Subject: Update #13 The Best Telecom/Comm Conference for 2009?

From: "Emerging Communications" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:13:56 -0500

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eComm focuses on radical innovation and associated opportunities. Cataclysmic change is facing the multi-trillion dollar a year telecom industry. Telecom is becoming software; telephony and SMS revenues are likely to dry up in the long term; telephones are becoming general purpose computers; search engines and computer manufactures are encroaching into the space; a steady march is underway to fundamentally change how wireless spectrum is allocated and utilized; and the telecom kingdom is fragmenting daily.

Since Update #12 announced a near complete schedule, many have commented that the line up is stellar, world-class, with keynotes from heavyweights including Google,Nokia, BT, Skype, T-Mobile, Sprint, Adobe and Cisco , as well as the usual vast array of disruptor's. We're glad of this recognition because a whole year of effort has been poured into finding and filtering the best people and the most relevant people for this communications period and we believe it shows. See the new schedule here for yourself: http://eCommConf.com/2009/schedule

Only two more Updates will be sent before the conference begins!

What's New?
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Last minute speakers to be added to the schedule later today:

* Berkman Center, Doc Searls, "Reframing the Net: Moving Past the Language and Concepts of Telecom"

* Microsoft, Xuedong Huang, "Software-Driven Natural Communications"

* Radvision, Amir Zmora, "IP Video Communication Issues and Solutions"

* Ribbit, Crick Waters, "TeleDarwinism"

* NEC Sphere, Alan Weis, "Service Oriented Communications (SOC): Integrating Human Capital with Business Processes"

Full details will at http://eCommConf.com/2009/schedule

Panels:
It's been decided that the two panels will be moderated by Jon Arnold and Brough Turner. Jon Arnold's panel will be looking at "Voice 2.0 - New Ways to Monetize Voice" whilst Brough Turner is still investigating the final topic but it will be around the issue of "Spectrum 2.0".

New pre-conference interview:
* Tony Jebera and Lee Dryburgh Discuss Sense Networks and Massive Telecom Opportunities: http://eCommConf.com/blog/2009/02/tony-jebera-sense-networks.html

Other:
* Congratulations to Ge Wang whose company Smule closed $3.9 million last week during a second round of venture capital funding. Ge Wang will be keynoting on "Creating New Expressive Social Mediums on the iPhone".

* Thanks to the Wireless Innovation Alliance for thier support by becoming a media partner for the event.

* Thanks to Radvision for becoming a Break Sponsor.

* The heavily discounted group room rate of 159.00 USD/night (normally 239.00 USD/night) has been graciously extended by the venue until 26th February due to continuous booking momentum. It may be booked online here http://ecommconf.com/2009/travel/venue/

* Regular ticket pricing has been extended to 25th February due to ongoing demand.

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What's Coming?
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* More pre-conference interviews will be published at http://eCommConf.com/blog. These will be available in both audio download (MP3) and text (transcribed) formats. The next interview to posted will be with Jonathan Taylor, CEO, Voxeo on the origins and near-future of Voxeo. The interview after that will be with Gerd Leonhard on Telcos/ISPs and Content 2.0. The next interview after that will be David Burgess on the topic of their open source GSM cellular base station transceiver (BTS) which acts as a normal BTS on one side but looks like an Asterisk server on the other side.

Register
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Get an idea what others are saying about the event here http://ecommconf.com/blog/2008/12/what-others-are-saying.html

It's clear that the mammoth sized telecom industry - including cellular - is in the process of being re-written. As such you either stand on the side to be written into the past or instead join with the growing community to write the future. Opportunities have never been so great to profit from the radical restructuring or in accelerating the development of how humanity connects, communicates and collaborates.

Opportunity Doesn't Always Knock. Sometimes It Calls... Seize it by Registering Now at http://eCommConf.com

(eComm takes place March 3-5, 2009 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott; a free shuttle ride from SFO airport. List members will receive a 20% discount by using the promotion code '20090219' during registration. If you have any questions or concerns regarding registration please email them to [email-masked])
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Until the next update, Adios.
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Emerging Communications (eComm) 2009,
March 3-5, http://eCommConf.com