On  22-23 May 2006 Infor-media Russia company and Izvestiya newspaper held conference Mobile Commerce and Payments in Marriott Grand Hotel in Moscow.

The conference gave specialists a unique opportunity to have detailed firsthand information on the experience of implementing payment systems via mobile telephone. It will convene specialists from mobile communications markets and financial organizations (payment systems and banks).

The conference discussed the following issues:

• Future of mobile financial services. How financial institutions apply mobile commerce?
• Legislation in the sphere of mobile commerce
• Role of card providers on mobile financial services market
• Mobile payments safety. What are the safety requirements and how to abide by them? Operators' and financial institutions representatives' viewpoints
• Money leakage from mobile contents earnings
• Mobile contents retail trade
• Role of mobile operators in non-contact payments
• How is it possible to create market together? Problems in creating payment systems and joint solutions
• Applying m-ticketing . Outlooks for development in Russia
• Which steps have been taken towards big mobile payments?

Alexander Yevtiushkin, Head of IIS Directorate of Innovative and Investment Projects, made report at the conference on Strategy and Problems of M-Payment System Development (PDF, 165 Kb).