SAN FRANCISCO, March 14, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The corporate executives directing wireless innovations at some of the leading corporations in the industry -- Google, Intel, Nokia, Qualcomm and Verizon Wireless -- will be featured at this year's Wireless Innovations Conference, produced by Dow Jones VentureWire. The event will be held April 25 & 26 at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay in Redwood, Calif.
Attendees will hear from more than 60 start-up companies focused on these key sectors: mobile advertising, wireless networking, mobile entertainment, wireless chips and infrastructure, mobile software and services, voice services, mobile access, and location based services.
In addition, the conference kicks off with a blockbuster panel presentation on the issues surrounding mobile content featuring five of the biggest players: Philip Alvelda, chairman and CEO of MobiTV, Salil Dalvi, VP, Wireless Platforms at NBC Universal, Jeff Lorbeck, SVP, MediaFLO Technologies at Qualcomm, Bill Sanders, VP, Programming, Mobile Entertainment at Sony Pictures Television International, and Joe Sims, EVP, Product Development at T-Mobile. The panel will be moderated by Dave Barry, a managing editor with Dow Jones Financial Information Services.
The keynotes will begin with an on-stage interview featuring Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of the Ultra Mobility Group at Intel, interviewed by The Wall Street Journal Deputy Bureau Chief Don Clark. Mr. Chandrasekher will discuss Intel's strategy for serving the next generation of low-power PCs and smart-mobile and handheld devices.
The corporate view continues in a keynote interview with Tero Ojanpera, executive vice president & CTO of Nokia by Eric Savitz of Barron's. Mr. Ojanpera will discuss Nokia's work at the forefront of delivering the Internet to the pocket, the company's effort to develop a mobile Web 2.0 ecosystem with wireless carriers and content providers, and where the wireless industry is headed.
Also planned is a keynote interview with Len Lauer, executive vice president and group president of Qualcomm. Mr. Lauer, who provides strategic direction for Qualcomm's wireless business solutions, MEMS and government technologies, and its mobile TV subsidiary, MediaFLO USA, will participate in an interview with The Wall Street Journal's Amol Sharma.
Mark Lowenstein, vice president of market planning and strategy for Verizon Wireless, will discuss the role consumers are playing and the areas where wireless providers need to innovate to meet that demand also in an interview with Mr. Sharma.
Finally, Google's director of product management, Deep Nishar, will sit down for an interview with Mr. Barry and offer a revealing look at Google's worldwide mobile content product plans.
The Wireless Innovations Conference is sponsored by Qualcomm and TeleAtlas. For more information or to register, call (866) 291-1800, or go to http://wirelessinnovations.dowjones.com/.
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