Global Mobile Internet Conference
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The Global Mobile Internet Conference is hosted annually in Beijing and Silicon Valley. Mobile executives, entrepreneurs, developers, and investors from around the globe and across platforms attend GMIC each year.
History
The first annual Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) was hosted in Beijing, China, April 23-25, 2009. The conference was organized by GWC to increase the dialogue between mobile internet companies in China and Japan. GWC was founded the previous year when a group of China-based mobile internet executives and entrepreneurs traveled to Japan to meet business partners. At this time, they recognized the opportunities for Japan-based companies to expand its business in China, and China-based companies to learn the new trends of the industry.
As of GMIC 2013, GMIC hosts tens of thousands of attendees from more than 60 countries.
GMIC Iterations
- May 26-28, 2010. Beijing, China
- April 26-28, 2011. Beijing, China
- May 9-11, 2012. Beijing, China
- October 19-20, 2012. San Jose, California
- May 7-8, 2013. Beijing, China
- October 21-23, 2013. San Francisco, California
- May 5-6, 2014. Beijing, China
GMIC Venues
- Beijing, China: China National Convention Center
- San Francisco, California: Moscone South
Speakers
Previous GMIC Silicon Valley speakers
- Akira Morikawa, CEO, Line
- Andrew Ng, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Coursera
- Anthony Reynold, SVP, SAP
- Dave McClure, Managing Partner, 500 Startups
- Dave Roberts, CEO, PopCap Games
- Robert Xiao, CEO, Perfect World
- Ed Fries, Co-Creator, Xbox
- Fay Arjomandi, CEO, Vodafone xone
- Hugo Barra, VP, Xiaomi Global
- Lei Jun, CEO, Xiaomi
- Mark Shuttleworth, Founder, Ubuntu & Canonical
- Martin Lau, President, Tencent
- Paul Graham, Partner, Y-Combinator
- Pavel Durov, Founder, VK & Telegram
- Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote
- Rob Chandhok, President QIP, Qualcomm
- Vaughan Smith, VP, Facebook
- Yu Yongfu, CEO, UCWeb
- Yuri Milner, Founder, DST Global
Previous GMIC Beijing Speakers
China
- Pony Ma, CEO, Tencent
- Robin Li, CEO, Baidu
- Charles Chao, CEO, Sina
- Joe Wu, CEO, 91 Mobile
- Lei Jun, CEO, Xiaomi
- Yu Yongfu, CEO, UCWeb
- Xu Xiaoping, Founder, Zhenfund Ventures
- Yang Yuanqing, CEO, Lenovo
India
- Abhinav Mathur, CTO, Spice Mobility
- Naveen Tewari, CEO, InMobi
Indonesia
- Danny Wirianto, CEO, Mindtalk
- Martin Hartano, CEO, GDP Ventures
Japan
Korea
USA
- David Roberts, CEO, Popcap Games
- Joff Redfern, VP, LinkedIn
- Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote
- Sanjay Poonen, President, SAP
- Connie Chan, Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Finland
- Marc Dillon, CEO, Jolla
- Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle, Rovio
Sweden
- Niklas Zennstrom, Founder, Skype
Australia
- Phil Larsen, CMO, Halfbrick (Fruit Ninja)
Show Highlights
According to its website [1], GMIC highlights how mobile technology is changing every industry including advertising, education, finance, health, gaming, and marketing. As such it has organized tracks including: m-health, m-marketing, m-education, m-next, MoBiz.
GMIC highlights mobile app developers and startups through its competitions: G-Startup, appAttack, and Global Game Stars.
Headlines from GMIC
GMIC Silicon Valley 2013
- CIO Ex-Googler Hugo Barra gushes over Chinese Xiaomi's fanboys
- CIO 'Russian Facebook' CEO Durov disses Zuckerberg, but loves Edward Snowden
- Forbes Here's Where Teens Are Going Instead Of Facebook
- TechCrunch Y Combinator Startups Now Have A Combined Valuation Of $13.7 Billion, Up $2 Billion Since June
GMIC Beijing 2013
- TechCrunch: Evernote, Now With 4M Users In China, Aims For Enterprises With Yinxiang Biji Business
- TechCrunch: Eyeing $4.5B In Sales This Year, Phone Maker Xiaomi Looks To Emulate A 340-Year-Old Chinese Medicine Company
- BusinessWeek: Angry Birds TV Streaming to an IPad Near You
- Engadget: Jolla's Marc Dillon teases world's first Sailfish device, confirms launch in a couple of weeks
- WSJ: Foreign Tech Companies Changing Tune on China
- Financial Times: Chinese mobile browser eyes global markets