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schedule details Your daily lineup. Welcome to Mobile Disrupt 2026!

Checking in at MOBILE DISRUPT are companies focusing on Mobile Device Management, Technology and Wireless Expense Management, Enterprise Mobility, Secondary Phone Market, Wholesale Mobile Distributors, Mobile Repair & Refurbishing. MOBILE DISRUPT is where you could exhibit your products and services related to the Mobility industry.

schedule

12:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Registration and Badge Pickup

12:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Exhibitor Setup

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Cracking Mobile: The Live Selling Masterclass - Sponsored by Mannapov, LLC

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Cracking Mobile: The Live Selling Masterclass is a 3-hour deep dive for senior mobile recommerce professionals — co-presented by All Things Circular and the Global Reverse Logistics Alliance.
The session covers the live selling landscape, the operational gaps keeping mobile on the sidelines, and what it will actually take to own the market by 2030 — with live polling, platform spotlights and structured discussion facilitated by Rich Bulger (Ex-Cisco & Verizon, author of Going Circular) and Dr. Peter C. Evans (Chief Economist, GRLA).
The registration fee has been fully waived, thanks to Mannapov, LLC, making this exclusive Masterclass completely FREE to attend.
Strictly limited to the first 40 registrants. SIGN UP today!

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Peter C Evans, PHD

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Rich Bulger

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Victoria D'Arcy

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Roundtable Discussion: Digital Product Passports for Mobile Devices

Speakers

  • Rich Bulger, Co-Founder, All Things Circular
  • Peter C. Evans, Chief Economist, Global Reverse Logistics Alliance
  • Jason Smith, Head of Services Partnerships, GSMA

7:30 am - 5:00 pm

Registration and Badge Pickup

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Breakfast - Sponsored by Mobilenzo

📍Glimmer Ballroom

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Building a Bigger Pie: Collaboration as the Growth Engine of the Secondary Marketplace

Speakers

  • Darrell Fleming-Kendall, Executive Director, Global ITAD Alliance
  • Tom Salah, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Blancco Technology Group
  • Kevin Dillon, Co-Founder & CMO/CSO, ERI
  • Rich Bulger, Founder & Chief Circularity Officer, All Things Circular

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Darrell Fleming-Kendall

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Tom Salah

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Kevin Dillon

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Rich Bulger

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Alchemy: From trade-in to checkout: Using consumer insight to drive higher conversion and secondary market growth

Moderator: Bob Lafon, President & CEO, Lafon & Associates

Panelists:

  • John Doughty, SVP Global Partnerships, Alchemy Global Solutions
  • Stephen Wise, Global Marketing and E-Commerce Director, Alchemy Global Solutions

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Hours

10:00 am - 11:00

Apkudo: The Race for Consumer Transparency Has Begun. Are You Ready?

Moderator: Simon Bryant, Vice President Research, CCS Insight

Panelists:

  • Josh Matthews, Co-founder & CEO, Apkudo
  • Sean Cleland, Vice President - Mobility, B-Stock
  • Craig Feely, Head of CRN/Trade-in, Samsung Electronics America

11:00 Am - 12:00 PM

Blancco: Unlocking Margin through AI

Moderator: George Abdelmalak, National Account Manager, Blancco

Panelists:

  • Chris Cornell, Sr Manager of Strategy + Operations, eBay
  • Tzvika Shahaf, SVP Products, Blancco
  • Josh Beasley, CEO, Early Upgrade

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Lunch - Sponsored by Mobile Sentrix

📍Glimmer Ballroom

1:00 PM - 2:00 pm

B-Stock: Economic Headwinds, Supply Constraints, and the Restructuring of Pre-Owned Mobile

Moderator: Marin Galvin, Director of Strategic Industry Programs, CTIA

Panelists:

  • Sean Cleland, Vice President - Mobility, B-Stock
  • Brad Akyuz, Mobile Industry Analyst - Consultant, Circana

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

PhoneX: The Bottom Line: Efficiency Drives Profits in a Mature Market

Speaker: Nik Raman, CEO, PhoneX

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

ERI: Trust, Innovation, and Collaboration for EOL Device Management in 2026 and Beyond A Conversation with John Shegerian and Bob Lafon

Moderator: Bob Lafon, President & CEO, Lafon & Associates

Speaker: John Shegherian, CEO, Chairman, ERI

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Sprosty Network: Finding Growth with AI in the Circular Economy

Speakers:

  • Dave Sprosty, Managing Partner, Sprosty Network
  • Jason Smith, Head of Services Partnerships, GSMA
  • Michael Amkreutz, Head of Strategic Growth and Partnerships, Omni Channel Solutions

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Evening Reception & Awards Ceremony - Sponsored by Trillion

📍Fontaine/Fleur de Lis

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration and Badge Pickup

8:00 am to 9:00 am

Breakfast - Sponsored by FIN

📍Glimmer Ballroom

9:00 am - 10:00 am

FutureDial: AI in Reverse Logistics: Real World Applications, Lessons Learned, and What’s Next

Moderator: Dave Sprotsky, CEO, Best Buy Mobile

Panelists

  • Darren Madonick, Chief Evangelist, FutureDial
  • Guennael "G" Delorme, CEO, TICE Group
  • Nik Raman, CEO, PhoneX Holdings
  • Kitty Vang, COO, YY Wireless
  • Kimberley Allison, Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy & Execution. Assurant

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Women in Wireless (panel discussion)

Moderator: Kimberley Allison, Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy & Execution. Assurant

Panelists

  • Jasmine Martirossian, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, Strategy Ark
  • Cathi Coan, CEO, Techway Services, Inc.
  • Mikhaila Amora, Global Lead and US GM EHI, eBay

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Hours

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Glacier Consulting: The Shift In Mobility - Certification, Automation and Scalability

Speakers

  • Michael Hutchcraft, President, Glacier Consulting
  • Stephen Howser, VP Strategic Partnerships, Evercyle
  • Guennael Delorme, Founder & CEO, TICE Group, Inc.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch - Sponsored by Shield Security, Inc.

📍Glimmer Ballroom

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Stone Group: The Future of Used and Refurbished Devices: Inside the B2B Secondary Market

Moderator: Bob Lafon, President & CEO, Lafon & Associates

Speaker: David Arredondo, CEO, StoneGroup

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

CEO Roundtable: Challenges & Opportunities

Moderator: Bob Lafon, President & CEO, Lafon & Associates

Panelists:

  • Jerry Abramov, Founder/CEO, COS Phones
  • Jon Newman, CEO, PrologMobile
  • Tsuyoshi Shimizu, President, We Sell Cellular
  • Elizabeth Chen, CEO, Trillion Technologies and Trading LLC
  • Bardia Vahidi PhD, Founder/President, IBEC Inc.
  • Nik Raman, CEO, PhoneX
  • Jordan Notenbaum, President, Mobile Sentrix

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Old Gangsters of Mobile: Stories from the old days!

Moderator: Liliya Safronyuk, Senior Vice President, LAN Global

Panelists:

  • Jerry Abramov, Founder/CEO, COS Phones
  • Jason Najor, President/Founder, Super Fair Cellular
  • Troy Engar, Founder/CEO, Rising Tide Wireless
  • Amir Kashfi, President, Valor International
  • Bob Lafon, President & CEO, Lafon & Associates

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

After Party at Bodega Taqueria Tequlia South Beach,1220 16th Street, Miami Beach, Florida 33139 - Sponsored by Walmart

Featuring DJ Provost - Sponsored by PrologMobile

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