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Wireless VC Special Interest Group Presents Mobile Consumer Behavior Worldwide: Is the rate of adoption of mobile capabilities faster in emerging markets? Open to VCs and CEOs of Venture-backed Companies Only February 28 | 6-8:30PM | 1000 Marsh Road | Menlo Park Event Sponsor: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
The consumer adoption of advanced mobile applications is fueling the advances in wireless infrastructure and devices worldwide. Understanding of the consumer behavior and usage model in different regions of the world is the key to the success of the global service and technology providers. They need to understand the similarities and differences in consumer preference in mature and emerging markets. Is the rate of adoption of mobile capabilities faster in emerging markets? Will adoption of new applications such as mobile advertising, video-streaming/broadcasting, payments, and location-based-services be faster in markets outside the US? Come get answer to these questions and many more from the global leaders in the mobile services and technologies and share their experiences.
Moderator: Fred Wang, Partner, Trinity Ventures
Panelists: Peter Barry, Head of VentureCapital and Start-ups, Vodafone Group Anish Srivastava, SVP BusinessDevelopment, Geodesic Doug Garland, EIR, Kleiner Perkins Ray DeRenzo, VPBusiness Development , MobiTV Inc Byung Moo (Brian) Kim, Global CTO, SK Telecom International
Agenda: 6:00 - 7:00 Registration, Networking and Device Showcase 7:00 - 8:00 Panel Discussion 8:00 - 8:30 Q&A Hors d'oeuvres, wine and soft drinks will be served. Location: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, 1000 Marsh Road Menlo Park, CA 94025-1015 Registration Fee: VC Taskforce Member $55; Affiliate $65 [belongs to an affiliate organization]; General- $85 Wireless VC SIG Committee Chair Person: Manijeh Moghis, President, CommTec Consulting Program Manager Rose Mortilla, Yes Partners Committee Members: Tim Chang, Partner, Gabriel Venture Partner Capital, Fred Wang, General Partner Trinity Ventures, Jodi Sherman Jahic, Principal, Voyager Capital, Gerry Purdy, Partner, VP & Chief Analyst, Forest & Sullivan, Rohini Chakravarthy, Cisco, Head of Wireless, Corporate BD
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