SVForum Marketing Event: What's Hot, What's Not - in Mobile Marketing November 14, 2011

eMarketer forecasts that advertisers will spend nearly $1.23 billion on mobile advertising this year in the US, up from $743 million last year and set to reach almost $4.4 billion by 2015. Let's look at new and evolving opportunities in mobile marketing from several the eyes of several professionals: entrepreneur (Shawn Foust), consultant (Clark Dodsworth), academic (Richard Dasher), and creative mentor (Consuelo Griego). Moderated by Giovanni Rodriguez, Deloitte consultant and Forbes contributor who advises businesses and governments on the cloud, mobile and social technologies.

About Our Panel:
-Giovanni Rodriguez, (Moderator) Chief Marketing, Deloitte Postdigital Enterprise, Deloitte Consulting
A regular contributor to Forbes.com, author, and public speaker, Giovanni Rodriguez is chief marketing and strategy officer for Deloitte Postdigital Enterprise where he is helping to build new services in the digital/social/mobile arena.

-Richard Dasher, China Mobile Series Director, Consulting Professor, Stanford University
Richard maintains an active business consulting practice on Japan market entry and performance improvement. Among other projects, he on the board of ZyCube in Japan and advises start-ups in the U.S. and China.

-Clark Dodsworth, Owner, Osage Associates Consulting
Clark Dodsworth is a product and innovation strategist, developing software and devices that require a quality user experience and context awareness. His work is founded on human-centered design.

-Shawn Foust, CEO, Illuminous
Shawn Foust is the CEO of a stealth startup focusing on mobile social networks. In addition, he sits on the board of advisers of a number of early stage companies including Hot Shot Media, 5th Planet Games, Concept Art House, and Oooii.Realtime.

-Consuelo Griego,Principal, Consuelo and Associates
Consuelo Griego leads a user engagement consultancy focused on turning good ideas into value added apps.

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