The Global Mobile Internet Conference is hosted annually in Beijing and Silicon Valley. Mobile executives, entrepreneurs, developers, and investors from around the globe and across platforms attend GMIC each year.
The first annual Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) was hosted in Beijing, China, April 23–25, 2009. The conference, organized by GWC, first aimed to increase the dialogue between mobile internet companies in China and Japan. As the conference became more attended by international attendees, and the attendee base grew from 300 in 2009 to more than 5,000 in 2012, the conference's agenda in 2013 expanded to focus not only on China, but on Asia as a whole, and the opportunity for Western and Asian mobile internet startups and companies to cooperate cross-border.
As of GMIC 2013, GMIC hosts tens of thousands of attendees from more than 60 countries.
GMIC Iterations
May 26–28, 2010. Beijing, China
April 26–28, 2011. Beijing, China
May 9–11, 2012. Beijing, China
October 19–20, 2012. San Jose, California
May 7–8, 2013. Beijing, China
October 21–23, 2013. San Francisco, California
May 5–6, 2014. Beijing, China
April 28-May 2, 2016, Beijing, China
April 28, 2016, Global Virtual Reality Summit, co-organized by DayDayUp in partnership with GMIC, Beijing, China.
Previous GMIC Silicon Valley speakers
Akira Morikawa, CEO, Line
Andrew Ng, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Coursera
Dave McClure, Managing Partner, 500 Startups
Dave Roberts, CEO, PopCap Games
Robert Xiao, CEO, Perfect World
Ed Fries, Co-Creator, Xbox
Hugo Barra, VP, Xiaomi Global
Lei Jun, CEO, Xiaomi
Mark Shuttleworth, Founder, Ubuntu & Canonical
Martin Lau, President, Tencent
Paul Graham, Partner, Y-Combinator
Pavel Durov, Founder, VK & Telegram
Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote
Vaughan Smith, VP, Facebook
Yu Yongfu, CEO, UCWeb
Yuri Milner, Founder, DST Global
Previous GMIC Beijing Speakers
China
Pony Ma, CEO, Tencent
Robin Li, CEO, Baidu
Charles Chao, CEO, Sina
Joe Wu, CEO, 91 Mobile
Lei Jun, CEO, Xiaomi
Yu Yongfu, CEO, UCWeb
Xu Xiaoping, Founder, Zhenfund Ventures
Yang Yuanqing, CEO, Lenovo
India
Abhinav Mathur, CTO, Spice Mobility
Naveen Tewari, CEO, InMobi
Indonesia
Danny Wirianto, CEO, Mindtalk
Martin Hartano, CEO, GDP Ventures
Japan
Isao Moriyasu, CEO, DeNA
Yoshikazu Tanaka, CEO, GREE
Takeshi Natsuno, Creator, i-mode
Korea
Min Seo, CEO, Nexon
James Song, CEO, Gamevil
USA
David Roberts, CEO, Popcap Games
Joff Redfern, VP, LinkedIn
Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote
Sanjay Poonen, President, SAP
Connie Chan, Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Finland
Marc Dillon, CEO, Jolla
Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle, Rovio
Sweden
Niklas Zennstrom, Founder, Skype
Australia
Phil Larsen, CMO, Halfbrick (Fruit Ninja)
According to its website, GMIC highlights how mobile technology is changing every industry including advertising, education, finance, health, gaming, and marketing. As such it has organized tracks including: m-health, m-marketing, m-education, m-next, MoBiz.
GMIC highlights mobile app developers and startups through its competitions: G-Startup, appAttack, and Global Game Stars.
GMIC Silicon Valley 2013
CIO Ex-Googler Hugo Barra gushes over Chinese Xiaomi's fanboys
CIO 'Russian Facebook' CEO Durov disses Zuckerberg, but loves Edward Snowden
Forbes Here's Where Teens Are Going Instead Of Facebook
TechCrunch Y Combinator Startups Now Have A Combined Valuation Of $13.7 Billion, Up $2 Billion Since June
GMIC Beijing 2013
TechCrunch: Evernote, Now With 4M Users In China, Aims For Enterprises With Yinxiang Biji Business
TechCrunch: Eyeing $4.5B In Sales This Year, Phone Maker Xiaomi Looks To Emulate A 340-Year-Old Chinese Medicine Company
BusinessWeek: Angry Birds TV Streaming to an IPad Near You
Engadget: Jolla's Marc Dillon teases world's first Sailfish device, confirms launch in a couple of weeks
WSJ: Foreign Tech Companies Changing Tune on China
Financial Times: Chinese mobile browser eyes global markets
