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I am here in London now at the Future of Mobile. Great conference, it’s always good to have more and more people joining the mobile space and to catch up with fellow peers, bloggers and ecosystem collegues.

Here below the slides of the keynote I did this morning here at #FOM with topic on “Threats and opportunities of increasing openness in the mobile ecosystem.”

Don’t hesitate to contact me if you’d like to discuss some of the topics in detail or leave a comment.

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Off to San FranciscoOctober 31

The time of the year is here again to catch an update on what’s happening in mobile innovation on the US West Coast. Tomorrow early morning I’m off for 2 weeks to San Francisco. On Monday, the Mobile 2.0 Conference - gosh, what a program we have this year. On Tuesday I will attend the Mobile Technology for Social Change Camp. I’ll stay the week in the city to catch up with various startups and industry expert buddies. My second week I’ll attend Seedcamp in the Valley with some really interesting European Seedcamp winners and on November 12, I’ll attend Under The Radar: Mobility event in Mountain View for the 3rd time as a jury member.

I’m really looking forward to these two weeks and more importantly to meeting the entrepreneurs behind the new and the known startups. Reality check for sure but we’re in an exciting

MobileMonday Madrid on MVNO’s in SpainOctober 29

MobileMonday and MVNO’s started in Spain around the same time in 2006, so we thought it’s about time for an update. The next MobileMonday Madrid will have a session dedicated to the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) perspective with speakers from three MVNO’s: MásMóvil, Bankinter Móvil and Simyo, and the analysis from a pricing expert from Simon – Kucher & Partners. As usual, we will also have two presentations from Spanish startups to be announced at the event itself.

Speakers include: Philip Daus, Senior Consultant at Simon – Kucher & Partners Strategy & Marketing Consultants in the Madrid office. Maini Spenger, Co-Founder & CEO, MásMóvil Sergio Martínez-Cava Camacho, Innovation CTO and Head of Strategy & Marketing at Bankinter Móvil.

Free Tickets to Under the Radar!October 19

On November 12, 2008, join me at the Under the Radar: Mobility conference in Mountain View, CA — for a showcase of cutting-edge mobile startups from around the globe including My6Sense (Israel), Bambuser (Norway), Soocial (Holland), Apisphere (USA) and more.

In a time of economic shakiness, it’s exciting and important to attend events like this (Under the Radar) and Mobile 2.0 to network with veteran industry thought leaders from leading operators, handset manufacturers, VCs and more. Join in on the conversation. I hope to see you on November 12!

Here’s your chance to nab 2 free tickets to Under the Radar: Mobility on November 12th at Microsoft in Mountain View, Ca….

AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Alltel are all

Mobile 2.0 Business & Builder TracksOctober 12

The Mobile 2.0 Conference’s Business and Builder Track agenda’s are now completed. The conference brings together experts and thought leaders from all aspects of the mobile ecosystem, including investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, and mobile application developers and web technologists - you can read my wrapup from last years’ event here.

The Business Track opens with a keynote of David Wood, Executive VP, Symbian on the topic of “Open Source: Catalyst for Mobile Innovation 2.0″ and follows with 3 panels on the following topics:

“Mobile Browsers: How Is Web Different On Mobile Devices?”

Taksuki Tomita, SVP, Opera Software
Larry Berkin, VP, Ecosystem & Business Development, Access Systems
Raj Singh, VP, Business Development, Skyfire