Sizeable turnout for a very informative panel at the MoMo Miami meetup in the Gables last night! MoMo Miami co-founder Alex de Carvalho did a stellar job moderating three presenters on the topic of “Engaging Consumers with Mobile Services and Solutions.”

Pictured above, l-to-r (photo courtesy MiamiTheater/Onelia Collazo), the evening’s panelists were:

• Matt Rothschild, Head of Marketing, Nokia Latin America;
• Jay Gumbiner, Director, Commercial & Consumer Devices, IDC Latin America; and,
• Alex Campos Carlés, Business Overseas Executive, CodaMation.

Also “in the house” at the Westin Collonade Coral Gables were developers, marketers, VCs, content providers and mobile professionals from Motorola, Sony Music Entertainment, moblog:tech, Nortel, Samsung Electronics Latinoamerica, WAPOneline, Global Roaming, Microsoft, 3CInteractive and others.

Many thanks to Nokia Latin America, headquartered in Miami, for underwriting the venue and hosting the meetup.

Requests have gone out for the evening’s presentations and contributed photos of the meetup, which we hope to post on this site shortly!

News on the date and venue of October’s MoMo Miami meetup upcoming … so stay tuned!

UPDATE: IDC Latin America presentation by Jay Gumbiner, here!

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Join us tonight (Thursday) at the September MoMo Miami meetup, for networking and a panel discussion on “Engaging Consumers with Mobile Services and Solutions” featuring speakers from Nokia, IDC, CodaMation and others.

Attendance is absolutely free of charge and all South Florida and visiting mobile professionals from throughout the Americas in town for the Frecuencia events this week are welcome to attend!

Tonight’s meetup takes place from 6:30-9:00 pm, at the:

Collonade Ballroom
Westin Collonade Coral Gables
180 Aragon Avenue (Corner with Ponce de Leon)
Coral Gables, FL 33134

Full details and Google map are available online at: http://momomiamisept09.eventbrite.com

Hope to see you tonight!

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Registration is now open for this week’s meetup of MoMo Miami on Thursday evening, Sept. 17th at the Westin Collonade Coral Gables. A special edition of MoMo Miami, this month’s meetup is being held in conjunction with three Frecuencia mobile events co-located nearby in downtown Coral Gables at the Hyatt Regency this week!

Sponsored by Nokia Latin America, the Sept. 17 MoMo Miami meetup features a panel discussion focused on innovative approaches to delivery and marketing of mobile software solutions and services for the consumer market:

Thursday, Sept. 17th, 2009
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Collonade Ballroom
Westin Collonade Coral Gables
180 Aragon Avenue (Corner with Ponce de Leon)
Coral Gables, FL 33134
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Program:
6:30 pm: Doors open
7:00 p.m: Introduction & Panel: “Takin’ it to Main Street: Engaging Consumers with Mobile Services and Solutions”
Panelists:

• Jay Gumbiner, Director, Consumer & Commercial Devices, IDC Latin America
• Matt Rothschild, Head of Marketing, Nokia Latin America
• Alejandro Campos Carlés, Director, Regional Mobile & Online Marketing, CodaMation
• Other panelists … T/B/A

As with all MoMo Miami meetups, attendance is free of charge. All that’s required is to register at the Eventbrite page by clicking on the “Register” tab below. Attendees at Frecuencia’s mobile events taking place at the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables — LatAm Enterprise 09, LBS LatAm 09 and Contenido Móvil Américas 09 (Mobile Content Americas 09) — are also invited to attend the MoMo Miami meetup at no charge.

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MoMo Miami urges the South Florida mobile and tech community not to miss Frecuencia’s three mobile business conferences in mid-September in Coral Gables — and to take advantage of your discount registration rates through MoMo Miami!

(Sept. 15-16, 2009) – With confirmed participation from: AT&T Business Services, Telefónica de Argentina, Nortel CALA, Entel PCS, TIM, Movistar Chile, ANCEL, Telefónica Móviles El Salvador and others.
See LatAm Enterprise agenda, here.

(Sept. 17, 2009) – With confirmed participation from: Telefónica México, ANCEL, Telecom Personal, TELECSA, Movistar Argentina, Iusacell and others.
See LBSLatAm agenda, here.

(Sept. 17-18, 2009) – With confirmed participation from: Claro Peru, Movistar Chile, Iusacell, MyScreen Mobile, ANCEL, TELECSA, Movistar Argentina, CDG and others.
See Mobile Content Americas agenda, here.

Co-located at the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables, these conferences feature in-depth presentations and discussions on the latest trends in mobility in Latin America, with simultaneous English/Spanish translation at all sessions. So, don’t forget to take advantage of your special registration rate with Frecuencia to register for one … or all three of these great events!

The September MoMo Miami meetup will also take place on Thursday, September 17th, to coincide with these three exciting mobile conferences. More details on the MoMo meetup program within the coming week.

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Join mobile professionals in South Florida for the next MobileMonday Miami meetup, slated for Thursday, Sept. 17th at the Westin Collonade Coral Gables – in conjunction with three Frecuencia mobile events co-located nearby in downtown Coral Gables at the Hyatt Regency that same week!

Sponsored by Nokia Latin America,  the Sept. 17 MoMo Miami meetup will feature a panel discussion — Takin’ it to Main Street: Engaging Consumers with Mobile Services and Solutions — focused on innovative approaches to delivery and marketing of mobile software solutions and services for the consumer market. More details about the panel and participants forthcoming, so stay tuned!

Thursday, Sept. 17th, 2009
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Westin Collonade Coral Gables
180 Aragon Avenue (Corner with Ponce de Leon)
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Google Map

Right in the heart of downtown Coral Gables, the Westin Collonade is easy walking distance to the nearby Hyatt Regency Coral Gables, venue for three exciting mobile conferences being produced by Frecuencia in our community the same week — LatAm Enterprise 09, LBS LatAm 09 and Contenido Móvil Américas 09 (Mobile Content Americas 09).  For more information on those events and discount registration for MoMo Miami members, click here.

We’ll be opening pre-registration for the Sept. 17th MoMo Miami meetup during the first week of September, so stay tuned for more announcements on the meetup, panel participants and more!

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MobileMonday Miami invites all mobile professionals in South Florida to take advantage of our special local group discount to attend three exciting upcoming mobile events next month.

Produced by Frecuencia Events, these three mobile business conferences — LatAm Enterprise 09, LBS LatAm 09 and Contenido Móvil Américas 09 (Mobile Content Americas 09) — will be co-located over an entire week at the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables and will feature in-depth presentations and discussions on the latest trends in mobility in Latin America, with simultaneous English/Spanish translation available at all sessions.

MoMo Miami has secured a discount for our local membership, which you can access by clicking the respective Register buttons below:

LatAm Enterprise 09: “Mobilizing the Latin American Corporate Market Toward Unified Communications” (Sept. 15-16, 2009)
- With confirmed speakers from: AT&T Business Services, Telefónica de Argentina, Entel PCS, TIM, Movistar Chile, ANCEL, Telefónica Móviles El Salvador and others.
Program and venue information, here.

LBS LatAm 09: “Deploying Successful Location Based Services in the Region” (Sept. 17, 2009)
- With confirmed speakers from: Telefónica México, TELECSA, Movistar Argentina, Iusacell and others.
Program and venue information, here.

Contenido Movil Americas 09 (Mobile Content Americas 09): “Monetizing the Latin Mobile Web” (Sept. 17-18, 2009)
- With confirmed speakers from: Movistar Chile, Iusacell, CDG, ANCEL, TELECSA, Movistar Argentina and others.
Program and venue information, here.

The September MoMo Miami meetup will also take place on Thursday, September 17th, to coincide with these three mobile events being held in our community. More details on the MoMo meetup program, venue and sponsor will be forthcoming shortly.

Meanwhile, take advantage of our special registration rate with Frecuencia to register for one … or all three of these great events!

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Great turnout for last night’s MoMo Miami meetup … with 73 pre-registered attendees, we had a head count of 60 in the house just 15 minutes into the evening’s program on “The Battle of the Smartphones!”

Many thanks to Jeff Sass, VP, Bus Dev, Myxer & MoMo Miami Exec Committee member for having suggested a panel topic that turned out so many attendees despite the heat of mid-summer Miami, for his pre-event organization of the panel and for his excellent & amusing introductory history of the smartphone.

Special thanks as well to panel moderator Bridget Carey, Technology Reporter, Miami Herald, for her thoughtful and probing questions of the panelists and directing the Q&A with the audience. And, of course, to the panelists themselves: Policarpo Guerrero, CEO, MSCorp & Open Ovi blog; John Collette, Software Engineer, Myxer; Edwin Hernandez, Principal Staff Software Engineer, Motorola; and Ben Hopkins, Independent iPhone Developer.

Finally, a debt of gratitude to Angelique Swann of the Doubletree Hotel Coconut Grove for having generously provided the meetup venue, with ample space and great views of Coconut Grove and beyond from the 20th floor of the hotel.

Next meetup is scheduled for Thursday September 17th in Coral Gables … with more details on the venue and program to come soon, so stay tuned!

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Join mobile professionals in South Florida for the next MobileMonday Miami meetup on Monday, Aug. 3rd at the DoubleTree Hotel Coconut Grove.

The program topic will be The Battle of the Smartphones!, featuring MoMo Miami members in a panel discussion on the comparative advantages of the iPhone, Palm Pre, Nokia S60, Blackberry and Motorola smartphone platforms for developers and users of applications and services.

Monday, August 3rd, 2009
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Doubletree Hotel Coconut Grove
2649 South Bayshore Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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Program:
6:30 pm: Doors open
7:00 p.m: Introduction & Panel: “The Battle of the Smartphones!”
Panelists:
- Moderator: Bridget Carey, Technology Reporter, Miami Herald
- Nokia S60: Policarpo Guerrero, CEO, MSCorp & Open Ovi blog
- Palm Pre: John Collette, Software Engineer, Myxer
- Motorola/Android: Edwin Hernandez, Principal Staff Software Engineer, Motorola
- iPhone: Ben Hopkins, iPhone Developer
8:00 p.m. Networking

Space is limited … so, don’t forget to register in advance at Eventbrite: http://momomiamiaugust09.eventbrite.com.

And, mark your calendars for a special September MoMo Miami meetup, taking place mid-week on Thursday Sept. 17 to coincide with three mobile industry events being produced in Miami that week by Frecuencia Events:

Tues/Wed, Sept. 15 & 16: LatAm Enterprise 2009

Thurs, Sept. 17: LBS LatAm 2009

Thurs/Fri, Sept. 17 & 18: Mobile Content Americas 2009

Details on discounted registration to these events through MoMo Miami to come soon, so stay tuned!

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Many thanks to venue sponsor Yahoo! Latin America and to our three panelists from Yahoo!, Nokia and Vivo, for having made our June monthly meetup of MobileMonday Miami a very successful event!


See more photos on Flickr, here and here.

The presenters/discussants on the topic of mobile delivery of news and information content to an audience variously estimated at around 60 or more were: Mariano Zadeh, Mobile Business Development Lead, Yahoo! Latin America; Mônica Moreira de Magalhães, Director of Products & Services, Partner Management for Bazil’s largest mobile carrier, Vivo; and Saulo Passos, Communications & Social Media Manager, Nokia Latin America.

In attendance were dozens of professionals in mobility, technology and related fields, who came from as far north as Palm Beach and as near as right down the street in Coral Gables. The standing room-only audience of individual service providers and executives with companies large and small were representative of the growing South Florida mobile eco-system and included, among others: Nortel, MobilCash, Motorola, Global Roaming, Moblog, Narian Technologies, RIM, FutMob, EFICI, Mobility World, Axxis Solutions, Boxkite … and, of course, Yahoo! and Nokia.

In addition, we were privileged to extend MoMo Miami hospitality to mobile professionals from throughout Latin America and the U.S. attending the two-day-long Mobile Commerce Americas 2009 conference, presented by Frecuencia Latinoamerica at the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables.

After the panel and refreshments generously provided by Yahoo!, networking continued down the street at Novecento, courtesy of “happy hour” pricing extended to MoMo Miami meetup attendees throughout the rest of the evening!

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