News | April 27, 2007

Mobile Conference: Red Herring Wireless Conference Brings Together Innovative Technology

Summary:
On May 28-30, 2007, Beijing, China will be the host city for the Red Herring Wireless conference, an exclusive, invitation-only gathering of established international leaders and small, innovative up-and-comers of the wireless sector. The premier platform for CEOs and senior executives performing in the sector, Red Herring Wireless will provide participants with one-on-one exchanges and an opportunity to show and tell in a peer-to-peer group. Beyond networking opportunities for Asian, American and European firms, the conference will address global market challenges and introduce an outlook for this ever-changing sector over the next 36 months.

Who:
Red Herring Wireless brings more than 200 executives from pioneering and leading international firms in 20 different countries. Attendees will include entrepreneurs, corporate strategists and investors in the following areas: mobile services, equipment and handset manufacturers, service and content providers, as well as the challengers – the best new companies who could disrupt the status quo in mobile telecommunications and the business and investment opportunities they present.

What:
Red Herring Wireless will feature keynote speeches from industry leaders, roundtable discussions led by CEOs of emerging firms and corporate presentations from CEOs of private technology companies. Notable presenters include Hamadoun Toure, General Secretary of ITU; Dr. Zhengmao Li, Vice President of China Unicom; Won Jin Park, Managing Director of Strategic Planning Division at KTF; Frank Meng, President of Qualcomm Greater China; Zeming Yang of China Academy of Telecom Research; Juergen Stark, Corporate Vice President (Mobile Devices) of Motorola and Andy Tian of Strategic Partnership Development at Google, Inc.

The signature forum, "Meet the Money," will provide an opportunity for early-stage companies to deliver and elevator pitch to a panel of venture capitalists and investment bankers. Topics at Red Herring Wireless will evolve around 3G Opportunities & Policy Issues, Mobile TV & Entertainment, Wireless Internet & Voice Service, Mobile Search & Location Base Service, Consumers' Views on Valued-Added Service, Wireless Payment Systems & Security Issues, Spread the Wimax in the Developing World, Business Models of IPTV, Micropayments, VoIP 2.0, Venture Capitalists' Bets on Wireless Telephony and Investment opportunities in Wireless.

When and Where:
The Ritz-Carlton Beijing, China. May 28 – 30, 2007

Conference Contact: Ellen Gao at egao@redherring.com, + 86.10.8591.1166.

SOURCE: Red Herring Wireless conference