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CONFERENCE BOOKING DETAILS:- Early Bird Discounted Price - Conference Delegate Pass (INR 5,000 + Tax (12.36%) per delegate) - Book and Pay before 1st February 2013 to avail the early bird discounted price. You can simply email or call and book your conference delegate seats on TEL: + 91 44 64536444. Email – delegate@virtueinsight.com Standard Price after 1st February 2013 - 1 or 2 Delegates (INR 6,000 + Tax (12.36%) per delegate) - You can simply email or call and book your conference delegate seats on TEL: + 91 44 64536444. Email – delegate@virtueinsight.com Group Discounts - 3 and above Delegates - (INR 5,000 + Tax (12.36%) per delegate) Spot Registration - 1 Day Conference - (INR 7,000 + Tax (12.36%) per delegate) Conference Sponsor & Exhibition Stall - Should you wish to Sponsor, or purchase a Exhibiton Stall (Booth) or a paid Speaker Slot, you can simply email your interest and queries to –TEL: + 91 44 64536444. Email - sponsor@virtueinsight.com CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION:- The Indian Smart device market is vibrant, with healthy competition and varied offerings in all segments of the market. The volume mix is also shifting towards the mid to high tiers as the replacement market starts to pick up steam. The Indian telecommunications industry is one of the fastest growing in the world and India is projected to become the second largest telecom market globally. India is the second largest mobile handset market in the world after China. The total number of mobile subscribers has hit a high of 771.18 million in India and reaching it to 1000 million by the year 2014. According to a research, the mobile handset market’s revenue is expected to rise from Rs 25,591 crore (Rs 255.91 billion) in 2010 to Rs 35,005 crore (Rs 350.05 billion) in 2016. Wireless Expertise expresses that by 2013 smartphone penetration will be approaching approximately 28-30% of the total mobile market in 2013. The rate of smart device implementation has exceeded that of any consumer technology in history. Compared to recent technologies, smart device adoption is being adopted 10X faster than that of the 80s PC revolution, 2X faster than that of 90s Internet Boom and 3X faster than that of recent social network adoption. Five years into the smart device growth curve, expansion of this new technology is rapidly expanding beyond early adopter markets. A complex handset value chain has transformed into an even more complex value web or ecosystem. And there are continually new stakeholders being added to this. To understand the big picture, come to grips with the trends, learning from the future to get on the path to success the event will unfold many facets of this devices world including intersection points with adjacent and converging industries where innovation at the periphery has the potential to bring breakthroughs. A high level meeting like Smart Device and Content 2013 will be very influential in building new benchmarks in the device technology. The seminar will help in strategizing a strong vision for smart device landscape in India, as it is an ideal stage between the key influencers and decision makers under one crown. The legendary industry professionals from across the world would share their knowledge. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to experience new revenue generating strategies and learn innovative business models. We are sure that Smart Device and content 2013 will bring thought leaders on one platform and spread the message. It is with great pleasure that we invite you all to the Smart Device and Content 2013 and wish you all the very best. KEY THEMES DISCUSSED AT THIS CONFERENCE:-
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Plus Many More... WHO YOU WILL MEET:- VPs, Directors, Head & Senior Managers of:
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WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND:- Here in this Smart Device and Content 2013 event numerous aspects of these smart devices, user friendliness and their sphere of applications will be discussed. This event thus warmly welcomes all the tablet makers, smart phone manufacturer, content providers and owners, software and OS providers to come and share this platform to get a first hand review from the very users who are using them over years. This is a perfect destination for perfect smart device with virtuous content lovers. |
08:30 – Coffee and registration
09:20 – Morning Chair’s opening remarks
Sanjay Diwan, Founder, Consulting IN
EXAMINING THE SMART DEVICE MARKET
09:30 – Morning Keynote Address 1: What make Smart Devices Smart?
- Smart Device Mensa Club
- Device Attractiveness driving Ecosystem Competition
- Smartness = Smoothness in Use cases
- Open Source and Communication Standards
- Applications, Services and New Biz Models
- User and Business Experience with Multimodal Interactions
Aloknath De, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Samsung India Software Operations
10:10 – Morning Keynote Address 2: The Rise and Rise of India as an Apponomy Super Power
- Where are We
- What enabled us
- Who is pushing the Envelop?
- Who is the Audience
- Opportunity for Marketers
Ravi Vyas, Developer Advocate, Vserv.mobi
10:40 – Morning Coffee/Tea & Networking
11:00 – Panel Discussion: Mobile Network Operators - A Smart Facilitator
Network operators are not just a medium offering a duct to provide Internet to the smart devices. So with new approaches and few vital strategies can set the path of success to the Network operators.
- Streamlining and safeguarding the relationship of Content Providers and Mobile Operators
- Rapidly evolving consumer behaviours and key strategic elements
- Exploding Content data traffic
- Forecasting the potential evolution in the content market and establishing how operators can exploit it
- Moving Forward - What are the products for better efficiency of spectrum and the ways to reduce cost structure?
Moderator –
Anil Prakash, Secretary General, ITU-APT Foundation of India, Secretary General, IPTV India Forum
Panelists –
Ajay Gupta, Vice President and Head of Strategy and Marketing, Ericsson
Vikas Sharma, Country Head - India, Neo Mobile
Jalaj Choudhri, Vice President, Network, Telemedia, Reliance Communications
Sanjay Diwan, Founder, Consulting IN
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
11:40 – Mobile App ecosystem - Where we currently stand & the future ahead
- Mobile is not an option: It is THE WAY AHEAD
- Mobile Ecosystems: Evolution overtime
- Top consumer motivations
- Drivers of growth
Rahul Razdan, Head of Tencent India, WeChat
12:10 – Understanding the 'Smart' user
- Evolving mobile browsing habits
- How to bring more people online
- The next billion online users will be mobile first
Ahteram Uddin, Growth Director for South Asia, Opera Software
12:40 – Networking luncheon / Networking / Exhibition Visit
Afternoon Chair’s person
Rakesh Mahajan, CEO - GoBindas, (Former Vice President, Marketing - Head of VAS & Incubation, Bharti Airtel)
INNOVATION AND VALUE CREATION
13:50 – Panel Discussion: Beyond Hardware - New Paradigms in Next-Gen Smart Devices enabled by software advancements
Through hardware innovations we have seen any thing is possible in the handheld devices, but for to deliver the type of user experience software innovations must keep in pace.
- What’s holding back the mobile industry from the next breakthrough in smartphone design?
- What are forward-thinking device manufacturers doing?
- Is it right for the device manufacturers to grow revenue by transitioning to software-driven businesses?
- Innovations in OS’s and applications - It’s the next great challenge faced by the mobile industry.
- A major innovation that extends battery life could be a game changer
- What more on the hardware side could be improved?
Moderator –
Anuraj Gambhir, Strategic Advisor and Innovation Evangelist, Steadworks (Former Head – Multimedia Strategy & Innovation, Ericsson)
Panelists –
Tarun Malik – Director, Product Marketing & Strategy, Microsoft
Sougata Mukherjea, Head of Telecom and Mobile Research, India Research Lab, IBM
Prashant Singh, Co-Founder, Signals
14:30 – Smart Devices Changing the Life Style
- Connecting people and generating opinion building and social behavior.
- Seamless Connectivity to all screens, TV, Computer-Laptop, Tablet, Smart Phone
- Broadband NFON and Digitizing Cable TV bridging missing link
- Low energy high efficiency smart devices
Anil Prakash, Secretary General, ITU-APT Foundation of India, Secretary General, IPTV India Forum
15:00 – Driving Revenue Through Tablet Ecosystem
Tablet sales and adoption are being driven by the demands of today’s mobile society.
- How Tablet is going to change the device Ecosystem
- How the Data Revenue can be driven
- How Tablets can be used in Various Sectors of Education and Health care?
- What are the key trends, forces, and developments impacting the global Tablet market?
- Which vertical markets / sectors will be adopting Tablets? How will these markets evolve as a result of Tablet adoption?
Sunil Kumar, VP - Marketing, Nanotel Technologies (Florida-USA)
15:30 – Afternoon coffee & Networking
SECURITY & FUTURE OF SMART DEVICES
15:50 – Consumer Safety: Smart Device privacy and security
- How users perceive the security and privacy of these devices?
- How dominant are security threats on handsets?
- Are there serious threats on privacy and personal data
- Who should take responsibility for handset security?
- As privacy considerations rapidly evolve, how do mobile operators best
- Position themselves as guarantors of consumer protection?
- How can service providers work together to accelerate the development of privacy, security and data interoperability standards
Kall Ramanathan, Chief Operating Officer & India Head, Port Indigo
16:20 – Panel Discussion: Exploring the Future of Smart device landscape
- How can device-provisioning approaches be adapted to suit the needs of low-income segments in emerging markets?
- Potential shifts in regulatory policy, will it be a barrier to market competitiveness?
- The strategies that operators and technology companies take to push the adoption of rich media devices for different segments of customers
- Open or proprietary mobile operating system will lead the market in coming years?
- How can partnering models evolve to support the creation of new types of devices and applications?
Moderator –
Rakesh Mahajan, CEO - GoBindas, (Former Vice President, Marketing - Head of VAS & Incubation, Bharti Airtel)
Panelists –
Satyen N Gupta, Chief Corporate Affairs – Sterlite Technologies, (Former Chief Regulatory Advisor – BT)
N K Goyal, President, CMAI Association of India
Ram Jalan, Head – Products, Getit
17:00 – Chairperson’s closing remarks and end of conference
Rakesh Mahajan, CEO - GoBindas, (Former Vice President, Marketing - Head of VAS & Incubation, Bharti Airtel)
17:10 – 18:00 Networking Drinks Session
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