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!
Anastassia Lauterbach was appointed Executive Vice President for Strategy at T-Mobile International in 2006 where she is responsible for driving group strategy and reports directly to the Management Board. Prior to joining T-Mobile, Anastassia held a senior role at Daimler Chrysler Financial Services, helping to harmonize credit and insurance operations, establish a business process management practice, and was involved in the divestiture of non-core businesses of former Debis. Preceding this point in her career, Anastassia held a consulting role at McKinsey & Company where she focused on issues of cost cutting, performance optimization, post-merger integration and strategy, and began her carrier in the Corporate Underwirting department of Munich Reinsurance Company, the world’s largest re-insurer, where she concentrated on the privatization of the Social Security Scheme and long-term casualty risks in international markets. Anastassia has a PhD in linguistics and psychology from the Univeristy of Bonn.
