Agenda

8:30 AM to 9:00 AM: Registration

9:00 AM to 9:15 AM: Welcome Note

9:15 AM to 9:35 AM: The Future of the Mobile Ecosystem
Speaker
Arvind Rao, CEO & Co-founder, OnMobile

9:35 AM to 10:00 AM: Thinking outside the network
Speaker
Nitin Bhandari, AVP - New Products and Partnerships, Vodafone

10:00 AM to 10:20 AM: Session
Social Mobile Apps: How does mobile redefine social networking?
Speaker
Beerud Sheth, Co-Founder & CEO, Webaroo(Smsgupshup.com)

10.20 AM to 10.45 AM: Morning Break
A chance to meet up with your friends and have a cup of coffee on the house!

10:45 AM to 11:30 AM:PANEL 1
Mobile Applications Explode. Who wins and who loses?
Major shifts are changing the game including open platforms and new entrants. What’s different, what has changed? Why is everyone interested in mobile? Is the app craze, a fad or will it continue? How will different companies reposition themselves within this environment? This Panel will discuss about "the ecosystem battle for developers and their consumers" and how it affects every player in the mobile ecosystem -- from carriers and handset makers to the application developers, themselves. More importantly, is now the right time to make it really big in mobile?
Speaker
Badri Sanjeevi, COO,Mauj Mobile
Rajat Kulshrestha, CEO,India & Middle East, PlayUp
Narayan Babu, CEO, Dexetra
Pratick Thakrar, Founder & Managing Director, Imagine Worldwide
Kunal Lagwankar, Co-founder, Novix Technologies(Moderator)

11:30 AM to 12:15 PM: PANEL 2
The Opportunity: It used to be ringtones — now what?
Where are the opportunities for enabling and building killer mobile apps? Applications that exploit the full range of capabilities of connected mobile devices and social media have the potential to change lives; there may not be a single killer-app. This panel will explore the potential of mobile applications, the benefits to consumer and enterprise users, and what it will take to transform a great application into a real company.
Speakers
Ninad Chayya, COO, Playcaso
Rakesh Deshmukh, Co-founder & CEO, MoFirst Solutions
Girish Dhakephalkar, Founder & CEO, Shoonya
Karthik Krishnaraj, Co-founder & Director,Arkenea Technologies(Moderator)

12:15 PM to 1:00 PM:PANEL 3
Opportunities for entrepreneurs in the Mobile space
Speakers
Sandeep Singhal, Managing Director, Nexus India Capital Advisors
Ritesh Banglani, Vice President, Helion Ventures Partners
Karan Mohla, Senior Associate, IDG Ventures India
Anil Joshi, Head-Operations, Mumbai Angels(Moderator)

1:00 PM to 2:00 PM: Lunch Break

2:00 PM to 2:50 PM: Top Mobile Apps Competition
Our judges will evaluate the best mobile applications created by various companies.
Presenting companies:
Bombil Media
Clarice Technology
CloudPact
Hunka Technologies
Playup
Tnex
Winit
Jury Members
Sameer Brij Verma, VP, Nexus India Cap
Vineet chadha, Principal-Private Equity, Tata Capital
Gaurav Saraf, Director, Epiphany Ventures
Sandeep Singhal, Managing Director, Nexus India Capital Advisors
Ritesh Banglani, Vice President, Helion Ventures Partners
Anil Joshi, Head-Operations, Mumbai Angels
Karan Mohla, Senior Associate, IDG Ventures India

2:50 PM to 3:00 PM: Award Presentation.

3:00PM to 4:00 PM:PANEL 4
Mobile Marketing
Organizations are no longer merely dipping their toe in the water, the major brands and advertisers now realize that mobile is the next big thing. But how do you execute mobile campaigns? How does all this work best on mobile? With mobile's segmented audience, you need to choose the right ways to market. How can mobile support traditional media, and what type of results can be achieved? Corporate leaders will share their experiences of how the big brands have turned mobile marketing to their advantage, providing insight to developers and technology providers who are looking to reach the mass market themselves.
Speakers
Vaibhav Gupta, VP Technology, Airpush
Leo Bian, VP Marketing, UCWeb India
Saptarshi Roy Chaudhury, VP Marketing, [x]cube LABS
Aakrit Vaish, Business Operations Director & Managing Director, India, Flurry(Moderator)