Five Silver sponsors are supporting the conference, namely media optimization company, Beamr, flash storage provider, SanDisk, mobile printing platform company, Printicular and the video trailer app developer, Sharalike.
The initial nine vendor sponsors are supplemented by six association sponsors, including the newly formed imaging industry association, The Imaging Alliance (a merger of the assets of PMDA and PMA), the newly rebranded Germany-based PIV imaging association (co-organizers of the photokina tradeshow), and IPC (the International Photographic Council), as well as trade publications PEN News Weekly, DI Reporter and Kaptur.
According to co-chair Hans Hartman, Suite 48 Analytics: “We’re extremely excited about the broad industry support we’re already receiving for Mobile Photo Connect 2016 at this early stage. This will enable us to organize a stellar conference, with engaging speakers, innovative topics and much-appreciated networking opportunities,” according to co-chair Hans Hartman.
With “Shaping the world of smart mobile imaging” as its main theme, Mobile Photo Connect 2016 will include the following “no-PowerPoint allowed” panel discussions:
· How to succeed in the photo app business
· The Next Big Thing: user-generated VR content
· Monetizing photo apps through mobile output
· The Mobile Photo Connect Awards, in which a panel of prominent industry movers and shakers will reveal which of the 30 photo and video apps demoed in the conference’s signature show-and-tell sessions stood out