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, ChinaApril 26–28, 2011. Beijing, ChinaMay 9–11, 2012. Beijing, ChinaOctober 19–20, 2012. San Jose, CaliforniaMay 7–8, 2013. Beijing, ChinaOctober 21–23, 2013. San Francisco, CaliforniaMay 5–6, 2014. Beijing, ChinaApril 28-May 2, 2016, Beijing, ChinaApril 28, 2016, Global Virtual Reality Summit, co-organized by DayDayUp in partnership with GMIC, Beijing, China.Previous GMIC Silicon Valley speakers
Akira Morikawa, CEO, LineAndrew Ng, Co-CEO & Co-Founder, CourseraDave McClure, Managing Partner, 500 StartupsDave Roberts, CEO, PopCap GamesRobert Xiao, CEO, Perfect WorldEd Fries, Co-Creator, XboxHugo Barra, VP, Xiaomi GlobalLei Jun, CEO, XiaomiMark Shuttleworth, Founder, Ubuntu & CanonicalMartin Lau, President, TencentPaul Graham, Partner, Y-CombinatorPavel Durov, Founder, VK & TelegramPhil Libin, CEO, EvernoteVaughan Smith, VP, FacebookYu Yongfu, CEO, UCWebYuri Milner, Founder, DST GlobalPrevious GMIC Beijing Speakers
China
Pony Ma, CEO, TencentRobin Li, CEO, BaiduCharles Chao, CEO, SinaJoe Wu, CEO, 91 MobileLei Jun, CEO, XiaomiYu Yongfu, CEO, UCWebXu Xiaoping, Founder, Zhenfund VenturesYang Yuanqing, CEO, LenovoIndia
Abhinav Mathur, CTO, Spice MobilityNaveen Tewari, CEO, InMobiIndonesia
Danny Wirianto, CEO, MindtalkMartin Hartano, CEO, GDP VenturesJapan
Isao Moriyasu, CEO, DeNAYoshikazu Tanaka, CEO, GREETakeshi Natsuno, Creator, i-modeKorea
Min Seo, CEO, NexonJames Song, CEO, GamevilUSA
David Roberts, CEO, Popcap GamesJoff Redfern, VP, LinkedInPhil Libin, CEO, EvernoteSanjay Poonen, President, SAPConnie Chan, Partner, Andreessen HorowitzFinland
Marc Dillon, CEO, JollaPeter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle, RovioSweden
Niklas Zennstrom, Founder, SkypeAustralia
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 fanboysCIO 'Russian Facebook' CEO Durov disses Zuckerberg, but loves Edward SnowdenForbes Here's Where Teens Are Going Instead Of FacebookTechCrunch Y Combinator Startups Now Have A Combined Valuation Of $13.7 Billion, Up $2 Billion Since JuneGMIC Beijing 2013
TechCrunch: Evernote, Now With 4M Users In China, Aims For Enterprises With Yinxiang Biji BusinessTechCrunch: Eyeing $4.5B In Sales This Year, Phone Maker Xiaomi Looks To Emulate A 340-Year-Old Chinese Medicine CompanyBusinessWeek: Angry Birds TV Streaming to an IPad Near YouEngadget: Jolla's Marc Dillon teases world's first Sailfish device, confirms launch in a couple of weeksWSJ: Foreign Tech Companies Changing Tune on ChinaFinancial Times: Chinese mobile browser eyes global markets