The GSMA has announced speakers for the NFC & Mobile Money Summit 2013, which is set for Oct. 15-16 in New York City. According to a news release, confirmed keynote speakers include:

• Liu Xin, Deputy GM, department of data service, China Mobile
• Tomasz Smilowicz, M.D., global head of mobile solutions, Citi Transaction Services
• Felix Marx, CEO, C-SAM Inc.
• Gil Bernabeu, technical director, GlobalPlatform
• Franco Bernabe, chairman, GSMA, and chairman and CEO, Telecom Italia Group
• Kai Johnson, chief architect, ISIS
• Mung Ki Woo, executive vice president, mobile and industry alliances, Mastercard
• Dodd Roberts, executive, MCX
• Gregory Keough, CEO, Mobile Financial Services
• Thierry Millet, VP, payment and contactless, Orange
• David Robinson, VP, emerging business, Rogers Wireless
• Jeff Hindle, VP, emerging business and payments, Scotiabank
• Elizabeth Buse, global executive, solutions, Visa Inc.

"With every year, we see mobile services increasingly changing the way that we live our lives, both personally and in business, and it is clear that we are moving to a world where nearly everyone and everything in our lives will be connected by mobile," Michael O'Hara, chief marketing officer, GSMA, said in the release. "At the NFC & Mobile Money Summit 2013, we will see and experience mobile NFC providing a critical link between our digital life on our smartphone and the connected world around us, as it becomes the primary tool to carry our wallet, identity, keys, music, books, photos, tickets, loyalty cards, mail, itinerary and much more."

The NFC & Mobile Money Summit will bring together key global players and focus on the latest developments and innovations in NFC and mobile commerce services, the release said. The annual event will include two days of conference sessions focusing on the recent deployments and latest successes in the NFC and mobile money sectors, and showcase new products and services that are defining the future of mobile commerce. Attendees will also have opportunities to network and explore the potential of the technology sector.

Led by industry executives and mobile commerce experts, the conference program will address the latest innovations and developments within the NFC and mobile money arena. Themes to be addressed include partnerships and joint ventures, the mobile wallets landscape, the retail landscape, opportunities for mobile money in untapped markets, new business models in emerging markets and disruption in mobile money.

Registration is open for the conference, which takes place at the Metropolitan Pavilion and includes additional invitation-only meetings on Oct. 14 and 17. Free "Mobile Money Accelerator" classes will again be held before the main conference sessions on Oct. 15-16. For more information, including details on how to register for attendance, to exhibit or sponsor, go to www.nfcmobilemoneysummit.com.

Visa, the summit's Platinum Event Sponsor, is also sponsoring My MMS, the event's social networking portal, as well as the networking reception that is open to all attendees on Oct. 15.

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Spanning more than 220 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's mobile operators with more than 230 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers and Internet companies, as well as organizations in industry sectors such as financial services, health care, media, transport and utilities. The GSMA also produces industry events such as the Mobile World Congress and Mobile Asia Expo.

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