The Open Mobile Summit on November 10-11 at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco is shaping up to be another great mobile event… Socialize Mobilize is helping get the word out on the conference this year, having enjoyed attending the show for the last couple of years.  At the time of writing, there were only 12 tickets left, so sign up quickly if you’d like to go!

This year’s agenda features over 60 speakers from companies including AKQA, ESPN, T-Mobile, Verizon, American Eagle, CBS Interactive, Fox and HTC and others.  There are four focused tracks: advertising, retail, media and mobile technology, so plenty of content and networking opportunities.

Learn more about the event here and sign up here: http://www.openmobilemedia.com/san-francisco.

I sat down with Shoneel Kolhatkar, Senior Director of Product Planning at Samsung USA for a hands-on with Samsung’s latest products  – the Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, Gear Fit, and Galaxy S5 (GS5) phone.

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This week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the mobile industry’s big annual conference, Samsung announced the new Galaxy S5 phone and three new smart watches: Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, and Gear Fit.  I attended the live announcement on Monday night at the Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona, and the excitement was palpable. (more…)

This week at Mobile World Congress, MasterCard (NYSE:MA) and Syniverse announced that they are collaborating to provide several new mobile and payment services to that will benefit mobile users that travel abroad. (more…)

Our friends over at Wearable World are hosting Wearable Wednesday at their office in San Francisco, and Socialize Mobilize has an exclusive discount code that gets you 30% until the event sells out.  Just use “PRESS_SOCIALIZEMOBILIZE” when you register here. (more…)

With less than 4 weeks to go to Mobile World Congress 2014, it’s time to start RSVPing… For the past several years, I’ve assembled a list of the best open networking events and parties at Mobile World Congress. Below is my list for 2014. To read it in larger format or download, visit this document on Google Drive.  Most of these events are free to attend and open to all, but you’ll need to RSVP.

To download any of these events to your calendar, visit our Events calendar.

If you’ve got a public event that you’d like me to add to the list, please drop me a line.

If you’d like to meet me to discuss a potential consulting project or explore a partnership my clients, Alminder Inc. (maker of Mynd – Smart Calendar & Meeting Scheduler) or AgeCheq Inc. (a COPPA compliance ecosystem serving the needs of both app developers and parents) get in touch. Please also check out my client VentureBeat‘s upcoming mobile events: MobileSummit & MobileBeat 2014)