Monday, 10 April 2000 0915 - 1730
Speakers, titles, and topics subject to change Updated 6 April, 2000Open to Members & Non-Members
Allen Brown, President and CEO, The Open Group09.30 Why Mobile Commerce Creates New Electronic Commerce Opportunities
Kenny Hirschhorn, Group Director of Strategy, Imagineering and Futurology, Orange PLCOrange’s vision of the future where life-enhancing services create an entirely new business environment ... the OrangeWorld™
10.00 The M-Commerce Market Imperative
Jenny Searle, Director, Information Society Initiative (ISI), UK Department of Trade and IndustryMobile Commerce applications are a reality today. The ubiquitous GSM standard provides a common platform for widespread deployment and adoption of new services that are delivered to a wide variety of mobile devices. Europe is leading the way and the UK government is examining what impact mobility will have on the public and private sectors.
10.30 Coffee 11:00 Extending E-Commerce to the Mobile World
Mike Herman, Chairman, Global Mobile Commerce Forum (GMCF)What are the enabling technologies for E-Commerce in the mobile world? This presentation will highlight the importance of Client-Agent-Server technology, looking beyond WAP to other implementation issues. He will also address the need for standards, and examine regional differences in the rate of adoption of mobile services.
11:30 A Vision for End-to-End Mobile Commerce Solutions
Steve Toft, Business Development Manager, MotorolaMotorola will give its vision for the future of mobile commerce.
12:00 Wireless Security - Discussion Panel
Mike Herman, Vice President Mobile Commerce, Thyron Ltd.
Philippe Vrignaud, Marketing Manager, Schlumberger Mobile Communications
Heikki Heinaro, Director, Mobile E-Business, Nokia Internet Communications, Nokia
Stefan Engel-Flechsig, Managing Director and General Counsel of Sonera SmartTrust GermanyThis panel will examine the existing and planned security solutions that will enable Mobile Commerce.
Moderator: Stephen Farrell, Chief Security Architect, Baltimore Technologies, & PKI Forum
13.00 Lunch plus the Solutions Expo 14:15pm Issues in Wireless and Mobility for International Manufacturing
Richard H. Paine, Advanced Computing Technologist, Applied Research & Technology, Shared Services Group, The Boeing Company"The Boeing Company is a manufacturer of complex equipment and provides large scale integration of technologies. The company has suppliers, customers, and vendors world-wide and therefore, the lines of supply and distribution are long and cross many borders. The goal of usable wireless and mobile products has been pursued by the company since 1993. A strategic wireless vision and architecture was published in 1994 and a mobility Communications Vision and Architecture was published in 1995. The architecture consists of a four tiered architecture in which wireless PANs, LANs, MANs, and WANs are envisioned to fulfill the goal of increased productivity through wireless and mobility. There are many issues which arose from this effort ... there will be lots of wireless and mobility issues to work on for a long time."
14:45pm Conflicts and Overlaps in Wireless LAN Standards - Discussion Panel
Ulf Tornqvist, Manager, Business Development, Wireless LAN Systems, Ericsson
Kirk Allchorne, Nokia, and WECA board member
This panel discusses existing wireless LAN technologies, emerging technologies (IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN2, and Bluetooth), potential conflicts between competing technologies and the steps being taken to resolve those conflicts.
Moderator: Gregory Gorman, Director, Wireless and Mobile Program, The Open Group
Paul Kitchen, Marketing Manager, Reuters WirelessThe provision of content for mobile devices and the problems of supporting different presentation formats will be highlighted. Is there a role for common standards in reducing the cost and inconvenience of multiple translations?
16:30 Device Independent Content Provision - Panel Discussion
Richard Jelbert, Chief Technical Officer, Argo Interactive Ltd.
Rodney Edwards, Partner, Edwards Churcher Design
Jason Hertling, Director, RazorFish CyberLab FinlandThis panel will enumerate their experiences in reformatting and repositioning content. The inherent limitations different mobile devices have in displaying content will be discussed.
Moderator: Mike Short, Chairman Mobile Data Association and Director, International Affairs & Strategy, BT Cellnet