As the number of wireless technologies such as RFID, WiFi, WiMAX, WiBro, 3G, Zigbee, Bluetooth and Ultra Wideband continue to grow, their integration into the enterprise is becoming an increasingly greater challenge.  So as to be able to enjoy productivity, business and financial gains, these advanced wireless technologies need to be melded seamlessly with the business processes of the enterprise.

Therefore, technology developers and standards organizations need to focus their attention on the interface between the technology and the enterprise.  Wireless service providers, systems integrators and technology companies need to create a cohesive interface with enterprise I.T. and enterprise technology infrastructure. While the convergence between different wireless technologies has been an ongoing phenomenon over the past several years, the melding of wireless infrastructure with the enterprise business infrastructure forms the next generation of Convergence or Convergence+.  The Mobile Enterprise and Carrier Forum brings together wireless carriers together with enterprises to discuss how best to create the wirelessly connected, mobile enterprise of tomorrow and in the process, defining and refining the notion of Convergence+.

Speakers - Nominate a Speaker

Phil Edholm	CTO/VP Net Architecture, Enterprise	Nortel Networks
Ray Gilbert	AVP-IT Enterprise Collaboration	Lucent Technologies
Ramneek Gupta	Principal	ITU Ventures
Lawrence Harris	Vice President	Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
Gordon Kass	VP of Engineering	LimeLife
Dean Knuth	National Manager, Wireless for the Commercial, State and Local Group	Northrop Grumman IT
Minh Le	System Engineering Sr. Staff	Lockheed Martin
Dorothy Pavloff	Managing Director	California Technology Ventures
Salil Pradhan	CTO, HP RFID program	Hewlett Packard
Gavenraj Sodhi	Director of Product Management	CA
Morley Winograd	executive Director	Marshall School, USC

Select Speakers from previous WINMEC Events

Yogesh Gupta	CTO	Computer Associates
Arunas Slekys	VP - Corporate Marketing	Hughes Network Systems
Thomas Werner	SVP Mobile Enterprise	Siemens
Eric Anderson	Vice President Sales	North America, Ericsson Inc
Jean-Marc Frangos	Senior VP	Technology and Innovation, BT Group
Steve Strassmann	Principal Architect	Orange
Vaho Rebassoo	CTO IT Services	Boeing
Sam Arditi	VP	Intel Corp
Cyrus Staniec	Director - Technology Resources	Northrop Grumman IT
Ken Venner	VP and CIO	Broadcom Corporation
Ray Gilbert	Director-CIO-IT	Lucent Technologies
Phil Bowman	VP Integrated Solutions	Sprint
Adam Gould	CTO-CDMA	Nokia Mobile Phones

See our previous forum
on the theme of Convergence:
- Mobile Enterprise Forum 2005
- Wireless Carrier Forum 2005

Proliferation of multimedia-enabled mobile and personal devices now allows downloading, playback and streaming of movies, games, news, music/ring-tones, and, wallpaper/pictures. The entertainment media industry is experimenting rapidly with business models and advanced technologies to get revenue-generating content to the consumer.  Issues of importance include content ownership, content monetization, digital rights management, the creation of new markets such as short movies, limited duration games, movie advertisements, push-based news-clips, sports highlights, etc.  The entertainment and media industry in Hollywood has taken the plunge into the mobile content marketplace.   Even traditional internet companies have started to experiment with mobile content by extending their partnerships with content owners.    While multimedia technology is getting increasingly complex, consumers are demanding simplicity in ownership, usage and payment, which is starting to happen by way of Convergence.  The technology side of convergence involves devices, networks, services and multimedia content (movies, TV, gaming, music).  The business side of convergence involves business models, pricing simplicity, billing, payment, etc.  On May 9, 2006, the WINMEC Mobile Entertainment Media forum brings together business and technology experts from Hollywood to discuss this hyper convergence (Convergence+) that is changing the very foundations of the Entertainment Media industry. 

Speakers - Nominate a Speaker

Jay Balakrishnan
Matthew Bellows	General Manager & VP Sales	Floodgate Entertainment, LLC
Ramneek Bhasin	CEO	Mobio Networks, Inc.
Joseph Busch	Executive Director	MGM Domestic Television Sales
Steve Canepa		IBM
Ted Casey	Head of Mobile Music	Verizon Wireless
John Dubrawski	North American General Manager	Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Rajit Gadh	Professor & Director	UCLA - WINMEC
Chris Gebhardt	VP/Marketing	VOCE
Curtis Gibbs	Senior resource Development Officer	LA City
Matt Golden	SVP Business Development and Co-Founder	Tira Wireless
Jean-Charles Hourcade	CTO	Thomson, Inc.
Gigi Johnson	President	Maremel Media
Prashant Kantak
Fred Kitson	Senior Vice President	Motorola Labs
Anil Kripalani	Senior VP	Qualcomm
George Linardos	Head of Branded Content & Aggregators	Nokia
Ivan Lopez	Director Business Development	Disney Internet Group
Joseph Marks	Managing Partner	Smart Technology Ventures
Neil McGinness	General Manager	National Lampoon Mobile
Viroopax Mirji	Consulting Director	Amdocs
Kevin Marques Moo	CEO	Alpha Pup Digital Distribution
Alexander Pigeon	Director, International Business Development	Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP
Ben Quinones	Partner	Pillsbury Winthrop LLP
Jay Samit	Executive Vice President	Sony Corporation of America
Bill Sanders	Vice President, Programming	Sony Pictures Television International
Rob Schonfeld	Vice President	Buena Vista Pay Television
Adam Sexton	VP Marketing & Product Management	Groove Mobile
Erik Smith	Vice President, Business Development and Programming	MobiTV
Joe Solimando	CIO	Disney Consumer Products
Braxton Woodham	Chief Technology Officer	InfoSpace Mobile
Mike Yuen	Senior Director, Gaming Group	QUALCOMM Incorporated

See our previous forum
on the theme of Convergence:
- Mobile Entertainment Media Forum 2005