Last year’s Big Story was blogs. The next big story is mobility, which is unfolding at lightning speed. So of course, The Media Center is all over it, and I hope you'll think about joining us.

Media Opportunities and Strategies for the Mobile, Broadband Generation will take place in Los Angeles, April 26 to 29, 2005.

This executive program will demystify mobile and wireless broadband, exploring the business opportunities, emerging technologies and new consumer behavior quickly evolving at the crossroads of media, technology and society.

And if you're a Trekkie, please note that we'll be visiting the Integrated Media Systems Center, part of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, where researchers will lead our group in a look at what's next in a world of ubiquitous broadband communications. I was told to seriously think Enterprise holodeck...

So far, the following people have confirmed they will serve as discussion leaders:
o Gilles Babinet, CEO, Musiwave
o Steve Cistulli, Panasonic Mobile Communications
o Rob Enderle, Columnist and President of the Enderle Group 
o Scott Fox, CEO, Global View Partners
o Brian Gratch, Principal, Gratch & Associates
o Dewayne Hendricks, CEO, Dandin Group, Inc.; Member of the FCC Technological Advisory Council 
o Susan Kaup, aka "Sooz"
o Susan Mernit, Senior Vice President, 5ive
o Andrew Nachison, Director, The Media Center
o Dean Newton, Vice President, Entertainment Media, Infospace Mobile
o Scott Rafer, CEO, Feedster
o Scott Smyers,Chairman & President,Digital Living Network Alliance; Vice President,Network and Systems Architecture Division, Platform Technology Center of America,Sony Electronics
o William Weiss, Chairman & CEO, The Promar Group

If you want to know more, go here.