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Speakers 
Beth Appleton,
Head of New Media,
V2
Beth Appleton is the Head of New Media and Business Development for V2 Music Group, where she joined in 2003. At V2, their new media team looks to drive innovation and be very pro-active in the digital and mobile space, embracing new business models and technology and working with bands to effectively communicate, involve music fans and expand routes to market.
The New Media team at V2 are proud to have won a number of New Media Awards including Best Rock Site for two consecutive years at the Digital Music Awards for Paul Weller (2004) and Stereophonics (2005) and Best Use of Multiple Channels at the New Media Awards in 2005 when they were shortlisted against giants Orange, Wimbledon and Big Brother.
Prior to working for V2, Beth was New Media Director for EMI in Australia after being Trade Marketing Manager for EMI in the UK.
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David Assouline,
Marketing Director Consumer Europe,
Navteq
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Russell Barash,
Deputy Managing Director,
Extreme Sports Channel
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Niamh Byrne,
Manager - The Gorillaz & Blur,
CMO Management
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Mr Graham Carey,
Director of Product Marketing,
Portal
Dr. Graham Carey is Director of Product Marketing for Portal Software and is responsible for ensuring that Portal’s Revenue Management solutions properly address the needs and requirements of global telecommunication, media and content service providers.
Graham has a wealth of experience in the industry having previously worked with Amdocs, Solect Technology Group and British Telecom. He brings over 18 years of telecommunications industry experience, including the design and delivery of some of the early ISP services. Most recently, he has focused on the mobile communications sector as it prepares to move to next generation service delivery. Graham has travelled widely throughout EMEA visiting communication service providers, running workshops, attending and speaking at conferences.
Graham works extensively with numerous thought leaders in the billing sector including analysts, clients and the press. He is the current president of The Global Billing Association (The GBA), a non-profit organisation that delivers knowledge, networking and benchmarking to the global billing community. As president, Graham serves as spokesperson for the GBA and contributes to the organizations planning and strategy development.
Graham holds an engineering degree from Leeds University, England and a Ph.D. in Computer-Aided Manufacturing.
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Joey Carson,
CEO,
Bunim Murray Productions
With unparalleled experience in business, finance and entertainment production, Joey Carson serves as chief executive officer of Bunim/Murray Productions. In this role he guides the L.A-based company, known for its successful reality TV shows, as it expands into scripted series and innovative programming: from brand-driven entertainment to custom-designed product that holds equal promise for television, the Web and emerging platforms such as mobile wireless.
Carson joined Bunim/Murray in 2001 as chief operating officer, joining the company after it had earned acclaim for producing MTV’s “The Real World” for over a decade as well as “Road Rules,” “Making the Band” and other popular unscripted television series. Early in his tenure he launched a number of production management initiatives that, combined with Bunim/Murray’s unmatched creativity and innovation, generated an outpouring of new projects at the company. They included a string of unscripted entertainment “firsts”: the first reality sitcom (“The Simple Life” for Fox), the first reality feature film (The Real Cancun with New Line) and the first real-life daytime drama strip (Emmy award-winning “Starting Over,” syndicated by NBC Universal).
In 2004, as it ramped up production on “The Simple Life,” Bunim-Murray produced other primetime series under Carson’s leadership: “The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest For the Best” (Fox) and the debut season of “The Scholar” (ABC), among them. This past year the company has continued to produce projects for cable, syndication and primetime, including the 17th season of “The Real World,” the 12th season of the “Road Rules/Real World Challenge” and the third season of “Starting Over.”
Prior to joining Bunim-Murray, Carson oversaw production and finance for Fox’s 20th Television, where he guided an aggressive production slate that included such long-running hits as “Cops” and “America’s Most Wanted.” He was instrumental in the creation of Fox’s Van Ness Films, which rapidly grew to be one of the largest suppliers for A&E’s “Biography.” Previously, Carson held a variety of financial positions with Sony Pictures Entertainment. Over the course of his career, Carson has been involved $1 billion of television production and finance, spanning network, cable and first-run syndication.
A graduate of Texas A&M University, Carson is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Museum of Television & Radio and the Hollywood Radio & Television Society. Also a member of the United States Tennis Association, he is one of the country’s top ranked players in his age division.
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Ted Casey,
Head of Music,
Verizon Wireless
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 Tim Clark,
Director (Manager of Robbie Williams),
i:e Music
Tim Clark is a founder partner, along with David Enthoven, of IE Music, the Artiste Management Company that represents Robbie Williams, Archive, Sia & Craig Armstrong.
He started his career at Island Records, the label founded by his mentor, the legendary Chris Blackwell. He learnt every facet of the music business while working for Chris and has been fortunate to work with some of the greatest artistes of the past 35 years, including Bob Marley, Free, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Cat Stevens, Massive Attack and, of course, Robbie Williams.
Tim is widely respected throughout the industry for his innovative approach to music management and his support of digital media.
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 Mr Ted Cohen,
Senior Vice President Digital Development and Distribution,
EMI
As Senior Vice President of Digital Development & Distribution for EMI Music, Ted Cohen oversees worldwide digital business development for this “big five” record company, which includes labels such as Capitol, Virgin, Angel/Blue Note, Parlophone and Chrysalis. Under Cohen’s guidance, EMI has led the industry with its initiatives in new technologies and business models such as digital downloads, online music subscriptions, custom compilations, wireless services, high-definition audio and Internet radio.
In addition to seeking out, evaluating and executing business opportunities for the company, Cohen serves as both a strategist and key decision-maker for EMI’s global new media and anti-piracy efforts. He has worked to establish company-wide digital policies, which have provided EMI’s artists and labels a substantial advantage in the digital music arena.
Cohen served previously as the Executive Vice President of Digital Music Network Inc., where he co-founded and served as Chairman of the groundbreaking Webnoize conferences. He currently chairs MidemNet, an international music/technology conference convened in Cannes each year.
Additionally, Cohen lead two highly successful new media consulting operations, DMN Consulting and Consulting Adults, attracting clients such as Amazon.com, Microsoft, Universal Studios New Media, DreamWorks Records, Liquid Audio, Wherehouse Records/Checkout.com and various other entertainment, technology and new media organizations. Cohen also held senior management positions at both Warner Bros. Records and Philips Media.
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 Richard Conlon,
Vice President of Media Licensing,
BMI
Richard Conlon is the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Media Licensing for BMI. Conlon leads the new media licensing group at BMI which is responsible for generating royalty revenue from digital media platforms on behalf of BMI represented songwriters, composers and music publishers. He also supervises BMI’s marketing and communications outreach to BMI’s traditional media customers including radio, television and cable.
Under his direction, BMI’s digital licensing group has negotiated agreements for a wide variety of leading digital media properties including Yahoo, MSN, MP3.com, AOL, pressplay, and others. In addition, the team has negotiated royalty agreements with leading mobile entertainment providers for ringtones and other entertainment and information services delivered to cell phones . Conlon’s team also spearheaded the first music industry online licensing utility, The Digital Licensing Center, offering totally electronic click - through copyright licensing agreements
He is often cited as an industry source on digital media rights issues in leading trade and consumer publications including The New York Times, Forbes, USA Today, Reuters, The Associated Press, Wired, The Financial Times, The Industry Standard, Billboard, KPFK-AM , The Chicago Tribune, C-Net and many others.
Prior to joining BMI, Conlon was a television marketing consultant to SET, Viacom’s Pay Per View production and marketing arm where he managed trade and consumer marketing and promotion for live music and sporting Pay Per View events. He also served as Vice President Affiliate Sales and Marketing for The Learning Channel cable network.
He holds a Masters Degree in Communications Management from The Annenberg School of Communications at The University of Southern California and B.A. in English from Boston College.
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Sam Conniff,
Executive Producer,
Dubplate Ltd
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Chuck D,
Co-Founder,
Public Enemy
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 Lee Daley,
Group CEO & Chairman UK,
Saatchi & Saatchi
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Jonathan Davies,
Senior Vice President Advertising Sales,
CNN
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 Mr Ray De Silva,
Strategic Business Development Manager, D2C, Commercial Partnerships, Enterprise Business Unit,
Vodafone Limited
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 Ms Angel Gambino,
Vice President Commercial Strategy and Digital Media,
MTV Networks Europe
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Bruce Gersh,
Senior Vice President,
ABC Entertainment
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Bernard Gershon,
Senior Vice President and General Manager,
ABC News Digital Media
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 Mr Leslie Golding,
Head of Content and Alliances,
M2Y Siemens
After completing a full time MBA at Manchester Business School in 1995, Leslie moved into the media industry where prior to O2 he worked at EMI and BBC Music.
Initially working for EMI Records in trade marketing - Classical and Jazz, he joined BBC Music to head up business development which included launching the double platinum Led Zeppelin at the Beeb album. In 1998, joining forces with Top Of The Pops producer, he re-positioned the brand including re-launching the now successful CD and sold the format to RTL in Germany with a local version of the programme.
In 2000, he was invited by O2 to develop mobile entertainment services and in February 2002, he presented the vision for launching the world’s first mobile music service over GPRS. Board approval was given to develop a new service and run a commercial trial in 2003 in the UK and Germany. The service included a new compressed file codec, DRM protection and specially developed device built by a division of Siemens. Following unprecedented trial success in summer 2003 with partners including Universal, Sony, BMG, Warner and AIM, O2 signed off plans for commercial launch of the world’s first mobile (GPRS) music service in November 2003 (press launch) and April 2004 (retail launch). The significant media interest generated by the first to market service resulted in the initiative being considered one of the most important strategic projects for O2 in 2004. Media coverage has been extensive including a Daily Mail article of 12 March 2003 which said the company’s shares rose1 ¾p to 43 ¾p on the announcement of this product initiative.
Leslie’s interests are wide and include playing the violin in the North London Symphonia and scuba diving in the Red Sea.
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Chris Gorog,
CEO,
Napster
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 Arun Gupta,
CEO,
Mauj Telecom
Arun Gupta has more than 18 years experience in new media,animation & technology companies. He has spent the last 6 years working on mobile value added services, user experience management,gaming and wireless technologies. Prior to Mauj Telecom, Arun has developed and managed various businesses with companies such as Cnet, MTV, Yahoo, and Star TV Group in India, US and Hongkong. Besides serving as the CEO at Mauj Telecom, Arun is currently pursuing a PhD. in International Marketing & Business Policy. He is a MCSD, MCSE,Sun certified java programmer, CCNA, Autodesk Authorised Instructor and Adobe certified expert.
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Jim Harrison,
Head of New Media,
BSkyB
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Melanie Honnor,
Vice President, New Media,
Discovery Mobile
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Mr Thomas Husson,
Mobile Analyst, WIRELESS,
Jupiter Research
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 Mr Stefan Jenzowsky,
Vice President, Business Innovations,
Siemens
Stefan studied Communication Science and Psychology at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Currently, Stefan works as a scientist at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, teaching media psychology, media and advertising effects, and entertainment research. Since 1999, Stefan has been working as Transformation Manager at
Siemens ICN Business Transformation Partners, Munich, where he was involved in projects such as ICN ShareNet, the e-ICN Electronic Business Transformation Program, and innovation management projects for Siemens ICN.GmbH, Kiel for projects such as advertising strategy and strategic branding. Since 2001, Stefan is responsible for Business Innovation within Siemens Com Strategy.
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Mr Jonathan Jowitt,
Head of Multimedia Development, OMO,
Orange
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 Mr Olivier Laury,
Director of Content, Services, Mobile Multimedia & i-mode,
Bouygues Telecom
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Rob Lewis,
Director,
Omnifone Ltd
After reading Economics at Jesus College, Cambridge Rob Lewis founded Business & Technology Magazine (later sold to Dennis Publishing and now part of Computer Weekly). He then co-founded the successful internet software developer Cromwell Media (sold to InterX for £850m in March 2000) and was founder CEO of Silicon.com (sold to NASDAQ-listed CNET Networks) and its sister companies Paris-based Silicon.fr and Munich-based Silicon.de. He is a Founding Director of Omnifone, which builds full music download focused mobile phone applications for a number of major mobile network operators globally. Lewis is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and sits on the boards of a wide range of early stage and technology companies as a non executive director.
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Toby Lewis,
Founder and editor of the Music Ally Report,
MusicAlly
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William Linders,
Executive Director, Digital Media,
Endemol
William joined Endemol International in Hilversum as International Operations Manager in October 2000. He was responsible for the implementation of interactive projects all over the Endemol globe. Successful achievements included the rolling out of Interactive TV, multi-platform interactive applications for global phenomenon Big Brother and 1 vs 100, Endemol’s international interactive game show.
In August 2002, William became Director Business Development at Endemol Digital Media, focussing on the creation and support of new interactive concepts across the Endemol group.
William Linders was appointed Executive Director Digital Media in 2003. In this position William oversees the single integrated operation responsible for the exploitation of Endemol’s entertainment brands across as many media as possible.
In its Digital Media exploitation, Endemol focuses on three areas: Participation TV, Brand Exploitation and Tailor Made Content.
Participation TV, formerly known as Call TV, is currently on air in more than 20 countries. Brand Exploitation uses TV brands across digital media channels, such as voting, Java games and ringtones. Tailor Made Content exists of new business lines aiming at creating and producing
stand-alone channels, examples include FanTesstic - Endemol’s multimedia action series for MMS telephones.
William Linders started his career in the entertainment industry at Dutch telecommunications company KPN Telecom as Marketing & Sales Manager for KPN Callfactory, the department responsible for entertainment projects.
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 Christian Lindholm,
Vice President, Global Mobile Products,
Yahoo!
Christian Lindholm is the Vice President of Global Mobile Products for Yahoo!, leading the development of all mobile products and services for the company. As a visionary creator of software based products with extensive experience in the development of compelling user experiences, Christian is tasked with ensuring Yahoo! creates compelling mobile services for consumers. The mobile team at Yahoo! is focused on extending the company’s core services beyond the desktop and offering engaging services with leading wireless providers.
Prior to joining Yahoo!, Christian worked at Nokia for ten years in a variety of roles. Most recently he was the Director of Multimedia Applications for the Nokia Ventures Organization. In this role he led the team which created the Nokia Lifeblog, a multimedia diary that enables users to seamlessly enjoy, share, keep, and find personal content on their phone, PC and share content via blogs on Internet or Flickr.
Previously at Nokia, Christian served as the Director of User Interface. In this role, he introduced managed the companies vision, strategy and design of the user interfaces. He is the father of the Nokia Series 60 user interface and the inventor of the world’s easiest and most one of the most deployed user interface for mobile phones, the Navi-key user interface, having had more than 400 million users world-wide. He holds several patents in both software and hardware concepts.
Christian is the co-author of Mobile Usability, a well-known book that gives developers a broader understanding of the Nokia user interface philosophy. He also maintains an active and well-known personal blog at www.christianlindholm.com
Christian has a Master of Economics from the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki and has completed one year of post graduate research at London Business School. He is fluent in Swedish, Danish, Finnish and English and speaks some French. He and his wife reside in London, England with their two children.
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Steve Mayall,
Director,
MusicAlly
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 Michelle McKenzie,
Senior Analyst,
Ovum
Michele Mackenzie is a Senior Analyst and Service Manager for the WirelessMultimedia@Ovum advisory service which offers strategic advice to over 50 clients. Michele has over seven years experience in the telecoms industry, specialising in mobile communications and wireless Internet. As Service Manager for WirelessMultimedia@Ovum Michele is responsible for developing the service to cover emerging wireless data services and ensuring that we deliver in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis to our clients.
In addition to her management responsibilities Michele is a Senior Analyst with topic expertise in the areas of wireless content and entertainment. Recent projects include:
- Personalisation and wireless music services (2004)
- Digital Rights Management (2003)
- Wireless ASPs and the content value chain (2003)
- Wireless multimedia connections and revenues forecasts (ongoing)
Prior to joining WirelessMultimedia@Ovum, Michele worked for Ovum's wireless consulting group as a Senior Consultant where she managed and provided strategic advice on a number of projects including working with ASETA (Asociación de Empresas de Telecomunicaciones de la Comunidad Andina) to manage a 3G public consultation process for the Venezuelan telecommunications regulator, CONATEL, and conducting competitor analysis for a global messaging vendor, evaluating the major vendors in the SMS and Multi Media Messaging markets.
Michele has spoken at a number of industry events on the wireless multimedia topic area.
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 Herbert Mittermayr,
Vice President Marketing,
Alcatel
Herbert Mittermayr is VP Marketing of Alcatel Mobile Broadcast, Alcatel’s internal venture dedicated to “Unlimited Mobile TV for Mass Market”.
Previously, Herbert was Director for Strategy and Innovation in the Mobile Solution Division of the Alcatel’s Mobile Communication Group.
Herbert has more than 10 years of experience in the telecom industry.
He joined Alcatel in 1994 as Head of Business Center Export in Alcatel’s Transmission Division. He held several senior roles Transmission and Application Divisions, including head of the business unit for Convergent Content Applications.
Alcatel’s Mobile Communication brings together the best telecommunications know-how and the best Internet know-how to build the best applications for telecom operators. At the junction of both the telecom and the Internet worlds, Alcatel's vision creates value-added with user-centric end-user applications, next generation switching and OSS/BSS middleware for existing and future networks.
Prior to joining Alcatel, Herbert was Managing Director of Ingenio, a start-up software company, and was Head of a Business Unit within ABB before.
Herbert Mittermayr graduated at Technical University Graz, Austria in Electrical Engineering and Business. He holds a PhD in Measurement Systems.
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Ole Obermann,
European VP Digital Business Development,
Sony BMG
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Graeme Oxby,
Marketing Director,
3
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 André Pagnac,
CEO,
Actimagine
André is a co-founder of Actimagine Corp. which was created in 2003 to conceive, patent and license display software technologies. Prior Actimagine, André spent most of his carrier in software publishing for graphic industries, occupying various executive positions in Europe and Asia. At Actimagine, he established relationships and licensing agreements of Actimagine video codec, most notably with Nintendo Co. Ltd, Fisher-Price or Sony Pictures to deliver AAA rated contents on mobile platforms.
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Roger Parks,
Amdocs
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 Mr Cedric Ponsot,
CEO,
Universal Mobile
As Chief Marketing Officer at SFR from 1997-2000, Cedric was instrumental in the incredible development and growth of the company, notably by launching the first content services on cell phones. In 2000, he participated in the expansion of the Vivendi Universal group in the new technologies domain and was appointed Executive Vice-President Marketing International of Vivendi Universal Net. In 2002 he founded Vivendi Universal Net for Mobile (acquired by Universal Music International in February 2003 and subsequently renamed). In 2003, he was named President of Universal Music Mobile International, which produces and distributes personalization and content services for cell phone users across Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.
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Doug Richard,
BBC Dragon's Den
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Graeme Riddell,
Head of Mobile Data Marketing,
O2
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 Al Russell,
Head of Content and Advanced Messaging,
Vodafone UK Ltd
In his role as Head of Content & Messaging Services, Al is responsible for the management of Vodafone UK’s content and next generation messaging services, which include MMS, Email and Instant Messaging. Prior to joining Vodafone in 2000, Al had a media agency background, involved in the set up of Carat Interactive in 1996. Since joining Vodafone, Al has played a lead role in the delivery of the widely acclaimed mobile portal, Vodafone live! in October 2002. Under his leadership, he has since overseen the launch of Vodafone’s 3G services in November 2004, and more recently the successful launch of mass market Mobile TV in October 2005.
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 Rikko Sakaguchi,
Senior Vice President, Head of Product & Application Planning,
Sony Ericsson
Rikko Sakaguchi is Senior Vice President and Head of Product and Application Planning at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. He is responsible for the creation and development of Sony Ericsson’s entire mobile handset and application portfolio.
Rikko’s inspirational vision for potential consumer requirements has given rise to him being the driving force behind some of the prominent strategic directions within Sony Ericsson. Rikko recognized the value of utilizing the Walkman brand and this vision has produced one of the most successful and identifiable range of music mobile phones for Sony Ericsson. Rikko passionately believes that technically advanced mobile phones should be used to provide the consumer with easy access to a variety of compelling and entertaining content.
Prior to Sony Ericsson, Mr. Sakaguchi spent four years in Sony Corporation’s Global Corporate Development and Strategy where he played an instrumental role in the creation of the Sony Ericsson joint venture.
Mr. Sakaguchi has over twelve years experience in line management positions at Sony. He served as head of sales and marketing for Sony Spain, based in Barcelona from 1994 to 1998. Prior to this, Mr. Sakaguchi held similar positions for Sony in Latin America, Japan and other locations around the world.
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Jessica Sandin,
Senior Consultant,
Fathom
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 Bob Schukai,
Vice President,
Turner Broadcasting
Bob Schukai is vice president of wireless and broadband technologies for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., (TBS, Inc.). In this capacity, he is responsible for global research and development activities for TBS, Inc. in the areas of mobile/wireless, broadband, Internet protocol television (IPTV) and games. Schukai is based in Atlanta and reports directly to Alastair Hamilton, corporate senior vice president of platform research & development and worldwide distribution technology for TBS, Inc.
Prior to joining Turner Broadcasting in early 2005, Schukai spent more than 18 years working for Motorola, Inc., in the United States and United Kingdom. Most recently, he served as director of global 3G strategy and business development for Motorola, overseeing global strategy and business development activities for 3G handsets. While at Motorola, he was also involved in research and development; engineering; design, development and management; and product marketing and strategy.
Schukai holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Arizona State University. He is a 20-year member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a technical and professional association of more than 365,000 individual members in approximately 150 countries. Schukai also represents parent company Time Warner, Inc. in the Open Mobile Alliance broadcast working group, which is tasked with developing globally interoperable standards for mobile telephony.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry.
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Evan Schumacher,
CEO,
Everypoint
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Ralph Simon,
Former Chairman,
Mobile Entertainment Forum, Americas
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Stephen Smyth,
Vice President Mobile & Emerging Media,
Reuters
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 Leslie Sopp,
Director,
Age Concern Research Services
Leslie started his research career at OPCS (now ONS) in the Social Research Division, moving to Consumers’ Association to join the Survey Centre where he became Head of Survey Research in 1990, and Head of Market Research in 1996. He joined the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales as their first Head of Research in 2000, and likewise Age Concern Research Services in 2004.
His role at ACRS is the establishment and development of a knowledge centre and research consultancy about the over 50’s market in the UK, for Age Concern and for commercial and non-commercial organisations. He has conducted a major study of the lives and concerns of older people (‘LifeForce’) and has established an on-going Panel of 10,000 older people (‘50plusview’). He has conducted a perceptual and forecasting study exploring older people’s views on issues and needs now and in 20 year time, which has now been published.
He is a Fellow and elected Council Member of MRS, and is a Director of AURA, the client research users and buyers group, having been Chairman from 2000 – 2004, and Vice-Chairman from 2004-5.
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 Linda Summers,
Head of Strategy,
RedBee Media
Linda is a senior marketing professional with extensive experience in the running of marketing
operations, strategy and business development in the mobile industry. She has worked extensively in the UK, Europe and the Far East.
Recently appointed Head of Strategy for Red Bee Media, she is responsible for shaping the strategic direction of the company. Linda was formerly VP of Group Strategy and Performance Management at O2 and has also worked in senior strategy roles for BT and Cellnet.
As Head of Strategy for Red Bee Media, Linda is responsible for pushing forward the growth of this dynamic company which specialises in creating, delivering, promoting and navigating content on TV, video on demand, broadband, mobile or any other portable device.
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 Clare Tavernier,
Senior Vice President Interactive,
Fremantle Media
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Graham Thomas,
Vice President, Content Services,
T-Mobile
Graham Thomas is Vice-President of Content Services for T-Mobile International. In this role he is responsible for the European consumer marketing of all entertainment and infotainment services within t-zones, T-Mobile’s multimedia service offering. This includes in particular Music, Games and Sports. Recent service launches include Caller Tunes, Mobile Jukebox and Euro 2004.
Previous to T-Mobile, Graham was Vice-President of Strategic Marketing and Content at Cash-U Mobile Technologies Ltd. In this role he was responsible for Cash-U’s marketing activity as well as bringing quality content to the market through relationships in the mobile entertainment industry.
Previous to Cash-U, Graham spent eight years at Nokia Mobile Phones where he was General Manager for Games globally. He founded and managed the games activity for over five years, bringing brands such as Snake and Space Impact to the market on Nokia phones. His team was also responsible for providing the game services in Club Nokia.
Graham was one of the founders and chairman of the Mobile Games Interoperability Forum, which is now the Games Services Working Group in OMA.
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Ignacio Tomé y Vilanova,
Head of Content and Entertainment,
Telefonica Moviles Espana
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 Tom Toumazis,
Executive Vice President & Managing Director,
Buena Vista International Television EMEA
Toumazis is responsible for the activities of BVITV, which licenses The Walt Disney Company's branded and non-branded entertainment to international free and pay TV broadcasters, mobile operators and aggregators. This includes hit live action network series such as ‘Desperate Housewives,’ ‘Lost’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ films from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and Miramax Films, Disney-branded kids programming, ABC News content and reality series/formats. BVITV also services the distribution of the Jetix Europe portfolio of programming. The company licenses over 30,000 hours of content to 1300 broadcasters across 240 territories worldwide.
Tom Toumazis joined BVITV in October 2001 as senior vice president and managing director, EMEA. He became executive vice president in January 2005, reporting directly to Laurie Younger, president, Buena Vista Worldwide Television.
Before joining BVITV, Toumazis was managing director of Emap Advertising, a multi-media group representing consumer magazines, television, radio and the internet. He began his career in ad agency, Royds London, following this with 10 years in ITV sales companies beginning with LWT. In 1993, as deputy managing director of Merlin Broadcast Sales, Toumazis joined Eurosport UK as managing director. After three successful years he returned to UK media, to launch a radio sales division for Emap, called Emap on Air. Toumazis is chair of ChildLine 20, a project dedicated to helping ChildLine raise £3m to answer every call it receives from children and young people in need. Toumazis lives in London, is married and has 3 children.
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 Selma Turajlic,
Head of Interactive Media,
Celador
Selma graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences where she completed a degree in Economics in 1999. Selma started her career working for LastMinute.com as an Entertainment Account Executive, quickly progressing to Music Manager in business development working with key clients Sony Music, AOL and Disney.
In 2001 Selma joined Bustin’ Loose Recordings an independent dance record label as Assistant Label Manager where she was responsible for overall business strategy of the label. She moved to Shazam Entertainment in 2002 where she worked as a Business Development Consultant, working on technology licensing both in UK and the USA and devising distribution strategies. Selma then held the position of Music Supervisor at Classic Film Production S.A.
She joined Celador International in January 2004 as Senior Commercial Manager, Interactive Division and was promoted to Head of Commercial Affairs for the interactive and licensing division in June 2004.
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Gerrit Peter Wahle,
Head of Innovations,
UFA TV und Film Production
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 Mr Nicholas Wheeler,
Managing Director,
ITN On
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 Eden Zoller,
Principal Analyst,
Ovum
Eden is a Principal Analyst with Ovum's consumer group practice. A key focus is strategic analysis of the wireless market, with particular expertise in enhanced content and messaging services, mobile marketing and next-generation device/platforms. Eden also covers fixed broadband content, convergence, home networking, and is building Ovum's expertise in partner relationship management (PRM) and customer relationship management (CRM).
Eden is the lead author of a number of reports and recent ones include Next-generation devices: the impact of convergence, Regulating and controlling access to Internet content, Partner relationship management: best practices and CRM for mobile operators.
In addition, Eden has managed high-level consultancy projects focused on providing strategic advise and market intelligence.
Eden's knowledge of the wireless market means she is a frequent speaker at conferences and is regularly called upon by the media for comments on industry events.
Prior to joining Ovum in 1998, Eden was editor for a number of respected industry publications, including Informa's Mobile Communications International and the former Financial Times newsletters FT Telecom Markets and FT Mobile Communications.
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