Below is the deck we presented.

Mobile – The Future of Apps is Bright
This panel is all about apps – in particular social and local apps (and some mapping which is of course a key part of local)… Phones started out as social devices – we made voice calls. Then we had SMS (text) and then email (think Blackberry). Now we have smart phones, iPhones and Gphones – personal mobile devices. What does the present and future hold for “local social” on Mobile? How does the rise of the iPhone and emergence of Android change the game? We will examine the fast growth of and impact of applications (and app stores). We may also see some wicked demos, discuss new business models and view what an ‘augmented’ real local world might look like.
Moderator: Greg Sterling, Internet/Mobile Analyst
Panel/Demos:

• Claudia  Poepperl, Founder & CEO at adaffix/Yellix
• James Brown, CTO Cloudmade
• Miriam Warren, Regional Director Yelp
• Rob Hinchcliffe, UK Community Manager Qype.com

Our new panelist from Qype is Rob – here’s his bio:

Rob Hinchcliffe has been messing about on the internet since the mid-90s. In 2003 he founded the capital-centric blog Londonist, which he edited for two years. In that time Londonist became one of the most widely read blogs in the country, was nominated for a number of awards (and even won a couple), and was voted one of the top 10 most influential blogs in the UK. Rob left Londonist in 2006 to take over as Editor of Yahoo UK News, but after 18 months he decided it was time to get back to the excitement of the startup environment and joined the user-generated reviews site Qype.com where he works as their UK Community Manager.

David Pearce, Head of Mobile Services, Yell.com
This ‘year of the mobile internet’ marks the 21st anniversary of David’s career in wireless communications, which commenced in 1988 when he joined the then Racal-Vodafone, with the responsibility for the commercial management of its mobile data products and services.

In the intervening years, David has worked globally on the commercialisation and marketing of mobile value added services on behalf of carriers, solution vendors and investors.

Throughout this time, David’s guiding principles have remained constant; the need to grow and retain profitable, revenue-generating customer bases by producing enhanced value for them in an ever-evolving marketplace.

David’s full profile can be viewed at http://www.linkedin.com/in/dpearce and he’s always open to invitations to expand his professional network.

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