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)
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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
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Opening Key Note Address : The global mobile advertising revolution has arrived
- Mr.Tomi Ahonen, Author, Consultant and Motivational Speaker, Hong Kong
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-TEA BREAK-
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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
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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
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-LUNCH BREAK-
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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
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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
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Closing Key Note : Mr. Ralph Simon, CEO & Founder of Mobilium International, UK
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