Mobile Payment Magazine

Report: Mobile Wallets in the US – Review and Analysis

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Mobile Wallets US ReportA new report entitled Mobile Wallets: The U.S. Landscape by Mercator Advisory Group identifies U.S. mobile wallets by category and technology.

The physical wallet might someday go the way of the checkbook, used by few and no longer a necessity. Growing consumer use of smartphones is creating a market for mobile wallets capable of serving many of the same purposes physical wallets served for centuries but now are able to take advantage of a plethora of new functions made possible in an increasingly digital marketplace. [Read more…]

Mobile 2.0 Silicon Valley: Sept. 1, 2011, San Francisco, CA

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MOBILE 2.0 Silicon Valley brings together experts and thought leaders from all aspects of the mobile ecosystem, including startups, investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, and mobile application developers and web technologists.

The MOBILE 2.0 Conference is a one day event to be held on September 1, 2011.  This Year, The Mobile 2.0 Organizing Committee proposes to examine the impact of  an “Always On, Always Connected” Mobile World.  We will hold a morning plenary session with a series of panel conversations, followed by interactive workshops in the Afternoon.

Mobile 2.0 Silicon Valley is all about giving the audience the opportunity to learn, network and voice their views.

Agenda

“ALWAYS ON, ALWAYS CONNECTED — WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES?”

08:00-09:00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

8:45-9:00 Welcome:  Mobile 2.0 Coordinating Committee:  Gregory Gorman, Tony Fish, Dan Appelquist

9:00-12:30 PLENARY SESSION & PANELS

09:00-09:15 Whose In the Driver Seat in Mobile?

Larry Berkin, Mobile Evangelist, Former, SVP, Symbian Foundation

09:15-10:05 Panel #1  What Will Change in A MultiScreen World?  Native App vs Web?

Marc Davis,Partner Architect, Microsoft,  Olof Schybergson, CEO, Fjord, Adam Boyden, President, Conduit, Michael Mace, CEO, Cera Technology

10:05-10:20 Surprise Startup

Interviewed by John Malloy, BlueRun Ventures

10:15-10:45 Coffee Break

10:45-11:35 Panel #2  Is The Cost of Innovation Changing?  Can Small Companies Still Compete?

Mike Rowehl, Co-Founder, Churn Labs, Jeff Haynie, CEO, Appcelerator, Ted Verani, SVP, Trilibis Mobile,  Raam Thakrar, Co-Founder, Touchnote

11:35-11:50 Surprise Startup

Interviewed by Michel Wendell,  Nexit Ventures

11:50-12:40 Next Generation Advertising: What Are the New Models?

Michael Rubin, Executive Director, AT&T Interactive, Blair Swedeen, VP, Placecast, Dorrian Porter, CEO, Mozes, Evan Tana, VP, Shopkick

12:40-13.30 LUNCH

Steve Bratt, CEO, World Wide Web Foundation – Mobile Entrepreneurship in Africa

1:30-5:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS

13:30-3:00

Workshop A:  Next Generation Advertising. What Are The New Models?

Workshop Leaders: Evan Tana, Shopkick, Colm Grealy, Digital Reach, Eric Chan, Embee Mobile, David Kurtz, AT&T Interactive.  Commentator: Christian Petersen, Cloudmade

Workshop B: What Developers Should Know About Monetization, Marketing and Analytics

Workshop Leaders: James Parton, Telefonica, Michael Oiknine, Apsalar, Peter Vesterbacka, Rovio, Larry Berkin, Steve Manning, Opera.  Commentator: Sheena Chandrok, MoMo Seattle

Workshop C:  Building Great Apps Using Mobile Web Standards

Workshop Leaders:  James Pearce, Sencha, Matt Womer, W3C, Dan Appelquist, Vodafone,  Commentator: Enrique Ortiz, MoMo Austin

3:00-3:30 Coffee Break

3:30-5:00

Workshop A: Multiscreen World/Native vs Web

Workshop Leaders:  Phil Lenton Compsoft Plc,  Ben Keighran, Chomp, Mario Tapia, Mobile Monday, Silicon Valley, Adam Boyden, Conduit.  Commentator: Raj Singh, Mobile Guru

Workshop B:  Cost of Innovation: Can Small Companies Still Compete?

Workshop Leaders: Mike Rowehl, Churn Labs, JT Buffmire, Sprint Emerging Solutions Group,  Raam Thakrar, Touchnote, Jeff Haynie, Appcelerator.  Commentator:  Juha Christensen, Partner, Progression Partners

Workshop C: How to Design for Context in Mobile

Workshop Leaders: Olof Schybergson, Fjord, Peter Marx, Qualcomm.   Commentator: Brian Fling, Pinch/Zoom

5:00-5:30 Thoughtful challenge :  Soft SIM and the implications for breaking the Visa/Mastercard  duopoly

5:30-6:00 Last Words, Wrap-up

6:00-7:30 COCKTAIL PARTY!!

 

For more information and registration: Mobile 2.0 Silicon Valley

Mobile Payment Players to Watch in 2011

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As consumers increasingly adopt smartphone technology and all the new app’s that go with it, mobile payment is becoming much more used and accepted, and companies including Google, Apple, and other smartphone players are providing mobile-payment enabling technologies such as near-field communications (NFC) into their devices, while other service like Foursquare and ShopKick are engaging consumers at the point-of-purchase locations like never before.

Editors at Advertising Age have done a round-up of some potentially hot product and services offerings for 2011, covering PayPal, Rightcliq, Square, iConcessionStand,  and Zong.

“The rewards for savvy brands that build relationships with consumers on these new payment platforms go beyond just publicity and profit – it may just be a way to create meaningful relationships with consumers at the point of purchase and far beyond.”

More: Meet the Next-Generation Payments Systems Set to Drive Future Commerce.