The mobile device is THE major platform for services growth over the next five to 10 years, using the internet as the backbone. There are more mobile phones worldwide than there are internet connected PCs and the rate of growth is greater. Neil will give an overview of the trends in future mobile phone-based services and paint a picture of the future.

About Neil
Neil has 15 years of IT management consultancy experience advising retailers, financial service organisations, network operators and media companies on their use of consumer technologies to deliver payment, authentication and marketing applications. Almost five years ago he founded Proxama, with the aim of bringing the sectors and technologies together to deliver simple and intuitive consumer facing applications. With in-depth knowledge of consumer technologies such as Interactive TV, mobile, NFC and smart cards, Proxama creates products and services for commerce, loyalty, service discovery and advertising response. Clients include MasterCard, RBS, Virgin Mobile, BT and Sky.