GMIC: Full Schedule

**Take me to the GMIC Agenda**

*All times tentative

8:00am PDT

Registration

Tuesday October 22, 2013 8:00am - 9:30am PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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9:30am PDT

Opening Remarks

Speakers

Wen Chu

CEO & Founder, GWC

Tuesday October 22, 2013 9:30am - 9:40am PDT
Stage A

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10:10am PDT

"A Paradigm Shift in Mobile Messaging" - Keynote by Akira Morikawa, Line, CEO

Speakers

He entered Hangame Japan Corporation (now LINE Corporation) in 2003 as a Director, he was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NHN Japan Corporation in October 2007. In November the same year, Naver Japan Corporation was established, and he served as the CEO of both Naver... Read More →

Tuesday October 22, 2013 10:10am - 10:25am PDT
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Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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10:25am PDT

"The Future of Internet Privacy" - Fireside Chat with Pavel Durov, Founder & CEO, VK & Telegram

Moderators

Alexia Tsotsis

Co-Editor, TechCrunch

Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Painting, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending... Read More →

Speakers

Pavel Durov

Founder & CEO, VK & Telegram

Pavel Durov is the founder and CEO of VK.com, the social network formerly known as Vkontakte. He is also the founder of Digital Fortress, a fund with a mission to support global private communication by providing funding, technology and infrastructure to projects like Telegram Messenger... Read More →

Tuesday October 22, 2013 10:25am - 10:45am PDT
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Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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11:15am PDT

"The Future of the Open Source Platform Movement - Fireside Chat with Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Ubuntu & Canonical

Moderators

Joe Jasin

Managing Director, DNA Partners, LLC

Joe Jasin has built an international career centric to the Multimodal Communications and Digital Media Distribution, establishing a cross-border USA and Asia presence. Conducting mobile/wireless business in China for 10+ years Joe Jasin is Managing Director of DNA Partners, LLC an... Read More →

Speakers

Mark Shuttleworth

Founder, Ubuntu & Canonical

Mark is founder of Ubuntu, a popular open source operating system for desktops, servers and smartphones. Ubuntu is beautiful, easy to use and precision engineered for consumers and large-scale enterprise deployments alike. Ubuntu running on smartphones uniquely gives handset OEMs... Read More →

Tuesday October 22, 2013 11:15am - 11:40am PDT
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Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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12:10pm PDT

"Accessing and Enabling the Next 5 Billion Smartphone Users" - Fireside Chat with Vaughan Smith, VP, Facebook

Moderators

Danielle Levitas

Group VP, Mobility, New Media & Consumer, IDC

Danielle Levitas is the Group Vice President of IDC's Consumer, Broadband & Digital Marketplace team. She is responsible for driving research initiatives across the consumer market, covering audio, video, gaming, home networking, bundled services, broadband and the digital marketplace... Read More →

Speakers

Vaughan Smith

VP of Mobile Partnerships, Facebook

Vaughan Smith is responsible for Mobile Partnerships, M&A & Business Development at Facebook. He was previously EVP Corporate Development at Move with responsibility for Strategy, M&A, Online Marketing, Analytics & Partnerships. Prior to joining Move, he was VP Corporate Development... Read More →

Tuesday October 22, 2013 12:10pm - 12:30pm PDT
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Thought Leader

Company Facebook
Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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12:30pm PDT

Lunch Break

Tuesday October 22, 2013 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
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Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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1:45pm PDT

Panel: Mobile is Global - International Strategies That Work

Moderators

Josh Ong

Reporter, The Next Web

Josh works as a reporter for The Next Web in LA. Previously, he served as the company's China Editor in Beijing.

Speakers

Djamel Agaoua

Chairman, MobPartner

Djamel Agaoua is an entrepreneur and a private investor with a strong knowledge of start-ups specialized in internet and mobile. Djamel Agaoua is Chairman of MobPartner, a global leader in affiliate mobile marketing based in Paris. Mobpartner is an expert of mobile acquisition operating... Read More →

Bertrand Schmitt

CEO, App Annie

Bertrand leads the charge at App Annie. He is a technology entrepreneur with 14 years of executive experience in the mobile, Internet and analytics space across Europe, US and Asia. Previously, he was VP Mobile for Gomez (web analytics) acquired in 2009 by Compuware for $295M, and... Read More →

Andy Zhong

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, FunPlus games

Andy co-founded FunPlus, a leading social and mobile game company in European and Middle East market with go-global vision and strategy. FunPlus has been one of fast growing companies in last 2 years in social and mobile games section and is the biggest Asia game company in Facebook... Read More →

Tuesday October 22, 2013 1:45pm - 2:30pm PDT
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Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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2:50pm PDT

Panel: From Hollywood to Silicon Valley with Love

Moderators

Gus Tai

General Partner, Trinity Ventures

Gus Tai, General Partner, Trinity Ventures, Company Formation Expert and occasional wedding officiant. Gus is a Board Member of Playfirst, Blue Nile, Photo Bucket, Maxpoint, Zulily, Wetpaint, Truaxis and numerous other ventures. Gus also co-led the funding and formation of Trion... Read More →

Speakers

John Maatta

Executive Vice President, The CW Television Network

John Maatta is Executive Vice President, The CW, overseeing the network's business operations, including business affairs, network distribution, legal, broadcast standards, and human resources. In 2006, Maatta helped oversee the formation and launch of The CW Network, which has emerged... Read More →

Tuesday October 22, 2013 2:50pm - 3:20pm PDT
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Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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3:25pm PDT

Panel: Is Privacy and Security a Thing of the Past?

Moderators

Chetan Sharma

President, Chetan Sharma Consulting

Chetan Sharma Consulting is one of the most respected management consulting and strategic advisory firms in the mobile industry. We are focused on evolving trends, emerging challenges and opportunities, new business models and technology advances that will take our mobile communications... Read More →

Speakers

Gavin Kim

CCO, CPO, NQ Mobile

Gavin Kim is an established mobile industry expert, with a rich professional history in thetechnology industry encompassing venture capital, product development, business operations and marketing for media, mobile devices, and software. As Chief Commercial Officer/Chief Product... Read More →

Michael Lin

Symantec, VP, Product Management, Mobility

Michael Lin is the Vice President of Product Management for Mobility at Symantec where he leads the strategy and development of Symantec’s mobile products including Mobile Device Management, Mobile Application Management, and consumer mobile offerings. In this role, Michael is focused... Read More →

Sanjay Poonen

EVP and GM, End-user Computing, VMware

Sanjay Poonen joined VMware in August 2013 and leads the company's end-user computing business, bringing more than 20 years of industry experience. He is responsible for strategy, products, engineering delivery across all of VMware's end-user computing solutions. Previously, Poonen... Read More →

Tuesday October 22, 2013 3:25pm - 4:00pm PDT
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Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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4:30pm PDT

Panel: Mobile + Cloud + Big Data = The Future

Moderators

Edith Yeung

Co-Founder, RightVentures

Edith Yeung is the VP of International Business Development for Dolphin Browser. Dolphin is the most popular third-party browser on Android and iOS and only Gesture and Voice enabled browser available today and was named #1 Best Free iPhone and iPad Apps by PC Magazine. China Telecom... Read More →

Speakers

Jesse Lipson

VP & GM, Data Sharing, Citrix

Jesse Lipson joined Citrix as VP & GM of the Data Sharing Group at Citrix. Prior to Citrix, Lipson was the CEO of ShareFile, where he grew the company and customer base from zero to more than four million users without funding. A self-taught software programmer, Lipson's first venture... Read More →

Karl Mattson

Vice President / GM, Maxthon

Karl Mattson is Vice President and GM of Maxthon. Maxthon makes high-performance, cross-platform web browsers for Android, iOS, Windows and Mac. As Vice President and GM of Maxthon's 'rest of world' (ROW) efforts Karl leads business development, PR, product marketing and product development... Read More →

Anthony Reynolds

Senior Vice President, Mobile SAP Platform Solutions Group, SAP

Anthony Reynolds is Senior Vice President, Global Mobile Sales & Go-To-Market at SAP. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer of SAP’s Global Technology Solutions and Mobile Division and also managed the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and Business Intelligence solutions... Read More →

Matt Thompson

GM, Developer Evangelism, Microsoft

As General Manager of Microsoft’s developer & platform evangelism efforts based in Silicon Valley, Matt has the first hand opportunity to both observe and work with a number of Silicon Valley’s most interesting technology startups. He spends much of his time working with this... Read More →

Tuesday October 22, 2013 4:30pm - 5:25pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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5:25pm PDT

Panel: Enterprise Mobile - Changing How Businesses Compete

Moderators

Jeff Richards

Partner, GGV Capital

Jeff Richards joined GGV Capital as a partner in 2008 after spending 13 years as an entrepreneur and executive in the US and Asia. He currently sits on the boards of Appirio, BlueKai, Citrus Lane, Evolv OnDemand, and Percolate. Jeff led GGV’s investments in Buddy Media (acquired... Read More →

Speakers

Frank Fu

Executive Vice President, Kingsoft Office Software, Inc

Executive Vice President for Kingsoft Office Software with successful track record in digital media, mobile Internet, enterprise mobility, and wireless network industries. Former Vice President of Bitfone (a HP company). Strategic consultant with over 20 years of experience. Customers... Read More →

Ross Piper

VP of Enterprise Strategy, Dropbox for Business

Ross Piper is vice president of enterprise strategy at Dropbox. He is responsible for driving Dropbox for Business’ growth in the enterprise market, building on its presence in 95% of Fortune 500 companies, and spearheading the company's mission to make IT administrators' lives... Read More →

Clarence So

Executive Vice President, Strategy, salesforce.com

Clarence So joined salesforce.com in 1999, its founding year, and currently serves as senior vice president of strategy, focused on new technology initiatives. During his tenure at salesforce.com, So has helped the company grow from a business plan to its current position as the... Read More →

Tuesday October 22, 2013 5:25pm - 6:00pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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10:00am PDT

Panel: Wearable Devices - The New Frontier of Mobile

Moderators

Robert Scoble

Startup Liaison Officer, Rackspace

As Startup Liaison for Rackspace, the Open Cloud Computing Company, Scoble travels the world looking for what's happening on the bleeding edge of technology for Rackspace's startup program. He's interviewed thousands of executives and technology innovators and reports what he lea... Read More →

Speakers

Rob Chandhok

President QIP, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Rob Chandhok serves as President of Qualcomm Interactive Platforms (QIP) and is responsible for aligning QTI’s hardware, software and services initiatives by driving the innovation and development strategies of QTI’s mobile software technologies. This includes integration of mobile... Read More →

Phil Chen

HTC

Phil Chen is a serial entrepreneur and investor. As HTC’s Chief Content Officer, Phil has led investments into KKBox (#1 music service in Asia), Zoodles (the #1 kids app on Android), NQ in China, Soundhound, Wolfram Alpha Chinese and Magnet in the Silicon Valley. Most recently Phil... Read More →

Eric Migicovsky

CEO & Founder, Pebble Technology

Eric Migicovsky is the founder and CEO of Pebble Technology, the company behind the Pebble watch, a smartwatch for iPhone and Android. While studying engineering at the University of Waterloo, Eric began building smartwatches alongside a group of friends and created the first model... Read More →

Bharat Vasan

COO, Basis Science

Bharat serves as COO at Basis which includes leading the sales and marketing team. He joined the company from Electronic Arts as a 8-year veteran of the consumer entertainment space. As COO of EA Online, Bharat worked alongside EA’s amazing creative leads to improve online game... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 10:00am - 10:40am PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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10:00am PDT

m-Health: The Business of Mobile Health

Session 1: The business of mobile health

Need for solutions, not just technology.
What the provider community needs and expects from mobile health technology
What consumers/patients want from mobile health technology
Business models/investment (consumer; clinical; infrastructure; reimbursement)

Moderators

David Snyder

President, 42TEK, Inc.

Mr. Snyder helps implement product innovations in healthcare technology. He started as a Respiratory Therapist in Intensive Care Units, worked as an environmental engineer for 20 years, earned a MBA, and has held technology and financial management roles at Kaiser Permanente, Apple... Read More →

Speakers

Dr. Mark Blatt

Worldwide Medical Director, Intel

Dr. Mark Blatt joined Intel in 2000. He is currently Worldwide Medical Director, Enterprise Solution Sales, in the Sales and Marketing Group. In this role he concentrates on how health information technology (HIT) infrastructure can enable providers to deliver cost effective, quality... Read More →

Dr. John Mattison

CMIO, Kaiser

Dr. Mattison joined the Southern California region of Kaiser Permanente in 1989, and was appointed as Assistant Medical Director and Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO). He directed the largest and first deployment of KP HealthConnect, Kaiser-Permanente’s revolutionary... Read More →

Chris Wasden

Global Healthcare Innovation Leader, PwC

Chris Wasden, PhD., is a Managing Director & Healthcare Innovation Leader at PwC. He focuses on digital & consumer health innovation by applying Social, Mobile, Analytics & Cloud technologies to enable technology & business model innovation. Previously he led nine startups, including... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 10:00am - 11:15am PDT
Stage B

m-Health

Audience Executives, HealthCare & Technology Professionals from Leading Global Health Firms, Practitioners
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11:05am PDT

Panel: Internet of Things

Moderators

Tim Bradshaw

San Francisco Correspondent, Financial Times

Tim has been writing about technology for 10 years. After joining the FT in 2008 to cover digital media, he moved to San Francisco in 2012 to lead its coverage on Apple, Twitter and other Silicon Valley innovators.

Speakers

Nick Evans

CEO, Tile (thetileapp.com)

Nick Evans is the CEO and co-founder of Tile, one of the fastest growing hardware startups in Silicon Valley. Tile is a Bluetooth Low Energy device that will help you to never lose anything again. Just attach your Tile to your favorite possession and quickly find it with the Tile... Read More →

Jeff Hagins

Co-Founder and CTO, SmartThings

Jeff Hagins is the co-founder and CTO of SmartThings. Jeff brings more than 30 years in software engineering, engineering management, and executive technology leadership roles to his position with SmartThings. Most recently Jeff served as the CTO and CIO of ReachLocal. Prior to that... Read More →

Jason Johnson

Co-Founder and CEO, August

Jason Johnson is a Silicon Valley technologist and entrepreneur with nearly twenty years of technology expertise. He is currently the CEO of August. Jason is also a managing partner of startup incubator Founders Den and the chairman of the Internet of Things Consortium. Jason co-founded... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 11:05am - 11:35am PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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11:30am PDT

m-Health: The US Market

Session 2: The US market

Mobile’s relationship with other healthcare IT (EMRs; HIEs; scheduling; care coordination; insurance eligibility & payments)
Regulations and standards – FDA, FCC, ONC, HIPAA, Interoperability, etc. (safety, security, risk)

Moderators

Geetha Rao Ph.D.

CEO, Technology Frontiers Collaborative

Dr. Geetha Rao is the founder and CEO of the Technology Frontiers Collaborative, a scientific and educational organization providing collaborative forums for stakeholders at the frontiers of science and technology. She also serves as VP of Corporate Development at Triple Ring Technologies... Read More →

Speakers

Anura Fernando

Principal Engineer, UL

Anura Fernando holds degrees in Electrical Engineering, Biology/Chemistry, and Software Engineering with over 15 years of UL experience in safety critical software & control systems certification including cross-industry research in automation, energy, medical, nanotechnology, etc... Read More →

Gerry Hinkley

Partner, Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Gerry Hinkley is a partner in Pillsbury’s Health Care practice and is located in the San Francisco office. He has practiced in the health care industry for over 30 years and is recognized nationally as a leader in health information technology. He represents clients throughout... Read More →

Horst Merkle

Vice President, Continua Health Alliance

Horst Merkle is Director Information Management Systems Diabetes Care at Roche Diagnostics Corporation. He is responsible for the innovative initiation, definition and the development of key components for the Roche Diabetes Care information management product portfolio, with... Read More →

Chad Nicely

Director, Services Engineering, Practice Fusion

Chad Nicely is the Director of Services Engineering at Practice Fusion. He has more than 12 years of experience in the life sciences – building clinical trial, content management and drug safety solutions for the biopharmaceutical industry, and later leading development of a web-based... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 11:30am - 1:00pm PDT
Stage B

m-Health

Audience Executives, HealthCare & Technology Professionals from Leading Global Health Firms, Practitioners
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11:40am PDT

Panel: Your Largest Mobile Device - Connected Car

Moderators

Damon Lavrinc

Transportation Editor, WIRED

Damon Lavrinc is the Transportation Editor for WIRED, heading up the publication's automotive, autonomous vehicle, aerospace, and mobile connectivity coverage. With nearly a decade of experience in the automotive world, he's constantly looking at the future of transportation, bringing... Read More →

Speakers

John Absmeier

Director, Delphi Labs @ Silicon Valley

John Absmeier is the Director for Delphi’s innovation center in Silicon Valley. In this role, he is responsible for establishing and running Delphi’s technical center where high-tech meets automotive. Most recently, John was Business Director, Electronic Controls Asia-Pacific... Read More →

John Ellis

Global Technologist, Connected Services, Ford Motor Company

As Global Technologist and Head of the Ford Developer Program with Ford Motor Company, John is tasked with expanding Ford’s “brought-in” strategy of integrating mobile technology into the vehicle. He oversees a team of developers and engineers responsible for creating the “connected... Read More →

Hakan Kostepen

Executive Director - Product Planning Strategy & Innovation, Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems

Hakan Kostepen is an “Executive” Director at Panasonic Silicon Valley Center in Cupertino, CA andresponsible for Product Planning Strategy & Innovation for Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems Company of America. Panasonic Automotive “Global” Product Planning Strategy... Read More →

Toshiro Muramatsu

Director, Vehicle Information Technology Division Silicon Valley, Nissan Motor

Toshiro Muramatsu started work at Nissan 1991. Since then, 20 years experience on research and advanced engineering on sensing systems, in-vehicle information systems and vehicle connected systems at Nissan Research Center. In 2011, Toshiro Muramatsu had a role of Chief Service Architect... Read More →

Joseph Ziskin

VP Corporate Strategy & Enterprise Initiatives, IBM

Joseph Ziskin joined IBM in 1997 and is currently Vice President, Corporate Strategy. He works with IBM’s business and technical leadership to develop business strategies, resolve critical issues and formulate IBM’s overall strategy. His current focus is on the disruptive value... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 11:40am - 12:30pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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12:30pm PDT

Lunch Break

Wednesday October 23, 2013 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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1:30pm PDT

Panel: Social Mobile Threatening the Dominance of Online Social Networks

Moderators

Kim-Mai Cutler

Writer, TechCrunch

Kim-Mai Cutler is a technology journalist who has worked for Bloomberg, VentureBeat and The Wall Street Journal. Before she joined TechCrunch, she led mobile coverage at Inside Network, a six-person media startup that was acquired by WebMediaBrands in 2011 for $14 million in cash... Read More →

Speakers

Chris Hulls

CEO & Co-Founder, Life360

Chris Hulls is the cofounder and CEO of Life360, the world’s largest and fastest growing family-focused application on the market today with over 50 million registered users. Before doing the whole startup thing, he did a stint in banking at Goldman Sachs and spent a few years... Read More →

Nate Johnson

VP of Marketing, Path

Nate Johnson is the Vice President of Marketing of Path, where he oversees marketing, public relations, and customer service. Prior to joining Path, Nate was the first consumer marketer at LinkedIn, a product marketer for Google Maps and Google Earth, and ran university student marketing... Read More →

Scott Lahman

Founder & CEO, textPlus

Scott Lahman is the Founder and CEO of textPlus, a leading mobile communications service that connects over 110 million worldwide. Prior, Scott founded JAMDAT Mobile in March 2000, which had a successful IPO in 2004 and  acquired by Electronic Arts for in February 2006 for $680... Read More →

Joff Redfern

Vice President Mobile Products, LinkedIn Corporation

Joff Redfern joined LinkedIn in May 2011, and as Vice President of Mobile Products, is responsible for leading global mobile product development. Joff has been instrumental in expanding and reinventing LinkedIn’s mobile product offering. Previously, he co-founded the startup Flattenme... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 1:30pm - 2:10pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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2:00pm PDT

m-Health: Technologies That Are Working Today

Session 3: Technologies that are working today & obstacles to innovation

Integration, engagement, and actionable information
The upcoming decade of redesign: what are the unmet needs and what is needed from mHealth to design healthcare for the coming decade?

Moderators

Jim Bloedau

Information Advantage Group

Jim Bloedau presents as a top-level innovation executive with highly reliable instincts and insights garnered from a lifetime in the healthcare market. You'll find him passionate about how digital, social and noninvasive sensor technology will be harnessed to affect a deeper and more... Read More →

Speakers

Kabir Kasargod

Director, Business Development, Qualcomm Life

Kabir Kasargod is part of the Business Development team at Qualcomm Life. In his role at Qualcomm Life, Kabir is leading product innovation, mobile solutions, software partnership initiatives, and ecosystem strategy for next-gen health. In his previous role, Kabir was the founder... Read More →

Deleys Brandman, MD

MD, Texas A&M Center for Innovation

Dr. Brandman has been involved in healthcare for many years. Trained as an internist, an ER physician, a preventive medicine specialist, including a MPH from UC Berkeley, she used that knowledge with payers to improve medical management strategies, automate administrative solutions... Read More →

Michael Blum, MD

CMIO and Associate Vice Chancellor for Informatics Center for Digital Health Innovation, University of California Medical Center

Dr. Michael Blum is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Informatics and a Professor of Medicine in Cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco, responsible for the strategic design and implementation of enterprise clinical and research applications across UCSF. Trained... Read More →

Derek Wong, Ph.D.

Associate, Burrill & Company

Derek Wong is an Associate in the Digital Health Practice at Burrill & Company where he was instrumental in securing Burrill's investments in AliveCor and BetterDoctor. Prior to Burrill, Derek taught physics at the University of San Francisco. He was a member of the QB3 New Venture... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 2:00pm - 3:15pm PDT
Stage B

m-Health

Audience Executives, HealthCare & Technology Professionals from Leading Global Health Firms, Practitioners
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2:10pm PDT

Presentation: The Transformative Power of Mobile - Greg Stuart, CEO, Mobile Marketing Association

Speakers

Greg Stuart

CEO, Mobile Marketing Association (MMA)

Greg Stuart is the CEO of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), the leading global media trade group focused on the burgeoning mobile marketing industry. Over the past two years, Greg has transformed the association, attracting business leaders across the industry to lock arms and... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 2:10pm - 2:20pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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2:25pm PDT

Panel: The Best Practices & Dark Arts of User Acquisition & Maximizing LTV

Moderators

Simon Khalaf

President & CEO, Flurry

Simon is responsible for Flurry's day-to-day operations. He has been an entrepreneurial executive for over 20 years, having built numerous consumer, media and enterprise solutions that have generated over $800 million in M&A and IPO transactions. Prior to Flurry, Simon held senior... Read More →

Speakers

Glenn Kiladis

VP & General Manager FreeMyApps, Fiksu

Glenn leads FreeMyApps, Fiksu's proprietary app discovery & engagement ad network where users get rewarded for discovering, downloading and exploring great free and paid apps. Prior to Fiksu, Glenn was VP Marketing & Mobile Ad Monetization for HeyWire, a SMS and social networking... Read More →

Iryna Newman

Director of Mobile Marketing, OpenTable, Inc

Iryna is the director of mobile marketing at OpenTable, online and mobile platform that offers real-time restaurant-reservation service. In her role Iryna leads the development of comprehensive marketing strategy for mobile user acquisition and adoption in OpenTable’s San Francisco... Read More →

Jeremy Wacksman

VP of Consumer Marketing and Mobile, Zillow Inc.

Jeremy Wacksman is the Vice President of Consumer Marketing & Mobile at Zillow. In this role, Jeremy is responsible for building and implementing Zillow’s company-wide strategy for consumer marketing, traffic acquisition, and retention – which includes brand, advertising, product... Read More →

Chris Williams

GM, VP, Big Fish Games

Chris Williams is Big Fish's VP & General Manager of Free-to-Play, overseeing all aspect of Free-to-Play gaming at the company. Chris has spent more than 14 years dedicated to the interactive entertainment industry, and before joining Big Fish was the VP of Products & Strategy at... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 2:25pm - 3:05pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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3:05pm PDT

appAttack Competition Final Pitches - 2 Finalists Pitching

Wednesday October 23, 2013 3:05pm - 3:20pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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3:40pm PDT

Panel: Death of Paid Games? The Changing Monetization Methods of Mobile Games

Moderators

Kristian Segerstrale

Partner, Initial Capital

Kristian has been at the forefront of the rapidly transforming game industry since 2001. He is a co-founder and partner at Initial Capital, a seed stage investor and accelerator that among other things led the seed round of Supercell where he serves on the board. Prior to that he... Read More →

Speakers

Christopher Carvalho

COO, Kabam

Chris Carvalho is Chief Operating Officer of Kabam, the western world leader in free-to-play core games. Chris has overseen almost every aspect of the operations including marketing, finance, business development, international expansion, customer support, and more. Currently, he... Read More →

Ed Fries

Co-Creator, Xbox

Ed Fries created his first video games for the Atari 800 in the early 1980s. He joined Microsoft in 1986, and spent the next ten years as one of the early developers of Excel and Word. He left the Office team to pursue his passion for interactive entertainment and created Microsoft... Read More →

David L. Roberts

SVP/GM, PopCap

Dave is the General Manager of PopCap Games, now a label of Electronic Arts. He joined PopCap Games in 2005 as the company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, overseeing all aspects of the company’s operations and guiding PopCap through the adolescent stage to corporate maturity... Read More →

Lei Zhang

President & General Manager, Chukong USA

Lei is the President and General Manager of Chukong USA. He is responsible for the North America operation of Chukong Technologies, the leading mobile game developer and publisher in China. Lei runs international business development and is responsible for the company's mobile game... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 3:40pm - 4:20pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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3:42pm PDT

Top 5 app monetization & user acquisition best practices by MobPartner

As a global player in mobile performance marketing, MobPartner knows how to create a tailored and effective monetization and user acquisition strategy depending on targeting, vertical, OS and country. For this reason we want to share our top 5 winning practices that we have realized for our clients and partners to acquire new users and effectively monetize their apps.

Speakers

Djamel Agaoua

Chairman, MobPartner

Wednesday October 23, 2013 3:42pm - 4:12pm PDT
Stage D

DevToolBox

Audience Developers, Executives, Mobile Game Developers
Access Expo Pass Access

3:45pm PDT

m-Health: The International Scene

Moderators

Horst Merkle

Vice President, Continua Health Alliance

Speakers

Mainul Islam

COO, Medic Mobile

Mainul Islam is the Chief Operating Officer and founding team member of Medic Mobile. Mainul is interested in how technology is transforming the field of healthcare -- in particular, how we pay for care. He spent five years in management consulting and in healthcare startups learning... Read More →

Shervin Majd

Senior mHealth Partner, Vodafone

Shervin Majd is a senior mHealth partner at Vodafone xone, where he is responsible for product management, incubation and investment in mobile health/Wellness. Prior to joining Vodafone, Shervin held several appointments in the healthcare field and worked in research and development... Read More →

Jafar Shenasa

Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, Proteus Digital Health, Inc.

Jafar Shenasa, is the senior director of Regulatory Affairs at Proteus Digital Health, a company that develops intelligent medicine products for adherence and patient monitoring. . Jafar has worked with various medical device companies for the past 17 years. Prior to joining Proteus... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 3:45pm - 5:00pm PDT
Stage B

m-Health

Audience Executives, HealthCare & Technology Professionals from Leading Global Health Firms, Practitioners
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4:20pm PDT

Global Game Stars Competition Final Pitches - 2 Finalists Pitching

Wednesday October 23, 2013 4:20pm - 4:35pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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4:50pm PDT

Panel: Innovating Venture Capital - The End of VC as We Knew It and What it Means for Startups

Moderators

Mark Mahaney

Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets

Mark is a Managing Director covering the Internet sector at RBC Capital Markets. He has been ranked No. 1 in the Institutional Investor Poll for the Internet sector (2008-2012). He has also been ranked No. 1 in the Greenwich Institutional Investor Poll for the Internet sector, as... Read More →

Speakers

Tim Chang

Managing Director, Mayfield Fund

Tim Chang is a proven investor and tri-lingual technology executive who has been named to the Forbes Midas List of Top Tech Investors. He invests in early-stage companies that leverage the drivers of mobile, social, and SaaS/adtech and is an advocate of behavioral insights, gamification... Read More →

Jeff Clavier

Managing Partner, SoftTech VC

Jeff Clavier is the Founder of SoftTech VC, one of the most established seed VC firms in Silicon Valley, having closed 150 investments since 2004. An early angel investor in Web 2.0, Jeff and his team have backed successful startups like Mint (Intuit), Kongregate (GameStop), Brightroll... Read More →

Timothy C. Draper

Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Timothy C. Draper is the Founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. His original suggestion to use "viral marketing" in web-based e-mail to geometrically spread an Internet product to its market was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail and YahooMail, and has been... Read More →

Dave McClure

MP, 500 Startups

Dave McClure is a venture capitalist & founding partner at 500 Startups, an internet startup seed fund and incubator program in Mountain View, CA. He likes to hang out with entrepreneurs, and occasionally invest in startups foolish enough to let him. He has been an investor in over 250 companies including Mint.com, Twilio, Wildfire Interactive, SendGrid... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 4:50pm - 5:30pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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5:30pm PDT

G-Startup Competition Final Pitches - 2 Finalists Pitching

Wednesday October 23, 2013 5:30pm - 5:45pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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5:45pm PDT

G-Startup, appAttack, Global Game Stars Winners Announced

Wednesday October 23, 2013 5:45pm - 5:55pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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5:55pm PDT

Closing Ceremony

Speakers

David Cao

Founder & CEO at GWC US, Producer at GMIC SV

David Cao is the Founder & CEO of GWC US, and the Producer at GMIC SV, where he oversees production of the leading global mobile conference in the United States.He is an investor in early stage mobile companies, and he manages both the largest mobile entrepreneur community in Silicon... Read More →

Wednesday October 23, 2013 5:55pm - 6:00pm PDT
Stage A

Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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8:00pm PDT

GMIC Official After Party: Nerd Fest at Temple

http://sv.thegmic.com/afterparty/

Wednesday October 23, 2013 8:00pm - 12:00am PDT
Temple 540 Howard St, San Francisco

DevToolBox G-Startup m-Health m-Marketing Thought Leader

Audience Developers, Entrepreneuers, Executives, Investors
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