Over this past holiday season, IBM reports that the conversion rate for shoppers on iPads was 6.3% compared with 3.1% for mobile devices overall, while Comscore indicates that twice as much commerce happens on tablets versus phones.

The retail sector is moving forward quickly to build experiences for consumers who shop in a lean-back, interactive tablet experience.

At this event, we’ll learn how local Boston retailers are trendsetters in this emerging sector of mobile as Rue La La, CustomMade, and others talk about tablet strategies and tablet success stories.

Register now.

Agenda:

6pm – Doors open for networking

7pm – Begin formal event

8:15 till close – Networking

Transportation:

RueLaLa is located in the Innovation District / Seaport.

MBTA: 10 minute walk from South Station (Red Line, Commuter Rail, Amtrak). From South Station, walk south on Summer Street across the bridge. Take the first right onto Melcher Street. Turn right on A Street and walk several blocks. Turn left on Binford Street. Take first right onto Channel Street. The entrance is on your right.

Parking: There is some on-street parking.

In acknowledgement of Rue La La’s fifth year anniversary, we are hosting the event at their offices.

Thanks

This event is jointly hosted with MITX.

Boston has one of the leading healthcare communities in the world.  For the first time, Mobile Monday is bringing both communities together for a mobile healthcare event.

This event will include a series of rapid fire demo’s by companies in the mobile healthcare space.

If you are interested in giving a demo, please apply for a spot here.

Agenda:

6pm – Doors open for networking

7pm  - Begin formal event

8:15 till close – Networking

Transportation:

Ned Devine’s is located downtown inside of the Fanueil Hall marketplace (toward the harbor-side on the east end of the building).  The event space is on the second floor.

MBTA: Near Downtown Crossing (Red, Orange), Gov’t Center (Green), and State (Blue, Orange).  Not too far from North Station.

Parking: There is parking at 75 State Street Garage located on Broad Street. It’s reported to be $12 PARKING after 5:00PM on weekdays with Faneuil Hall Marketplace merchant/store validation.  You can also try one of the coupons at Boston Central Parking at 47 Broad Street: http://boston.centralparking.com/Restaurants/Boston-Ned-Devines-Parking.html

Thanks to our sponsor MobiHealthNews for making this event possible.

Questions?  Contact Mobile Monday Boston at info@momoboston.com.

On February 4th, join us for a discussion by Boston’s leading companies serving the mobile enterprise, Mobiquity, Apperian, and Verivo.  In the past year, the mobile enterprise has moved from the side stage into the main arena of mobile.  Many venture investors are shifting resources from the more speculative consumer mobile apps arena to the wider potential of the market within large companies.

Our discussion will focus topics of critical importance to the mobile enterprise such as device management, security.  We’ll also look at current industry trends and discuss the major opportunities within enterprise over the next few years.

Agenda:

6pm – Doors open for networking

7pm  - Begin formal event

8:15 till close – Networking

We will also have demonstration tables from Boston mobile enterprise startups.

Cost: Free

Location:

Ned Devine’s
1 N Market St
Boston, MA 02109

Transport: Near Downtown Crossing (Red, Orange), Gov’t Center (Green), and State (Blue, Orange).

Parking: There is parking at 75 State Street Garage located on Broad Street. Open 24 Hours. $3 OFF with Faneuil Hall Marketplace merchant/store validation on weekdays. $12 PARKING after 5:00PM on weekdays and all day Saturday, Sunday and select holidays with Faneuil Hall Marketplace merchant/store validation.  Or try one of the coupons at Boston Central Parking at 47 Broad Street: http://boston.centralparking.com/Restaurants/Boston-Ned-Devines-Parking.html

This event is made possible by Verivo, our exclusive sponsor for this event:

Marketing Goes Mobile with Advertising Stories, Marketing Case Studies, and Fine Wine

Join us on the 14th of January for a fun and informative evening about Boston mobile marketing successes and trends. The event features marketing executives from Staples, Hill Holiday, Nanigans, SessionM, and others.

Boston has been one of the world leaders in mobile advertising with a history of successful acquisitions including Quattro Wireless (Apple), WHERE (eBay), and Enpocket (Nokia). We’ll examine case studies of successful mobile marketing campaigns as well as the challenges of reaching users on the small screen.

The evening will include a wine tasting courtesy of the Boston Wine Expo and Drync, which will allow you to rate and buy wines on the spot from your mobile phone. While tasting your wine, you’ll be able to browse demonstration tables from some of Boston’s local mobile advertising players.

If you’re interested in participating as a speaker or sponsor, you can contact Mobile Monday Boston at info@momoboston.com.

Time and Date: January 14th at 6:00pm
Location: Seaport Hotel, 1 Seaport Lane, Boston, MA 02210
Cost: Free

Co-hosted with the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge:

This event is made possible by our generous sponsors:

Join us on December 3rd for our first combined Webinno and Mobile Monday.  The event will follow the usual Webinno format but we’ll focus on the topic of mobile and feature Mobile Monday early stage companies.

Rather than the “typical” WebInno program featuring a broad set of seed stage startups leveraging web & mobile technologies, this Web Innovators Group + Mobile Monday event will feature early stage companies which are taking a “mobile first” approach.

Register Here to join us for an evening showcase of internet and mobile innovation.  Join the community of entrepreneurs, developers, creatives, startup geeks, and technology executives to share and exchange ideas with the latest in web startups. If you’d like to demo, fill out this form.

Date:  Monday December 3rd

Time:  6:30pm Doors Open

Location:  Royal Sonesta Hotel Cambridge

Cost:  Free

We look forward to bringing everyone together there!

This event will feature a fast-paced panel discussion about recent trends in mobile investment. Which companies are getting funded? What sectors of mobile are bringing in the most investment?  Our discussion includes:

Rich Miner, Google Ventures
Andrew Paradise, Lookout Gaming and Aislebuyer acquired by Intuit April 2012
David Beisel, Nextview Ventures
Carl Stjernfeldt, Castile Ventures
Nilanjana Bhowmik, Longworth Venture Partners
Kent Bennett, Bessemer Venture Partners

Time/Date: November 5th from 6.30 to 9pm
Location: Nutter offices in the Seaport
Cost: Free evening event

Register

Are you founding a company or looking for investment? You may want to attend TCN’s FastTrack. It’s an afternoon half-day program in the same venue as the Mobile Monday event and led by a group of experienced investors and entrepreneurs.

Agenda for the TCN Event (Separate Registration Required)

Founder’s Story: Jerry King – Former COO, Where.com

Angel and Venture Term Sheet Negotiation:
Raj Aggarwal, Localytics
Jim Woodward, Angel Investor
Michelle Basil, Nutter
Alex Glovsky, Nutter

IP Issues for Mobile:
Rod Forter, Skyhook Wireless
Ron Cahill, Nutter

Mobile Marketing and Distribution:
Chuck Goldman, Apperian
Ryan Moore, Atlas Ventures

Financial Projections and Pitching:
Alicia Amaral, Scalar Partners
Heather Onstott, LaunchCapital
Jeremy Halpen, Nutter

TCN Event Time: November 5th from Noon to 5:30pm
TCN Event Cost: $100 (Register at TCN’s website)

We’re continuing our new monthly schedule with a Demo Night of new companies on the Boston startup scene. The format will be rapid fire demo’s and the featured companies include…

TalkTo which lets you communicate with businesses via text message, in April they raised $3m from Matrix Partners. SessionM creates a gamification layer for mobile apps, they recently raised $20m led from Charles River Ventures. SummerCamp has a playfully off-color game by a couple of game gurus from the former 38 Studios. Owlchemy Labs are SEGA-published Boston game developers who will show off their latest creation. Timbre is a local live music app which that appeared during a hackathon and was swiftly techcrunched. Ubersense enables mobile collaboration between athletes and coaches, they recently raised $1.1 from Atlas, Google, and Boston Seed Capital.

Doors open at 6pm. Presentations begin around 7pm. Networking resumes from 8-9pm.

Register to attend.

As always, Mobile Monday is free for attendees and speakers. This event is supported by our sponsor Kinvey.

September 10th
Doors open at 6pm, presentation at 7pm
Ned Devine’s at Fanieul Hall, 1 N Market St, Boston, MA 02109
Price: Free

We’re kicking off the fall schedule with a Mobile Monday Labs events focused on technical topics in mobile design. This event will feature brief presentations about mobile design with lots of visual examples. Bring your questions.

Doors open at 6pm, presentations begin around 7pm.

As always, Mobile Monday is free to attendees and speakers thanks to our sponsors.

Register now.

Mobile Monday Boston is coming back to the MIT Museum for a night of mobile exhibitions and networking on June 25th.  We’ll have dozens of mobile demo booths within the museum exhibit halls. Come see the coolest mobile companies and meet new people at the hottest industry.

If you are an early stage mobile company and want to exhibit at this event, you can request a booth at: http://bit.ly/IOTcwj

Not an early stage mobile company but want to get a booth? Consider a sponsored booth! Please contact us to learn more at itay@momoboston.com

Date:  June 25th, 2012 — 6.30pm to 9:00pm

Register: http://momomuseum2012.eventbrite.com/

Location:  MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.

Transportation:  Red Line Kendall Square.  Parking info.

Cost: FREE!

General Questions? Visit the Mobile Monday Boston website or email us (learn@momoboston.com).

On April 23rd 6:30pm, Mobile Monday Boston is going to have a special event called the Mobile Pitch Challenge.

We’ll have some of Boston’s newest early stage mobile startups give pitches to a panel of mobile investors.  The presentations will be followed by commentary and audience voting.

Our judges are three of Boston venture finest who also have prior experience on the other side of the fence as mobile entrepreneurs:

Antonio Rodriguez, General Partner, Matrix Partners
Jeff Glass, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures
Jennifer Lum, Co-Founder, Apricot Capital

Our presenting companies are new early stage startups:

Thumbs Up – www.thumbsupapp.com
PrescribableApps – www.prescribableapps.com
Cogent Mobile – www.cogentmobile.com
29GO – www.flightsocial.net
RepeatReceipt – www.repeatreceipt.com
Spectacle – www.getmosec.com
Codex Development – http://www.codexdev.com

Date and Time: Monday, April 23rd at 6:30pm

[Note: The original email listed the wrong hotel, the event is at the Omni Parker.]
Location: Omni Parker Hotel (map)
Public transportation:  Near Park Street (Green line and Red Line) and Downtown Crossing (Orange Line)
Parking:  Nearby garages include http://www.pialleygarage.com

Cost: Free (registration required)

We are thankful to Nokia for sponsoring this event. We’ll soon be announcing some great local content around Nokia and Windows Phone.