It’s been a while since I hit the conference circuit. I enjoy learning about new technologies and business models. I also enjoy meeting new people and expanding my network of professional contacts (especially my LinkedIn contacts). Unfortunately, I’ve been too busy of late to travel to these shows. The good news is this time the show is coming to Budapest.
Next week I will selectively sample the workshops and presentations at IIR’s Mobile & NFC Payment Strategies conference. The conference brochure promises to ‘cut through the hype’ with a comprehensive overview of how the mobile payment industry is evolving, as well as how to create successful m-payment strategies. My special thank you to Tony Poulus of Telecom TV, who invited me to attend the show.

Just wanted to add that NFC was developed in Austria by the local R&D people of Philips Semiconductors in Graz ( Now NXP) and Sony, later on applied by Telekom Austria and others.