GMIC2012 Agenda

Note: The agenda below is GMIC 2011 agenda. The final agenda for GMIC 2012 will be published soon in the fall of 2011. 

April 26th - Pre-Events 
10:00-18:00 Company visit - Separate registration required, click here for more information.
  • Select attendees will have a chance to visit top Chinese leading mobile Internet companies (Sina, Baidu, Tencent)
18:00-22:00 VIP Welcome Dinner: "How Can Foreign Companies Succeed in China's Mobile and Internet Industry?" - Separate registration required, click here for more information.
  • 1 one 1 interview: John LIU, Global VP, Google
  • Panel discussion with panelists:
  • Kaiser Kuo, Director of International Communications, Baidu
  • Andy Tian, GM, Zynga China
  • Dominic PENALOZA, Co-Founder & CEO, Ushi
  • Roger Peng, Partner, Paul Hastings
  • Anderson Liu, General Manager, MSN China
  • Alvin Wang, CEO, mInfo
  • Moderator: Barrett Parkman, Partner, Great Wall Club
20:30-22:00 Great Wall Club member conference
  • Moderator: David Song, Co-Founder, Great Wall Club

GMIC Auditorium I

April 27th - Conference Day ONE
07:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:30 Opening Ceremony
  • HUANG Chengqing, Vice Chairman, Internet Society of China
  • NI Jianzhong, Vice Chairman, China Mobile Communication Association
  • LEI Jun, Great Wall Club (China) Chairman
  • GMIC App demo
09:30-10:00 Keynote & On-stage interview
  • Moderator: Gady Epstein, Forbes
  • Charles Chao, CEO, Sina
10:00-10:30 Keynote & On-stage interview
  • Yoshikazu Tanaka, CEO, GREE
  • Moderator: Akio Tanaka, Co-founder & MP, Infinity Venture Partners
10:30-10:50 Keynote
  • John LIU, Global VP, Google
10:50-11:10 Keynote: Angry Birds entertainment franchising in the making
  • Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle of Rovio Mobile (Angry Birds)
11:10-11:30 Keynote: Apps are good, web is great!
  • WANG Jian, CEO Alibaba Cloud Computing, Chief Architect of Alibaba Group
11:30-12:20 The Platform Battle: Marketplaces and Operating Systems
  • Moderator: Dr. LU Gang, Asia/China Internet market observer / tech blogger
  • Benjamin Tan, Senior Director, Mobile Business Unit, Microsoft
  • Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle of Rovio Mobile (Angry Birds)
  • JIN Yongzhe, Vice President, SK Telecom China
  • WANG Changcheng, Vice General Manager, Operation Centre of Wostore
  • ZHANG Xiangdong, Founder & President, 3G.CN
  • RONG Xiuli, Chairman, K-Touch
12:20-13:50 Lunch Buffet (Coupon required)
13:50-14:20 Keynote & On-stage interview
  • LIU Chengmin, EVP of Tencent, head of mobile
  • Moderator: David Song, Co-Founder, Great Wall Club
14:20-14:40 Keynote
  • Ming-Kai Tsai, CEO, MediaTek
14:40-15:00 Keynote
  • Isao Moriyasu, COO, DeNA
15:00-15:30 Keynote & On-stage interview
  • Niklas Zennstroem, Co-founder of Skype, CEO Atomico
  • Moderator: Benjamin Joffe, CEO, Plus Eight Star
15:40-16:30 China: Serving 300 million mobile internet users
  • Moderator: David Song, Co-Founder, Great Wall Club
  • WANG Gaofei, VP of Sina, GM of Sina Wireless
  • WANG Qindai, Chairman & CEO, Datou
  • WANG Yulin, Vice President, iFeng
  • YU Guofeng, General Manager of Mobile Internet, Baidu
  • Ryan Xu, CEO, elooMobile
  • FANG Gang, Vice President of Sohu, GM of Sohu Wireless
16:30-17:20 Mobile Internet Device panel
  • Moderator: WANG Yuquan, Founder, Open Application Alliance
  • Phil Kemp, Vice President, Service, Nokia China
  • Anders Sandwang, Director Technology Strategy, Sony Ericsson
  • Bin SHEN, Vice President, Motorola Mobility
  • Feng CHEN, Vice President, Rockchip Electronics
  • Alvin Liu, Chariman, A8 Digital Music
17:20-18:10 LBS panel
  • Moderator: Ivan Lee, Vice President, Analysys International
  • Dr. LI Song, Founder, Digu
  • Michael Jiang, VP of Product & Operations, Dianping.com
  • MU Rong, CEO, K.ai
  • George Qie, Vice President, Autonavi
  • Jeff Lin, SVP & Managing Director, GyPSii
18:10-19:30 GMIC2011 Awards Gala - G-Startup & appAttack
19:30-22:00 Buffet (Coupon required) 20 Summit (invitation-only)
  • close-door meeting for 20 global leaders
April 28th - Conference Day TWO
09:00-09:30 Keynote & On-stage interview
  • Charles Zhang, CEO, Sohu
09:30-10:00 Keynote & On-stage interview
  • Tetsuzo (Ted) Matsumoto, EVP, Softbank Mobile Corp
  • Moderator: Akio Tanaka, Co-founder & MP, Infinity Venture Partners
10:00-10:10
Keynote
  • FENG Jun, Chairman, Aigo
10:10-10:20 Demo:  Western Startups Adapting to China

  • Sander Munsterman, CEO & Founder, XS2TheWorld
  • Philippe Depassorio, Head of APAC, Total Immersion
10:20-10:35 On-stage interview
  • Takeshi Natsuno, inventor of i-mode, Chairman of Great Wall Club (Japan)
  • Moderator: Benjamin Joffe, CEO, Plus Eight Star
10:35-10:50 G-Startup 2011 Demos - Winners of the G-Startup Competition 2011
10:50-11:40 Panel: Future of Mobile surfing
  • Moderator: Richard Robinson, Co-founder & President, Youlu
  • YU Yongfu, Chairman & CEO, UCWeb
  • Rolf Assev, CSO, Opera
  • Jay Sullivan, Vice President of Products, Mozilla
12:00-12:20 Global Mobile Game Awards (organized with D.CN)
12:20-13:00 Panel: SoLoMo, is our future Social, Local and Mobile?
  • Moderator: Benjamin Joffe, CEO, Plus Eight Star
  • Harry Xiao, CEO, d.cn
  • James Gwertzman, Vice President Asia/Pacific, PopCap Games
  • Steven Goh, CEO, Mig33
  • WANG Yong, CEO, DeNA China
  • LIU Yong, Founder & CEO, Rekoo.com
  • Andy Tian, GM, Zynga China
13:00-14:00 Lunch Buffet (Coupon required)
14:00-14:50 Panel: Western innovations
  • Moderator: Ludwig Siegele, Technology Correspondent, The Economist
  • Rolf Assev, CSO, Opera
  • James Gwertzman, Vice President Asia/Pacific, PopCap Games
  • Michael Schneider, CEO, Mobile Roadie
  • Joe Jasin, Managing Director, DNA Partners
14:50-15:10 Keynote: Road for mobile internet IPO
  • Michael SONG, CEO, SKY-MOBI
15:10-16:00 Panel: Is mobile commerce ready?
  • Moderator: WANG Yuquan, Founder, Open Application Alliance
  • TAO Ning, COO, Innovation Works
  • Alex Qiu, General Manager, Taobao Wireless
  • WANG Chunhuan, Vice President, Vancl
  • Kathy Xu, Founder & Managing Partner, Capital Today Group
  • Evgeny Kosolapov, CEO Asia, i-Free
  • YAO Jinbo, 58.com, CEO
16:00-16:50 Panel: the Money Side of Things
  • Moderator: Brewer Stone, Managing Director, Head of Asian Investment Banking, Pacific Crest
  • DENG Feng, Founder & Managing Director, Northern Light VC
  • Fan BAO, Chairman & CEO, China Renaissance
  • Rob Trice, Sr. Managing Director, SK Telecom Ventures
  • Gavin Ni, Founder & CEO, Zero2IPO
  • Tim Chang, Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
16:50-17:40 Panel: Monetize mobile entertainment
  • Moderator: Richard Robinson, Co-founder & President, Youlu
  • Jim Lee, General Manager, EA Mobile China
  • Jonathan Kim, SVP, Digital Business Asia, Sony Music
  • Jack Li, CEO & President, Rock Mobile
  • Andy Lee, Managing Director, Asia, Kabam
  • YAO Wenbin, Chairman, OURPALM
17:40-18:40 Keynote: Inspired by Mountaineering
  • Kuriki Nobukazu, Mountain Climbing and Entrepreneurship
18:40 Closing Ceremony

GMIC Auditorium II

The GMIC Auditorium II will host the G-Startup competition and the GMIC country panels.

April 27th - G-Startup Competition
09:50-10:50 Welcome Address - Event MC: Barrett Parkman
Panel 1: Startups 101 - How to go from 'Idea' to Series A 
  • Moderator: Edith Yeung, Founder, BizTechDay
  • Cyril Ebersweiler, Partner, SOS Ventures; Founder, Chinaccelerator
  • Ye Wang, Founder & Product Director, Innovation Works
  • William Bao Bean, Venture Advisor, SingTel Innov8
  • Jui K Tan, Partner, BlueRun Ventures
  • Yen-Lu Chow, Founder & Managing Director, WholeTree Ventures; Director, BANESA
  • David Lee, Venture Partner, SK Telecom Venture, Ex-Google Venture
10:50-12:30 Competition Session 1: Seed/Early-Stage Pitches
(5min Pitches, 3min Q&A)
  • 16Fun - China
  • BookRice - Hong Kong
  • RedSparro - Singapore
  • Kwestr - China
  • Fonaja - Indonesia
  • Moglue - Korea
  • SmarTots - China
  • MobileApps - Singapore
  • Sassor - Japan
  • Senscape - China
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Panel 2: Startups 102 - How to become the next 'Zuckerberg' 
  • Moderator: Bruno Bensaid, Founder & Partner, Shanghaivest Ltd
  • Kui Zhou, Partner, Sequoia Capital
  • Paul Asel, Managing Partner, Nokia Growth Partners
  • Rob Trice, Senior Managing Director, SK Telecom Ventures
  • Mikihide Katsumata, CEO, Mobile Internet Capital
  • Ming Guang YONG, New Business Development Manager, Google China
15:00-16:15 Competition Session 3: Growth-Stage Pitches
(6min Pitches, 5min Q&A)
  • Nobot Inc. - Japan
  • Qubulus - Sweden
  • Stream Media - Singapore
  • Speaking Pal - Israel
  • Powwow Limited - China
16:15-16:30 Intermission
16:30-17:35 Competition Session 3: Growth-Stage Pitches
(6min Pitches, 5min Q&A)
  • KAI Square - Singapore
  • Word Engine - Japan
  • Mobimedia Inc. - Canada
  • Smoov - Singapore
  • 个信 - China
April 28th - Innovation Symposium

09:00-10:35: Tencent Session 1: QQ Mobile Browser
Topic: QQ Mobile Browser 2.0
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-09:40 Welcome Address
09:40-10:00 Keynote: An open platform, an open QQ mobile browser 2.0
  • Alan Chen, Senior Director Of Wireless R&D Dept
10:00-10:15 Keynote: Mobile Interconnection
  • Lan Li, ifeng.com
10:15-10:30 Keynote：Nokia & Tencent cooperation

  • Shaodong Zheng, Nokia
10:30-10:35 Lucky Draw
  • Tencent representatives

10:50-12:05: Tencent Session 2: Download Center
Topic: "Tencent Mobile Software Center" Renaming Ceremony
10:50-10:55

Welcome Address
10:55-11:00

Video: Tencent Application Center
11:00-11:15 Renaming Ceremony
  • Charles Xue
11:15-11:40 Keynote: Future development of Tencent Application Center
  • Moderator: Thomas Zhu
11:40-11:50 Keynote
  • Yuquan Wang
11:50-11:55 Keynote
  • Witon
11:55-12:05

Lucky Draw & Networking

 
12:30-14:00

Lunch
14:00-14:45 Nokia Ovi store – A global publishing platform
with local support
  • Avance Zou, Senior Service
    Operations Manager
  • Judy Chu, Lead Publisher
    Support Manager
14:45-15:35 Panel: International investment & cooperation
  • Moderator: Mr Leo Wang, Partner, Great Wall Club
  • GUO Hong, Director, ZGC.gov.cn
  • CHEN Hongtao, Deputy Director, Xi'an Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone
  • Eddie Chen, Vice President & Chief Representative, Invest Sweden, Greater China
  • GE Mingyu, Chief Representative, Invest Finland (China)
  • Yu Jingseng, Standing Committee of Tianjin Binhai New District Publicity Department
15:35-16:25 Korea: New opportunities on mobile, social and game

  • Moderator: Jin Ho Hur CEO Raker Online
  • K.K. Ko, SVP Online Strategy, KT
  • Y.M. Park, CEO, Orange Crew; SVP Smart phone game division, NHN
  • James B.J. Song, CEO, Gamevil
  • David Lee, Venture Partner, SK Telecom Venture; Founding Partner, XG Ventures
  • Terry T.S. Lee, SVP Portal biz unit, SK Comms (Cyworld)
16:25-16:35 Keynote
  • WANG
    Qiangyu, CEO, Duanqu
16:35-17:25 Panel: Emerging markets; SE Asia, India and Russia

  • Moderator: Barrett Parkman, Partner, Great Wall Club
  • Pankaj Choudhury, Managing Director, i-Free (India)
  • David Vachadze, CEO, Mobile Media Group (Russia)
  • Steven Goh, CEO, Mig33 (SE Asia and developing world)
  • Rama Mamuaya, CEO, dailysocial.net (Indonesia)
  • Daniel Morton, CFO, Skunkworks (Vietnam)
  • Abhay Singhal, Co-Founder & Head - Global Ad Sales, InMobi

appSpace I

AppSpace I  - Day ONE

09:00-12:30: Nokia devDay: New Strategy Helps Partners To Win Business
09:00-09:30 New Nokia Strategy & Ecosystem
09:30-09:40 Q&A
09:40-10:10 Ovi Store's New Features & Business Opportunity
10:10-10:40 Ovi Maps - A Location Community Platform
10:40-11:00 Tea break
11:00-11:45 Nokia Development Platform Demo
  • Qt for Symbian
  • Series 40 Web Apps
11:45-12:05 Partner Success Story Sharing (1) - ThinkChange
12:05-12:25 Partner Success Story Sharing (2) - Tencent

14:00-18:30: Tencent devDay: 2011 Tencent Mobile Game Development
14:00-14:30 Registration
14:30-14:40 Welcome Address
14:40-14:55 Tencent Mobile "QQ Service" Overview
  • LIU Chengmin, Senior Executive VP, Tencent
14:55-15:10 Keynote
  • Chunyu SONG, Senior Director of Strategy, Lenovo
15:10-15:15 Tencent Wireless Strategic Alliance Announcement
  • David Guo, General Manager of Mobile Game Department, Tencent
15:15-15:30 Keynote
  • Yoshikazu Tanaka, CEO, GREE
15:30-15:55 Overview of Tencent Mobile Game Center
  • David Guo, General Manager of Mobile Game Department, Tencent
15:55-16:10 Tea Break
16:10-16:25 Keynote
  • Tianjian LI , GM, EA China
16:25-16:40 Keynote
  • Kin Ko, CEO, Lakoo
16:40-16:55 Keynote
  • Dan Hao, GM, PPSEA
16:55-17:10 Keynote
  • Yuwen Pan, China Wireless Arts
17:10-17:30 MGDS2011 Best Business Partner Awards
17:30-18:30 Networking

 

AppSpace I - Day TWO

09:00-13:00: 91 devDay: A Mobile Internet era, with millions of investment
09:00-09:05 Welcome Address
09:05-09:35 Report on Chinese smart phone users' behavior
  • Xiaoning Chang, Deputy General Manager of Consulting Dept, Iresearch Consulting Group
09:35-10:05 AdTouch Platform Technology Analysis and Marketing Case Studies
  • Lichuan Zhang, Chief Executive Technical Director of Adtouch
  • Cheng Wu, Director of Customer&Market, EnergySource
  • AdTouch software developer partner
10:05-10:35 Angry Birds are flying into China: On-stage interview + Q&A with local developers
  • Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle, Rovio Mobile
  • Moderator: Benjamin Joffe, CEO, Plus Eight Star
10:35-11:05 91 Mobile Open Platform Introduction and Success Stories
  • Tony Ho, Senior Director, NetDragon Wireless
  • GLU Asia-Pacific
11:05-11:25 Developers’ Success Stories
  • 4 partners of NetDragon Wireless
11:25-11:45
The Russian Mobile Internet and Social Gaming Market
  • Evgenv Kosolapov, CEO, i-Free Asia
11:45-12:10 Venture Capital Experience in the Mobile Internet Industry
  • Xiang GAO, IDG Capital Partners
12:10-12:30 An engine for quickly porting Java code onto the iOS platform
  • CEO, NetSmart Beijing
  • Feng Mei, CTO, LeGame Shanghai

14:20-18:00: devShed - Let the Apps Fly!
14:00-14:20 Keynote: LBS Business Model opportunities in China
  • Dr. LI Song, Founder, Digu
14:20-14:40 Keynote
  • ZHANG He, COO, Domob
14:40-15:00 Keynote - HTML5 and the Open Web: Mobile Platform of the future
  • Jay Sullivan, vice President of Products, Mozilla
14:40-15:00 Keynote
  • Jay Sullivan, Vice President of Products, Mozilla
15:00-16:00 AR panel - Intro to Mobile AR and Augmented Reality
  • Moderator: Christine Perey, Spime Wrangler, Perey Research & Consulting
  • King Yiu Chu, AR Strategist, Layar
  • Jung-hee Ryu, Founder & CSO, Olaworks
  • Allen Lu, CEO & Co-founder, Senscape Technologies
  • Philippe Depassorio, Head of APAC, Total Immersion
  • Adrian David Cheok, Director, Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore
16:00-16:50 Panel: Ad network - Let the Apps Fly!
  • Moderator: Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle of Rovio Mobile (Angry Birds)
  • Ashish Trivedi, Strategic Affiliations Partnerships, Asia, Navteq Media Solution
  • Philip Kuai, General Manager, Mobile Ad Platform, AdChina
  • TANG Zhaohui, CEO, AdSage
  • Karen Wang, Senior VP, Beijing Lmobile Media Technology
  • ZHOU Jing, Co-founder & CSO, airAD, Deputy Director of Girls in Tech China
  • ZHANG He, COO, Domob
  • WANG Karen, SVP, Beijing Lmobile Media Technology Co., Ltd
16:50-17:10 Keynote: Open Innovation
  • Charlie Liu, Head of Research and Technology, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication (China)
17:10-17:30 Keynote
  • Edmond Tang, Senior Director of Engineering, GyPSii China
17:30-18:00 Keynote & Open Application Awards: Business opportunities in mobile internet
  • WANG Yuquan, Founder, Open Application Alliance

appSpace II

April 27th - AppSpace II - Day 1
10:00-11:00 DeNA devShed
  • Developers' cooperation plan for Mobage, the global smart phone social gaming platform
  • Moderator: WANG Yong, CEO, DeNA China
11:00-12:00 Sky-Mobi devShed
  • OPENSKY mobile life
  • Speaker: Michael Song, CEO Sky-Mobi

13:30-18:20 Mobile Marketing Track
13:30-14:00 Keynote Presentation: No Mobile, No Marketing
  • Joshua Maa, Founder & CEO, Madhouse Inc
14:00-14:40 Panel discussion: Successful Mobile Marketing Campaigns in China
  • Moderator: Thomas Crampton, Asia-Pacific Director, Digital Influence, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
  • James Wu, Vice President, MediaCom Interaction
  • Arlene Ang, Managing Director, OMD Beijing
  • David Sun, Director, Marketing Service Group, Intel
14:40-14:50 QA and Interaction
14:50-15:20 Japan’s Mobile Marketing Innovations & Awards Winning Cases
  • Hoshuyama Takayuki, CEO, D2 Communications Inc.
15:20-15:50 MMA Global Awards Winning Cases
  • Rohit Dadwal, Managing Director, MMA APAC
15:50-16:10 Tea Break & Live Demo
16:10-17:00 Panel discussion: The Innovative Technology and Emerging Trends of Mobile Marketing
  • Moderator: Shan Phillips, Senior VP - Asia Business Development, Nielsen Mobile
  • Bernard Tay, Head Of Mobile Sales, Greater China, Google Mobile
  • Abhay Singhal, Co-founder and Head, Global Ad Sales
  • Ichiro T. Jinnai, President & CEO, CCI.
  • Joshua Maa, Founder & CEO, Madhouse Inc.
17:00-17:10 QA and Interaction
17:10-18:00 Panel discussion: Mobile SNS & LBS Marketing
  • Moderator: Dan Wong, COO, Madhouse Inc.
  • Isao Moriyasu, COO, DeNA
  • Mu Rong, K.ai, CEO
  • Long Wei, Dianping, VP
  • Gaofei Wang, VP, Sina.com
18:00-18:10 QA and Interaction
18:10-18:20 Lucky Draw
April 28th - AppSpace II - Day 2

09:00-17:30: TUP Topic: How to create the next hot App?
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:20 Keynote
  • Tao JIANG, CSDN Chairman
09:20-09:50 Opportunities for developers in the global mobile internet market
  • Huawei Device
09:50-10:20 Mobile Augmented Reality Services
  • King Yiu Chu, AR Strategist, Layar
10:20-10:50 Keynote
  • Motorola
10:50-11:20 The secret behind the success of "Plants vs. Zombie"
  • James Gwertzman, VP Asia/Pacific, PopCap Games
11:20-12:20 Panel: "Go Mobile" - The Internet Trend towards Mobile Applications
  • Moderator: Junbo CAO, Chief Analyst, iResearch
12:20-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 Keynote: Angry Birds flying to China
  • Tianyi PAN, Rovio Mobile China
14:00-14:30 Keynote
  • Fan JIANG, CEO, umeng.com
14:30-15:00 Keynote: Experiences in Marketing and Sales of Mobile Products
  • Jun XIONG, Founder, 91helper
15:00-15:30 Keynote: Mobile Products Design
  • Juanyi ZHANG, Creative Director, Eico
15:30-16:00 Keynote
  • Yingge Lu, R&D Director, CyWee Group
16:00-16:30 Keynote
  • CamCard
16:30-17:30 Panel: How to create the next big App?
  • Moderator: Jiang LIU, Chief Editor, CSDN