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Dear ! Hope you are ready for a busy fall event season! Starting next week, conferences, devcons, webinars and more will be coming up fast and furious! Be sure to check out the Immersion/WIP Webinar "Back to School" series that starts on August 29. More info below. Sign up for one or 14 - webinars are a great way to get up to date info in one short hour. Droidcon UK, October 6 & 7 is promising to be a great Anroid event that you don't want to miss. Enjoy the event ride! Lots to learn about how to make more money, how to secure your property and how to sell to the operators and much more. There are many events featured below. Be sure to go to the WIP Mobile Community Calendar for more information and to find out where WIP will be! The WIP team looks forward to seeing you soon! Teresa Teresa Ostman, VP Marketing & Partnerships
WIP / Wireless Industry PartnershipThe "Connector" for the mobile and wireless industry Twitter: @wipjam @teresaWIP @thibautr @CarolineWIP @caaarlo Welcome to readers of our events newsletter - nice to meet you at conferences, WIPJam sessions and the Muther!. 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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How much notice do you need for a mobile event?
1) 6 - 12 months
2) 3 - 6 months
3) 1 - 3 months
4) < 4 weeks
5) Doesn't matter - I decide quickly.
Vote here!
Last month's results: Main reason for attending Mobile Events:
75% Networking
25% Low Cost or Free
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 Back to School Webinars
Aug 28 - Sept 9, 2011
This Webinar Series, sponsored by Immersion, features webinars on special effects for your apps like haptics and much more! There will be a few refresher sessions for getting started in Android and others on enhancing your apps. Sign up for sessions from Samsung, Nexva, Crittercism, Verizon's NavBuilder, Neustar, Cisco, AT&T, Socialize and more. Mark your calendars and REGISTER to receive updates and webinar reminders -- many of the sessions will feature giveaways for those who participate.
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 Verizon Developer Conference (VDC)
September 13 & 14, 2011, Las Vegas, NV
The Verizon Developer Community invites you to get a look at the inner workings of The Machine - a massive, fluid structure designed for one purpose: to put your app into as many customers' hands as possible. The Machine reaches 93 million customers through multiple channels, including V CAST Apps, online, in-store promotions, and even television. Join them in Vegas for the 2011 Verizon Developer Community Conference. 1200 developers will gain access to critical Machine operations and connect with the people who make it run. Will you be one of them?
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 TC3 Carriers Connection Summit
September 15, 2011, Mountain View, CA
Telcos are now making serious efforts to scout, support and integrate outside innovation into their networks. In Silicon Valley you don't have to look far to find development centers, trial networks, venture funds and incubation labs set up by carriers from 3 continents to prove this point. That's one of the reasons that TC3 is held every year in Silicon Valley. The Telecom Council Carrier Connections Summit, or TC3, is the seminal venue for carriers around the world to market their innovation activities throughout the ecosystem, to attract entrepreneurs and to promote innovation inside and outside their labs. If you are involved in telecom innovation, whether from the financial, market or engineering side, you will want to join this year's TC3 carriers to get an inside look how at they are planning and executing their innovation efforts and how they seek to partner with new, young companies.
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 droidcon UK
October 6 & 7, 2011, London, UK
Join us at droidcon UK - the biggest Android Dev event in the UK.
The aim of droidcon is to bring together the Android development community in an informal environment where they can share ideas, demo new apps, talk to the experts and generally have lots of Android-related fun. The first day will be community led with a full day Barcamp and democamp, where participants will take the stage to propose talks, discussions and showcase their applications. The second day will be a conference day with presentation from the world's experts in Android presenting on the latest applications and usage of the mobile platform. Early-bird registration rates are only available until September 1, so register now!
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 WIPJam @ CTIA E & A
October 12, 2011, San Diego, CA
We'll be back at CTIA in San Diego for another great WIPJam. Join us for an exciting Day for Developers featuring our Mobile Enterprise 101 session and "How to Make Your Good App Great". We'll have tool pitches from companies with great APIs, SDKs, services and other features to help take your app to the next level, as well as one of our infamous UnPanels. We'll wrap things up in the evening with a great party that you won't want to miss. Get registered for the WIPJam. Free CTIA Exhibit Hall pass included!
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Calculate the TCA when considering an event to attend!
The TCA (Total Cost of Attending) should include: 1) Registration fee, 2) Cost of flight, hotels, meals and also 3) the cost to get to and from the venue. Use the results to determine the real cost of attending. Of course, before attending any event, you should determine if it meets your objectives as discussed in last month's event newsletter.
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 The Mobile Beat India: App World 2011
August 29, 2011, Hyderabad, India
The conference addresses the entire Mobile Ecosystem. Topics that will be covered at the event include: Cross-platform app development, Apps marketing and discovery, App monetization, Channels to market, app stores and opportunities for partnerships and more.
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 Mobile 2.0 Silicon Valley
September 1, 2011 , San Francisco
MOBILE 2.0 brings together experts and thought leaders from all aspects of the mobile ecosystem, including startups, investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, and mobile application developers and web technologists. MOBILE 2.0 is pleased to offer WIP members a 25% discount on published registration fees. If you are interested please email the Organizing Committee at info at mobile2event.com.
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 HP webOS Developer Events
Sydney, Australia, Wednesday September 7, 2011
Singapore, Singapore, Monday, September 12, 2011
Hong Kong, China, Thursday, September 15, 2011
Milan, Italy, Tuesday October 4, 2011
Madrid, Spain, Thursday, October 6, 2011
Beijing, China, Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Mexico City, Thursday October 13th, 2011
webOS CONNECT is a fun and informal community gathering of web developers, designers and mobile expressionists. You are invited to participate in a night of awareness, inspiration, education and access to webOS experts to jumpstart your development on HP's world-class platform based entirely on web standards. Attendance is FREE.
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 DEMO Fall 2011
September 12-14, 2011
Silicon Valley
The Tech Ecosystem Unites at DEMO! This is where entrepreneurs, investors, media and buyers converge to take the most promising products from concept to customers. All come to DEMO to experience the future of innovation, find quality dealflow and network with the people who are likely to change the face of technology in the years to come. Don't miss this opportunity to be at DEMO Fall 2011 as over 60 amazing new product launch to the world and potentially change the face of markets.
See the Mobile Community Calendar for more information on these Developer Events:
August 30, 2011 WebOS London Meetup London, United Kingdom
September 11, 2011 360|IDEV Denver, Colorado
September 12, 2011 Sybase Techwave Las Vegas, Nevada
September 21, 2011 Mobile DevCon 2011 - Cologne Cologne, Germany
September 28, 2011 Intel AppUp Elements Conference/Seminar Bellevue, Washington
September 30, 2011 Over the Air 2011 Bletchley in Buckinghamshire, UK
October 01, 2011 Adobe Max Los Angeles , California
October 01, 2011 Big Android BBQ 2011 Austin, Texas
October 02, 2011 Java One Conference/Seminar San Francisco, California
October 18, 2011 BlackBerry DevCon Americas San Francisco, California
October 19, 2011 Mobile DevCon 2011 - Hamburg Hamburg, Germany
October 23, 2011 SenchaCon 2011 Austin, Texas
October 26, 2011 Nokia World Conference/Seminar London , UK
October 26, 2011 App Developer Conference and Hackathon Santa Clara, California
November 02, 2011 Sprint Open Solutions Conference Santa Clara, California
November 06, 2011 Android DevCon San Francisco, California
November 14, 2011 Screens 2011 Toronto, Canada
November 29, 2011 iPhone DevCon Cologne, Germany
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SIMagine Awards 2011
Deadline: September 1, 2011
Celebrating the very best in secure mobile technology and service creation in 2011. The SIMagine Awards celebrate innovation and leadership in secure element development. With new categories to reflect the evolving market, this year the Awards have been opened up beyond the developer community to all aspects of the secure element value chain.
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 CyberLympics
Various Deadlines
The World's First International Team Ethical Hacking Championships. The goal of the CyberLympics is to raise awareness towards increased education and ethics in information security. The mission of the Global CyberLympics is Unifying Global Cyber Defense through the Games. There will be regional championships to determine the winner with the rights to represent the respective regions at the World Finals. The EC-Council is sponsoring over $400,000 worth of prizes at the CyberLympics.
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@Digital Conference at the Turing Festival 
August 26, 2011, Edinburgh, UK
Brought to you by Interactive Scotland, @ Digital, the Multi Platforms, Multi Future conference is a 2 day industry conference which brings together a wealth a talent from across the digital, creative and cultural sectors to hear from global players on the future of the business, cultural and social aspects of the web.
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 Apps World Asia 2011
August 31, 2011 to September 1, 2011, Singapore
The event of choice for the region's App Developers, Network Operators, OS Vendors, Brand & Marketing Managers and Technology Providers; looking to connect, build partnerships and network whilst becoming educated and inspired by the latest developments within this exciting industry.
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 TransferSummit/UK 2011
September 5 - 8, 2011, Oxford, UK
TransferSummit 2011, the enterprise-research forum on Open Source, will provide an intimate setting to address the requirements, challenges, and opportunities in the use, development, licensing, and future of Open Source technology. This year's theme, "Open Innovation Everywhere", features a mobile focus and special government summit.
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 LTE Asia Conference
September 6 & 7, 2011, Singapore
The 6th LTE Asia, the region's meeting place for LTE, is bigger and better than ever before, presenting you with a unique opportunity to learn from 40+ Operator Case Studies at THE LTE event of the year! LTE Asia looks set to be a sell out! With an incredible conference agenda, 100+ expert speakers, 40+ operator case studies, 100+ countries represented, 50+ exhibitors, a FREE to attend exhibition and 750 attendees, can you afford not to be in Singapore this coming September?
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 Mobile Roaming Forum
September 6 & 7, 2011, Miami, Florida
In light of the quantity and considerable importance of roaming activity in Latin America and Caribbean regions, and after a very carefully handled market research within Roaming professionals, we have organized a conference programme that will provide valuable commercial information on strategic, marketing and technical issues surrounding roaming. This conference will provide amazing networking opportunity with operators from the whole region and also roaming service providers and regulators.
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 Futurecom
September 12 - 14, 2011, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Futurecom is the largest Telecommunications event in Latin America. 15,000 attendees from 40+ countries participate at Futurecom Brazil. In 2011, for the first time, the event will organize an App Universe, a space in its Business Trade Show (exhibition) dedicated for developers and the VAS community.
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 Mobile Future Forward
September 12, 2011, Seattle, WA
MFF is a mobile thought-leadership summit that attracts some of the most influential minds in the mobile industry who are instrumental in shaping the industry, in innovation adoption, and in managing the growth of revenues and profits. Experts and visionaries from around the globe will gather to explore the mobile industry 2-5 years forward, envision what the user experiences and use cases look like, discuss and debate the challenges and opportunities on the journey to that vision.
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 Enterprise Tomorrow
September 13 - 15, 2011, San Francisco, CA
The Future of Management Strategies, Workforce Integration and Disruptive Technologies that Inspire Rapid Innovation and Enhance Performance and Profitability The future of the enterprise is here and now, but organizations are having trouble realizing the possibilities and implementing the technologies of tomorrow, today. The conference will focus on the future of enterprise based on the following 5 themes: Collaboration, Social Communication, Enterprise Mobility, Crowdsourcing and Gamification.
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 Future of Mobile (FOM)
September 16, London, UK
The Future of Mobile (FOM) is a one day conference aimed at mobile designers, developers, and entrepreneurs. FOM brings together mobile visionaries to discuss cutting edge topics such as HTML5 for mobile design, UX for mobile interfaces, tips on how to make your mobile App successful and much more.
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 Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit
September 20 - 22, 2011, Brussels, Belgium
The 3rd Annual Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit brings an expanded hands on demo exhibition for idea swapping, plus a technical stream tackling M2M connectivity and new medical devices interoperability and regulatory approval. The conference develops to accommodate separate discussions for mature/growth markets.
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 Social Media Strategies Summit Boston
September 20 - 22, 2011, Boston, MA
Following the sold out event in San Francisco, GSMI decided to bring the Summit to the East Coast. They have gathered more of the best and brightest speakers in the social media marketing arena to present emerging strategies, tactics and case studies in the successful use of social media. The Summit will reveal how leading brands use social media to consolidate and expand their market share, as well as, gain
valuable market data.
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SDP Global Summit
September 21 & 22, 2011, Berlin, Germany
The world's largest & leading SDP conference is back for 2011 for its 7th year. As the flagship event of informa's SDP series, the conference and large-scale exhibition is a unique occasion to address the most crucial issues in advanced content and service delivery and learn more about the vast range of SDP opportunities.
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Planet of the Apps Europe
October 4 - 7, 2011, London, UK
Planet of the Apps Europe is the premier conference where Developers, Telcos and Multinational Brands meet to discuss the future of Mobile Apps. The 2nd annual Planet of the Apps 2011 is dedicated to the hottest topics in mobile and offers an unrivalled speaker line up including the CEOs of Rovio, Shazam, Flirtomatic and the Global Digital Directors of Universal Music, London 2012 and Kraft.
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 MMA Forum
October 4 & 5, 2011, London, UK
The central focus of the MMA Forum Series in 2011 is to consider how brands should act in a world dominated by mobile consumers. This event will explore what that means for marketers and we have identified four critical themes that brands and their agencies will need to explore in a consumer-centric/mobile-centric world. The event will bring together leading marketers from across the world to share their experiences, challenges, learnings and successes in the mobile channel.
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 SIMposium Asia
October 18 & 19, 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
By attending SIMposium, you will benefit from the opportunity to debate the challenges and opportunities in regards to mobile broadband Internet, machine to machine communications, and mobile contactless technologies. SIMposium ™ Asia 2011 is a must-attend event for anyone looking to maximise the value of their technology, their networks and their applications in today's mobile broadband world.
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 MMA Forum
October 18, 2011, São Paulo, Brazil
The 2011 MMA Forum in São Paulo brings together individuals from agencies, brands, carriers and other members of the global mobile marketing ecosystem. The annual event features a wide variety of keynotes, panels and presentations discussing the latest case studies, technology developments, and innovative ways of using the mobile channel to extend the reach and effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
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 4G World 2011
October 24 - 27, 2011Chicago, USA
4G World 2011, the premier wireless industry event, brings together business and technology thought leaders and innovators from across the wireless ecosystem. With over 200 exhibitors and sponsors and 175+ speakers, 4G World delivers unprecedented opportunities to gain unique insights into the latest technology innovations and business trends.
See the Mobile Community Calendar for more information on these and more mobile Conferences/Seminars:
September 01, 2011 Web & Mobility Summit Fall 2011
September 01, 2011 Wireless China Industry Summit Beijing, China
September 12, 2011 Mobile Broadband World Berlin
September 12, 2011 Mobile VAS World Summit 2011 Singapore
September 12, 2011 Sybase Techwave Las Vegas, Nevada, US
September 14, 2011 Apps World Middle East 2011 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
September 14, 2011 Inbound Marketing Summit Boston, Massachusetts
September 15, 2011 Mobile Merger Virtual Online Event
September 15, 2011 Canadian Wireless Trade Show Toronto, Canada
September 18, 2011 CTO Telecom Summit Scottsdale, Arizona
September 18, 2011 Strange Loop 2011 St. Louis, Missouri, US
September 19, 2011 NFC World Congress Between Nice & Cannes, France
September 20, 2011 Cloud Mobility Amsterdam
September 21, 2011 Smart Event 2011 Between Nice & Cannes, France
September 21, 2011 The Fundamentals of Mobile Marketing Success Sterling, VA, US
September 23, 2011 Android Homecoming Mountain View, CA
September 26, 2011 M2M and Embedded Devices Asia 2011 Hong Kong
September 27, 2011 Broadband World Forum Paris, France
October 01, 2011 Big Android BBQ 2011 Austin, Texas, US
October 02, 2011 Java One Developer Events San Francisco, CA, US
October 03, 2011 The 2011 Wireless Infrastructure Show Dallas, Texas
October 06, 2011 Banff Venture Forum 2011 Banff, Alberta, Canada
October 11, 2011 CTIA Enterprise & Applications San Diego, California
October 21, 2011 Hacker Halted USA Miami, Florida
October 24, 2011 4G World 2011 Chicago, United States
October 25, 2011 The Social Media Strategies Summit London
October 26, 2011 Webit Expo 2011 Sofia, Bulgaria
October 26, 2011 Nokia World London , United Kingdom
October 27, 2011 Planet of the Apps Australia 2011 Sydney, Australia
October 28, 2011 ForumOxford: Mobile Apps and Technologies Conf Oxford, UK
November 01, 2011 Smart Device and Mobile User Experience Summit 2011 London
November 01, 2011 Apps World North America New York City, NY
November 02, 2011 Open Mobile Summit - San Francisco San Francisco,CA
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