TC3
Sept 17, 2009: 8:30 am - 1:30 pm
Silicon Valley, TBD, California, USA

Join us for the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley's TC3 event, where we help you get up to speed on what the carriers are thinking for 2010. This half-day meeting is designed to help Council members and the Silicon Valley community learn the methods and approaches to working with telecom carriers, and helps them avoid getting burned. Carriers are a very important stakeholder in the telecommunications ecosystem. They can bring scale to your business in a sudden and dramatic way, and they are the collection point of monthly subscription revenue from customers. It's where the money is. www.telecomcouncil.com/TC3
 
DEMO Fall 09
September 21 - 23, 2009
San Diego, CA

See Where the Strongest Technology Investment Opportunities Exist!  Join us at DEMOfall 09View the most comprehensive portfolio of credible emerging technologies vetted by VentureBeat's Matt Marshall, a long-time member of the VC community, and Chris Shipley, a leading technology analyst who has brought more than 1,200 new products to market since 1996. WIP Connector members enjoy a 20% discount off registration.  http://www.demo.com/df9partner

 

WaveGuide Business Seminar: Mobile UI Design - User Centered Design and UI Best Practices
Sept 24, 2009
Vancouver, Canada

Want to understand how to make a mobile application easier to use? Want to ensure your mobile site meets the needs of your target audience? Attend this free seminar to be introduced to the world of user centered design and its importance in helping you design a better mobile product. Selma Zafar, Senior User Experience Designer at OpenRoad, will present best practices for mobile user interface design, introduce established mobile design standards and highlight key design considerations for different mobile platforms including human factors principles that helped to formulate these guidelines and best practices. At end will be a tour of the Wavefront usability testing lab with the opportunity to receive a quick assessment of your mobile app/site, so bring on your phone! http://ow.ly/nPrl


Mobile Broadband World
September 22 - 25, 2009
Hilton London Tower Bridge Hotel, London

Hear 6 CxO Level Case Studies! Don't miss Mobile Broadband World 2009: Take advantage of this rare opportunity to hear from several CXO level speakers. Learn from a variety of unique operator case studies from around the world. Meet all of the leading suppliers face-to-face, hear product briefings and develop a clear picture of where mobile broadband is going and which products and services are on offer to you. Benchmark your own strategy with those of your peers from around the world. www.mobilebroadbandworld.com/WIP  

Mobile Internet & Smart Phone Summit
September 23 & 24, 2009
Shanghai, China

This conference, based on China market while embracing the world players, aims to promote mobile internet industry in 3G era as well as smart phones market prosperity. From market analysis to marketing strategy, from business model to in-depth case study, and from product R&D to technological innovation, it is undoubtedly a perfect platform to exchange and learn from each other, providing business opportunities you can find nowhere else. Gaining new views and knowledge; Evaluating the current situation and future trends; Analyzing nowadays key issues and most influential innovations Observing different target needs and learning how to meet their unique preferences; Meeting with the most energetic and innovative industry giants; Presenting latest technology revolution; Finding the potential business partners to leverage China market Sharing the most successful business models and case studies.  www.attention-global.com/misp  


ITU Telecom World - Open Networks - Connected Minds
October 5 - 9, 2009
Geneva, Switzerland

Only held every few years, ITU TELECOM WORLD is an unrivaled event for the global telecommunication and information communication technology (ICT) sector. Forward-looking, WORLD 2009 attracts all stakeholders from across the sector and around the world for a truly global, world-class event and networking platform. To address shared global challenges in today's information society, WORLD 2009 incorporates thematic elements to highlight the reach and role of telecommunications and ICT in areas of societal change such as the digital divide, climate change, and disaster relief. With its focus on development opportunities, the event brings together corporate social responsibility and displays cases of best practices. www.itu.int/WORLD2009/  

LTE Forum 2009
October 8, 2009
Hotel VIP Executive Art, Lisbon, Portugal

The LTE Forum 2009 will help operators to identify the evolutionary steps to 3G LTE (Long Term Evolution), to understand the drivers for migrating, and to determine what they need to be doing now to ensure their network remains competitive. Presentations from mobile operators and other industry experts will help delegates to understand why, when and how to migrate to 3G LTE, and what they should be doing now to ensure their networks remain competitive into the future.  www.lteforum2009.com  
 
CTIA Wireless IT Entertainment
October 6 - 9, 2009
San Diego, CA

With a focus on wireless data applications, software development, network architecture and solutions, CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009 is where professionals across various industries see first-hand how wireless data technology is applied to a multitude of business solutions.

 

 

Mobile Application Stores: Strategy and Deployment
October 8, 2009 @ CTIA Wireless IT &E
San Diego, CA

 

 
Mobility World Congress
October 13-15, 2009
Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong
 
The Mobility World Congress is now in its 14th year and returns once again to Hong Kong. This year the event is focused on Optimizing the Mobile Broadband Business Model and will bring together key thinkers from across the mobile industry for a high-level strategic summit to discuss strategies for optimizing the mobile broadband business model. Voice revenues are stagnating. Penetration rates are reaching saturation. Operator growth lies in increasing revenues from data usage while managing costs of data transmission. The 14th Mobility World Congress will provide inspiration and practical advice on driving data usage growth, improving the customer experience of data services and reducing the cost-per-bit of data. All WIP members are entitled to a 15% discount on the full congress price.    www.MobilityWorldCongress.com  

Web 2.0 Summit
October 20 - 22, 2009
San Francisco, CA

Only the Web 2.0 Summit (formerly named Web 2.0 Conference) brings the intelligence, innovation, and leadership of the Internet industry together in one place at one time. The Summit is known for its interactive format, encouraging audience interaction and participation. Through incisive plenary sessions, cut-through-the-hype onstage conversations, rapid-fire "high order bits" and "show me" presentations and in-depth workshops, visionaries and executives from Internet businesses will present their unique perspective on the Web's future-in-flux. www.web2summit.com/web2009

Mobile Web & Applications
October 20-22, 2009
The Cumberland, London
 
Special Focus Day - Mobile Social networking, 20th October 2009. For the fourth year running, Mobile Web and Apps, incorporating an exclusive focus day on Mobile Social Networking, will provide you with all that you need to understand, improve and profit from this seismic shift in our industry. Featuring senior representatives with a combined user base of over half a billion and a combined turnover running into $billions, our speakers really are those that profit from and drive forward the mobile web industry.  www.mobilewebevent.com
 

The Symbian Exchange & Exposition (SEE 2009)
October 27 & 28, 2009
Earl Court 2, London, England

Building on 10 years of successful Symbian events, The Symbian Exchange & Exposition (SEE 2009) will provide a live, interactive forum to experience, interact and participate with thousands of mobile developers, device creators and industry executives.
Over 4000 attendees are expected; over 100 exhibitors present; free talks and panel sessions from industry experts, leading minds and visionary speakers, such as Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, and Crossing the Chasm author, Geoffrey Moore.  Please join us - Free to attend.   www.see2009.org/wip


WiMAX Strategies Asia
November 3 - 5, 2009
Kuala Lumpur
 
With a focus on real-life WiMAX implementations highlighting both successes and failures, the event, cuts through the hype to provide WiMAX operators with information, ideas, strategies and inspiration, essential for creating a successful WiMAX business. Following a theme of "Maximizing Emerging Business Opportunities for WiMAX" the conference will also explore exciting opportunities in vertical markets and previously underserved regions. It builds on a legacy of successful WiMAX conferences organized by Beacon across Asia, and offers inspiration for all WiMAX operators looking to secure and grow market share in Asia's crowded telecoms sector.  All WIP members are entitled to a 15% discount on the full congress price.   www.WiMAXStrategiesAsia.com  

Mobile User Experience
November 17 & 18, 2009
Ambassadors Hotel, London
 
Personalising the Mobile User Experience with Intuitive Mobile User Interaction Strategies. Building on the success of our prestigious handsets series of events, this conference will gather the industry design houses and brand players across the globe. This timely and focused conference addresses the challenges for the majority of mobile value chain players of what it means to put the user first. It will investigate how the user interface can be positioned as a gateway to adopting new content and services and effectively deliver an intuitive user experience to increase user interaction and uptake of value added services. www.userexperienceconference.com 
 

Please see descriptions for the following upcoming events at WIPConnector.

 

The Philippines Telecom International Summit 2009, November 5, 2009, Manila, Philippines  www.frost.com/phtelecom
 
2nd Annual Indonesia Telecoms International Summit, November 11 - 12, 2009, Jakarta, Indonesia, www.frost-indotelecom.com 
 
Broadband Traffic Management 2009, November 17 & 18, 2009, London, England, www.broadbandtrafficevent.com 
 
Mobile 2.0, November 23 - 25, 2009, Berlin, Germany, www.mobile2zeroconference.com
 
Expo Comm Italia 2009, November 24 & 25, 2009, Rome, Italy, www.expocommitalia.com