Mobile Monday Global Summit 2008                                                                                                                           

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

With bags packed and tickets booked, delegates left their home cities and converged in Kuala Lumpur for this year's MobileMonday Global Summit. Over 850 local and international delegates attended  this year's global summit. Not bad for a growth story, considering that "MoMo" regulars met at Molly Malone's Pub in Helsinki during its early years.  Sunday, 18 May 2008 saw the start of the Global Summit with a closed door event of the Founders Meeting wherein various issues at chapter and global levels were discussed. Also taking place in conjunction with the prestigious summit was the Global Peer Awards Ceremony which ran parallel to the Founders meet. There were 6 finalists and the following 3 emerged winners:

· Bui Quang Huy from Viettel,Vietnam with his application Rusal Information Services

· M.Thiyagarajan from Motvik, India, with his application Wwigo

· Melvin Wong from Just Mobile, Malaysia with his application Emperor Quest. 

The Founders were later invited guests at the official opening cocktail of WCIT 2008 hosted by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Monday 19^th May was the official opening of the MobileMonday Global Summit 2008 at the Kuala Lumppur Convemtion Centre. MobileMonday CEO Jari Tammisto said at the opening that from 4 chapters in 2005 today MobileMonday has close to 70 chapters around the globe.  MobileMonday is a global community of over 70,000 mobile industry visionaries and developers, and has generated genuine business alliances through cooperative relationships with mobile operators globally since its birth in 2000 in Finland. The global summit was officially launched by H.E. Mr Lauri Korpinen, Ambassador of Finland accompanied by Y Bhg Dato' Badlisham Ghazali, CEO, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) Malaysia,  Y Bhg Dato' Veerasingam, Patron of MITIB, MobileMonday CEO Jari Tammisto, Chairman of Mobile Monday Kuala Lumpur, Dr. Arun Kumar, and co-founder of Mobile Monday Kuala Lumpur, Ram G were present for the opening session. At the opening Ram G said, "local companies, be it small or large, will be able to learn and showcase their innovations, share visions and ideas and exchange concepts, technologies and know-how with the key players of the world". Ram G also added that Asia would be the centre of the mobile revolution. Much of the most exciting developments in the mobile industry are happening in Asia. Some of the fastest networks, coolest and greatest services are to be found here in Asia. Kuala Lumpur is one of the regional capitals of the mobile industry with some of the most dynamic companies.

The full day Global Summit was open to the public and had 8 panel sessions in addition to 3 keynote addresses. Those who attended had an opportunity to hear 38 power packed speakers who were experts in their areas of practise both from within Malaysia and international representative who shared their experiences, knowledge and visions to a full house audience. The panel sessions revolved around various themes such as Innovation Content & Applications, Mobile Finance / Payments, Mobile Education, Mobile Games / TV / Mobile Music / Mobile News, Mobile Marketing & Branding Mobile Retail – Shopping on the Move, Mobile Best Practices / The VC Perspective and many more.  These sessions studied and discussed future mobile phone usage trends and addressed challenges and identified new business opportunities. It also went on further to see best practices in the mobile industry and VC perspectives on what they are looking at and how can company seeking funding show the ROI on the VC investment. The closing ceremony was graced by the dancers from Tourism Malaysia who showcased cultural extravaganza.

On Tuesday 20 May 2008,  the Founders did a day trip to Melaka with some sight seeing and a business lunch on their agenda hosted by Tourism Malaysia and the Melaka State Government. The closing event was a cocktail in the evening kindly hosted by  101 Degrees East -Tobacconist Lounge & Bar at Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. Founders from the various chapters globally, MSC companies and guests attended the said event. 

The presentations of the speakers and the video of the summit is being uploaded to the site and most of it will be available by mid June to all at www.globalsummit.mobilemonday.com.my.