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MEF CONNECTS USA

Name: MEF CONNECTS USA
Start: 2022-09-27T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2022-09-27T20:30:00-07:00
Location: Wynn Hotel

September 27, 2022 @ 09:00 - 20:30 UTC-7

Join MEF Members and special guests ahead of North America’s most influential connectivity event, MWC Las Vegas, for a full day of knowledge-sharing, networking, business lounge discussions and essential learning. Keynote speakers will include the former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, and key companies, including The Campaign Registry, Twilio, Wizard Commerce, Prove, Pray.com, Vibes, Syniverse, Infobip, Netsfere, Blackberry and many more.

The event will be covering key topics, you won’t find anywhere else the Conference MEF CONNECTS USA focusses on Messaging, Mobile Content and the changing mobile regulation in North America. dedicated sessions featuring expert speakers and panels, examining:

Business Messaging in the USA
The direction of regulation and self regulation in USA
RCS/SMS Operator discussion
Fighting Consumer Fraud
The next generation of Business Messaging
The New Agenda for Mobile Operators
Direct Carrier Billing in the USA
The new formats of mobile content

Plus, many more

The MEF Business Lounge will be open early until late on the 27th to meet and discuss business with MEF Sponsors over breakfast, lunches and canape reception on the stunning patio terrace with the backdrop of the sun setting on the Strip and Mountains.

MEF MEET UP – 28th September

The following day on the 28th September join us on the exquisite and newly renovated wrap-around terrace on the 55th Floor of one of the most stunning hotels on the Strip for an exceptional MEF MEET UP. Mingle with familiar faces, and make new business connections. MEF Members and Special Guests are invited for an evening of music and networking.

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Agenda in Brief

9:00 – Welcome Address – MEF CEO Dario Betti and Soren Schafft, CEO – The Campaign Registry Inc.
9:15 – Keynote – “Message in a Model: a New Approach to Messaging Regulation.” – Ajit Pai, Former FCC Chairman
9:45 – The opportunity beyond transactional messaging – Lauren Nemeth, SVP & GM Communications Plaform – Twilio
10:00 – A2P Leadership Forum — The Changing Landscape of Messaging – Janice McNair, CFO – Wizard Commerce; Lauren Nemeth, SVP & GM Communications Plaform – Twilio; Michelle Wheeler, SVP – Prove
10:30 – Avoiding (More) Government Regulation – The Campaign Registry – Stefan Heller,Vice President, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships – The Campaign Registry; Glenn S. Richards, Partner – Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
11:15 – MNO Agenda – The Canadian Perspective – Ryan Tollofson, Director – Emerging Communications & Strategic Marketing – Telus; Harpreet Singh, Senior International Sales & Marketing Executive – Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation
11.30 – MNO Agenda – RCS, Stimulating business messaging in Canada – Chris Wright, Vice President, Product Management & Strategy – Syniverse
11:45 – MNO Agenda – The international experience of RCS – Ramy Riad, Head of Future Messaging – Webex CPaaS Solutions; Inderpal Mumick, CEO – Gupshup
12:00 – Building for a Conversational World – The CPaaS CTO Forum – Aca Gacic, CTO – Wizard Commerce; Ryan Beck, CTO – Pray.com; Jeremy Wadsack, CTO – TeamSense; Steven Mastandrea, VP, Architecture – Vibes

14:00 – The Messaging Opportunity – how to grow the USA Business Messaging market – Carlos Aragon, Assoc. Vice President of Product Marketing, Enterprise Solutions – Mavenir; Marcelo Frizzo,VP, Strategic Account Development – Infobip; Chris Wright, VP – Product Management – Messaging – Syniverse
14.30 – The potential of Mobile Identity – Mark Harvey, CEO – Sekura Mobile; Shane Unfred, EVP, Business Development and Product Management – TSG Global; Steve Legge, CEO & President – NetNumber
15:00 – Critical Messages and Employee Compliance – the new frontiers for messaging applications in employee messaging – Ken Murphy, Vice President & GM – Critical Events Management – BlackBerry; Anurag Lal, Chief Executive Officer – NetSfere
15:30 – Comfort and Coffee Break
16:00 – Content & Community with Mobile – How SMS, MMS, Direct Carrier Billing helped Pray.com build content and community and make it the success of this world leading faith based app – Steve Gatena, Co-Founder and CEO – Pray.com; Michael Lynn, Co-Founder and CFO – Pray.com
16:15 – A new wave of Direct Carrier Billing for the USA? – Mark Fruehan, CEO – First Screen
16:30 – Monitoring Direct Carrier Billing – CEO – Aegis Mobile
16:45 – The future of mobile content – What will be driving the mobile content market: games, music, videos or the metaverse.
17:15 – Closing Address – Next Steps