Global Mobility Roundtable
The Global Mobility Roundtable (GMR) is yearly international event that brings together experts from industry, academia and the policy-making domain to exchange perspectives on mobile communications and data services. This year the 2007 theme for discussions was "Niche Evolution in the Mobile Business Ecosystem," and explored the next wave of mobile service innovations that may blossom from multiple niches and small, flexible players.
The objectives of the Roundtable are to:
- Build and support a sustainable international network of research and industry best practices for the mobile communication and computing business, market and industry
- Exchange research and knowledge about best practices for different mobile modes of business
- Facilitate communication and collaboration among global researchers, practitioners and policy-makers
History of GMR
The first Mobility Roundtable was held in Tokyo, Japan in 2002 http://www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp/reserch/tmrt_e.html.
The second host city in 2003 was Stockholm, Sweden http://web.hhs.se/cic/about/roundtable.htm. In 2004, University of Texas hosted the Roundtable in Austin, Texas, U.S. http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/events/roundtable/index.asp . The 2005 Roundtable was held in Hong Kong http://www.hongkongmobility.ust.hk. The 2006 Mobility Roundtable was held in Helsinki, Finland, http://www.hse.fi/helsinkimobility.
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