The Mobile 2.0 Europe agenda is now finalised. We added a panel on
Mobile Social Media, moderated by Peggy Anne Salz of MSearchGroove and
introduced by Alistair Hill, of M:Metrics who will give us a market
overview introduction on the current state of Mobile Social Media
including lots of facts and figures.
On top of our impressive speaker list - yes, we’re proud of what we do here :) today we added Tommy Ahlers, CEO of ZYB and Doug Richards, CEO of Trutap and mixed them up with Charlie Schick of Nokia Conversations, Antonio Vince Staybl, CEO of Itsmy.com (GoFresh) and Alex Romero, Director Partnerships, of Yahoo! Connected Life Europe, we had already in our program.
You can check the full list of speakers and bio’s here - http://mobile20.eu/speakers/
NOTE that Early-Bird tickets at € 99, Standard 1 tickets at € 149 and Standard 2 tickets at € 199 are now Sold out.
The last series of tickets (Standard 3) are available at € 299 (breakfast, lunch, coffee and networking cocktail included). All prices are VAT exclusive.
You can order your tickets online at Amiando Mobile 2.0 Europe - http://www.amiando.com/mobile2europe
Don’t wait last minute to order your ticket, we’re heading for a full house.
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FINAL AGENDA - http://mobile20.eu/agenda/
MORNING
* 8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Breakfast
* 9:00 - 9:15 Introductions
* 9:15 - 9:30 Keynote
* Pekka Pohjakallio, Vice President, Suites Management and Marketing, Services and Software at Nokia
* 9:30 - 10:30 PANEL: Mobile Social Media
*
o Peggy Anne Salz, MSearchGroove (Moderator)
o Market Overview introduction by Alistair Hill, Analyst, M:Metrics
o Tommy Ahlers, CEO ZYB
o Charlie Schick, Editor-in-Chief for Nokia Conversations
o Doug Richards, CEO Trutap
o Antonio Vince Staybl, CEO Itsmy.com (GoFresh)
o Alex Romero - Director Partnerships, Yahoo! Connected Life Europe
* 10:30 - 11:20 Seed Capital Start-up Sessions
* (announced the day of the event)
* 11:20 - 11:45 Coffee Break
* 11:45 - 12:30 PANEL: The VC Perspective
o Tony Fish, AMF Ventures (Moderator)
o Dr. Maximilian Niederhofer, Associate, Atlas Venture
o Inma Martinez, Investment and Innovation Executive, Stradbroke Advisors
o Anil Hansjee, Head of Corporate Development - EMEA, Google Inc.
o Patrick Raibaut, Partner, Debaeque Venture Capital
* 12:45 - 13:30 Pre Series A Start-up Sessions
o kooaba (Switzerland) - Mobile Image Search
o Mobiluck (France) - Mobile Location-based IM, Chat and Social Networking
o Secufone (Netherlands) - Mobility and Safety
o Unkasoft (Spain) - Mobile Advergaming
o ViiF (Germany) - Mobile Entertainment Community
* 13:30 - 14:30 Lunch
AFTERNOON
* 14:30 - 14:45 Welcome back
* 14:45 - 15:45 PANEL: The Operator Perspective
o Raimo van der Klein, SPRXmobile (Moderator)
o Martin Duval, CEO bluenove / Director of the Orange Start-Up Program
o Gian Paolo Balboni, Head of Innovation Trends Telecom Italia
o Unai Iturburu, Head of Vodafone Spain R&D
o Carlos Domingo, General Director of Telefonica R+D labs
o Anastassia Lauterbach, Executive Vice President for Strategy, T-Mobile International
* 15:45 - 16:30 Post Series A Start-up Sessions
o Futurlink (Spain) - Proximity Marketing
o Nimbuzz (Netherlands) - Mobile IM and Text Message Service
o Mippin (UK) - Mobilizing the Web
o Palringo (UK) - Vocal Instant Messaging
o Taptu (UK) - Mobile Social Search
* 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
*
* 17:00 - 18:00 PANEL: Open Business Models
*
o Mike Butcher, TechCrunch UK & Ireland (Moderator)
o Chris Liu, Managing Director, Fjord
o Leif Fågelstedt, COO, Blyk
o Ilja Laurs, Founder & CEO of GetJar
o Ray Anderson, CEO and founder, Bango
o Laurence Aderemi, Business Development Director (EMEA), AdMob
* 18:00 - 18:15 Closing Remarks
* 18:15 - 19:30 Networking Cocktail
Mobile Technology Feature - Top 10 Business Apps for Android - Android has become one of the most popular mobile operating systems
in the world due to advanced software, competitive manufacturers, and an
app market that is filled with exciting and useful applications. Read
on for this fine Top 10 List compiled by tech writer, Blake Sanders
The Really Big List of Mapping, Geo location Mobile developer resources, APIs and Tools - The Mobile Ecosystem... no question that mobile is huge and
the opportunity for developers, in particular, geo developers! There's
loads of developer resources on the web so to help the developer,
here's a listing of just some of the fine dev resources, blogs,
toolsets and more to consider when developing or porting your app to a
smartphone or Tablet.
ArcGIS.com Mashup Tutorial with Flickr and Foursquare data-
Here's a simple "how to" tutorial on working with the free ArcGIS.com
to easily import KML or RSS data from Flickr and foursquare into ArcGIS
to create your own custom map mashup. ArcGIS.com has some recent
updates including support for KML, be sure to check it out!
Most Users of Free Photo Apps Say Adding Cool Effects is Most Useful - Adding cool effects
to photos was rated as the most useful thing by more than halfof
consumers surveyed using free online photography services, according to
CatchFree a free
online service that helps people find the best free mobile and web applications
to perform useful tasks.
Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet Up Close - No Replacement for the iPad But Pretty Darned Sweet - As could be
expected, speculation and blogging is rampant with many stories and
pseudo "reviews" coming out, many of them touting the next "iPad
killer".
Mobile Developer Resource - MapQuest & The Mobile Worker - Facility management companies, surveyors, multi-level marketing,
insurance claims, pipeline companies, water utilities; all have field
workers who would benefit from mobile applications. Not only checking in
to work sites, but keeping a record of the work done
Flickr GPS Photo Tag Tip - Here's a tip for Flickr users who want to share their GPS information
with their photos. note, in order to do this you'll need to be
capturing photos using a GPS-enabled or GPS-aware camera (see you're
smartphone hardware settings to ensure that GPS or location sharing is
turned "ON)".
Mobile data usage in Canada to triple between 2010 and 2012 - Some interesting, yet not terribly surprising, numbers on mobile
usage coming out of Canada. According to a report summarized on
Techvibes, mobile usage is soaring, in particular, the smartphone
segment
Social Location Directory
Do you have a location-aware application, social location service or other location-sensitive service that you'd like to share with us? Please browse this growing directory of Social location Services and feel free to leave a link to your favorite service! See the Directory HERE
Suggested Reading
The Underground Guide To The iPhone:
The iPhone is – if I may say so – one of the greatest mobile
revolutions of the past decade. More and more, mobile phones seem to
materialize out of our wildest dreams. Because of the tight integration
of third-party applications, you can do nearly everything with your
device — be it gaming, working, fooling around, and of course phoning.
Good Mobile Messaging: Executives and professional field forces spend an increasing amount of time on the road tending to business.
Mobile Apps - Native or Web?:
You probably have a plan to build a mobile app, but you've struggled
with the basic question - Should I build it using open web standards
such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, or should I build it as a native app
for the devices I want to target?
iBike Coach App- a new “Always On” feature always gathers data
Nike+ GPS App- for sports tracking, recording and sharing
Featured Events
Content & Apps for Automotive Europe 2012 (18-19 April, Germany)
will give you key insights on how in-vehicle connectivity is being
revolutionised as OEMs integrate dynamic content to stay relevant
throughout the vehicle life cycle.
Location Intelligence for Enterprise - Europe 2012, January 16-17, London Hear from Google, Jones Lang LaSalle, Tesco, Willis, Oracle,
ESRI, Microsoft, PBBI and many more as they debate the best strategies
for business models and integration.
Consumer Telematics Show 2012 (Jan 9, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, USA) is the most prestigious and
dynamic consumer telematics focused meeting for the automotive industry.
Held in Las Vegas on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES),
this year's senior-level speakers will include General Motors, Audi,
Toyota, Panasonic, Continental, Hughes Telematics, Gartner, KIA,
Mercedes-Benz and many more
Esri Dev Summit - The
Esri Developer Summit (DevSummit) brings together developers and GIS
professionals from all over the globe. March 26-29, 2012, Palm Springs,
CA
