Are you maximizing your mobile internet marketing?

How do the majority of Internet users worldwide access the Internet? Correct answer: the browser in their cellular telephone.

While North Americans still do most of their surfing on a desktop computer, mobile devices are rapidly gaining popularity. It is being predicted that within 5 years, ultra-sophisticated handhelds will be our only communication device.

Is your website moblile-friendly? Does your business have a mobile marketing strategy? Are you aware of the trends and technologies that define the area of mobile marketing?

Join Mobile Industry thought-leader Matthew Snyder (ex-Director of Global Strategy, Nokia) and three leading Vancouver Ventures in the mobile marketing space for an exciting, in-depth seminar on Mobile Markeitng meets Internet Marketing.

Speakers:

Mattew Snyder
CEO & Co-Founder
ADO Objects

Matthew Snyder is a seasoned technology and business leader with a 20 year+ track record in mobile and consumer electronics. He has been a pioneer in the emerging areas of mobile music, gaming, search, and mobile advertising. It can be quoted that he is the one individual that sparked the meaning of "mobile" and "local" to search globally.

He is CEO & Founder of ADObjects Inc. with executive advisory service called www.adostrategies.com. ADOstrategies.com works with VC's, media companies, agencies, brands and mobile platform companies on thier mobile strategies and business execution plans as the gap rapidly closes between the traditional (analog) media world and the interactive new media (digital) world.

In a previous life, Matt was the Head of Strategy and Biz Dev in Nokia's Multimedia Group, launching a new form of mobile advertising exchange called the "Nokia Ad Connector;" other roles in Nokia include working as GM, Nokia Mobile Search.

Amielle Lake
CEO & Co-Founder
TAGGA

Amielle is the CEO and Co-Founder of tagga.com a mobile bookmarking platform that let's anyone tagg real world items and web snippets to their mobile phone. Like any startup CEO, she handles many hats, including putting together IKEA furniture and ensuring that there is enough Red Rave energy drinks in the fridge for the dev squad. Prior to founding Tagga, Amielle was a marketing and corporate development executive active in the investment, mining and software market sectors. Her expertise lie in working with small companies to develop marketing and growth plans and then devise means to capitalize them. Amielle is also a published author. Her book, The Elephant Hunters, is about how social interactions determine outcomes in the finance world. The book is now available for pre-order at BarnesandNoble.com.

Igor Faletski
Co-Founder
Handi Mobility

Igor was born and raised in Russia and traveled around the globe before settling in Vancouver. His interest in all things mobile led him to co-found Handi Mobility during his last year of undergraduate studies. Handi specializes in mobilizing web services for clients like TransLink and Global TV, while building web-based tools for the global audience. The philosophy of the company revolves around the notion of "One Web" - sites and portals that serve the international community and optimize themselves for any device, be it a desktop computer or a mobile phone. Most recently, Handi has been working on an application for mobilizing existing web properties with a simple point-and-click interface. Igor holds a B.Sc. in Computing Science from SFU.

Steve Lowry
CFO & VP Operations
Moving Media Group

Mr. Lowry is currently the CFO & VP Operations of Vancouver-based Moving Media Group, a mobile media company that operates interactive touch-screens in metropolitan taxi cabs and develops out-of-home digital marketing solutions. Mr. Lowry has been actively involved in the Vancouver technology industry since 2002. He began his career as a technology licensing lawyer with Canada's largest law firm, McCarthy Tetrault, and then obtained an MBA from the Sauder School of Business at UBC, while working on technology acquisitions with TD Securities Investment Banking and at Absolute Software. Mr. Lowry has extensive experience working with mobile and Internet brands: advising Research In Motion on international trade-mark law, guiding brand development of an online travel marketing company while working with the Canadian Youth Business Foundation and teaching intellectual property in BCIT's Venture Program. In addition to holding an MBA, Mr. Lowry graduated from Dalhousie Law School and obtained an English Literature degree from UBC. He is formerly a member of the Canadian Bar Association and is very active in community-based organizations, serving as treasurer of a local non-profit society, among other roles.

When:: 2009-01-13 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Host Company:: International Internet Marketing Association
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Company:: International Internet Marketing Association
Website:: http://www.iimaonline.org
Location:: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The International Internet Marketing Association (IIMA) is a non-profit professional association serving Internet marketers and business strategists. Our mission is to inspire Internet and traditional marketers to use the Internet as a vital component of the marketing mix. The IIMA supports its members by providing networking and educational events designed to keep members informed about Internet trends, changes... more