Global Mobile Internet Conference


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.

History

The first annual Global Mobile Internet Conference was hosted in Beijing, China, April 23–25, 2009. The conference, organized by , 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.

    Speakers

Previous GMIC Silicon Valley speakers
Previous GMIC Beijing Speakers
China
India
  • Abhinav Mathur, CTO, Spice Mobility
  • Naveen Tewari, CEO, InMobi
Indonesia
  • Danny Wirianto, CEO, Mindtalk
  • Martin Hartano, CEO, GDP Ventures
Japan
Korea
USA
Finland
Sweden
Australia
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.

Headlines from GMIC

GMIC Silicon Valley 2013
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  • Forbes
  • TechCrunch
GMIC Beijing 2013
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