Category: Tokyo Events

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It’s hot on Tokyo’s streets but even hotter in the corporate boardroom as enterprise and media players begin to look deeper into how the mobile space is developing and what path to profits their strategies should follow. MoMo Tokyo is looking forward to a killer 21 August event where we’ll host an in-bound media study tour, with some 40 delegates expected to join us at KDDI’s fabulous Designing Studio, in Harajuku. The presentations will focus on two key mobile areas: project management and building community services. Register now for what will undoubtedly be one of this month’s hottest events!

Meanwhile, a quick heads-up:

The 2nd annual NetTokyo event in July raised over JPY800,000 for charity! Our thanks to all who attended and supported this worthy cause. It’s an honour and a privilege for Mobile Monday Tokyo to be involved with the organisers bringing together Tokyo’s annual “network of networks” meeting. While we’re passing out congrats, the good folks at NaviBlog, who presented to MoMo Tokyo in May, also deserve a big pat on the back for making Red Herring Asia’s Top 100 list. Best of luck to them for the final showdown in Hong Kong at the end of August.

Admission: Seating for this event is limited – Register ASAP!
FREE with registration (below) — OR — JPY1,000 at the door

Guest presenters:

Neeraj Jhanji — Founder & CEO — ImaHima .PPT HERE
ImaHima, well known for their mobile-related community and instant-messaging projects in Japan, will introduce Atlassian’s award-winning issue-tracking application JIRA and the world-leading enterprise wiki application Confluence. ImaHima and Atlassian partnered to develop, market and support Japanese versions of JIRA and Confluence. JIRA, with over 3,000 customers spanning 55 countries, has established a reputation as the de facto issue tracking application for projects, and Confluence, with over 1,500 customers, is now the world’s most widely deployed commercial wiki. Confluence is a practical collaboration and knowledge management solution that combines the simplicity of a wiki with the powerful features enterprises demand.

Masato Uesu — Group Leader — KDDI DuoGate .PPT HERE
KDDI and Excite Japan introduced a new joint venture, DuoGate, in the spring of 2005. The portal offers a seemless suite of converged fixed-line and mobile services including mail, photos, music, gaming, GPS and — of course — Blogs. With over 80,000 active mobile bloggers signed-up for Duoblog since launch, they have captured an early lead in the user-generated community content space. The combination of KDDI’s expertise in mobile Internet services, and Excite’s PC-oriented business, architecture and operations expertise for portal sites has allowed both companies to integrate their strengths into a unique mobile and PC Internet offering — a task that has so far been difficult to achieve.

Sponsored by:
Robert Leonard Consulting and Jonckers Translation & Engineering

Date: Monday, 21 August 2006 :: 18:30 – 22:30
Venue: KDDI Designing Studio — GMAP
Admission: FREE with registration (below) — OR — JPY1,000 at the door
Complimentary drink ticket for first 150 guests!

18:30 – Doors Open
19:30 – Welcome/introduction
19:40 – First presentation
20:00 – Second presentation
20:30 – Networking
22:00 – Last call

Registration is now closed.. See you Monday Night!

Mobile Monday Tokyo is pleased to continue our support for the “NetTokyo Summer Charity Networking Event,” coming up on 22 July. This fund-raiser — and so-called ‘network-of-networks’ for the local and international community in Tokyo — aims to be one of the best gatherings for professionals in Japan this year.

NetTokyo 2 follows the huge success of the inaugural NetTokyo 2005, which raised 800,000 yen for charities such as Nonohana-no-ie, Kokkyo Naki Kodomotachi, Japan Leukemia Research Fund, the YMCA Children’s Community Fund and Second Harvest. Full details here.

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Enjoy rainy season while it lasts! Before you know it, Tokyo’s long hot summer will be here. With that in mind, your MoMo team decided to kick off the upcoming ‘Cool Biz’ days on 10 July in style: chilling downstairs at SuperDeluxe with some ice-cold Stella, a tasty buffet and top-class mobile messaging and marketing presentations from Microsoft and DoubleClick.

In other news, Red Herring magazine dropped by last week and they are still open for nominations for genki companies to include on their Asia Top 100 list. The deadline is 23 June and full details are here.

And while we have your attention: we are pleased to announce that NetTokyo is coming up on 22 July. This super summer fund raising event is one of the best networking opportunities around – just like MoMo! – with all proceeds going to charity. See you there 8)

MoMo Tokyo 10 July Guest presenters:

Marcus Saw – Manager, Development div. – DoubleClick Japan .PPT
Since 1996, DoubleClick has empowered the original thinkers and leaders in the digital advertising industry to deliver on the promise of the rich possibilities of our medium. DoubleClick Japan has been leading the way in the mobile medium by providing high-volume, high-availability and robust advertising, mailing and content delivery solutions to the mobile user. The latest addition to the DoubleClick product line up is the MobileMK; a fully integrated Mobile marketing kit which gives clients the tools needed to target and maximise the impact of their mobile marketing and message delivery. With three carrier safe contents creation, QR code and blank mail promotions, targeted mailing and full statistical reporting, the MobileMK packs all the features that would be expected from an enterprise level tool into an affordable ASP service.

Ho Chang – Product Manager, Windows Live – Microsoft Japan .PPT
Windows Live Messenger builds on MSN Messenger to help people develop even deeper connections with the people they care about through a variety of experiences – from communication to sharing. After 6 months of BETA offering, official PC version Windows Live Messenger is now available for upgrade & download. Together with PC release, we are releasing Windows Live Messenger Appli BETA (for DoCoMo) as a closed BETA offering to limited number of users, but will slowly extend out to all Windows Live Messenger users. With Windows Live Messenger Appli BETA, you can send and receive messages with your buddies through intuitive mobile phone user interface. You can also check and send Mail (Hotmail) while chatting with friends.

Sponsored by:
Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Jonckers Translation & Engineering

Date: Monday, 10 July 2006 || 18:30 – 23:00
Venue: Super Deluxe Roppongi – GMap
Admission: Free with registration below — OR — ¥1,000 at the door
Complimentary drink for first 150 guests — Free Buffet while it lasts!

18:30 – Doors Open
19:30 – Welcome/introduction
19:45 – First presentation
20:00 – Second presentation
20:15 – Open forum/Q&A
20:30 – Networking
23:00 – Last call

Registration is now closed.. See you Monday Night!

The Year of the Dog is flying by at 3G speed and, after taking an April break for Golden Week, the next Mobile Monday Tokyo event will be on May 15th – showcasing GPS blogs, Flash and mobile TV.

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Guest presenters include a pair of genki mobile startups showing-off their GPS blogging and next-gen mobile Flash apps. Plus: A timely presentation on KDDI’s just-launched One-Seg mobile digital TV service! Join us for another full house in Harajuku down at the always fabulous KDDI Designing Studio. 😎

Guest presenters:

Mandali Khalesi — Co-Founder — NaviBlog Corp. .PDF
Software house NaviBlog‘s latest navigation-enabled blogging service, NaviBlog Mobile Beta, is fast, fun and free. Running straight off the browser, NaviBlog Mobile pushes the boundaries of browser applications and mobile 2.0. Exclusive to MoMo: preview the company’s upcoming mobile browsapp — NaviBlog 2.0 — due for launch later in 2006.

David ‘DC’ Collier — Founder & CEO — Pikkle KK .PDF
Pikkle provides official content to Japan’s mobile operators, including Charajam, Japan’s leading Flash portal. Charajam features this country’s best character designers and weekly updated ring-tone hits. The unique ‘Charajam mixer’ allows people to customize screensavers, picking characters and backgrounds, adding their own messages and even their own photos on top. Pikkle is introducing new core technology via a Flash application server, allowing full-screen interactive Flash to be generated in real time and creating a totally immersive mobile Flash experience.

Hitoshi Ienaka — Group Leader — KDDI Contents Media Div. .PPT
The full-service launch of 1seg terrestrial broadcast TV providing programs to digital tuner-enabled phones, car navi systems, and TVs started in Japan on 1 April. KDDI has introduced two new handsets (from Hitachi and Sanyo) and announced a tie-up with TV Asahi Corp. 1seg broadcasting utilizes H.264 video and AAC audio codecs in an MPEG-2 transport stream. Additional data, such as e-program guides, interactive services, etc., are delivered via BML (Broadcast Markup Language). Ienaka-san will provide an overview of this project going forward.

Sponsored by:
Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Jonckers Translation & Engineering

Date: Monday, 15 May 2006 :: 19:00 – 22:30
Venue: KDDI Designing Studio — MAP
Admission: FREE with registration (below) — OR — JPY1,000 at the door
Complimentary drink ticket for first 200 guests!

18:30 – Doors Open
19:00 – Welcome/introduction
19:15 – First presentation
19:30 – Second presentation
19:45 – Third Presentation
20:00 – Networking
22:00 – Last call

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MoMo-ers who attended last month’s event at the MTV Studio Cafe will agree that it was the perfect space for hosting Mobile Monday, so we’re thrilled to announce we’ll be back there on 27 March with another stellar line up! It’s no secret that mobile music has become the killer content of choice and we’ve booked a pair of industry giants — MTV Japan and KDDI’s Lismo — to present their music strategy and mobile content plans.

We look forward to seeing one and all out again for yet another fantastic evening of mobile mingling! And if you can’t be at the cafe in Harajuku in person then remember to log on to this site as we’ll stream the event live to the web as well..!!

Admission:
FREE with registration (below) — OR — pay JPY1,000 at the door

Guest presenters:

Yu Sasamoto – President – MTV Japan .PPT N/A
MTV Japan mobile has been active on the official menu of the Big Three Japanese carriers for several years now, offering a mix of free and fee-based services. In October 2004, MTV and KDDI started a free advertising-sponsored show linking MTV programming and wireless content.

Katsuhiro Kouzuki – Contents Media Business Div – KDDI – .PDF HERE
KDDI’s “Listen Mobile Service,” or LISMO, is a new music service suite that enables au mobile phones and fixed-line PCs to seamlessly interact with one another. LISMO’s “Music Port,” a PC music management application that allows au mobile phones and PCs to share music, enables music download from the DuoMusic Store (a new music downloading site created especially for PC), the back-up of EZ Chaku-Uta Full to a PC, and the transfer of files from CD to PC. Watch video here [Win media].

Sponsored by:
Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Jonckers Translation & Engineering

Date: Monday, 27 March 2006 || 19:00 – 23:00
Venue: MTV Studio Cafe — GMAP
Admission: Free with registration below — OR — JPY1,000 at the door
Complimentary drink for first 200 guests — a la carte food menu available

18:30 – Doors Open
19:00 – Welcome/introduction
19:15 – First presentation
19:30 – Second presentation
19:45 – Open forum/Q&A
20:00 – Networking
23:00 – Last call

Registration is now closed. See you on Monday!

Special thanks to all those who came out for our New Year Shinnenkai last week! It was a great way to kick off 2006. You might have noticed some of us were running a bit late as a result of the concurrent Mobile Industry Panel hosted by MoMo Tokyo sponsor Morgan Lewis – TMI on the same evening. By all accounts both events were packed and provided valuable mobile insight and connections for participants.

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Now that the party season is over (Phew!), we’re getting back into our regular MoMo format starting off this month at the MTV Studio Cafe in Harajuku for the next event on 27 February. We’ve got a line-up of super presentations from the cutting-edge mobile folks at DG Mobile and Technorati Japan. We’ll be streaming live video to the fixed and mobile web, a MoMo first!

Kenichi Sugi — Project Manager — DG Mobile – .PPT HERE
Digital Garage Inc. was founded in Tokyo in 1995 and went public in December 2000. DG Mobile was founded as a strategic subsidiary in the mobile business area starting with “Mobile Contents Business for 3G” as its first business activity. The effort includes software sales, rich content production and systems operation services using the Mobile Comic Solution developed by Celsys, Inc., which has capital and business tie-ups with DG Mobile. In addition, DG Mobile is committed to the extension of its business into potential growth areas, including mobile commerce, overseas market and mobile advertising.

Fumi Yamazaki — Marketing Manager — Technorati Japan – .PPT HERE
Technorati, an industry leader in tracking what’s happening on the Web right now, partnered with Digital Garage to launch Technorati Japan services in May 2005, marking Technorati’s first foray into international markets. Last summer they announced a mobile version of Technorati designed especially for handhelds and cell phones. Take Technorati with you wherever you go to get the latest buzz online in real time.

Sponsored by:
Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Jonckers Translation & Engineering

Date: Monday, 27 February 2006 :: 19:00 – 23:00
Venue: MTV Studio Cafe — MAP
Admission: Free with registration below — Or — JPY1,000 at the door
Complimentary drink for first 200 guests — a la carte food menu available

18:30 – Doors Open
19:00 – Welcome/introduction
19:15 – First presentation
19:30 – Second presentation
19:45 – Open forum/Q&A
20:00 – Networking
23:00 – Last call

Registration is now closed. See you on Monday!

On behalf of Morgan Lewis-TMI, thank you for your interest in our Mobile Industry Panel, held 30 January 2006 at the offices of TMI Associates. This invitation-only event featured a sneak preview of a new mobile product designed specifically for the Japanese market by Microvision, Inc., a leading display technology company, recently nominated by Red Herring as one of the Nine Mobile TV Firms to Watch. Continue reading Mobile Industry Panel – 30 January 2006

We are launching 2006 with a stealth-mode (Nothing to do with i-mode – Ed.) event at the ultratrendy Ruby Cafe on 30 January.

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Considering the incredible popularity of our November Bonenkai evening – which saw CEOs, CTOs, VCs and a multitude of mobile professionals in the same room – we thought a casual meeting of the MoMo community would be in order to kick off 2006 and another great year of monthly Mobile Monday presentation evenings.

MobileMonday Tokyo’sYear of the Dog Shinnenkai @ Ruby Cafe

The year is sure to be a greyhound as new 3G licensees, new networks, IP telephones and convergence all take off down the track and force massive change in Japan’s mobile market. MoMo will be right here bringing you together with the coolest companies, the most interesting people and the most significant technologies.

Note Next Month: We’ll continue on Monday, 27 February with our regular programme at the upscale MTV Cafe in Harajuku including a full line-up of presentations and more great networking opportunities (full details asap).

Sponsored by:
Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Jonckers Translation & Engineering

Date: Monday, 30 January 2006 :: 19:00-23:00
Venue: Ruby Cafe Azabu-Juban – GMap
Admission: FREE with registration below – OR – JPY 1,000 at the door
Complimentary drink for first 200 guests, a la carte menu available

19:00 – Doors Open
20:00 – Networking
21:00 – More Networking
22:00 – Warm up for Last Call
23:00 – Last call

Advanced Registration is now closed.. See you on the 30th!

The MoMo 2006 Shinnenkai: Networking and nothing but!

Mobile Monday Tokyo’s “Super-Deluxe Bonenkai” hosted over 300 people at a swank, underground Roppongi niteclub on 14 November. For this year-end party event, we had no presentations, opting instead for a casual evening of business-card swapping and mobile networking. It was great to see such a wide mix of people from all corners of Tokyo’s wireless community attending for a super evening of cool jazz and, er… ‘fine’ wine.

It was also great to see high-profile attendees from the wireless carriers, ad agencies, several embassies and the hardware, application and content provider ecosystem in the house — plus at least a few VCs.

We had hoped to provide a free i-Pod shuffle to everyone, but the price-tag proved to be a bit steep… and with Santa being too busy to visit all the good mobile boys & girls, we settled for doing a business card draw instead. Congrats to the winners from Ante Music, Dai Job and Ubit…!!!

The next MoMo is in planning for mid-January 2006; we’ll send a notice to all registered MoMo members as well as post details here as soon as we have them. Meanwhile, have a super holidaze season.. =@_@=

Join us 14 Nov. for MoMo Tokyo’s season finale Mobile Networking Bonenkai at Super Deluxe!

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The past year has really been a blast with fantastic presentations from insiders at bitWallet, i-CF, ColorZip, Mobaho!, Warner Music, MPulse, GMap, Opera, FreeVerse, G-Mode and Macromedia. Tokyo’s hottest mobile networking community is strong and growing, with typically over 200 participants attending, and we look forward to another great MoMo year in 2006.

With the year-end party season just around the corner, we’ve decided to make the November MoMo event a 100% relaxed and fun Super Mobile Networking Bonenkai.* And for good little boys & girls, Santa will be there with some door-prize goodies!

Note*: Bring plenty of meishi!

Sponsored by:
Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Jonckers Translation & Engineering

Date: Monday, 14 November 2005 :: 19:00-23:00
Venue: Super Deluxe Roppongi – GMap
Admission: FREE with registration below – OR – JPY 1,000 at the door
Complimentary drink for first 200 guests, a la carte menu available

19:00 – Doors Open
20:00 – Networking
21:00 – Singing
22:00 – Dancing
23:00 – Last call

MoMo 2005 Bonenkai: 100% Presentation Free & i-Pod’s for All.. 😎