Lineup announced for Mobile Entertainment Summit

iHollywood Forum Inc. - organiser of the Mobile Entertainment Summit - has announced the keynote line up for this year's event, which is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles later this month.

MES (formerly known as the iWireless World conference) will focus on the wireless technologies and content transforming the US, European and Asian mobile entertainment marketplaces. Representatives, speakers and panelists from carriers, entertainment companies, handset manufacturers and developers are expected to attend.

Keynote speakers announced so far are Larry Kramer, president of CBS Digital Media, Universal Music Mobile's Rio Caraeff, ESPN senior VP Manish Jha, and Nigel Rundstrom of Nokia North America.

The event will feature sessions on mobile TV, the US messaging market, wireless games, camera phones, multimedia and music, mobile marketing and mobile content infrastructure. There will also be two sessions focusing specifically on the Asian and European markets.

"We're excited to be re-branding our successful iWireless World conference as Mobile Entertainment Summit this summer," said Michael Stroud, Founder of iHollywood Forum Inc.

"MES will give attendees two full days in the heart of Hollywood to listen to industry visionaries and make deals."

The Mobile Entertainment Summit will take place at the Universal Hilton Hotel, LA from July 27-28. Tickets are available for USD 795 (basic) or USD 995 (deluxe) from the iHollywood website.