Starting tomorrow, we’ll be at the MobileBeat 2011 conference in downtown San Francisco and there’s still time for some last-minute tickets if you want to be a part of the action. With multiple thought leaders in the mobile industry, MobileBeat is a great way to see what’s coming down the road, check out the next big app or to mingle with some of the most interesting people in the mobile. Click here to register and use the “VB-Into” promotional code to get 20 percent off.
The MobileBeat 2011 conference will have leaders in all the major topics but there will be a specific emphasis on 4G networks and what that means to consumers, businesses and app makers. A list of speakers include:
- Jason Spero, Head of Mobile,Google
- Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO & Co-Founder, Yelp
- Humphrey Chen, Executive Director New Product Technologies, Verizon Wireless
- Stephanie Tilenius, VP Payment & Commerce, Google
- Aaron Levie, CEO & Founder, Box.net
- Matt Murphy, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- David Williams, VP of Mobile Products, AT&T
- Mihir Shah, President & CEO, Tapjoy
- Rich Miner, Partner, Google Ventures
- Omar Green, Director of Strategic Mobile Initiatives, Intuit
- Krishna Subramanian, Co-Founder, Mobclix
What’s really exciting me is that there will be a startup competition and the following eight companies will be vying for the crown in the consumer-facing app space:
- Tappmob — aims to create simple mobile apps that can do a lot with just one tap
- SpeedySwipe — lets you take a picture of a credit card with your phone to complete a mobile transaction
- Cross Travel — launching the world’s first whitelabel platform for hotel and trips bookings
- DealNet — built a platform to serve daily deals coupons and other offers as location-based mobile ads
- Gamzee – develops HTML5 games and will be on the upcoming Facebook mobile platform at launch
- Akibot – a robot assistant that helps you be more productive with your smartphone
- Polkast – allows you to connect your devices directly using local bandwidth and storage
- Onavo – reduces the amount of mobile data you use so you never have to worry about the shock of a big data bill
If you can’t make it to MobileBeat 2011, you can be sure IntoMobile will be there to give you latest.