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Internet Dating - a conference for the industry looks to mobile.

by Guy Kewney | posted on 08 May 2005


The 5th Internet Dating Conference (San Francisco 2005) event will cover Mobile and Wireless Technologies to the Dating and Social Networking industry.

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Topics included will be new and existing technology and business management for Dating and Social Networking businesses that are entering the mobile/wireless space. It will be held on July 21-22, 2005 at the Hilton San Francisco in San Francisco

Before that, the Hong Kong Internet Dating Conference and Expo http://www.InternetDatingConference.com  will focus on management, technology and marketing to Asia and the Far East for the online personals industry. It takes place May 12-13, 2005 at the Excelsior Hong Kong Hotel, and will focus on management, technology and marketing to Asia and the Far East for the online personals industry.

What one might not expect, is the focus of this event on ID checks. The conference site lists the full text of five pending bills in four US states on ID verification and online dating.

  • MICHIGAN SB 286 
  • FLORIDA HB 1035  
  • FLORIDA SB 1768 
  • TEXAS HB 1307 
  • CALIFORNIA AB 1681  - this last is "considered dead" - as is similar legislation in Virginia.

  • Speakers at the Hong Kong event include executives from companies and organizations such as: Click2Asia, Bharat Matrimony, Asia Friendfinder, Tianji.com, Asia Pay, Plutolife, Timway Hong Kong Search Engine, Silk Road Technologies, Asian Promise, Userplane, One2One Magazine, and Bartle Bogle Hegarty.

    Topics include: Dating business development in China, social networking and online dating in Asian nations, wireless carriers and business models for mobile social networking, the dating market in India, the mobile dating market in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand & Indonesia, search engine marketing in China and Greater China, chat and A/V chat technologies in Asia, television and magazine advertising for online dating companies in the Far East and others.

    The Hong Kong event will have a final panel session with online dating executives from popular sites in the Far East to discuss and debate on the online dating market in Asia.

    For more information on the Internet Dating Conference, please visit the website   or contact:

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