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Nominee badges (3 MB, EPS, JPG and AI formats).

Winner badges (2,5MB, EPS, JPG and AI formats).

Pictures of the winner in the 2011 Swedish Mobile Awards of 2011.

You can read more about the speakers, their companies and projects here.

Per Einar Dybvik
CEO ASPIRO MUSIC/WIMP

Managing Director of Wimp Music Norway and Head of Product & Marketing in Aspiro. WiMP is a music streaming service with millions of songs for computers, tablets and smartphones available in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Prior to joining Aspiro, Mr Dybvik held various management positions in the mobile entertainment provider Schibsted Mobile, CEO/Founder of Web consultancy company, Director of Product Development at Scandinavia Online, Head of Online Services in Telenor Media and 6 years at the Research Lab of Telenor.

Hjalmar Winbladh
CEO Wrapp

Hjalmar is an acclaimed serial entrepreneur. In 1994 he founded his first mobile internet company Sendit that later was acquired by Microssoft. Hjalmar took the position as GM of Microsoft’s Mobile Internet Business Unit. In 2006 he founded the Mobile VoIP provider Rebtel where he today is chairman. Hjalmar is also board member, co-founder and senior advisor for several international businesses. Furthermore he is an advisor in early stage investments for Creandum and late stage investments for EQT.

John Lunn
Director of Innovation, Paypal

John has been building payments and anti-fraud systems on the internet for over 15 years and has advised many of the successful and less successful start-ups on their payment strategies. Originally a java certified developer and now an all purpose hacker and Seedcamp mentor. John runs PayPal new developer network PayPal X in the EU.

Paul Lucier
Managing Director RIM

Paul Lucier is the Managing Director of Northern Europe & Russia at Research In Motion Limited overseeing BlackBerry business operations in these regions, sales offices in Poland, Russia and Sweden and relations with regional mobile operators and ecosystem partners. In his previous role, Paul was the Vice President of Global Carriers managing business operations and initiating partnerships in emerging markets throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining RIM in 1999, Paul held positions in business development for Coca-Cola Enterprises.

Jonas Hombert
Manager Software Development RIM (founder of Jaycut)

Jonas Hombert was CEO and co-founder of JayCut, a company developing cloud based video editing tools. Recognized as having the best online video editor by everyone from Oprah to Google, the company was acquired by RIM in July 2011. Today Jonas continues to head the former JayCut team, creating the next generation of video editing tools for mobile devices. Jonas has previously been elected as one of the top 20 young entrepreneurs in Europe by BusinessWeek, among other awards.

Ludvig Linge
Strategic Business Development Manager RIM/TAT

Ludvig is co-founder of TAT, The Astonishing Tribe, the leading mobile user interface company that was acquired by RIM in December 2010. At TAT, Ludvig was CEO until 2006, and then he worked with various innovation and business development initiatives. Now, within RIM, Ludvig and the rest of the TAT crew are fully focused on creating innovations and designs related to mobile user experiences and user interfaces for future RIM products.

Henric Ehrenblad
Chairman and Founder of the ad network Widespace

Henric has a long international career in telecommunications from California, China, Australia and Sweden, left the Ericsson Group in 2007 to co-found Widespace with Patrik Fagerlund.
Widespace delivers millions of SEK every month to Swedish app developers by selling the ad space to large advertisers. The ads are delivered in apps and mobile sites, and Widespace has it’s own smart ad serving technology, optimizing the effect and results for both app developers and advertisers.

Richard Savage
Director of Business Development, Qualcomm

As Director Business Development at Qualcomm Europe, Richard is responsible for Scandinavia, and the Baltic States. Richard joined Qualcomm in April 2004. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Richard has held similar positions for the last nine years at Ericsson Telecom AB and at Appload AB in Sweden. Richard has also recently been named Managing Director of the Qualcomm Sweden Branch which he holds in conjunction with his Business Development role.

Andreas Bernström
Andreas is the CEO of Rebtel

Rebtel is the world’s largest independent mobile VoIP provider with over 10 million users. Prior to Rebtel, Andreas was COO of the social media and technology company Taptu and also the COO of ad network TradeDoubler, where he was responsible for 600+ employees and more than $500 million in revenues. Prior to that Andreas spent three years at Goldman Sachs.

Magnus Melander [MODERATOR]

With his 29 years in the business, Magnus Melander is an oldtimer in IT and Communications. He has been at IBM, Apple, 3Com and most recently at the wireless centric VC BrainHeart Capital. Magnus has held numerous executive positions in general management, sales, marketing, service and support, developer relations and business development. With his extensive board experience, he is often seen as a speaker or chairing at industry conferences and events. During the past five years, Magnus has worked as a self-employed entrepreneur and independent consultant, and has recently launched a new M2M consulting company, B3IT Connect Compute (B3CC).

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To travel by commuter train from the city centre to Kista, take the train with destination Märsta and step off at Helenelund. The journey takes 12 minutes and the trains run every 15 minutes during peak times. Kista Science Tower is within walking distance from the station, but you can also take a bus towards Kista.

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The winners of the 2011 award have now been announced and we are happy to see that the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit in among Sweden’s best mobile companies are at top levels this year.

You can read more about the winning companies and the nominees at the Mobil:Business and Mobil websites, and also see the picture from the conference and the gala at the Mobil:Business Facebook Group.

Don’t miss the exclusive gala dinner that rounds off the Mobile Future conference – the gala gathers the most important decision-makers in the Swedish mobile industry! Meet the industry legendaries and tie valuable contacts in a pleasant atmosphere!

Mobil Magazine and its business spin-off Mobil:Business are hosting the Mobilgalan event for the eleventh year, denouncing the winners of the prestigious Golden Mobile. Prizes are awarded in twenty categories to the most innovative mobile companies and initiatives of the year. Book a ticket now, and party to the morning hours with the winners!

Conférencière 2011: Tilde de Paula

Forty-five of the hottest Swedish mobile companies, initiatives and services are nominated to the Golden Mobile prizes that are awarded at the Mobilgalan gala night the 10th of November. The winners will be determined by a jury, consisting of:

Jonas Ryberg, editor-in-chief of the Mobil Magasine and the jury chair.

Kia Höök, proffessor at the DSV (Stockholm University) and Director of the research project ”Mobile Life”

Hans Otterling, venture capitalist and entrepreneur

Helena Nordman Knutson, telecom analyst Öhmans

Marianne Treschow, ex-Director of PTS, the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority

Roman Pixell, editor of Mobil:Business

Tomas Bennich, Director Kista Mobile & Multimedia Network

Where: Kista Science Tower

When: November 10th, 18.00

Click here to buy tickets to the gala evening of Mobilgalan

Read the list of the 2010 winners of the Golden Mobile

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The Mobile Cloud
As we enter the ubiquity era for internet connectivity, we can now access our information from anywhere, everywhere. In a mobile context, this means that content providers rely more and more on cloud infrastructures for their service provision. The first half of the Mobile Future conference will consist of a visionary outlook for this new world from some of the leading and most devoted players on the mobile arena.

Monetization of Apps and Web Services
The mobile channel is all about sales and conversion. Over and over again, it has been proven that end users are much more prone to act on marketing campaigns and sales offerings. During the second half of the Mobile Future conference, the delegates will hear some of the most interesting monetization cases and best practices from the most talented entrepreneurs in the business.

Breakfast and registration starts at 08.30, Kista Science Tower. See you there!