Mobile 2.0 Europe Conference

At the Mobile 2.0 Europe Conference on June 19 in Barcelona, we’re setting up a bloggers corner to facilitate interviews with speakers and participants. Amongst the technology bloggers attending the conference are:

Dennis Howlett, editor ZDNet US.
Mike Butcher (London) and Robin Wauters (Brussels), Editors at TechCrunch.
Dusan Belic (Belgrado), Editor at IntoMobile.
Matthaus Krzykowski (Berlin-San Francisco), Mobile Correspondent at VentureBeat.
Bena Roberts (Munich), Founder and Editor of GoMoNews.
Peggy Anne Salz (Cologne), Chief Analyst and Founder of MSearchGroove.
Marek Pawlowski (London), Editorial Director at PMN – Mobile Industry Intelligence.
Andrew Grill (London), Mobile Advertising Evangelist at London Calling.
Albert Cuesta (Barcelona), Editor at CanalPDA/Avui/elEconomista/LaVanguardia.

You can contact us here if you’d like to attend Mobile 2.0 Europe as press / blogger to the conference.

Three weeks to go and Mobile 2.0 Europe is shaping up to become another great event! Here’s an update.

Mobile 2.0 Europe Developer Day
The Developer Day is nearly fully shaped up now. Next to the previously announced sessions, we have more sessions confirmed by Skyhook Wireless on enabling location-based mobile apps, Uxebu (on dojo-based apps & widgets), and sessions on W3C standards and on building Android apps.

Mobile 2.0 Europe Startup Demo Launch Pad
More than 50 mobile startups are currently registered to be selected to present at the Mobile 2.0 Europe Demo Launch Pad. Last hours to fill-in the registration form. Startup registration to the Launch Pad closes on May 28, 2009 at midnight PST. The Mobile 2.0 Organizing Committee will evaluate and select the startups to present to be announced on June 1, 2009.

Start-ups who previously presented at Mobile 2.0 events include: aka-aki (Germany), Dial2Do (Ireland), Nimbuzz (Netherlands), Rummble (UK), Seesmic (USA), Zipipop (Finland), Mippin (UK), Heysan (USA), Skout (USA), Webwag (France), Palringo (UK), Taptu (UK) and Kyte (USA).

Mobile 2.0 Europe Conference
The speakers’ profiles have been added to our website and the agenda has been updated. This week we added:

Ted Morgan (Boston) – CEO & Founder at Skyhook Wireless.
Fee Beyer (Berlin) – Product & Innovation Team at T-Mobile International.
Jacob Lehrbaum (San Francisco) – Senior Product Manager at Sun Microsystems.
Michael Breidenbruecker – Founder Reality Jockey Ltd. / Co-Founder Last.fm Ltd.

More C-Level speakers are still confirmed every day now.

Tickets
There are a limited number of standard price tickets left for 99 euros for the Developer Day.  If you would like to attend both events, Developer Day and Mobile 2.0 Europe, there are combo-tickets available for 399 € euros. You can purchase your tickets here at Amiando http://www.amiando.com/mobile2europe2009.html. Act soon the tickets are nearly sold out!

TechCrunch Mobile 2.0 Party
Our partner TechCrunch announced it will be hosting the official TechCrunch Mobile 2.0 Party after the event on Friday and after the speaker’s dinner. Check here to book your attendance.

Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Barcelona Camp
Also in partnership with MobileActive.org we’ll be hosting a Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Barcelona Camp at Barcelona Activa on Saturday, June 20, 2009 — registration coming up! Mobile Tech 4 Social Change Camps are local events for people passionate about using mobile technology for social impact and to make the world a better place.

Each event includes interactive discussions, hands-on-demos, collaborative scheming about ways to use, develop, and deploy mobile technologies in health, advocacy, economic development, environment, human rights, citizen media, to name a few areas. Check here for updates and more info.

That’s it for this week, more news to come soon!

The Mobile 2.0 Europe Developer Day will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Barcelona Activa.

This is a day focused towards mobile and mobile web developers including lots of tutorials, barcamp-style breakout sessions,  and panel sessions with industry leaders, developed by Daniel Appelquist and Mike Rowehl from the  Mobile 2.0 organizing committee.

Developer Day sessions include currently confirmed participations from:

Lee Davies – Chief Technology Officer at Bango.
Stephen Ellis – Forum Nokia.
Ilja Laurs – CEO Getjar.
Brian LeRoux – PhoneGap and Nitobi.
Charles McCathieNevile – Chief Standards Officer at Opera Software.
James Parton – Head of O2 Litmus at O2 UK.
Christian Sejersen – Director of Mobile Engineering, Mozilla.
Kevin Smith – Senior Technology Strategist at Vodafone.
Petro Soininen – Chief Engineer – Web Technologies at Forum Nokia.
Andrea Trasatti – Director, Technology strategy at mTLD dotMobi.
Ricardo Varela – Yahoo! Mobile.
Yael Wagner – Senior Product Manager at Sun Microsystems.

It is a day to explore new ideas and come up with solutions to existing challenges,  Ideally targeted for mobile industry ecosystem players to get closer to the developer community and learn about their concerns and the opportunities they look at.

For Developers:

Learn how the mobile ecosystem works, how to make money as a developer and how to distribute your  apps. Learn about the exisiting developer programs with the most importnat device manufacturers, operators, internet players, distribution partners, etc. Learn to build solid partnerships with industry players and learn how how to develop for the mobile web and develop mobile widgets with hands-on industry experts.

For Industry Players:

Connect to leaders of the developers community, as well as mobile technology company CTOs, product managers, engineering directors, etc. Connect to as well as web developers going mobile as seasoned mobile developers. Learn about their concerns and opportunities. Ideal to position your product to a community of hands-on and well-connected developers and show your tutorials.

Check the program of the Developer Day at Mobile 2.0 San Francisco.

Tickets:

Early Bird tickets are not available anymore.

There are still some standard price tickets left at 99 €. Don’t wait too long to reserve your tickets for the Developer Day, the tickets are limited and nearly sold out!

The Mobile 2.0 Europe event on June 19 will be held at the Forum of ESADE Business School, Barcelona and will run from 9:00am to 6:00pm with a reception at the ESADE Forum afterward.

Early Bird tickets for the Mobile 2.0 Europe event are not available anymore. Standard price tickets are currently available at 349 €.

We offer the possibility for standard pricing combi-tickets for people who want to attend both the Developer Day and the Mobile 2.0 Europe event for the price of  399 €.

Both days have breakfast, lunch, coffee and networking cocktail included. All prices are excl. VAT.

Don’t wait last minute to order your tickets, we’re heading for a full house for both events once again this year!

You can purchase your tickets here at Amiando http://www.amiando.com/mobile2europe2009.html

Venue:

Barcelona Activa – Sony Room
Llacuna 162, 08018 Barcelona
T. 93 401 97 77
barcelonactiva@barcelonactiva.cat
Metro: L1 (Glòries)
Bus: 7, 56, 60, 92, B21

As we moving increasingly towards the Long Tail contextual content consumption on-the-go, reaching out to niche markets becomes more and more important. This year, we team up with Sonar since we believe there’s a natural convergence between both the mobile technology startup innovations and the artists performing at Sonar, artists who are always eager to explore new ideas and partnerships leading to new business opportunities for both area’s.

At last year’s festival, more than 80 thousand people enjoyed a musical line-up that combined major names in today’s electronica. Sonar is a meeting point both for an audience from all over the world eager for new ideas, and for professionals, who find that the festival atmosphere is the ideal place to display their products and make contacts. Check the line-up of this years’ edition here.

As a result of our partnership, Sonar offers special rates to those attending the Mobile 2.0 Europe conference, in Stands and professional accreditations.

To arrange a stand, write before the 29th of May to:
Gemma Martínez :: gemmamartinez@sonar.es

To purchase your professional accreditation before the 29th of May, contact:
Arancha Bailo :: arancha@sonar.es

During the festival (18th, 19th and 20th of June) you could aslo buy your professional accreditation. Just come with your Mobile 2.0 accreditation to the registration desk (MACBA side entrance at c/ Montalegre) and you will be given the special rate of 160€.

Check the links below and Sonar Pro pages for more details how to purchase and collect your tickets during the festival.

Sonar 2009 performing artists include:

Orbital, Grace Jones, Animal Collective, Mujava, Fever Ray, RRIICCEE feat. Vincent Gallo, Richie Hawtin, Crystal Castles, James Murphy & Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem disco set), Late Of The Pier, Jeff Mills, Moderat, La Roux, Little Boots, dan le sac vs. Scroobius Pip, Deadmau5, Carl Craig, Crookers, Filastine, Buraka Som Sistema, Joker, Luomo, Martyn, Beardyman, Konono Nº 1, Micachu and The Shapes, Roland Olbeter + Tim Exile + Jon Hopkins, Alva Noto, Breakbot, Young Fathers, GoldieLocks, Bass Clef, Bomb Squad, DSL, Jamie Woon, SebastiAn, Lars Horntveth + BCN216, Marcel Dettmann, Heartbreak, Busy P., Ebony Bones, Institut Fatima, The Gaslamp Killer, Mike Slott, Culoe de Song, Natalia Lafourcade, Tarántula vs. La Orquesta del Caballo Ganador, Rustie, Bullion, Cécile, Mary Anne Hobbs, Michna with Raw Paw, Rob da Bank, Muhsinah, Cardopusher, James Pants, Erol Alkan presents Disco 3000, …

While we’re still adding interesting speakers to the program and finalising the agenda, the Early Bird registration for the Mobile 2.0 Europe event is closing today at midnight PST.

Mobile 2.0 Europe is bringing together the mobile influencers during 2 days in Barcelona on June 18 and 19. Unlike most conferences, the event is very reasonably priced.

Early Bird tickets only cost 249 € to attend the Mobile 2.0 Europe event on Friday June 19. Early Bird combi-tickets for the ones who want to attend the Developer Day on Thursday, June18 can attend both events for the price of  259 €.

Both days have breakfast, lunch, coffee and networking cocktail included. All prices are excl. VAT.

Don’t wait any longer to order your tickets, we’re heading for a full house for both events once again this year!