Location, Location, Location
"Location, Location, Location" Is this going to be the theme for wireless apps to come in the US?
With the proliferation of GPS embedded phones, more and more applications are inevitable from personal friend tracking and social networking to enterprise/government security, health and law enforcement and just mapping.
Our region's experts on this topic are generously going to join us for a very compelling discussion. "BE THERE!"
Speakers:
Tom Stroup, CEO, SquareLoop
Gregg Smith, CEO, Acuity Mobile
Dale Beasley, Product Manager, LBS Platform, Verizon Wireless
Lisa Peterson, CEO, Peterson Mobility
Location: TeqCorner, 1616 Anderson Rd., McLean, VA
Time: 6pm -8pm
Cost: FREE (some food and beverages will be provided)
Please RSVP Here: http://www.mobilemonday.net/mm/washingtondc/
Leprechauns? Demystifying The Mobile Content Value Chain
Leprechauns? If you've ever tried to find content over the mobile web, you probably wondered if leprechauns were hiding somewhere along the route! Rich LeBarca, Head of ClearSpring's www.ClearSpring.com Mobile Product Strategy is going to lead us in a discussion to demystify the value chain of players involved in placing content on the mobile web, and finding and getting it to your handset â€" the Pot O'Gold at the End of the Rainbow.
Please RSVP HERE: http://www.mobilemonday.net/mm/washingtondc
Save The Date - April 21 - location TBD (probably TeqCorner, Tysons) Topic: Location, Location, Location with speakers from Verizon Wireless, Acuity Mobile and others on a panel. How could you be anywhere else, really?
Thanks for spreading the word - MoMo-DC's Yahoo Group Subscription List keeps growing, thanks to you! Keep it up!
MoMo-DC LinkedIn Group - Thank you to Hans from Verizon Wireless who has initiated a MobileMonday-DC Group on LinkedIn. Your profile on LinkedIn is incomplete without the coolest logo in the history of all MoMo Chapters worldwide, I'm tellin' ya! Meet Hans at the next event!
MobileMonday Peer Awards Barcelona Nominees
MobileMonday has announced its Peer Award nominees. 25 chapters from around the world have chosen companies that have demonstrated exceptionally innovative mobile technologies, products, services and concepts.
The event will be held at Espacio Movistar. Luis Jorge Romero, Director of Standards and Innovation in Telefonica Espana, will be a keynote speaker together with Pekka Ala-Pietila, CEO and Co-Founder, Blyk. Mr. Romero will speak about the future of the mobile market and his experience driving innovation in Telefonica Espana, whose Open Innovation strategy encourages innovation and value creation by partnering with new start-ups.
This year's nominees are:
Amsterdam - Movels
Bangalore - Mobisy
Barcelona - skuair
Berlin - ViiF
Boston - SnapMyLife
Brussels - Mobixx
Chennai - Mobile-worx
Dusseldorf - Cellity
Helsinki - Fromdistance
Istanbul - Mobinex
London - The 3G Dating Agency / Taptu
Madrid - Kimia
Milan - Waymedia
Mumbai - Ziva Technologies
Munich - hiClip
New York - BuzzD
Oslo - Adactus
Paris - WebWag
Rome - Nanology
Shanghai - DuoGuo
Silicon Valley - Funambol
Singapore - mBit.tv
St. Petersburg - 4Mobi.TV
Stockholm - Momail
Taipei - Toro
This year's winners at the MobileMonday Peer Awards Barcelona will also be invited to participate in the Innovation Pad activities at the MobileMonday Global Summit in conjunction with the World Congress on IT in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 18-22, 2008.
The event is also going to showcase for the first time the new barcelona.mobi mobile urban guide.
Our thanks to our partners Telefonica Movistar, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Nokia, dotMobi, Xtract, Acision, Nexit Ventures, Mippin, 22@Barcelona and Barcelona Media for their invaluable support to this event organised by dotopen.
Additional information is available at http://www.mobilemondaybarcelona.com/peerawards/
MoMoDC Event September 17, 2007
Mobilizing the Vote
Washington, D.C.-based Distributive Networks is powering Senator
Barack Obama's innovative mobile outreach program, which exemplifies
the power of the mobile channel to communicate with, learn from, and
organize political supporters. Kevin Bertram, CEO of Distributive
Networks, will discuss the success factors for launching a mobile
strategy in the competitive presidential landscape, and the outlook
for the role of mobile in the broader political/advocacy arena.
EVENT: Mobilizing the Vote: MoMo DC Looks at "How the Obama Campaign is Making the Most of Mobile and What's Next for Mobile Politics"
WHEN: Monday, September 17, 2007, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Drinks and hors d' oeuvres: 6:00pm
Presentation: 7:00pm
COST: The event is free to the public. Members of the media are welcome to attend the event.RSVP - http://www.mobilemonday.net/mm/washingtondc/
WHERE: PS7 - New Location!
777 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
202-742-8550
Gallery Place Metro Station
PS 7 is offering drink specials throughout the evening to MoMo
attendees who display their name tags
SPEAKER: Kevin Bertram, CEO, Distributive Networks____
PS 7 is located at 777 I Street, NW in the Chinatown/Penn Quarter
neighborhood of Washington, DC, just two blocks away from the Verizon
Center and the Gallery Place Metro station. PS 7 is an elegant,
contemporary American restaurant, with a menu that blends French
concepts with influences from around the world. Chef and owner, Peter
Smith, is a graduate of Academie de Cuisine and spent several years
as Executive Chef at Vidalia in Washington DC before opening PS7.Sorry i wont be able to attend this event because i will be on the West Coast, but drop me a line if you have any questions!
Cheers,
Kathie!
