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^{Billion dollar industry and Winter Olympics} Vancouver aims for MobileMonday Global Summit 2010

24 Apr 2008 at 03:58 GMT Timo Poropudas

Wireless Innovation Network of BC (WINBC) is looking to organize the MobileMonday Global Summit 2010 in Vancouver. Jari Tammisto, CEO of MobileMonday Global, says his organization is now considering Vancouver for its 2010 Global Summit. A final decision will be made this fall at the MobileMonday Global board of directors meeting.

Tammisto says MobileMonday Global is drawn to Vancouver for two reasons: One is the powerful draw of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paraolympic Games and the world’s attention on Vancouver; the other is the growing strength of the wireless industry in Canada, and in BC in particular.

"I am excited to move forward together. The MobileMonday global community is really pleased to see Canada become a vital part of its' future developments," Tammisto says.

"With MoMo chapters growing in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, that surely enables us to consider Vancouver as the site of MobileMonday's Global Summit 2010." **, Executive Director of the Wireless Innovation Network of BC and one of the founders of MobileMonday Vancouver, says he's delighted that MobileMonday Global has acted so quickly and positively to his invitation.

"I spoke to Jari just a few days ago to brief him on what MobileMonday Vancouver (MoMoVan) is doing. Our recent Wireless Industry Survey – how the BC wireless cluster has reached the milestone of $1 billion in revenues – and mentioned that Vancouver is the site of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Then I told him we were going to hold our third Pacific Northwest Wireless Summit (PNWS) in March at the new Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, immediately after the games, and suggested that MobileMonday Global Summit be part of it."

Tammisto says he has already talked with others in MobileMonday Global, and to some of the top executives at Nokia, in Helsinki and they are definitely excited about going to Vancouver in 2010.

"Bringing the MobileMonday Global Summit to Vancouver as part our own Summit will help us create a world-class event for BC's wireless industry and bring lasting benefits to the local wireless and new media economy and for our colleagues from Montreal and Toronto, as well as for our partners in the region and around the world." says Bidu.