The MobileMonday Malaysia Summit was held in Kuala Lumpur from May 18-20. The event was well received by both audience and industry, with over two dozen MoMo chapter founders, from around the world, attending. After the founders’ forum on May 18th, an opening gala dinner by the World Congress on IT — WCIT — 2008 was held, for which the MoMo summit was a co-located event. It was attended by the Prime Minister of Malaysia along with a number of other diplomats and CEOs from over 80 countries around the world. One of the most memorable images in terms of branding was a skyscraper fully lit up on one side with the MoMo logo in rotation!

The public event on May 19 was attended by some notable industry players and many university students. The schedule stretched from 9am (10am ‘island-time’ start) to 7pm with over 20 excellent speakers, mostly drawn from the MoMo founder community. Other presentations came from adMob, Ericsson, F-Secure, Google and Universal Music. Topics covered during the panels and keynotes included operator trends, mobile solutions for disaster management, various mobile industry profiles of countries ranging from China to Venezuela, metrics for mobile advertising, success factors for mobile television and platforms for mobile education.

An optional tour to Malacca was also arranged on May 20 with a combination of informal and formal events, public and private forums, global and local interactions with the global MoMo community founders who were present. The MobileMonday movement currently has active chapters in over 60 cities worldwide holding up to 700 local events per year. To accommodate future growth, the MoMo founders are planning governance structures, processes, and event management tools to ensure that the movement scales up in a transparent, dynamic, accountable and productive manner.