Mobile 2.0 Europe Conference

Listening to all the feedback we got, the second Mobile 2.0 Europe was again great with lots of interesting sessions and speakers from different area’s in the mobile ecosystem. We would like to thank everybody who participated and helped make it a success, especially our partners ESADE, Barcelona Activa, Sun Microsystems, Vodafone Betavine, Forum Nokia, Yahoo!, Smaato, Getjar, 22@ Barcelona, The Finnish Mobile Association, O2 Litmus, Shozu and Amiando for their invaluable support.

Many thanks to all participating speakers, panelists and moderators; Andrew & Claire for taking the audience questions on their Nokia N97; Elies Campo and the Sons of Wireless for the dash of fun they brought us during the preparals and for coming up with the Mobile 2.0 SIM-card Thanks also to our interns Sarah and Jason; to Steffen who brought fresh design to the venue and its screens; and last but not least the Mobile 2.0 Organization Team!

Deisi, Carles and Rudy.

Many pictures and video’s were taking during the event, just check for media tagged with #m20eu or #mobile20 and you should find at random. The Flickr set from our photographer Jordi Salinas – www.jordisalinas.com can be found here, and other sets from the conference are here, and here from the Developer Day.

Also fun to check is the Random Mobile 2.0 Europe Tweets, a selection of some great tweets sent during and around the event. The whole twitterstream can be tracked here.

You can find all speaker presentations here below:

José Luis de Vicente on Citizens as Sensors
Atau Tanaka
Régine Debatty – we-make-money-not-art.com
Context by Ted Morgan, Skyhook Wireless
Beyond Free: …what is the customer’s perception of “free”? by Priya Prakash
The Mobile Revolution at MobileActive.org
Tom Raftery on Mobile Sustainability
Carlos Domingo – Openness in the Telecommunication Industry

And below also a random overview of blog coverage about the Mobile 2.0 Europe event:

$6 Million For Sense Networks? Makes Sense – TechCrunch.com

“Si nos conectamos a Internet por el móvil evitaremos la adicción al ordenador” – Interview in La Vanguardia (Spanish) with Felix Petersen – co-Founder at Plazes.com / Head of Product Strategy Social Location at Nokia.

Mobile 2.0 Europe: Video Interview With GetJar CEO Ilja Laurs – TechCrunch.com

Rip off roaming: the MAXRoam response – Dennis Howlett (ZDNet.com)

Coming To Android This Summer: Kyte, Rummble and Google Books – MobileCrunch.com

Barcelona 2009 Summer events recap – Intomobile.com

Citizens as Sensors at Mobile 2.0 Europe – Smart Mobs

Mobile 2.0 Europe – Schaufeln für den Goldrausch – Gründerszene

Mobile 2.0 wrap up – Wolfram Kriesing at Uxebu JavaScript addicts

Layar’s Augmented Reality Browser: Literally More Than Meets The Eye – TechCrunch.com

Tom Hume’s Mobile 2.0 recap – Tom Hume

Apps are like Songs – Daniel Appelquist

Good times at Mobile 2.0 in Barcelona #m20eu – James Coops at mjelly.com

[tce] Mobile 2.0 Europe (2009) insights – Vitor Domingos

@Mobile 2.0 Barcelona – GoMoNews.com + check all footage from Bena at both events.

Mobile 2.0 Europe Startup Demo Launch Pad – Zensify blog

Mobile 2.0 Barcelona. Misión Cumplida – Sons of Wireless

Cellity at the Mobile 2.0 Europe event – Cellity blog

Mobile 2.0 Europe, segunda edición – Ojo Móviles

Mobile 2.0 roundup – Ric Ferraro

And don’t forget to save the date for Mobile 2.0 San Francisco later this autumn on October 15-16, 2009. See you there!

A couple of days before the event, and reps from more than 170 companies registered to attend Mobile 2.0 Europe event – that is more than last year! – including startups, investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, mobile application and service providers, bloggers, press and web technologists. If you want to attend the event to connect with industry leadership, mobile influencers and broaden your C-level relationships, you can still buy tickets here.

The Mobile 2.0 Europe Developer Day is sold out, we just have a couple of duo-tickets left to attend both the Dev Day on Thursday, June 18 and the Event on Friday, June 19.

Here’s the list of the companies attending the MOBILE 2.0 EUROPE conference in alphabetical order:

Last week we announced six startups to present at Mobile 2.0 Europe Demo Launch Pad, including Distimo (Utrecht), Layar (Amsterdam, Pikkoo (Oulu), theChanner (Barcelona) and vulevu (Berlin). appswork (Santa Clara / London) informed us they  preferred to withdrew from the Mobile 2.0 Start-up Showcase as of now which left us with one more slot.

We had the plan to invite 1 or 2 more demo wildcards and set up a simple 24 hrs. voting contest on twitter. The startup that got most traction the following 24 hrs. would receive the wildcard.

beamME won easily the wildcard contest thanks to their huge fan-base. We liked Zensify most for their engagement with their community (and for a great app!), and last but not least we opted for NearYoo as the underdog with a lot less votes but focusing on pitching their idea in a 140 character tweet – try it yourself – we just go for this kind of simplicity & forward thinking spirits!

So, here they are: 3 more startups to pitch next week in Barcelona!

Based in New York City, rmbrME is best known for developing the breathtakingly simple beamME, beamME Pro, CV and Pitch for the iPhone/iPod Touch – the world’s most popular professional mobile contact exchange service.  beamME enables seamless business networking between any device without requiring special hardware, software or registration. Founders Gabe Zichermann and Christopher Cunningham’s philosophy is that Mobile Business Networking only works when it is device, carrier and social network independent and clearly focused on the needs of the professional user.

With Zensify you can view your social networks — Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Digg, Delicious, Photobucket, and 12seconds  — in one time line, search across your entire social graph (not just single service), track topics across all services, unearth trends, and also update both Facebook and Twitter simultaneously.

Zensify also approaches trends with a twist. Instead of simply displaying a list of trending topics on Twitter, Zensify offers up a tag cloud that is an aggregate real-time view of trending topics across all available social networks.

Nearyoo brings the “Real Time >Where” to the twittosphere. While most of the attention around the ’statusphere’ has gone to the “Real Time web” / informational aspect of it, Nearyoo allows twitter users to very easily locate themselves and multiply chances of meetups in the Real World (TM). No need for GPS, wifi triangulation or to install a new application: users just keep twittering, but use “location tags” like ‘>’ to notify where they are: “Going to the >Jamboree, Barcelona<”. You’re then located on the map, but only when you choose so !
Nearyoo also introduces its own breed of nifty tiny urls that are self-explanatory : e.g. http://near.st/in/NewYork brings up a map of located users in this given city. Follow @nearyoo, and start sharing your >location !

Mobilize your content and win!

During the Developer Day at Mobile 2.0 Europe Conference on June 18, Forum Nokia will challenge mobile Flash and Web developers to submit their best Web Runtime (WRT) widgets, Flash applications or mobilized websites for an on-the-spot competition. Developer Day Participants can present their work in any of the following areas:

• Mobilize your web service or application

- Highlight intelligent device detection and categorization
- Create a customized experience for different device groups
- Deliver ingenious website usability on mobile devices

• Super-powered mobile mashups with WRT for S60 devices

- Bundle your favorite web APIs with S60 Platform Services
- N97 live widgets in the home screen
- Submit ideas that make the most of device features and technology, such as location-based services, internal accelerometer, or personal information management (i.e., phonebook or calendar) – See programmableweb.com/nokia for references.

• Enhanced User Experience with content delivery through Flash

- Show the “wow” factor Flash can bring to your application or web service mobile
- Easy data and media pull from the web, content streaming

Developers that are planning to present WRT widgets at the competition can take advantage of the free Nokia WRT Plug-In for Aptana Studio, and use standard web technologies (such as HTML, JavaScript, and CSS) to easily create, edit, test, and deploy WRT widgets for Nokia S60 devices.

Developers building their app or UI in FlashLite can have access to code samples, design and UX tips, UI libraries and free packaging tools, turning the Flash file into an installable application to both Series 40 and S60. All resources above are available from Forum Nokia.

Participants will be able to do last-minute debugging and testing on-site with Forum Nokia technical experts – Petro Soininen (Web & Widgets) and Riku Salminen (Flash) – during their respective breakout sessions in the Developer Day, which will cover the topics above. The three best entries will win a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone.

If the winner selected represents a company, and/or has a product to market, ho or she will have the opportunity to join the Forum Nokia Launchpad program, designed to accelerate mobile application development and elevate developer’s business visibility in the mobile world.

Entries received in this challenge can also be submitted to Nokia’s Calling All Innovators contest, which is seeking FlashLite applications, mobile-optimized websites and WRT widgets that transform web and mobile services into real applications for Nokia devices. Contest prizes include both cash and immediate business opportunities with Nokia. Entries for Calling All Innovators will be accepted until midnight (EST) on 30 June 2009.

For more information about the competition taking place at the Mobile 2.0 Europe Developer Day, please contact Janaina Pilomia.

appswork (Santa Clara / London) – an application based on twitter that allows users to send files, online status, message backup, person to person (voice) chatting all unified to get your contacts closer and in one place.

Distimo (Utrecht) – Distimo makes mobile app distribution and monitoring easy. Every phone brand or operator is launching its own mobile app store this year, enabling mobile developers and brands to reach a large audience. To truly compete a developer needs to distribute its app in multiple app stores making monitoring performance difficult and time consuming.

layar (Amsterdam) – World’s First Augmented Reality Browser. Layar shows you what is around you by displaying realtime digital information on top of reality through the camera of the mobile phone. Flip through the directory of ‘layers’ and fin ATM’s, bars, houses for sale, hotels and other cool stuff around you.

Pikkoo [pick-koo] (Oulu) – is the world’s first community for you to create, download and share interactive mobile screensavers and wallpapers for free. Pikkoo is an innovative startup based in Oulu, Finland. Pikkoo focuses on social, user generated and interactive mobile content for Adobe Flash® Lite™ and non-Flash Lite enabled phones. The company is privately held and founded in early 2009.

theChanner (Barcelona) – a mobile TV Tuner that allows to watch the best Internet TV, 24/7, on your mobile phone. theChanner aims to help everyone to discover channels close to their culture, expressed in their own language, push forward their popularity, and encourage new channels to start mobile broadcasting. Social Mobile TV is here!

vulevu (Berlin) – Twitter for dating!

The revolutionary mobile dating platform, taking the powerful phenomenon of addictive twitter interaction into the world of love and romance. Meet people instantly! Date only if you want to date!

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 Startup Registration is now open!

Mobile 2.0 Europe is a platform for innovative start-ups focusing on mobile applications & services seeking exposure to investors, industry leaders and potential partners, the trade press, tech bloggers and early-adopters.

This year’s Mobile 2.0 Europe Launch Pad will have 6 startups presenting, one for each of the 6 themes of the event: Beyond Free, Openness, Play, Sense, Cloud and Context.

If you are interested in presenting in the Launch Pad please fill-in the registration form and choose the theme which best fits your value proposition. Startup registration to the Launch Pad closes on May 28, 2009 at midnight PST.

The Mobile 2.0 Organizing Committee will evaluate and the selected startups to present at Mobile 2.0 Europe event will be announced on June 1, 2009.

Entering the start-up competition is free and the winners will get a free ticket to the conference. However, remember that presenters need to be able to travel to Barcelona at their own cost.

Enter the Mobile 2.0 Europe Startup Registration at http://startups.mobile20.eu/

Good luck!

Announcing Mobile 2.0 Europe : a two-day event on June 18-19, 2009 in Barcelona exploring the emerging Mobile Ecosystem and Disruptive Mobile Innovation, presented by dotopen and the Mobile 2.0 Organizing Committee.

After 3 events in San Francisco and a successful Mobile 2.0 Europe event in Barcelona last year we decided to make this 5th official Mobile 2.0 conference a 2-day event:

A Developers’ Day on June 18 in Barcelona Activa, a day for developers in mobile & web convergent area’s exploring the mobile ecosystem and the Mobile 2.0 Europe conference on June 19 at at the Espacio ESADE FORUM, a day to explore future visions on mobile and beyond.

At Mobile 2.0 Europe, we will explore the next big leaps of innovation in mobile for the coming years. Six main themes will be covered during this edition: Openness, Beyond Free, Play, Cloud, Context and Sense.

Each section, eventually combined will have about an hour & half including a keynote or visionary talk on this topic, followed by a panel discussion by C-level industry experts from major European Operators, Venture Capital, Device Manufacturers, Startups,  and Application or Service Providers.

Currently confirmed speakers:

Marko Ahtisaari – CEO of Dopplr.
Tommy Ahlers, Founder of Zyb, now Head of LBS at Vodafone / CEO at Wayfinder Systems.
Andrew Berglund – Global Interactive Creative Director at Cheil Communications.
Xavier Carrillo Costa – CEO / Founder Digital Legends Entertainment.
Andreas Constantinou, Ph.D. – Research Director at VisionMobile.
Regine Debatty – we-make-money-not-art.com.
Dr. Lai Kok Fung – Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder BuzzCity.
Tom Hume – Managing Director of Future Platforms.
Matthaus Krzykowski - Mobile Correspondent, VentureBeat.
Brian LeRoux – PhoneGap and Nitobi.
Inma Martinez - Digital Media Strategist and Investment Advisor at Stradbroke.
Charles McCathieNevile – Chief Standards Officer at Opera Software.
Harald Neidhardt – CMO & Co-Founder, Smaato Inc.
Dr. Maximilian Niederhofer, Associate, Atlas Venture.
James Parton – Head of O2 Litmus at O2 UK.
Felix Petersen, Founder at Plazes.com, now Head of Product Strategy Social Location at Nokia.
Pat Phelan – founder and President of Cubic Telecom (MAXroam).
Priya Prakash – Designer of Tools, Conversations & Experiences.
Tom Raftery is lead analyst of GreenMonk, the Energy and Sustainability practice of industry analyst firm RedMonk.
Peggy Anne Salz, Chief Analyst and Founder of MSearchGroove
Gustav Soderstrom, Director of Portable Solutions, Spotify.
Prof. Atau Tanaka – Chair of Digital Media, Acting Director of Culture Lab.
Andrea Trasatti – Director, Technology strategy at mTLD dotMobi.
Katrin Verclas – Co-Founder and Editor at MobileActive.org

More C-level speakers from the European mobile ecosystem (operators, handset manufacturers, VC’s, startups, applications and service providers) will be confirmed soon.

We’ll also have some startup demo presentations of some new and innovative startups active in the themes we’ll be covering. You can register your startup here, it’s FREE!

Early bird tickets can now be ordered at http://www.amiando.com/mobile2europe2009.html

If you’d like to sponsor, speak or if you have a speaker suggestion, please get in touch with us.