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Wireless Ventures Conference to Showcase Promising Start-Ups

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Leading wireless technology start-ups will gather at the Wireless Ventures Conference, produced by Dow Jones VentureWire, to present their business plans to a panel of chief executives and investors. The event, scheduled for May 3-4, 2006, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California, will focus on key sectors such as mobile software, consumer and enterprise applications, and silicon solutions. Notable keynote speakers include Grey Clayman from MTV Networks and Larry Shapiro from Walt Disney Internet Group, who will discuss the prospects for licensing and deploying entertainment content on mobile devices.

Key Takeaways:

  • Eighty chief executives from promising start-up companies in wireless technology will present their business plans at the conference.
  • The event will cover key sectors including mobile software, consumer and enterprise applications, silicon solutions, WLAN and wide area technologies, and monitoring and security technologies.
  • Grey Clayman from MTV Networks and Larry Shapiro from Walt Disney Internet Group will deliver a joint keynote presentation on the prospects for licensing and deploying entertainment content on mobile devices.
  • Pieter Knook, senior vice president of mobile and embedded devices for Microsoft, will discuss the innovation needed in developing new applications for Windows Mobile.
  • Scott Durchslag, corporate vice president of Motorola's Global xProducts group, will outline the technologies he envisions as essential for mobile work and play.

Statistics:

  • 80 chief executives from promising start-up companies will present at the conference (source: MARKET WIRE via COMTEX)
  • The conference will cover 5 key sectors in wireless technology (source: MARKET WIRE via COMTEX)
  • Microsoft's Windows Mobile system was recently launched, and attendees will learn about the innovation needed in developing new applications (source: MARKET WIRE via COMTEX)

Sources:

  • MARKET WIRE via COMTEX, March 13, 2006
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  • About Dow Jones Newswires, no date specified
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