Just a wee bit concerned that the themes mentioned, and the speakers named so far, could very easily talk only about the world as seen from Europe and the US - that is, that the conference could be in Asia, and yet not reflect Asia. Asian consumers are driving industries like gaming, building new models like QQ Gold, etc, which will soon be influencing the West if they're not already. At the same time, Asian governments are pioneering the art of fine-grained control and censorship, Asian dissidents are using cyber-protest, and online group bullying and group-think are more evident and widespread than in the West.... or so it seems...

I love all the themes you've mentioned so far; perhaps they'll be covering the topics I mentioned, but I didn't see that there was any specifically Asian content, so just thought I'd flag it up!

Cheers,

Emlyn

Marc spends his time between academic work (China and technology), consulting (telecommunication) and pro bono activities. He talks about "Mobile In Asia" and explains how, for the first time in history, a technology is more used in the developing world than in the developed world.

For those who asked, attached the presentation made at LIFT08 on mobile telecommunications in China