• OperatorOperator
  • PanelPanel
  • Handset VendorHandset Vendor
  • Developer ViewDeveloper View
  • SpeechSpeech
  • 3D3D
  • GestureGesture
  • TouchTouch
  • 08.30

    • Networking Coffee Break & Exhibition Visit

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  • 09.00

    • Chairs’ Welcome and Introduction

    Andreas Constantinou, Research Director, VisionMobile
  • Topic

    • KEYNOTE: BUILDING THE USER EXPERIENCE

  • 09.10

    • Delivering A Great User Experience with the Smartphone

    Philip Blair, Product Director, HTC Europe, UK

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    • The user experience of the smartphone
    • Tailoring winning propositions for consumers and professionals
  • 09.35

    • Handset Usability: Out With The Old, In With The New

  • Richard Kramer, Managing Director, Arete Research, UK
  • Brett Simpson, Director, Arete Research, UK

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    • Is any this stuff going to work, and who makes money out of it? A review of the convergence value-chain to assess where the largest opportunities lie?
    • Is any this stuff going to work, and who makes money out of it? A review of the convergence value-chain to assess where the largest opportunities lie?
    • Who really understands how to build customer loyalty? Who has scale and can build solid links between device software platforms, third party application developers and data services?
    • The Wish List: five things the industry must change to realise success here
  • 10.00

    • The Experiences of 3 Group Introducing Different Versions of Skype on Mobile

  • Carl Taylor, Director of Applications and Services, Global Technology Strategy, HutchisonWhampoa Europe, UK

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    • Features
    • The Skype User Interface
    • Design and Test
    • User feedback and iterative development
  • 10.25

    • Networking Coffee Break and Exhibition Visit

  • Topic

    • INVESTIGATING THE DIFFERING UI INPUT AND OUTPUT TECHNOLOGIES

  • 11.00

    • Delivering Innovations in Input Methods

  • William Clement, EMEA Mobile Marketing Head, Nuance Communications,

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    • How to make handset user experience more compelling
    • Easy-to-use solutions to increase productivity and delivery of information
  • 11.25

    • 3D, and Other New Trends, With a Purpose – Not just for the Sake of It

  • Fredrik Ademar, CTO, The Astonishing TribeSweden

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    • How will 3D improve the user experience
    • Mobile interaction using haptics
    • Effectively differentiating between what just looks nice and what is useful
    • Examining current handset evolution and the benefits they will bring
  • 11.50

    • Gestural Interfaces Delivering a User Friendly Gesture Based Interface

    Francis MacDougall, Founder and CTO, GestureTek, USA

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    • Developing gesture based interfaces to deliver a good user experience
    • Effectively working with operators, developers and mobile device manufacturers
  • 12.15

    • Touch and Proximity Sensing – An Innovative Way for Users to Interact with their Device

    Gopal Garg, Senior Vice President of the Handheld Business Unit, Synaptics, USA

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    • Delivering touch, proximity and gestural solutions to enhance the user experience
  • 12.40

    • More Than The Sum Of The Parts: Combining UI Technologies for a Superior User Experience

  • David Lock, VP Europe, Vuzix
  • Terence Warmbier, Director of Business Development, Immersion Corporation, Europe

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    • Using platform technologies (such as haptics) broadly and consistently throughout UI features and applications
    • Choosing UI capabilities to align with the operator brand experience
    • How UI technologies and multisensory interfaces can be combined technically, aesthetically, ergonomically
    • The roles of technology providers, handset OEMs, and wireless operators in optimizing the user experience
    • Guiding principles for combining I/O technologies and capabilities
  • 13.10

    • Networking Lunch Break and Exhibition Visit

  • Topic

    • THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF UI TECHNOLOGY, DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING MOBILE PHONES FOR THE USER EXPERIENCE

  • 14.10

    • Latest Developments in UI

  • Amir Fridman, Director of Marketing Strategy - Mobile Handset Vendor Division, SanDisk
  • 14.40

    • Organisation Insight: Case Study BONDI Mobile Web Initiative

  • Tim Haysom, CMO, OMTP

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    • Providing consistent and secure web services across multiple platforms, devices and operators
  • 15.10

    • Simplifying the Application Framework - Less is More : The Advent of the Simple Phone

  • Adrien Pitrat, Usability Expert, Bouygues Telecom, France

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    • Case study : The MMS
    • Simplification through multimodality
    • Simplification through LBS
    • Is there a limit to the number of features a cell phone can offer?
  • 15.40

    • Networking Coffee Break

  • 16.05

    • Organisation Update: Enhancing the User Experience with Mobile Device Management

  • Kevin Holley, Chair, Technical Plenary, OMA

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    • Current Issues Facing the Industry
    • Current Specifications from OMA DM
    • OMA DM Pipeline
  • 16.35

    • How to Build a User Friendly “Intuitive” Consumer Product?

  • Alan Duric, CTO, Telio, Norway
  • Norbert Metzner, Managing Partner, UI Consulting

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    • What does it mean to build a friendly UI and how can this be done?
    • How do muscle memory, mental models, spatial relations and schemata play a role in user interface design?
    • What is the psychology behind the differing UI
    • What are the Input and output methods and ergonomic considerations
    • What are the application development considerations?
    • What are the hardware considerations?
  • 17.05

    • End of Conference