(keitai-l) Mobile Content Forum Seminar Tomorrow (Tues 10/3)

From: Giles Richter, WestCyber Corp. <richter_at_westcyber.com>
Date: 10/02/00
Message-ID: <000901c02c9b$5b8575c0$6c2bd8cb@com.gol.com>
Hi all,

Thought this would be interested to everybody, even if you you cannot
attend - apologies for the cross-posting

-Giles



MOBILE CONTENT FORUM

www.mcf.to

MONTHLY SEMINAR SERIES

Tuesday October 3, 2000

1:00-7:30 pm

"Oh-iso" Room, 17th floor, New Tower, Shinagawa Prince Hotel

(Registration and admission fee information follows program)

                                                       Japan's Mobile
Internet Today and the Future of Mobile Content Businesses


=PROGRAM=

12:30 Meeting space opens, admission begins

13:00-13:40    "How mobile internet is changing our lifestyles and
workstyles: a look at today and tomorrow"

Kazushi Ohnuma
Editor-in-Chief
Mobile Media Magazine

<http://www.c-media.com/>

Mr. Ohnuma will offer his perspective on how Japan's explosive mobile
businesses are changing is the way people live and work.  He will conclude
with an analysis of the future
implications of 3G mobile phone technologies.

<10 minute break>


13:50-14:30 Mobile Network Games and the systems required to
deliver them: state of the art and future prospects

Hideki MORI
Vice President & Director
Dwango Co., Ltd.
   
<http://www.dwango.co.jp/>

Producer of some of Japan's best known mobile games, such as "Crazy about
Fishing" (Tsuribaka kibun) and the multiplayer interactive game, "Battle
Tokyo 23" (Batoru Tokyo
23), Mr. Mori will present on his company's services and the features that
have made them so successful.

<10 minute break>


14:40-15:20    Voltage's plans for mobile content: from the
internet novel RPG to multi-player games

President
Voltage Inc.
Yuji TSUYANI

<http://www.voltage.co.jp/>

<10 minute break>
            
15:30-16:10    Current advertising on i-mode and future
directions: mobile banner advertising and the development of new services 
  

Akihisa Fujita
President
D2 Communications

<http://www.d2c.co.jp/>

Founded as a company devoted exclusively to mobile advertising, D2 will
speak on its advertising banners and other ad services for mobile platforms.

<10 minute break>
           
16:20-17:00    @nifty's mobile internet services

Naoji IZAKI
Manager
Service Planning Division    

<http://www.nifty.com/mobile/>

Mr. Izaki will present on "Mobile@nifty," @nifty's 3rd party billing
platform service for non-official mobile internet content providers, as well
as @nifty's other initiatives in the
mobile space.

<10 minute break>

17:10-17:50    Latest developments in MMDS music streaming
services for mobile: from trial testing to the rollout of commercial service

Dr. Kuniaki NAOI
Chief, Music Information Section
Mobile Media Business Division
NTT DoCoMo

<http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/new/contents/00/whatnew0127a.html>

With an eye to the future delivery of multimedia content using 3G
technologies, Mr. Naoi of NTT DoCoMo will present on MMDS, the music
delivery system already in trial
testing on PHS produced by NTT DoCoMo.

18:00-19:30    Reception with food and drink in "Kyoto" Room of
New Tower, Shinagawa Prince Hotel (Pregistration requested) - see below

 
NOTE: Seminar and presentation materials in Japanese only. No interpreting
will be provided.

Pregistration (see below) by email requested: mailto:seminar@mcf.co

Place:   Shinagawa Prince Hotel (1 minute walk from JR Shinagawa station)
Map: http://www.princehotels.co.jp/shinagawa/kotu.html (Japanese)

Directions: Take JR to Shinagawa station, exit via Takanawa exit.  Cross the
street, and you should see the 39-story New  Tower to your left.  Enter the
building via the Wing
Takanawa shopping center before you and follow the path through the garden
to the New Tower.

Shinagawa Prince Hotel information: 3440-1111

Seminar room:
"Oh-iso" Room, 17th floor, New Tower, Shinagawa Prince Hotel

Reception room:
"Kyoto" Room, 15th floor, New Tower, Shinagawa Prince Hotel

Admission fees:

Seminar fee:
JAIPA、AMD、or MCF members:  free
General admission: 10,000 yen

Reception Fee:

JAIPA、AMD、or MCF members: 3,000 yen
General admission:    6,000 yen

Seminar and Reception:
JAIPA、AMD、and MCF members  3,000 yen
General admission (non-members) 15,000 yen


PREREGISTRATION REQUESTED

To preregister, please copy and fill in the following preregistration
information and send to: seminar@mcf.to

Company Name<>
Division< >
Position/title< >
Tel<>
Fax<>
Email<>

Please specify:
(  )  JAIPA, AMD, or MCF Member
(  )  Non-member (General admission)

Will attend
(  )  Seminar and reception
(  ) Seminar only
(  ) Reception only

Other inquiries (in English or Japanese):  international@mcf.to

The October MCF Monthly Seminar is being co-hosted by the following three
organizations:

Japan Internet Providers Association (JAIPA)
<http://www.jaipa.org>

Association of Media in Digital
(AMD)
<http://www.amd.or.jp>

Mobile Content Forum (MCF)
<http://www.mcf.to>





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Received on Mon Oct 2 05:59:59 2000