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Itinerary

Event: Mobile World Congress

My role: insider who is outsider ;)

10:00 - Start - by car: Djurdjevac - Zagreb
Parking lot: friends house
13:00 - Zagreb airport Pleso - coffee
15:15 - flight Zagreb - Vienna
19:45 - flight Vienna - Barcelona
Arrival: Terminal 1- at 22:10
23:00 Checking-in at Catalonia Albinoni


***** Zagreb to Barcelona *****

Flight 1 Monday, February 15, 2010

Departure: 15:15 Zagreb, Croatia - Pleso
Arrival: 16:20 Vienna, Austria - Vienna International
Airline: Croatia Airlines OU5440 e
Aircraft: Canadair Regional Jet
Operated by Austrian

Change of plane required. Time between flights = 3:25.

Flight 2 Monday, February 15, 2010

Departure: 19:45 Vienna, Austria - Vienna International
Arrival: 22:10 Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona, terminal 1
Airline: Austrian OS395 e
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Operated by Tyrolean Airways

Hotel


THE CATALONIA ALBINONI IS LOCATED IN PORTAL DE L*ANGEL, A WIDE PEDESTRIAN AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IN THE CENTRE OF BARCELONA, JUST A FEW STEPS FROM PLACA CATALUNYA AND THE CATHEDRAL. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE LIST OF THE CITY. THE HOTEL STILL PRESERVES ITS ORIGINAL NEOCLASSICAL FACADE, WHICH FEATURES ROMANTIC AND BAROQUE MOTIFS. THE ENTRY HALL LEADS US TO THE INTERIOR COURTYARD WHERE WE CAN ADMIRE THE ORIGINAL MARBLE STAIRCASE. *** BREAKFAST IS AVAILABLE AT A COST OF 15 EUROS *** THIS PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN 1998 AMENITIES- AIR CONDITION - GST RMS SATELLITE TELEVISION ALARM CLOCK DIRECT DIAL TELEPHONE HAIRDRYER IN ROOM TELEVISION IN - ROOM SAFE TEMPERATURE CONTROL MINI BAR **FEES MAY APPLY TO ABOVE AMENITIES**

Conference: OnMedia 2010. - New York City

OnMedia NYC is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the global advertising and media establishment.
This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities in the marketing, branding, advertising, and public relations industries.

Who Attends

Seven hundred technology, media and advertising CEOs, business development officers, media buyers, venture-capital and private-equity investors, and leading members of the press and blogging community will attend OnMedia. More than 20,000 webcast viewers from more than 100 countries will also tune in and interact with the program. Executives attend OnMedia to identify and debate emerging trends, build high-level relationships, and create new business opportunities.

OnMedia 2010 Speaker Line-up

• Mark Cuban, Chairman, HDNet & Owner, Dallas Mavericks
• Walt Frazier, Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee & Commentator, MSG
• Jon Miller, Chief Digital Officer, News Corporation
• Jim Lanzone, CEO, Clicker
• Avner Ronen, CEO, Boxee
• Peter Hirshberg, Co-founder & Chairman, The Conversation Group
• Fred Graver, Founder of iLarious & Award-winning TV Writer
• Jay MacDonald, Partner, DeSilva + Phillips
• Ryan Steelberg, CEO, Brand Affinity Technologies
• Craig Roah, Founder & COO, Rubicon Project
• Paul Palmieri, CEO, Millennial Media
• Quincy Smith, Partner, Code Advisors
• Dave Morgan, CEO, Simulmedia
• Tim Cadogan, CEO, OpenX
• Jessica Vascellaro, Reporter, Wall Street Journal
• Greg Coleman, President & Chief Revenue Officer, Huffington Post
• Steven Kydd, Executive Vice President, Demand Media
• Gilbert Fuchsberg, President, Skiff
• Ken Krick, Partner, KPMG
• Iain Scholnick, CEO, Imagespan
• Sam Angus, Partner, Fenwick & West
• Bob Davis, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
• Alan Patricof, Founder & Managing Director, Greycroft Partners
• Michael Greeley, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
• Andy Goldfarb, Executive Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners
• David Kirkpatrick, Senior Editor, Internet & Technology, Fortune
• Eric Wheeler, CEO, 33Across
• Tom Phillips, CEO, Media6Degrees
• Jessica Schell, SVP, NBC Universal
• Dan Rose, VP Business Development & Monetization, Facebook
• Jay Hallberg, CEO, Spiceworks
• Drew Stein, COO, IMO Entertainment
• Brian O'Kelley, CEO, AppNexus
• Lexi Reese, Director Content Network, Google
• Rajeev Goel, CEO, PubMatic
• Amiad Solomon, CEO, Peer39
• Mike Monahan, Partner, KPMG
• David Pakman, Partner, Venrock
• Ian Sigalow, Principal, Greycroft Partners
• Warren Lee, Venture Partner, Canaan Partners
• Amish Jani, Managing Director, FirstMark Capital
• Bo Yaghmaie Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish
• Jai Haissman, CEO, Affective Interfaces
• Konrad Feldman, CEO, Quantcast
• Steve Goldman, CEO, Ace Metrix
• Eric Best, CEO, Mercent
• Joe Zawadzki, CEO, MediaMath
• Jon Carson, CEO, BiddingForGood.com
• Brian Hughes, Partner, KPMG
• Carol Cone, Chairman & Founder, Cone
• Joe Marchese, President & Founder, SocialVibe
• Atul Bagga, VP, ThinkEquity
• Nir Eyal, CEO, AdNectar
• Kevin Xu, COO, IGG
• Mitch Davis, CEO, Live Gamer
• Alex St. John, President & CTO, hi5
• Peter Kafka, Senior Editor, All Things Digital, Wall Street Journal
• Bill Rusitzky, Head Strategic Alliances Group, Adobe
• Bryan Perez, SVP & GM of Digital, NBA
• Jason Glickman, CEO, Tremor Media
• Joy Marcus, U.S. Head, DailyMotion
• Ron Yekutiel, CEO, Kaltura
• Doug Scott, President, OgilvyEntertainment
• Michael Siegenthaler, Director, MSN Branded Entertainment & Experiences Team, Microsoft
• Jordan Levin, CEO, Generate
• Lisa Stone, CEO, BlogHer
• Janet Cullum, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish
• Sergio Monsalve, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners
• Richard de Silva, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
• Gerry Campbell, CEO, Collecta
• Sean Morgan, CEO, Critical Media
• Mike Kwatinetz, General Partner, Azure Capital
• Victor Boyajian, Global Chair, Sonnenschein Venture Technology Group
• Rick Heitzmann, Managing Director, FirstMark Capital
• Satya Patel, Partner, Battery Ventures
• Woody Benson, Partner, Prism VentureWorks
• George John, CEO, RocketFuel
• Greg Stuart, Former CEO, IAB
• Calvin Lui, CEO, Tumri
• Shiv Singh, VP, Razorfish
• Adam Oliveri, MD, Private Company Market, SecondMarket
• Mark Stevens, Partner, Fenwick & West
• Rachel Lam, SVP, Time Warner Ventures
• Joe Josephson, Partner, Union Square Advisors
• John Gardner, Partner, Nokia Growth Partners
• David Horowitz, Managing Director, Comcast Interactive Capital
• Ian Schafer, CEO, Deep Focus & Kristin Ganong, VP, Diageo
• Max Herrnstein, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
• Michael Katz, President & Founder, InterCLICK
• Carl Fremont, EVP & Global Media Director, Digitas
• Michael Barrett, CEO, AdMeld
• Matt Seiler, Global CEO, Universal McCann
• Prashant Nedungadi, CEO, IM Shopping
• Siva Kumar, CEO, TheFind
• Stefan Weitz, Director Bing Search Team, Microsoft
• June Bower, VP Marketing, Cisco
• Jeff Litvack, GM, Mobile & Emerging Products, Associated Press
• Michael Moroney, SVP Digital, TBA Global
• Dave Courtney, CEO, JiWire
• Frank Barbieri, CEO, Transpera
• Tolman Geffs, Managing Director, JEGI
• Jon Hsu, CEO, 24/7 RealMedia & Head B3, WPP
• Omar Tawakol, CEO, BlueKai
• Chad Little, CEO, FetchBack
• Peder Magee, Senior Attorney, Division of Privacy & Identity Protection, FTC
• Jeff Hirsch, CEO, Audience Science

CEO Showcases

• Moshe Vaknin, CEO, Todacell
• Phil Fernandez, CEO, Marketo
• George John, CEO, Rocket Fuel
• Scott Silk, CEO, SeeWhy
• Rahul Sonad, CEO, Geodelic
• Jeff Hirsch, CEO, AudienceScience
• Jaan Janes, CEO, Pulse360
• Oded Itzhak, CEO, AdSide
• Ben Kartzman, CEO, Spongecell
• Kirby Winfield, CRO, AdXpose
• Calvin Lui, CEO, Tumri
• Roger Wood, CEO, OrcaOne
• Jay Kulkarni, CEO, Theorem
• Rajeev Goel, CEO, PubMatic
• Pamela Springer, CEO, Manta Media
• Michael McNabb, CEO, Voyage.tv
• Boris Fridman, CEO, Crisp Wireless
• Michael Lee, CEO, Thoora
• Eric Conn, CEO, Gloto
• Walter Doyle, CEO, uLocate Communications
• Siva Kumar, CEO, TheFind
• George Garrick, CEO, OfferPal Media
• Chris Boone, CEO, Visuvi
• John Federman, CEO, Searchandise Commerce
• Al McGowan, CEO, Redlasso
• Marc Shedroff, VP Partnerships, Cooliris
• John Straw, CEO, Linkdex
• Mark Watkins, CEO, Goby
• Kimbal Musk, CEO, OneRiot
• Christine Marie, CEO,Gingerbread Media
• Bettina Bennett, CEO, WhichBox Media
• Steven Rosenbaum, CEO, Magnify.net
• Dave Otten, CEO, LongTail Video
• Alex Mashinsky, CEO, GroundLink

Mobile User Experience to be debated

People's forum for open, calm discussion. London. Today. Tomorow. No hype.

There is constant need for better mobile interfaces and interaction. People from mobile telecom industry are gathering in London and talk about mobile UIs .
It's the first ''manifesto statement'' I've seen in the mobile space .

Sort of guide and creative thinking highlighting the key issues in mobile user experience. Read a conference blog.