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May 2011
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Dear !
Welcome to our first newsletter devoted to Mobile Industry Events. Over the past two years, we have all noticed an ever increasing number of developer and mobile events being offered. Until 18 months ago, there were very few events focused on developers which is what prompted WIP to start our very popular WIPJams in February of 2008. Now there are literally dozens of events every single month. How do you choose where to spend your time, energy and MONEY?
In early, 2010, we implemented our Mobile Community Calendar to help you locate and get information on these events. We strive to make it THE source of mobile events on the web. It is a wiki so please help us by entering your and other events that are missing. Our focus is on developer events that help developers connect to information, resources and people. You can search for events by type, date and location. Check it out! There are also calendar and map functions to make it super easy.
Each month, we will provide a listing of upcoming events, reviews of a past event, recommendation for "must" attend events and suggestions for making the most of every event that you attend. We might throw in a polling question or two to get your feedback and monitor the pulse of the developer community. So, please read on and let us know what you think! As always, we want to hear from you... what you like, what you don't like, what you want to see in our next event newsletter. Tell us about events you attended and we are also looking for event reviews for future issues. All the best,
Teresa Teresa Ostman, VP Marketing & Partnerships
Wireless Industry Partnership (WIP)
The 'Connector' for the mobile and wireless industry Twitter: @CarolineWIP #wipjam @TeresaWIP @ThibautR @Caaarlo
Join our group on Facebook and Linkedin. Welcome to readers of our new events newsletter - nice to meet you at conferences or at our WIPJam sessions. The Event newsletter is sent out once/month; Our News newsletter is also sent out once/month. In addition, you will receive the occasional eblast about our own events. We pledge not to spam and inundate you with emails. However, if you aren't interested in receiving our information, please use the opt out link below - no hard feelings! You can choose to opt out of the Event Newsletter, News Newsletter or both.
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AT&T Hackathon - April 16, Seattle, WA
On April 16, AT&T hosted the first in a series of Hackathons for developers. The Mobile App Hackathon was a great event for mobile developers to come together, network, learn about new technologies and build mobile apps.
Hackathons are becoming the "it" of developer events, along with other grassroots events. The event attracted over 150 attendees and of that 90 or so hacked for six hours, producing a dozen apps. The event was a great opportunity for those new to mobile development to learn about various developer environments and to meet other like minded folks.
The apps produced in the six hour period were quite innovative. The biggest surprised was the number of developers who were developing their first mobile app!
The next AT&T Hackathon is set to take place June 4, the day after Uplinq in San Diego. More information on the WIP Mobile Community Calendar.
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HP webOS CONNECT
May 25, Paris and May 27, Berlin
webOS CONNECT is a fun and informal community gathering of web developers, designers and mobile expressionists. Whether you are currently developing applications for the HP TouchPad or learning how you can take advantage of the webOS opportunity to grow your business, we hope you are able to join us for a night of networking, hosted food and open bar in a unique accessible setting.
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NAVTEQ Developer Days
May 31, Tel Aviv, June 8, London, June 14, Berlin & June 23, San Franciso (save the date)
Join NAVTEQ at one of their upcoming events for an information-packed day about the explosive growth and tremendous opportunity for location enabled apps. Learn how NAVTEQ and their partners can assist you every step of the way, from the initial stage of building your location app straight through to helping you with business development and marketing.
Location is hot!! Add a map to your app. On June 23, come and learn about NAVTEQ and our partners' APIS => Bing, Esri, deCarta and NAVTEQ's own LPA team. Definite advantage when you attend WIP's Muther! of all Hack-a-thons on June 24.
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Nokia Qt Training - Advanced 
June 13/14, Vancouver, Canada, June 16/17, Sunnyvale, CA,
June 22/23, Dallas, TX
Nokia and ICS, a Qt Certified Trainer, are pleased to present Qt 4.7 Advanced Training sessions for experienced Qt developers. Qt 4.7 Advanced Training is a two day technical deep dive on the latest Qt development tools, APIs, and key developer use cases (such as In-App Purchase) with live coding demos from subject matter expert developers from Nokia and ICS.
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the Muther! of all Hackathons + DevCon
June 24 to June 25, 2011
Mountain View, CA
The Muther! is coming and YOU don't want to miss it! This will be a real mashup where Hackathon meets DevCon in a fun, informative format! The real world doesn't focus on a single technology, phone or solution, so neither will the Muther!
Join hundreds of New developers, Experienced developers, Tool companies and Carriers, Investors and other mobile fanatics for a two day adventure of Master Classes, UnPanels, Coding, New APIs, Prizes, a BBQ and more.
Innovation trumps sleep. Always.
The Muther! is sponsored by: Immersion, HPwebOS, AT&T, fitml.com, BlueVia, Nuance, Sencha and Viafo.
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 WIPJam @ Apps World Africa
June 1, 2011
Cape Town, South Africa
We're excited to be going to Africa for the first time to host a WIPJam at Apps World Africa in Cape Town! Join us for an afternoon filled with developer storytelling and deep-dive discussion groups to help make your mobile projects more successful. Check out the details on the WIP site, and visit the Apps World site to register for the event -- use code WIP20 for 20% off! WIPJam is sponsored by Nokia.
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WIPJam @ MoSo Conference 
June 16 & 17, 2011
Saskatoon, Canada
We are heading further east in Canada on June 16 and 17 to join MoSo, Canada's mobile and social media conference, in Saskatoon. MoSo will bring together more than 200 creative minds, and we're supplying a WIPJam! Sign up now, only 20 tickets left! Conference Title Sponsor is Sasktel.
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Always have Business Cards with You!
Always carry business cards with you and bring enough cards to every event you attend! Many conferences and exhibitors use scanners to collect your information so you don't think you need business cards. You still do because many of your connections will be made with other event attendees. Connections are also made at evening receptions and activities where there are no scanners in sight!
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Israel Mobile Summit 2011 
May 31, 2011, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Israel Mobile Summit is the first annual mobile event of its kind - focusing on mobile innovation and showcasing promising startups and technologies. Join us for a full day of panels about the hot topics in mobile, keynotes from top speakers, startups contest and of course networking with peers from the mobile industry.
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Augmented Planet
June 1 & 2, 2011, London
At Augmented Planet 2011 you'll hear from industry leaders, AR tools and platform providers and the UK's leading AR developers. It's not a death by PowerPoint event but an opportunity for you to see how easy it is to take advantage of AR. Use code "WIP" for a 50% discount. Check out the WIP Marketplace for an opportunity to win one of five FREE passes.
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Uplinq 2011 
June 1 & 2, 2011, San Diego, CA
Hosted by Qualcomm, Uplinq is the only wireless ecosystem conference that brings together developers and publishers, device makers, OS and technology providers, and network operators to build business around high-quality, compelling mobile apps and data services.
Please go to the Mobile Community Calendar to see additional Mobile events & to post your own:
CHINAPPLANET TsinghuaSciencePark, Beijing, May 26, 2011
Apple WWDC MosconeCenter West, San Francisco, Jun 6, 2011
360|IDEV CrownePlaza Downtown, Denver, Sep 11, 2011
Verizon Developer Conference (VDC) Aria, Las Vegas, Sep 13, 2011
WIPJam @ Digi Week GreatNorthWayCenter, Vancouver, Sep 14, 2011
BlackBerry DevCon Americas San Francisco Marriott Marquis, San Francisco Oct 18, 2011
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TETRA World Congress 2011
May 24 - 27, 2011, Budapest
TWC offers you a unique opportunity to meet with TETRA users, manufacturers, network operators, application developers and system integrators from around the world. Don't miss your chance to learn and network with all of the key players involved in the development, distribution and usage of the TETRA standard in one place at one time.
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Planet of the Apps Asia
June 8 - 10, 2011, Singapore
Planet of the Apps Asia brings together the world's major consumer brands, media businesses, social networking sites, mobile operators and ISPs, device manufacturer, platform owners and developer community. You'll come away with great new ideas to do better business. 20% discount for WIP community.
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 Augmented Reality Summit
June 16, 2011, London
Augmented Reality Summit, (June 16th, 2011, London, UK) is designed to explore this new dynamic reality and provide delegates with the perfect opportunity to uncover Augmented Reality in full and explore the opportunity's AR brings any brand or company. 20% discount with code: ARWIP
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 Future of Wireless International Conference
June 27 & 28, 2011, Cambridge, UK
The focus for 2011 is on 'Networks under Stress'. The phenomenal growth of the wireless industry means key stress points are emerging, which are changing the future of the industry. The conference will scrutinize these issues and consider the development of new strategies and opportunities.
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 MLOVE Confestival
June 29 - July 2, 2011, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
The MLOVE Confestival brings together 200 thought leaders and innovators to discuss the powerful potential of mobile to act as a catalyst for community, change and inspiration.
Please go to the Mobile Community Calendar for information on the following events and more:
International Telecoms Week (ITW) 2011 Washington May 23, 2011
MeeGo Conference San Francisco May 23, 2011
Connected Home Global Summit London May 24, 2011
Gluecon Broomfield May 25, 2011
CHINICT Conference Beijing May 26, 2011
CloudAsia 2011 Singapore May 30, 2011
June
MC ThinkCamp - mHealth London Jun 3, 2011
Cloud Expo New York City Jun 6, 2011
mHealthEd 2011 Conference Cape Town Jun 6, 2011
Open Mobile Summit LondonJun 7, 2011
Mobile Broadband LatAm Jun 7, 2011
Mobile App World 2011 London Jun 7, 2011
Telematics Detroit 2011 Novi Jun 8, 2011
The Art of Marketing Vancouver Jun 9, 2011
The Business of Cloud Computing San Deigo Jun 13, 2011
Mobile 2.0 Europe - openIDEAS Conference Barcelona Jun 16, 2011
3rd Cloud Computing World Forum London Jun 21, 2011
Enterprise 2.0 Boston Jun 21, 2011
CommunicAsia2011 Singapore Jun 21, 2011
CONNECTIONS US Santa Clara Jun 28, 2011
SIMposium 2011 Berlin Jun 28, 2011
Mobile VAS Forum 2011 Miami Jun 28, 2011
Mobile Computing Summit San Francisco Jun 28, 2011
July/August
Medicare Advantage Compliance Symposium Arlington Jul 11, 2011
Mobile Payments & NFC Asia 2011 Hong Kong Jul 13, 2011
Grow Conference 2011 Vancouver, Canada Aug 17, 2011
2nd Annual Medical Management in Medicare Advantage: San Diego Aug 25, 2011
September/October
Wireless China Industry Summit Beijing Sep 1, 2011
Apps World Asia 2011 Singapore Sep 1, 2011
Web & Mobility Summit Fall 2011 Travelling throughout Europe Sep 1, 2011
Mobile Broadband World Berlin Sep 12, 2011
Mobile VAS World Summit 2011 Singapore Sep 12, 2011
Apps World Middle East 2011 Dubai Sep 14, 2011
Future of Mobile London Sep 16, 2011
3rd Annual Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit 2011 Brussels Sep 20, 2011
The Social Media Strategies Summit Boston Sep 20, 2011
SDP Global Summit Berlin Sep 21, 2011
Planet of the Apps Europe London Oct 4, 2011
Cloud Mobility & Services 2011 Moscow Oct 4, 2011
MxO - Mobile Opportunities Expo & Trend Conference Hamburg Oct 6, 2011
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