Future Image Announces Agenda, Sponsors and Speakers for ãMobile Imaging Perspectivesä at CTIA 2005
Conference to Focus on Profit Opportunities in the Camera-phone Ecosystem
SAN MATEO, Calif. ö March 8, 2005 -- Future Image Inc, producers of the acclaimed Mobile Imaging Summit executive conferences, announced today the agenda and speakers for its Partner Conference on Mobile Imaging at the CTIA WIRELESS 2005 event. The conference, entitled Mobile Imaging Perspectives, will be held in conjunction with CTIA, the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, on Tuesday March 15, 2005 in ,Room 267 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA.
Mobile Imaging Perspectives will focus on the business opportunities emerging from the meteoric growth in sales of camera-enabled cell phones for the benefit of executives in product development, marketing, and strategic planning at mobile phone manufacturers, carriers, equipment resellers, software developers, VARs and large users of mobile imaging products. Corporate sponsors include DxO, Nokia, Openwave, and Sprint. ActiveWireless.com and Wireless Dealer Network are the media sponsors.
ãWe are pleased to be working with Future Image, an organization that clearly has its fingers on the pulse of this convergence of telecommunications and imaging technologies as exhibited by their highly successful Mobile Imaging Summit conferences, and their exceptional record forecasting industry developments,ä said Robert B. Mesirow, CTIA Vice President of Operations. ãWe look forward to having them bring their mobile imaging expertise to our CTIA WIRELESS 2005 conference attendees.ä
ãOur Mobile Imaging Summit conferences have received broad praise as facilitating the convergence of the imaging and telecommunications industries around the camera-phone phenomenon.ä said Alexis Gerard, president of Future Image. ãWe are proud to have been asked to develop a Partner Conference for CTIA WIRELESS 2005, and delighted to be working with clearly the premier organization in the wireless space. This year we are holding our Mobile Imaging Summit for Europe in Amsterdam, NL, on June 7-8 and our Mobile Imaging Summit for North America in Monterey, CA, on October 11-12.ä
At the Mobile Imaging Perspectives seminar Future Image will draw on its extensive research, and bring together a stellar lineup of industry leaders to provide insights into the new opportunities this explosion in mobile image capture is creating for Carriers, Wireless and Internet Service Providers, Application Developers, System Integrators and Resellers; as well as the challenges it raises for Technology Buyers and Enterprise End Users. Each attendee at the Mobile Imaging Perspectives seminar will receive a free copy of the Future Image Report newsletter, a $45 value.
The agenda and speakers are as follows:
8:30 ö 9:00 - Measuring the Camera-phone explosion - Sales and Usage trends By Tony Henning, Managing Editor of the Mobile Imaging Report.
9:00 ö 10:00 - Visionary Roundtable: A lively forward-looking discussion of high-level issues and opportunities, with leading executives whose vision is shaping the industry. Moderated by Alexis Gerard, president and founder of Future Image; with Pierre Barbeau General Manger, Sprint Picture Mail; Randy Roberts, Sr. Director of Imaging, Motorola; Dave Watkins Director, Imaging Business, NAM, Nokia; T. Andrew Wilson, Worldwide Director Strategy & Business Development, Digital & Film Imaging Systems, Eastman Kodak Company; and Richard Wong, General Manager, Messaging, Openwave.
10:00 ö 10:15 - Break
10:15 ö 11:15 ö Session 1: Image quality in Camera-phones: What determines it, what is its relationship to downstream business opportunities? Moderated by Tony Henning, Managing Editor of the Mobile Imaging Report: with Laurent Samama, VP Mobile Imaging, DxO Labs; Mark Cook, Director, Systems Strategy, Digital and Film Imaging Systems Eastman Kodak; and Mike Walters, Camera Module Product Marketing Director Flextronics; Noel Mareno, Manager, Business Affiliates & Partnerships, Epson America.
11:15 ö 12:15 - Session 2: Camera-phone functionality and performance trends: Single-purpose appliance, or ãSwiss Army Knifeä? Ubiquitous camera or media-phone? Moderated by Tony Henning, Managing Editor of the Mobile Imaging Report: with Olivier Attia, CEO, Scanbuy; Simon East, CTO & Founder, Cognima; David Amato, Director of Sales, Mobile Products, Arcsoft; Dr. Bill Krenik, Advanced Architectures Manager, Texas Instruments; Russell Gocht, CEO, Mobot, and an executive representing Nokia
12:15 ö 1:30 - Lunch Break
1:30 ö 2:30 ö Session 3: Getting it from A to B - Support for images and video in the telecommunications infrastructure: Where do we go from here? Moderated by Alan Reiter, editor of Reiter's Camera Phone Report with: Gail Redmond, President & CEO, SozoTek; Steve Boettcher, Director, IBM Global Services, Digital Media - Americas; Connie Wong, CEO & Founder, Vidiator Technology; David Simon, Business Development Manager, Ceiva
2:30 ö 3:30 - Session 4: Monetizing camera-phone images through printing: Retail Services, Online and Home. Moderated by Paul Worthington, Managing Editor of the Future Image Report: with Aaron Weiss, Director, Business Development, Hewlett Packard Consumer Imaging & Printing; Charles Wilson, Director, New Business Development, Avery Dennison; John Prendergast, VP, Digital Image Strategies, Fujifilm; David Longendyke, VP, Strategic Relationships, Pixel Magic Imaging; Chris Wu, Vice President, Mobile, Snapfish
3:30 ö 3:45 ö Break
3:45 ö 4:45 - Session 5: Camera-phones for Visual Content delivery: Opportunities and Business Models. Moderated by Alan Reiter, editor of Reiter's Camera Phone Report with: Keith Barraclough, CEO, Avvenu; David Ratner, Head of Mobile Messaging, Openwave
4:45ö 5:30 - ãGoing Visual ã How camera-phones can help businesses operate more efficiently, productively and profitably. Presented by Alexis Gerard co-author of the new book "Going Visual - Using Images to Enhance Productivity, Decision Making and Profits, published this month by John Wiley and Sons.
Also at CTIA WIRELESS 2005 from March 14 ö16 in New Orleans, LA, the show floor will feature a Wireless Imaging Pavilion at booth location 145, co-hosted by Future Image and PMA, located within the Mobile Entertainment Expo, providing a unique opportunity for imaging companies who wish to introduce themselves to the wireless community as well as telecommunications companies who wish to highlight their mobile imaging capabilities.
About Future Image:
Future Image Inc., (www.FutureImage.com) the leading independent center of expertise on the convergence of imaging, technology, and business, hosts the hugely successful Mobile Imaging Summit executive conferences (www.MobileImagingSummit.com), the Mobile Imaging Learning Center in the Mobile Imaging Pavilion at PMA, and the Mobile Imaging Perspectives conference at CTIA (http://www.MobileImagingsummit.com/CTIA.htm).
Future Imageâs Mobile Imaging Report (www.MobileImagingReport.com) continuous information service is the definitive resource for companies and executives with a stake in the explosive Mobile Imaging phenomenon. The MIR includes:
á MIR Weekly News: a comprehensive newsletter covering all the news that impacts the Mobile Imaging industry worldwide, from the announcement and release of new mobile imaging devices, to developments in imaging components such as sensors, lenses, processors, displays, drivers, and software algorithms, to new service and content offerings and wireless operator news, to stories about new and unexpected uses for mobile imaging. All forms of wireless are covered ÷ WPAN, WLAN, and WWAN ÷ as well as all geographies from North America to Europe to Asia Pacific, as well as emerging markets like Russia, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Every week, the MIR covers Wireless deals ÷ acquisitions, mergers, fundings ÷ and Mobile People ÷ hirings, firings, promotions, and resignations.
á MIR Reports: Six in-depth reports per year on key issues, delivered to subscribers as site-licensed PDF files. Recent reports include ãThe Camera-Phone Phenomenon ö A New Deal for Imaging,ä ãWill Camera-Phones Replace Digital Cameras?,ä ã4 x 6 Shoot-Out ö Are Camera-Phones Ready To Make Consumer Prints?,ä ãSending Photos Phone to Phone: Challenges & Opportunities,ä and ãTurning Push into Pull ö A Report From the Mobile Imaging Summit.ä
á The MIR Archives: Every news story, dating back to Future Imageâs initial coverage of Mobile Imaging in June 2000 ÷ more than 4,200 at present ÷ and every report, including the benchmark ãWireless Imaging ö Overcoming the Challengesä ÷ is part of a web-based, keyword-searchable archive that is the single most complete source for research on the Mobile Imaging industry. The archive currently contains more than 5,000 keyword-searchable pages and more than 1,800 illustrations covering every aspect of Mobile Imaging.
á The Mobile Megapixel Monitor (MMM): A new feature of Future Imageâs Mobile Imaging Report (MIR), provides up to the minute reference information on all camera-phones with megapixel or greater resolution currently for sale in North America, or announced for sale in the near term. The information, including over 21 of the key imaging-related specifications for tracked products, resides in an online database accessible at all times to MIR subscribers.
á MIR Consultation: Subscribers get personal, private access to the leading independent expert on Mobile Imaging ÷ Tony Henning, senior analyst and managing editor of the MIR.
CTIA WIRELESS 2005 is the fastest growing wireless Internet and mobile data show in the industry. This year, it will take place at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA, from March 14 ö 16, 2005. Register now to network with industry leaders, regulators, technologists, media and analysts at the one place that draws the best of wireless - CTIA WIRELESS 2005. For more information, including registration, travel, housing and session details, please visit our Web site at www.ctia.org.
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