The Open Mobile Summit opens in San Francisco today: John Donahoe CEO eBay to Keynote

The 4^th annual Open Mobile Summit opens in San Francisco today at the Marriot Marquis - bringing 800 of the most powerful people in mobile, Internet, media and commerce to the city.

John Donahoe CEO eBay Inc, Sanjiv Ahuja CEO LightSquared, Nicholas Negroponte founder of MIT’s media lab and other industry luminaries are in town for the conference, which has become a landmark event in the mobile Internet calendar over the past few years.

The future of devices, patents and OS wars are high on the agenda this year, and Samsung, Sony Ericsson, ZTE and LG will be exploring the market dynamics in the Keynote Panel on November 3^th. On November 4^th, Kevin Rose founder Digg.com opens Appcelerate – for the leaders of the mobile app economy.

Other key topics include the business case for 4G, TV everywhere, Connected home, Connected car, App monetization and distribution, cloud based media, html5, tablets, mobile commerce and the future of shopping, enterprise apps, and the race to contactless payments.

Samsung, Google, Disney, YouTube, Rovio, T-Mobile USA, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, eBay, Visa, Citi, Hulu, Hearst Magazines, Fox, MTV, Fremantle Media, Time, FT.com are just some of the 130 companies participating as speakers.

Robin Batt, Managing Director, Open Mobile Media said “We’re excited to be back in San Francisco and the response to the event this year been fantastic. With so many leaders from the converging mobile, Internet & media sectors present we’re set for a incredible 3 days of discussion”.

The Open Mobile Summit takes place at the Marriot Marquis hotel, 55 Fourth St in San Francisco. Full information can be found here: http://www.openmobilesummit.com

About Open Mobile Media Ltd

The Open Mobile Summit is produced by Open Mobile Media Ltd, an independent group founded in 2008 by communications industry consultant Robin Batt. The company produces The Open Mobile Summit in both London and San Francisco, as well as Appcelerate, which happens on November 4^th in San Francisco.