South Asian Mobile Conference 2012

Information & Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka is proud to host the third South Asian Mobile Conference 2012.

It’s time to listen to what world renowned experts have to say!!

South Asian Mobile Conference 2012

 

Date :30th May 2012

 

Time: 09.00 a.m. – 05.30 p.m.

 

Venue: Oak Room

Hotel Cinnamon Grand – Colombo

 


 AGENDA  (Tentative)

 

08.30 –09.00 am  Registration


09.00 am           Inauguration
                          *Lighting of the Oil Lamp
                          *National Anthem
                          *Welcome Address -  Mr. Reshan Dewapura, CEO, ICT Agency of Sri Lanka.
                          *Address by Mr. Lalith Weeratunga, Secretary to HE the President

 

Opening Key Note Address : The global mobile advertising revolution has arrived 

                                  -  Mr.Tomi Ahonen, Author, Consultant and Motivational Speaker, Hong Kong


-TEA BREAK-

Billions Reach for Content

      Session Chair - Mr. Reshan Dewapura, CEO ICTA, Director World Summit Award


•    Content : the big driver of mobile revenue – Mr. Dumindra Rathnayake, CEO, Etisalat (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka
•     Mr. Hassan Shahid, Head, Mobile Data, Mobile Advertising, Content and Products, Mobilink GSM, Pakistan
•    Best Innovations from the World of Mobile for Masses  -  Mr. Osama Manzar, Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation, India

 

Convergence of Mobile,  Media & Money

Session Chair - Mr. Ralph Simon, CEO & Founder of Mobilium International, UK


•    The Future of Media - Mr. Shamal Ranasinghe, Co-founder of Topspin, Sri Lanka / USA
•     Mobile Music  - Dr. Madan Mohan Rao, Consultant and author, Research advisor at the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), Bangalore, India


-LUNCH BREAK-
 

Business, Markets & Strategies


     Session Chair  - Mr. Tomi Ahonen, Author, Consultant and Motivational Speaker, Hong Kong


•     Developer Eco System with next Generation Payment Application - Mr. Dinesh Saparamadu, Founder and CEO of hSenid Group of Companies, Sri Lanka
•    Mobile entrepreneurship. How to turn innovation and creativity into products? - Mr. Suren Pinto, Founder & CEO, WaveNET, Sri Lanka
•    Sustainable  Mobile Commerce Eco-Systems in Emerging Markets - Dr. Hans Wijesuriya, Group CEO, Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka


-TEA BREAK-
 

Future Trends

Session Chair : Dr. Madan Mohan Rao, Consultant and Author, Research Advisor at the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), Bangalore, India


•    Emergence of the Smart Phone - Mr. Harsha Purasinghe,  Founder, Microimage (Pvt) Ltd;  Sri Lanka
•    Social Networking going mobile -  Mr. Idrees Butt, COO, SMS-all, Lahore, Pakistan
•    Mr. Sanjaya Karunasena, Chief Technology Officer, ICTA, Sri Lanka

 

Closing Key Note :  Mr. Ralph Simon, CEO & Founder of Mobilium International, UK

 

 

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