Join Impact Mobile in Las Vegas in August to discuss Mobile Apps, Mobile Payments, Mobile Dominance.
There is no question that mobile is the wave of the future. Mobile applications, mobile wallets and mobile payments are leading the way to a prepaid future dominated by the handheld cellular phone. What are consumers looking for, and who will be the winners in the battle for this new frontier?
There are estimates that mobile payments could become a major commerce channel in the future. Some have even said that mobile payment could be as significant a development as the Internet was 15 years ago. What are the opportunities, and how can they be leveraged? In this session, the experts will reveal what they know.
This session is targeted to:
- Retailers
- Distributors
- ISOs
- Program Managers
- Service Providers
- Calling Card Providers
- Prepaid Wireless Providers
- MVNOs
- Analysts
- Investors
Moderator - Lori Breitzke
Oscar Muñoz, CHARGE Anywhere
Daniel Csoka, aKos Technology
Gary Schwartz, Impact Mobile
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About Gary Schwartz
Over the past ten years, Gary Schwartz has played a leadership role in the mobile industry. Gary is the CEO of Impact Mobile, Inc., Chair of MEF North America and is the author of "THE IMPULSE ECONOMY" published by Published by Simon & Schuster, Aria Imprint.
Twitter @impulseeconomy
In 2002, Gary ran the first cross-carrier short code campaign in North America. In 2006, Gary founded the mobile committee for the Interactive Advertising Bureau (www.iab.net) and has worked to publish literature such as the Mobile Buyer's Guide helping extend the digital buy into mobile (for which he received an IAB award for industry excellence in 2009).
Additionally, in 2007, Gary started work to help establish a joint task force between the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) and the IAB with the aid of the Media Rating Council (MRC) to develop global, auditable mobile measurement standards.
In 2010, Gary was elected as the Chair of MEF North America (www.m-e-f.org) with a remit to develop a mobile commerce practice to service brands, retailers and content owners (for which he received a MEF award for industry excellence). In 2011, in partnership with MEF and a number of industry groups including the X9 security standards body, Gary is working to develop m-commerce security and privacy guidelines.
Gary is the recipient of the Macromedia People Choice Award as well as the Dodge Foundation award for innovation. Gary is an Asia and Japan Foundation Fellow.
