Mobile-palooza: CTIA Action

Heading to CTIA '08 in Las Vegas next week?

I'm going to be participating in a Round table Media event sponsored by Airwide solutions at CTIA 08.

From 2 pm to 4 pm, April 1st, at the Renaissance Hotel in Las Vegas, Steve Bratt, CEO of W3C will be opening up the discourse.   

The topic: "Web 2.0 comes to Handsets — New Issues and Upside for Monetizing the Mobile Web” 

It is going to be an rollicking event with 30, yes 30, members of the mobile ecosystem drawn from technologist, content providers, media, and analysts coming together to generate ideas. Then a Party! (see below). Participants include:

• Roger Cheng, Dow Jones Reporter
  Mickey Alum Khan, Mobile Marketing Magazine
  John Styers, CEO of Mobilco, former MD for Sprint Media
  Kaj Hagros, VP of Market Development, Airwide Solutions
  John Puterbaugh, Nellymoser
  Andy Miller, CEO, Quattro Wireless
  DeWayne A. Nelon, CEO, Avot Media
  Rob Adler, CEO, Go2Media
  Pared Reitzen, CEO Mobile Storm
  Ameen Ahmad, VP, SnapTell
  Colin Gibbs, RCR Wireless
  Linda Barrabee, Yankee Group
  Jack Philbin, Vibes Media President and Co-founder
  Jonathan Steuer, VP & GM of Media/Entertainment and Technology of Inococulture
  Alice Cuneo, Ad Age
  Debi Jones, MobileJones
  Darla Mack, Nokia S60 News
  Oliver Starr, StarrTrek
• Paul Ruppert, Mobile Point View, CEO Global Point View Ltd.

Following the round table will be a "Blogger Hot Seat" which will be the bloggers in the room getting to grill the participants. Party from 4:30 to 7PM at the -- Envy lounge inside the Renaissance Hotel--Aboslute Gibson, Up, please.

The only qualification for entry to the cocktail reception is that you are a blogger. So if you would like to attend email debi AT corante dot_com to RSVP. Come on by, meet some industry thought leaders. OPEN BAR !!

Otherwise if you're just attending CTIA and interested in meeting me, drop me a note. It's always good to meet my readers, who are, of course, nothing if not people doing interesting things.

Comments

[Darla]

It was such a pleasure meeting you!!