ‘stimulus presentations’, interactive audience feedback via collaborative technology, votes on key topics, in-depth panel discussions and supported by expert ‘analysts-in-residence’ to process feedback in real time. Additional networking will take place in an exhibition area.
Facilitator: Martin Geddes, Chief Analyst, STL Partners, Co-Founder Telco 2.0™ Initiative
Analyst-in-Residence: Stuart Newstead, Director, Ellare
Current list of speakers here.
0845 Welcome - Agenda, Process, Introductions
Martin Geddes, Chief Analyst, STL Partners, Co-Founder Telco 2.0™ Initiative.
Introduction: Output from Telco 2.0™ Brainstorm in March; Facts about How the Market’s Changing
0930 Beyond Voice & Messaging 1.0
What’s New out there that Users Care About?
Stimulus Speakers and Panelists:
Everything 2.0: Results of Latest STL Partners/Telco 2.0™ research into New Voice & Messaging Services & Applications - Norman Lewis, Chief Strategy Officer, Wireless Grids Corporation, USA and ex-Director of Technology Research, Orange
New Presence-driven Services - Tom Veldman, Director Marketing, Intuitive Messaging, Acision
The Web Learns to Talk - adding Voice to existing Web Apps - Graham Brierton, Head of Development, VoiceSage
Interactive ‘Mindshare’ Debate with Audience
1100 Break
Demos of Cutting Edge New Tools/Products
Exhibitors from Innovation Forum
1130 Sleeping with the Enemy
Dealing with co-opetition from social networks and arbitrage from new entrants.
Stimulus Speakers and Panelists:
Social Networking sites: Friend or Foe? - Tony Fish, CEO, AMF Ventures
What I’ve Got that You Want… and Vice Versa! - George Hadjigeorgiou, General Manager of Communication and Community Products, Yahoo! Europe
Searching for the Money: Integrating the Web with Voice & SMS - Mads Moller, Vertical Head, Technology, Google
Interactive ‘Mindshare’ Debate with Audience
1300 Lunch
Demos of Cutting Edge New Tools/Products
Exhibitors from Innovation Forum
1415 Case Studies
Learning from New Features and Business Models
Stimulus Speakers and Panelists:
Voice Mash-Ups: From Concept to Market ... in 45 Minutes! - Thomas Howe, Winner, O’Reilly Emerging Telephony Mashup Contest 2007
Putting the User back in control of Telephony - Keith Wallington, VP International Operations, Truphone
Re-Thinking the Consumer Communications Experience - Gil Gabay, AVP Strategic Marketing, Comverse
Interactive ‘Mindshare’ Debate with Audience
1545 Tea
Demos of Cutting Edge New Tools/Products
Exhibitors from Innovation Forum
1615 Way Forward - Managing Innovation in Voice & Messaging
Practical Deployment Issues: Technology, Standards, Processes
Stimulus Speakers and Panelists:
Building a Partner & Developer Ecosystem, Lessons from ‘Innovation World’ - Johann Wickmann, SVP & CTO, TeliaSonera
Practical Lessons from Deploying Telecoms Web Services - Graham Francis, Director, Aepona
Getting the Experience on the Mobile Device Right - Marek Pawlowski, Founder, Mobile User Experience
Interactive ‘Mindshare’ Debate with Audience
1745 Close & Drinks
Demos of Cutting Edge New Tools/Products
Exhibitors from Innovation Forum
