Presented by CTIA–The Wireless Association, the proven authority leading the mobile movement since 1984, CTIA 2013 will continue to illuminate the future by showcasing the leaders, ideas and experiences transforming our dynamic industry. With mobile technology at the forefront of all areas of business, CTIA 2013 is the year’s must attend event.

CTIA is proud to join forces with the top thought leaders in the mobile industry and leading experts—Forrester Research and J.D. Power & Associates—to bring you a robust and powerful two-day, 25-session program.

The CTIA Thought Leadership Conference will tackle the hottest issues and topics in mobile today—helping you understand and navigate the current landscape while anticipating the revolutionary changes that will take place over the coming years to ensure your success and ability to thrive in this new ecosystem.

Featured Session: The Path to Mobile Marketing Mastery

Sixty-seven percent of interactive marketers are currently using mobile or are planning to start using it in the next year. While this is great news, it’s not time to start celebrating yet. Mobile is still a relatively new channel with a learning curve that needs to be traversed before it becomes a fully integrated part of brands’ marketing programs. This session will explore Forrester’s Mobile Marketing Playbook, providing a road-map for developing your organization's mobile marketing skills and practices, step-by-step, from the ground up.

Featured Track: 3rd Annual LATAM Mobile Marketing Summit

In 1998, estimates predicted it would take 176 years for mobile telephone access in Latin America to reach levels attained in developed countries such as Germany, Japan, and the United States. Recent figures indicate growth in some LATAM regions now exceeds that of advanced industrialized nations.

Global Telecoms Business is the only magazine written specifically for the carrier C-level executives in the industry. Each issue contains many interviews with senior carrier management as well as strategic articles.

On May 22nd GTB will be holding the first Telecoms CFOs' Summit. This will be the largest ever gathering of carrier CFOs. They are coming together to discuss the state of the industry and to talk about the issues they all face. At present, 16 carrier CFOs have agreed to deliver a keynote speech or sit on a panel.

The role of the CFO has changed over the last few years. The role is now much more strategic and operational, rather than pure finance. CFOs play an important part in determining carriers' direction as well as investment — and in many operators the CTOs and CIOs report directly to them. The CFO will state their case at the board meetings.

Any executive working at a company that supplies products or services to carriers should come to this event to network with this important group of carrier executives, and also to learn their views. As a bonus we will be offering a great deal of hard-to-get market intelligence to delegates on the day.

Best Websites in 96 Industries to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 17^th Annual WebAward Competition

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best advertising Websites in the world as part of their 17th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at the WebAward Web Site. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and technology  web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for websites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2013. Enter now