Many highly-regarded speakers representing the mobile operators, banks, mobile transfer networks, m-Wallets and interoperability hubs, handset manufacturers, technology and equipment providers will share their latest efforts in launching m-commerce services and the key challenges facing them at the M-Commerce World Summit on 17 and 18 March 2010 in Singapore.

There will be a pre-conference workshop on 16 March 2010 on ‘Mobile Marketing, Advertising and Commerce Workshop: Tools for Navigating the Industry Ecosystem - A Hands-On and In-Depth Study of Mobile Marketing Best Practices, Industry Ecosystem Structure, Players and Business Models’ to be led by: Michael Becker, VP Mobile Strategies, iLoop Mobile, USA and a post-conference workshop on ‘How to Build and Calculate A Successful Business Case for Mobile Banking?’ to be led by: Andrew Parker, Business Development Manager, M.Com, New Zealand.

This 2-day Social Media Marketing Conference, available in either Singapore or Hong Kong in Feb. 2010, is set to provide some excellent insights on developing strategies and choosing techniques to engage the new-age customer through social media. The events will present case studies from Microsoft, The Climate Project, adidas, Sony Pictures, Anna Sui, Fairprice, Starhub, Symantec, and many more which will showcase a wide variety of engagement strategies. It will bring you insights on selecting and seeding platforms to increase the effectiveness of your engagement efforts.

Their experts will demonstrate how to integrate social media with offline channels in order to convey a coherent message to your customer. Glean tips on how to track intangible metrics such as buzz and conversations. Discover what works and what doesn’t when applying social media marketing in Asia. Join in the debate on the issue of “sponsored conversations” that is currently all the rage! Get the all the details via .PDF Here.

The annual GSMA Mobile Asia Congress, 18 - 19 November 2009, provides mobile industry executives worldwide an important opportunity to meet, to discuss and to debate industry trends and issues, and to network with peers, partners and prospects. By popular demand, the 2009 GSMA Mobile Asia Congress will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre overlooking the famed Victoria Harbour. The two-day thought leadership event will be by invitation only and complimentary to approximately 850 senior executives from GSMA member operators and sponsoring partners.

The GSMA Mobile Asia Congress will focus on addressing operator issues and advancing operator projects through a combination of regionally-specific keynotes, working sessions, a product showcase with breakthrough innovations, and extended networking opportunities. We look forward to see you there!

While mobile applications stores will not be the main revenue generators for many handset manufacturers, platform vendors or operators, many of them are jumping on the bandwagon in hopes that their applications stores will help them sell more and keep customers loyal. The upcoming AppsXchange Asia conference will be Asia’s first-ever event to focus on this much-discussed business model.

MoMo APAC members are entitled to a 20% discount - Contact Linda Randall for full details

Singaporean start ups were provided a wide and colourful view into the world’s mobile markets by MobileMonday founders in Suntec City on Saturday, June 20. The powerful Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (iDA) used the opportunity provided by the CommunicAsia Summit and invited MobileMonday activists from Finland, India, Japan, Norway, Denmark, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia and South-Africa to talk about their respective mobile markets.

Mobile Monday is pleased to announce our participation at CommunicAsia 2009, 16 - 19 June, at the Singapore Expo Center. We have stepped forward as co-presenter this year with two-full day agendas, under the Mobile Marketing and Mobile Tv themes, and are looking forward to welcome a wide range of speakers, delegates and chapter founders from the MoMo community.

MoMo Asia is pleased to endorse the upcoming Open Source in Mobile Asia event, running 12 - 13 May 2009, in Hong Kong. Following the success of OSiM World and OSiM USA, the event will be launching for the first time in one of the most exciting and fast moving cities in Asia. This program will feature high caliber speakers from organizations including Symbian, GNOME Foundation, Dialog Telekom, Singtel, Globe Telecoms, Limo Foundation, OpenMoko and many others who will share up to date information and debate the future of Open Source.

MoMo Asia community discount details

Presentations for the 2-day conference will cover real issues and vital topics such as business opportunities of Open Source in Mobile, collaboration and competition, growth drivers for open source in the region, economic impacts and technical challenges and opportunities.

The Mobile Peer Awards has attracted 163 startup applications from global MoMo chapters to present at the upcoming annual event held during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Our esteemed Jury has selected the Top 20 finalists to pitch live on-stage at the beautiful Palau de la Musica venue on Feb. 16th. The full program is Here.

MoMo Asia is pleased to announce we are supporting the 13th annual Mobility World Congress taking place from the 24 - 28 November 2008, Beijing, China. This leading wireless and mobile congress brings together the leading players in the mobile industry and will feature a full day of keynote sessions, an emerging markets day, two tracks on business strategies and technology issues and four workshops, including for the first time in Asia, Andrew Seybold’s Wireless University. The complete congress agenda brouchure is Here.

In 2007 34% of the MWC audience came from telecom operators, making them the single largest group at the event. The combination of a leading Congress and a highly targeted audience ensures you meet both the specifiers as well as the senior personnel who sign off on very large deals.

Now in its second year at the Venetian Resort in Macau, the Mobile Asia Congress provides the ideal setting for industry player from across Asia and the world to meet, share their ideas – and create new partnerships. Showcasing the best of the Asian market in a global context, this years event will incorporate a number of new initiatives. Full program Here.

We’re expecting a strong turn-out of MoMo Asia chapter founders, and our community members of course, to be in Macau for the week of November 17th. No doubt we’ll have impromtu get together for drinks in the hotel bar on Monday nite!