Mobile communications has effectively and successfully integrated itself into our daily lives as the primary personal and business communications vehicle and daily usage is only accelerating. With every new feature and service provided, the acceptance and adaptation of mobile as the broadband-, audio-, video-, and text-based consumer information and entertainment accessory is continually reinforced. The entertainment, information, and technology industries have effectively joined forces in providing the consumer with one of the most readily adapted and embraced consumer products ever devised.

The question of whether the consumer is willing to accept video as a mobile service is no longer in question. In the coming year, the industry will experiment with new and enhanced products and services, with video, music, and text features, and it will be the consumer who will sort out the hits from the misses. Video and broadband is now the dominant vision for the future of mobile consumer adaptation.

Camilla Dahlen President Highdeal Inc.

Ms. Dahlen is responsible for Highdeal's strategy and operations in the Americas region. Previously, she had global account management responsibilities for EHPT, a joint venture between Ericsson and Hewlett-Packard, where she served customers throughout Europe, South America, and North America. Ms. Dahlen helped build EHPT's South American operations into one of the most successful software businesses in the region. Prior to EHPT, she led strategic marketing and competitive analysis initiatives at Telia, the telecommunications leader in Scandinavia and northern Europe. Ms. Dahlen holds a B.Sc. in business administration from Boston College and an M.B.A. in Spanish/English from Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, Spain.

José G. A. Almeida Business Development Manager, Connected Home and Mobility Motorola, Inc.

Mr. Almeida has 22 years of technology experience. He has worked for CPqD — a telecom research facility in Brazil — Philips Consumer Electronics, and Motorola, both in the United States and Brazil. Mr. Almeida has worked in sales and business development for DSPs, smartcards, fixed-mobile convergence, wireless data, and recently WiMAX and DVBH. He has an electronic engineering degree and an M.B.A.

Claudio Rangel Telecommunication Industry Manager HP Brasil

Mr. Rangel is responsible for sales, solutions, marketing, and partnerships for HP's largest vertical segment. With an electronics engineering degree from Escola Politécnica of Universidade de São Paulo and an M.B.A. from Stanford University, Mr. Rangel has worked in consulting and marketing at IBM, McKinsey, Procter & Gamble, and Natura.