Bizcommunity Africa covers Mobile User Experience Africa 2010

Hosting a range of experts representing different aspects of the mobile industry to share their perspectives, the conference will address the emergence of mobile devices as a revolutionising tool used to connect to the internet as it creates new content and services. The conference will look at various means to tap into the new marketplace and where to start, whether in applications, content, advertising, location based services, games etc.

Key issues at the conference:

• Is the mobile market still attractive (despite fragmentation, small-ticket deals, diversity of platforms etc.)?
  
• Which are the lucrative growth areas in the mobile?
  
• What are the typical challenges faced by entrepreneurs, businesses and carriers?
  
• How and when to work with carriers and alternative distribution models?
  
• Provide insight into emergent internet trends that point to the growing importance of mobile in the evolution of the web.
  
• Identify the portable user experience and web skills you've already got that make you especially well suited for creating great mobile internet experiences.
  
• Identify key similarities and differences in designing for PC/mobile internet experiences.
  
• Provide frameworks and design principles for creating compelling mobile internet experiences.

Speaker line-up:

• Brett St. Clair, country manager, Amob
  
• Hans Mol, MD, Bourgiorno
  
• Dr. Quentin Williams, country manager, W3C and senior researcher CSIR, Meraka Institute
  
• Teemu Kiijarvi, partner, Mobile Tools
  
• Charl Norman, online entrepreneur
  
• Anna Chognon, CEO, Bitstream
  
• Vincent Maher, commercial manager, Vodacom

Additional speakers are still to be confirmed.

For bookings contact: Samuel Mungadze on tel: + 27 11 023 4869 / +27 84 797 1580 or email or contact Monica Heynes on tel: +27 79 543 2762 or email .