CTIA Announces Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith and Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf Join Keynote Lineup

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Aug 05, 2014, 01:50 ET

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, CTIA-The Wireless Association® announced Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back and PROVA Group, Inc. Chairman and Founder Emmitt Smith and Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf will deliver keynote remarks at Super Mobility Week, September 9, 10 & 11, 2014 at the Sands Expo & Convention Center in Las Vegas.

Keynote Additions:

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo will wrap up the morning keynote session on Day One, (September 9, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. PT) following a presentation from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and a Mobile Video Panel hosted by Verizon Wireless President and CEO Dan Mead with Alcatel-Lucent's CEO Michael Combes and ESPN EVP of Sales and Marketing Sean Bratches.
- Day One will also feature an Afternoon Keynote session on Innovation, (3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. PT) and will feature Microsoft EVP of the Devices Group Stephen Elop, Twilio CEO & Co-Founder Jeff Lawson and Lookout CEO Jim Dolce.
Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf will participate in a Mobile Music Panel on Day Two (September 10, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. PT) hosted by Sprint Corporation CEO Dan Hesse and featuring HDtracks and Chesky Records CEO David Chesky and Music Entrepreneur Thomas Dolby.
- Before the Music Panel, SAP CEO Bill McDermott will give a keynote presentation following a Connected Car Panel hosted by AT&T Mobility President and CEO Ralph de la Vega with Ericsson SVP and CTO Ulf Ewaldsson, General Motors President of Global Connected Consumer Mary Chan, VoiceBox Co-Founder and CEO Mike Kennewick and Tesla Motors VP of Business Development Diarmuid O'Connell.
Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back and PROVA Group, Inc. Chairman and Founder Emmitt Smith will join NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France, ESPN EVP of Digital and Print Media John Kosner and Octagon Chief Strategy Officer Simon Wardle on a Sports Roundtable hosted by NFL Network Chief Correspondent for Health & Safety Andrea Kremer during Day Three (September 11, 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT).
- Zappos CEO and Downtown Project Founder Tony Hsieh will be the final keynote presentation on entrepreneurship.

"By adding Dick, Emmitt and Steve to our already phenomenal keynote stage lineup, our attendees are going to hear from these diverse and world-leading executives on how their businesses are using mobile in innovative ways to benefit their customers," said Meredith Attwell Baker, CTIA President and CEO. "From devices and videos to music and connected cars to shopping and sports, the impact that wireless technology has in our lives today is undeniable and growing. Yet as we'll hear from FCC Chairman Wheeler and others involved in wireless policy, in order to meet tomorrow's mobile demands, we must make sure our policy decisions today are flexible and allow the individual companies to innovate without harmful regulations."

The full keynote lineup and schedule is available at http://www.supermobilityweek.com/info/index.cfm/keynote-sessions. The keynote remarks will be streamed live on our website (http://highlights.supermobilityweek.com/livekeynote/), which will be available by September 8.

About CTIA Shows
CTIA Shows bring together all industries advanced by wireless technology for intense business, learning and networking. Super Mobility Week (www.supermobilityweek.com) takes place Sept. 9, 10 and 11, 2014 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. Twitter: @ctiashows | Facebook: www.ctiashows.com/facebook | LinkedIn: www.ctiashows.com/linkedin

About CTIA
CTIA-The Wireless Association® (www.ctia.org) is an international organization representing the wireless communications industry. Membership in the association includes wireless carriers and their suppliers, as well as providers and manufacturers of wireless data services and products. CTIA advocates on behalf of its members at all levels of government. The association also coordinates the industry's voluntary best practices and initiatives, and sponsors the industry's leading wireless tradeshow. CTIA was founded in 1984 and is based in Washington, D.C.

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