Continuing my Virtual eComm attendance, here are some notes on other presentations;

• Dean Bubley (Disruptive Analysis):  Starts out with a great quote “Don’t assume” because consensus viewpoints are often flawed.  (I would say consensus is usually flawed).  Interesting examples of 3rd-party paid data and widgets combining benefits for multiple types of citizens looking for information, supplied via APIs delivered by MNOs.
• Brough Turner (Founder, AshtonBrooke): 100Mbps broadband ranges from $127 (Amsterdam) to $11 in Stockholm but isn’t even available in important places like New York!  His claim is that structural bypass is the solution, not network neutrality.
• David Beckemeyer (TelEvolution) proposes a mobile phone sensor-net, a large peer-to-peer stream to send tons of interesting information beyond simply location.  Wonder if he’s heard of the MIT SenseAble City ?
• Graham Brierton (CTO, VoiceSage): CEBP (Comms Enabled Business Process) and how it makes a business use voice more efficiently.
• Todd Landry (NEC Sphere) connecting the dots between people who “run the business” and those who “make phonecalls” with smart software.
• Amir Zmora (Radvision): technical discussion of H.264 and video encoding issues for IP Video Communcations.
• Jan Linden (VP Engineering at Global IP Solutions) VOIP and Video on iPhone, which he likes for the easy API, but doesn’t like for the lack of VOIP over 3G, lack of background app support, and requirement that app monitor the audio.  Note that you can’t do 2-way video on iPhone yet because the app can’t access the camera.
• Darrin Mylet (Founder, Spectru-station) hates that fact that 85% of all spectrum in the U.S. is going unused and proposes an interesting way to open access fairly to apps that need them.
• Mark Rottegering (T-Mobile).  Most people like the mobile industry is maturing, but really it’s merging with other industries.  Lots of nice data, including a discussion of consumer willingness to pay per bit.  Very interesting strategic discussion.
• Shai Berger (Fonolo) is one I remember from last year’s eComm, so it was nice to get an update.  They now have 500 companies mapped, with fascinating information about the call trees of various orgs.  (Worst is US Department of Veterans Affairs).

…and much more.  I’m learning a lot just browsing through the presentations.  Organizer Lee Dryburgh says he wants to post the audio to IT Conversations again and I can’t wait to add them to my podcast list.