Greetings,

Connected Intelligence is defined by a set of technologies that are going to alter the ecosystem stack of every industry. As a result, the next 10 years will be more disruptive than the previous 100. Amidst this period of synchronous S-curves and overlapping ecosystems, there are new questions that are being raised about the future scenarios, trajectories, alliances and business models.

Over the years, Mobile Future Forward has played a key role in the discussion of opportunities many years before they become mainstream – the mobile data tsunami, the 4th wave, Connected Intelligence, Privacy and Security, IoT and Industrial Automation, AI and Verticals, VR, Cybersecurity, Autonomous, 5G, Edge Internet, and much more.

Mobile Future Forward is about answering questions that have deep strategic and tactical significance with data and insights. It is about getting the right executives and entrepreneurs on the stage and asking the most pertinent questions that matter. That’s what makes the summit unique. This is the reason, over the course of 10 years, the summit has become industry’s premier brainstorming and strategy summit. Our goal is simple – bring together some of the brightest minds in the industry and empower the forum to give you the best insights possible.

I along with our wonderful partners invite you for an extraordinary day of insights, brainstorming, and networking.

Best wishes,
Chetan Sharma

Pioneers and Disruptors

As always, we endeavor to bring together the pioneers and leaders of the industry. We will be discussing following topics and much more. Register today to be part of this extraordinary day of brainstorm, insights and networking.

5G Roadmap and Opportunities
• Andre Fuetsch – President AT&T Labs and CTO, AT&T
• Dr. Durga Malladi, SVP & GM – 4G/5G, Qualcomm
• Marwan Fawaz, former CEO, Nest, Executive Advisor, Google
• Neville Ray, CTO, T-Mobile
• Dr. John Saw, CTO, Sprint
• John Baker, SVP, Mavenir
• Ina Fried, Chief Technology Correspondent, Axios

Connected Intelligence and Industrial Automation
• Chris Penrose – President – IoT Solutions, AT&T
• Mohamed Kande, Vice Chairman, PwC

Connected Intelligence: 4th Wave & Monetization 
• Glenn Lurie, President & CEO, Synchronoss

Cybersecurity – Preparing for the Next Decade
• Dr. Andrea Little Limbago, Chief Social Scientist, Virtru
• Shawn Edwards, Chief Security Officer, RSA
• Ann Johnson, CVP – Cybersecurity, Microsoft
• Jay Greene, Technology Reporter, The Washington Post
• Bobbie Stempfley, Director, CERT, Carnegie Mellon University

Future of Transportation
• Hank Skorny, President – Connected Services, Aptiv
• Kartik Tiwari, CTO and Co-Founder, Starsky Robotics
• Tara Pham, CEO and Founder, Numina

Edge Internet Economy
• Dr. Ganesh Sundaram, CEO and Co-Founder, AlefEdge
• Doug Suriano, SVP and GM, Oracle Communications
• Dr. Hossein Moiin, Chief Product Officer, Engineered Fluids

Business Model Disruption
• Dr. Sarjoun Skaff, CTO and Co-Founder, Bossa Nova Robotics
• Biju Nair, CEO, HYLA Mobile
• Nick Desai, CEO and Co-Founder, Heal
• Dana Arnold, COO, Measurabl

Interfaces for the Future
• Gabriel Jones, CEO and Co-Founder, Proprio Vision
• Steve Willey, CEO and Co-Founder, Innovega
• Jeff Bradley, Advisor and former SVP, AT&T
• Eugene Chung, CEO and Founder, Penrose Studios

Investment in Connected Intelligence Technologies
• Dina Bass, Seattle Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News
• Shankar Chandran, Senior Vice President, Samsung
• Paul Palmieri, Managing Partner, Grit Capital Partners
• Terry Myerson, Venture Partner, Madrona

Greetings,

5G will be a trillion dollar economy. It will require billions in capex to deploy 5G. Like every cycle, there will be winners and losers. But how will the inside of this 5G economy function? And more importantly, how will it interact with trillion-dollar vertical and horizontal industries? 4G redistributed the industry money-flows. Will 5G accelerate the trend? What will be the characteristics of the companies that disrupt transportation, retail, healthcare, entertainment, and manufacturing? Will Edge subsume Cloud? Will US lead the 5G cycle again? What enterprise sectors are already designing services to take advantage of Connected Intelligence? What business models and revenue streams will define this cycle? What economic factors and performance KPIs will determine success and competition?

Mobile Future Forward is about answering questions that have deep strategic and tactical significance with data and insights. It is about getting the right executives on the stage and asking the most pertinent questions that matter. For example, we will have CTOs of the three biggest operators in the world to talk about 5G. That’s what makes the summit unique. This is the reason, over the course of 10 years, the summit has become industry’s premier brainstorming and strategy summit. Our goal is simple – bring together some of the brightest minds in the industry and empower the forum to discuss the future scenarios, trajectories, disruptions, and business models.

I along with our wonderful partners invite you for an extraordinary day of insights, brainstorming, and networking.

Best wishes,
Chetan Sharma

Registration

Greetings,

I am excited to announce the publication of our new research paper – Connected Intelligence 2030: Quantifying the Disruption for the Next Decade. This paper will serve as the foundation for the brainstorming that will take place at our annual summit Mobile Future Forward on Sept 4^th in Seattle with some extraordinary executives and entrepreneurs. Time Magazine calls the summit one of the most important events in the mobile industry. The purpose of this research paper and the summit is to take a deeper look into what’s to come, how new technologies will shape the various industries, policies, and the global economy whether it is 5G, AI, IoT, VR, Autonomous, Blockchain, or Quantum Computing. The paper will be part of the book that is published in Sept and will be available to the summit attendees. The book will have some of the most thought-provoking essays on the future of industries from the speakers of Mobile Future Forward 2019 (more to come).

We will be talking about some new concepts such as “Synchronous S-Curves” and “Tetration Effect” which, in our view, will define the next decade.

Thanks

Chetan

Pop Quiz: How much value did the 4G cycle create in the last 10 years?  a) $100 billion b) $1 trillion c) $10 trillion d) > $10 trillion

Answer coming up in the next missive.

A more interesting question might be – who captured this value and why? We have been looking deep into the numbers to understand disruption. There was a very unique “Synchronous S-Curve Effect” that shaped the last 10 years. What will the equation look like for 5G? Can we quantify disruption? What will be the monetization story for the 5G cycle? We will present new research at Mobile Future Forward to illustrate some novel approaches to understand the market.

We believe that Connected Intelligence is going to transform the next 10 years and while there are many components to the evolutionary story, 5G will play a critical role in defining Connected Intelligence 2030. We will take a unique data-centric view of 5G evolution in the context of Connected Intelligence. It will be the most compelling 5G discussion you will hear all year long. At Mobile Future Forward this year, we will share new research that quantifies disruption for the next decade, hence the theme Connected Intelligence 2030.

The Mobile Future Forward team along with our excellent partners – AlefEdge, Aptiv, Hyla Mobile, Mavenir, Oracle, PwC, Qualcomm invite you to a memorable day of brainstorm and inspiration. If you would like to partner with us, please feel free to reach out at info@mobilefutureforward.com.

Hope you will join us on Sept 4^th (Summer Saver Expires Soon).

As always, we endeavor to bring together the pioneers and leaders of the industry together.

• Andre Fuetsch – President AT&T Labs and CTO, AT&T
• Dr. Durga Malladi, SVP & GM – 4G/5G, Qualcomm
• Marwan Fawaz, former CEO, Nest, Executive Advisor, Google
• Mohamed Kande, Vice Chairman, PwC
• Neville Ray, CTO, T-Mobile
• John Baker, SVP, Mavenir
• Ina Fried, Chief Technology Correspondent, Axios
• Doug Suriano, SVP and GM, Oracle Communications
• Chris Penrose – President – IoT, AT&T
• Dr. Andrea Little Limbago, Chief Social Scientist, Virtru
• Shawn Edwards, Chief Security Officer, RSA
• Ann Johnson, CVP – Cybersecurity, Microsoft

• Dr. Ganesh Sundaram, CEO and Cofounder, AlefEdge
• Hank Skorny, President – Connected Services, Aptiv
• Dr. Sarjoun Skaff, CTO and Cofounder, Bossa Nova Robotics
• Biju Nair, CEO, HYLA Mobile
• Nick Desai, CEO and Cofounder, Heal
• Shelly Palmer, CEO, The Palmer Group
• Dina Bass, Seattle Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News
• Jay Greene, Technology Reporter, The Washington Post
• Eugene Chung, CEO and Founder, Penrose Studios

More to come. Stay Tuned.

Pop Quiz: How many new billion-dollar revenue streams got started in the 4G cycle?     a) 10 b) 50 c) 75 d) > 100

If you answered d), pat yourself on the back. A more precise answer is 120. LTE Broadband, Smartphones, and Cloud played a central role in shaping the technology trends of the last decade.

We believe that Connected Intelligence which we have talked about in great detail is going to transform the next 10 years and while there are many components to the evolutionary story, 5G will play a critical role in defining Connected Intelligence 2030.

5G is going to be disruptive. Last year, 5G was theoretical. As of Q2 2019, we have seen dozens of launches with all four major US operators deploying some form of 5G in various cities around the country. We don’t know the exact shape of the disruption trajectory just yet, but we do know from history that when new capabilities are introduced, the seeds of innovation at the edges start to germinate. We firmly believe that 5G will play a critical role in new experiences, new business models, new alliances, and new industries. There are signs of change everywhere. Early data from South Korea suggests tripling of data consumption. AR/VR is already having an impact. I am really excited about the healthcare possibilities. Hospitals will become data processing centers with rare patient visits. Connected robots will transform the man-machine relationship. Edge computing is going to redefine computing itself.

Amongst the many topics that we will brainstorm at Mobile Future Forward, 5G will play an important role in expanding the boundaries of the platform. We will go deeper into the potential, the opportunities, the use-cases, and the deployment timelines with the best 5G minds in the world – the ones who are making things happen for the ecosystem. It will be the most compelling 5G discussion you will hear all year long.

At Mobile Future Forward this year, we will share new research that quantifies disruption for the next decade, hence the theme Connected Intelligence 2030. We will have a lot of new information to share in the coming days.

As always, we endeavor to bring together the pioneers and leaders of the industry together.

• Andre Fuetsch – President AT&T Labs and CTO, AT&T
• Dr. Durga Malladi, SVP & GM – 4G/5G, Qualcomm
• Marwan Fawaz, former CEO, Nest, Executive Advisor, Google
• Mohamed Kande, Vice Chairman, PwC
• Neville Ray, CTO, T-Mobile
• Ina Fried, Chief Technology Correspondent, Axios
• Doug Suriano, SVP and GM, Oracle Communications
• Chris Penrose – President – IoT, AT&T
• Dr. Andrea Little Limbago, Chief Social Scientist, Virtru
• Shawn Edwards, Chief Security Officer, RSA
• Ann Johnson, CVP – Cybersecurity, Microsoft

• Dr. Ganesh Sundaram, CEO and Cofounder, AlefEdge
• Hank Skorny, President – Connected Services, Aptiv
• Dr. Sarjoun Skaff, CTO and Cofounder, Bossa Nova Robotics
• Biju Nair, CEO, HYLA Mobile
• Nick Desai, CEO and Cofounder, Heal
• Shelly Palmer, CEO, The Palmer Group
• Dina Bass, Seattle Bureau Chief, Bloomberg News
• Jay Greene, Technology Reporter, The Washington Post

The Mobile Future Forward team along with our excellent partners – AlefEdge, Aptiv, Hyla Mobile, Oracle, PwC, Qualcomm invite you to a memorable day of brainstorm and inspiration. If you would like to partner with us, please feel free to reach out at info@mobilefutureforward.com.

Hope you will join us on Sept 4^th (Summer Saver Expires Soon).

More to come. Stay Tuned.

10 years ago, we started Mobile Future Forward which has become industry’s premier brainstorming and strategy summit. We don’t merely talk about the technology but rather explore new business models, revenue streams, interactions and intersections, quantify disruptions and much more; insights that will truly inform your strategy and your role in the ecosystem.

Partners: AlefEdge, Aptiv, Hyla Mobile, Oracle, PwC, Qualcomm

On behalf of the Mobile Future Forward team and our fabulous partners, we invite you to join us to be part of Connected Intelligence 2030.

If you would like to partner with us, we would love to hear from you. Please send us a note at info@mobilefutureforward.com

We have absolutely brilliant speakers who will cover an array of topics. Some highlights below:

5G and Industrial Disruption

• Andre Fuetsch – President AT&T Labs and CTO, AT&T
• Dr. Durga Malladi, SVP & GM – 4G/5G, Qualcomm
• Marwan Fawaz, former CEO, Nest, Executive Advisor, Google
• Mohamed Kande, Vice Chairman, PwC
• Neville Ray, CTO, T-Mobile
• Ina Fried, Chief Technology Correspondent, Axios
• Doug Suriano, SVP and GM, Oracle Communications
• Chris Penrose – President – IoT, AT&T

Cybersecurity

• Dr. Andrea Little Limbago, Chief Social Scientist, Virtru
• Shawn Edwards, Chief Security Officer, RSA

 Edge Computing Transformation

• Dr. Ganesh Sundaram, CEO and Cofounder, AlefEdge

Disruptive Business Models

• Hank Skorny, President – Connected Services, Aptiv
• Dr. Sarjoun Skaff, CTO and Cofounder, Bossa Nova Robotics
• Biju Nair, CEO, HYLA Mobile
• Nick Desai, CEO and Cofounder, Heal
• Shelly Palmer, CEO, The Palmer Group

… more speakers to be announced

We hope to see you in Sept.

5G is a big industry initiative and the cycle will continue for the next 10 years in some shape or form. However, there are nuances and differences from the past cycles that must be appreciated. To help explore these critical issues, we are penning a 6-part series in FierceWireless:

Will Operators rise to meet the challenges of 5G?

Fixing the disconnect between 5G technology, finance

Monetizing 5G and other lessons from the 4th Wave Cycle

US Mobile Market continues to be one of the most dynamic markets in the industry. With 5G launches and preparatory work done by the ecosystem, 2019-2020 are critical years for the industry to get the story, the narrative right. Q1 2019 started on a positive note with the industry seeing positive QoQ growth in Q1 for the first time in 5 years. Data consumption continues to go up. Connected Wearables are replacing Connected Tablets. AI is seeping into various points on the stack. The Connected Intelligence world that we have described in our papers over the years is taking shape. We will be going deep into what this means to the global GDP over the next decade on Sept 4th.

You can read more about how the industry fared in Q1 2019 here.

The mobile industry has been the driving force behind the technology evolution over the last decade. The direct and indirect impact of the industry is calculated in trillions of dollars. There are over 3 billion mobile Internet users, 5 billion unique mobile subscribers and over 9.2 billion mobile connections.[1] The number of companies generating more than a billion dollars from digital services ballooned from just 4 in 2010 to over 120 in 2018.[2] The ecosystem continues to expand, and innovation is thriving. And yet again, we are at the cusp of dramatic change as the wireless industry embarks on the 5G evolution cycle.[3] There are several other trends that are also shaping the ecosystem. The cable companies, wireline players, Internet giants, and upstarts all see wireless as a key part of the industry stack and as such they are making their moves to be a significant player in shaping the next decade.

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[1] As of Q1 2019

[2] Source: Chetan Sharma Consulting, 2019

[3] Mobile Network as a Platform: Planning for the 5G World http://www.chetansharma.com/publications/mobile-network-platform-planning-for-the-5g-world/