We sort of noticed the decline of attendance for Mobile Con this year vs prior year. CTIA announced more than 5,000 information technology professionals attended the three-day event which was 10k less than last year.
61% of MobileCON 2012 attendees were comprised of enterprise and IT solutions providers, users, application companies, carriers and M2M providers. 59% of registrants were C-level or senior executives, CTIA said.
Top Areas of Interest to MobileCON 2012 Attendees, in order of popularity:
- M2M.
- Mobile App/Device Management.
- Applications/Software.
- Mobile Cloud.
- Mobile IT Enterprise Solutions & Strategy.
Level of Senior Executive Attendance at MobileCON 2012:
- C-level, Executive & Senior Management – 59 percent.
Top 3 Job Functions of Attendees:
- IT, Engineering and R&D – 32 percent.
- Corporate Management – 15 percent.
- Marketing & Communications – 10 percent.
Nationality of Top Non-U.S. Attendees:
- Canada.
- U.K..
- China.
- Mexico.
- South Korea.
- Japan.
- Greece
- India
The best part was beautiful San Diego and the ocean view of the San Diego Convention Center.