mobiThinking is proud to bring you our pick of mobile conferences and awards from around the world… and we’ve also negotiated some great discounts and free tickets to give away. This is not your usual mobile events list.
• Event organizers of mobile marketing, mobile Web, mobile payments and m-commerce conferences interested in media partnerships, please contact: editor (at) mobiThinking.com.

Great mobile events from mobiThinking partners:

Mobile Commerce Mexico and Central America

* When: January 25 – 26, 2012.
* Where: Mexico City.
* Who’s speaking: Visa, CNBV, Movistar, BANORTE, PayPal, Western Union Mobil, Clink Mobile Banking, The Competitive Intelligence Unit, Frogtekt, RIM, Groupalia, Virgin Mobile, Elogia, MasterCard, Privalia, AMIPCI.
* mT reader offer: save 10 percent, using discount code “MBTN01”.

3rd Mobile Commerce Conference

* When: January 30 - February 1, 2012.
* Where: San Francisco, USA.
* Who’s speaking: NBC Universal, JetBlue, Capital One, Adobe, PayPal, Charles Schwab, Tribune Company,
* mT reader offer: Save 20 percent using discount code “3MCCMT” – you must reference mobiThinking.com.
* Read this: 10 Reasons why mobile analytics are mission critical: Michael Ricci, Webtrends.

Mobile LATAM

* When: February 1-3 2012.
* Where: Miami, USA.
* Who’s speaking: Weather Channel, Hulsey IP Law, Sprint, Samsung, Americas IT Forum, BuzzCity, Webmoblink, Federal Communications Commission, Econsultancy, Clearcast, SQMOS, RedMas, Xtify.
* mT reader offer: save US $400 on the registration price using the code LATAMDEV.

M-Days

* When: February 1-2, 2012.
* Where: Frankfurt, Germany.
* Who’s speaking: Microsoft, Nokia, Cirquent, Nielsen Research, MasterCard, Sapient Nitro, AKQA, Ogilvy, Dentsu, Coca Cola.
* mT reader offer: Win a free ticket in this competition.

The Mobile Marketing Conference

* When: March 19 – 21, 2012.
* Where: Miami, USA.
* Who’s speaking: Google, Zappos, Sony, Disney, Gilt Groupe, Wharton, The Hayzlett Group, Red Envelope, Weather Channel, Institute for the Future.
* mT reader offer: save 20 percent, using discount code “TMMC12MOBITHINKING”.

The BLN Making it Mobile Forum and MiM Award 2012

* When: March 22, 2012.
* Early Bird registration ends: March 22, 2012.
* Where: London, UK.
* Who’s speaking: Telegraph Media Group, LivingSocial, FT.com, ITV, RBS, Tesco.com.
* mT reader offer: save 20 percent, using discount code “mobiThinking”.

Social Media World Forum

* When: March 27-28, 2012.
* Early Bird registration ends: January 31, 2012.
* Where: London, UK.
* Who’s speaking: Betfair, Centrica, Foursquare, Capital Business Media.
* Note: SMWF has a dedicated Mobile Marketing track on March 28.
* mT reader offer: save 15 percent, using discount code “MOBI15”.

4G Devices, Smartphone Apps, M2M 2012 World Summit

* When: March 29 – 30, 2012.
* Early Bird registration ends: February 29, 2012.
* Where: Seoul, South Korea.
* Who’s speaking: Details to follow.
* Speaker inquiries: marketing2 (at) magenta-global.com.sg.
* mT reader offer: Details to follow.

Mobile Payments & NFC Asia 2011

* When: April 19-20, 2012.
* Where: Hong Kong.
* Who’s speaking: Axis Bank, China Mobile Labs, KPMG China, Chunghwa Telecom Labs, Citibank, Gemalto Beijing, Dialog Telekom, NTT Data, Union Mobile Pay, Maverick China Research; * Speaker inquiries: speaking (at) symphonyglobal.com.
* mT reader offer: save 10 percent, using discount code “MBT4/12”.

MMA Forum Singapore

* When: April 23-25, 2012.
* Early Bird registration ends: March 9, 2012.
* Where: Singapore.
* Who’s speaking: The Weather Channel, Millennial Media, Vodafone, Praekelt, Promoseven Group, Panasion Group.
* mT reader offer: save 15 percent, using discount code mobithinking_MMAF2012.
* Competition: Win a free ticket (details to follow).
* Read this: What makes Asia Pacific the most exciting mobile market in the world? Interview with Rohit Dadwal, MD Asia Pacific, MMA.
* Watch this: Weather Channel’s Scott Jensen.

Partner events in 2011:

Access:mobile Roadshow: Europe • MMA Forum: Los Angeles • Read this: Interview with Michael Becker, MD, North America, MMA • Check out: MMA Global Awards winners’ video case studies • Access:mobile Roadshow: US • Smart Device and Mobile User Experience Summit • The Effective Mobile Marketing Awards (EMMAs) • Check out: EMMA winners’ case studies • Read this: The insider’s guide to mobile device security • MMA Forum: São Paulo • MMA Forum: London • Read this: Interview with Paul Berney, MD, MMA EMEA • Ad:tech London • Watch these: Nine video interviews with leading mobile experts • Mobile Financial Services Asia Pacific Summit • Mobile Money CALA and Mobile Roaming CALA Forum • Mobile Marketing Forum: New York • BLN Money in Mobile Forum and Money in Mobile (MiM) Award • AITEC Banking & Mobile Money West Africa • Mobile VAS Forum (Latin America) • MLOVE ConFestival • Mobile Marketing Forum: APAC • Mobile Research Conference (conference reports and presentations available) and MRC Awards • Thinking Mobile Confex • M-Days • IADIS Mobile Learning 2011 • AITEC Banking & Mobile Money COMESA •