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Stephen Randall
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| Stephen Randall has been a leading mobile computing entrepreneur for over 15 years. He is founder and chief executive of LocaModa Inc., a technology company extending the reach of place based social media to millions of mobile consumers in thousands of locations. Prior to LocaModa, he was a founder of Symbian, the world’s leading mobile operating system provider with over 200 million units shipped across approximately 250 different phone models. Stephen served on Symbian’s Operational Board from 1998 to 2002. Prior to Symbian, Stephen was the architect of Psion PLC’s licensing strategy where he restructured the company to form Psion Software, which as Joint President, he helped build into the global licensing business that was spun out to form Symbian. During that period, he also served as the Chairman of The Ambient Computing Working Group, advising the European Parliament on roadmaps for pervasive computing. He was also a founder of pen-based computing company, Eden Group, which was acquired by Geoworks. Before venturing into mobile computing, Stephen had a career in music technology, developing the world’s first digital guitar, for which he received a British Design Award from HRH Prince Phillip.
ABOUT LOCAMODA
LocaModa turns screens that people normally ignore into screens they can't resist. By connecting digital networks with social media and mobile messaging, we enable over 100,000,000 people a month to interact with their environments in thousands of venues and high-traffic public spaces in ways never before possible. Our cross-channel platform combines the reach of television with the interactivity and measurability of the web. LocaModa is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. |
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Ivan Franco, Research & Development Director, YDreams
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Ivan Franco is the Director of Research and Development at YDreams: a Portuguese company that has been developing Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and mobile applications since 2000. Ivan’s work has delved into ubiquitous computing, interactive installations, and opportunities for rethinking User Experience and Electronic Arts. He has a background in Engineering with a Masters in Digital Arts.
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Mike Fisher, Convergence and New Technologies Consultant, Futuresource Consulting
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Mike has been with Futuresource Consulting for almost ten years, in this
time primarily focusing on the b2b display industry. With a wide range
of executive level industry contacts and full visibility of vendor
developments, channel segmentation, positioning and end-user usage
scenarios, Mike is able to add value to a whole host of blue chip
clients in the b2b display area.
Mike's specific expertise focuses on the areas of business to business display markets, IT in education, and
channel segmentation, and he is recognised as an international authority
in this space.
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Eric Gehl, Chief Operating Officer, Total Immersion
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Before joining Total Immersion taking over a COO position, Eric Gehl served during 15 years in various executive and operational roles in the Telecommunications industry. He started his career at Munich-based Siemens AG where he gained technical and multi-cultural experience from managing Mobile Network projects in countries like Morocco, Vietnam, Mexico, Sweden and USA to name but a few. He joined in 2001, Steleus SA a performance management company located in Lyon where he took over the President position before relocating to the US managing the Communication Software Solutions Group division at Tekelec Inc as President & General Manager.
Eric Gehl is a graduate in Optoelectronics and Computer Sciences from the University of Metz and furthered his education to include a BSc in Electrical engineering from the French-German Institute of Technology & Business.
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Where & When |
Free to attend show
floor theatre
May 6th
Earls Court, London
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Subjects Covered : |
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Is gestural signage simply fashionable or does it offer real user benefits and commercial opportunity?
What is augmented reality and how will it influence our media consumption out of the home?
When screens are not screens: the impact of OLED, E-paper and 3D screens on the user experience and their interrelations with the built environment in creating immersive experiences
Screens in magazines, screens on people, screens on bus shelters, screens in golf buggies and set into floors. Where do we go next? |
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