Belfast

Mind the Gap! Mon 23 Jun 2014 17:30 – 20:00 The Hub (Propel), 3-5 Commercial Court (1st floor), Cathedral Quarter/between Hadskis & Duke of York, Belfast, BT1 2NB Closing the Expectation Gap when Working with Mobile App Developers. Many of local start-up founders planning to launch a mobile business have had their frustrations while working with mobile app developers. How can this relationship be made smoother for both sides? We’ve invited a panel of experts (developers & founders) to discuss the importance of managing expectations when growing a successful mobile business. Their case studies will reveal how managing …

This month is back-to-school time, so how fitting to consider the market for mobile learning products and services, where in the US it reached $958.7 million in 2010, estimated to reach $1.82 billion by 2015! Call that an opportunity! According to Ambient, the US is the top consumer of mobile learning, followed by Japan, South Korea, the UK, and Taiwan, representing 70% of the total 2010 global mobile learning market. If we say ‘mobile education’ you probably think Apple, Google, Pearson, Sony, maybe Blackboard. But right here in NI, we too have strong players in this massive market that is …

After decades of brain drain, the haemorrhage seems to have stopped in NI, and to celebrate this, we’ve invited a number of promising young entrepreneurs who are creating their mobile-based business, right here, right now. Join our free summer networking event and get inspired by these bright young things (aged <30): Conall Laverty / WoogieTap Simon Lloyd Lavery / GymOS Danny Turley / Performa Sports Alexandra Milne / Little Deli Kevin McGrath / Beacon Aaron Taylor / goprezzo To secure your seat at this free event, we ask you to REGISTER HERE NOW! Welcome at 5:30pm with start at 5:55, …

New Developments in mHealth is the first in a new season of free regular networking events organised by MobileMonday Belfast Are you a mobile software professional, healthcare professional or entrepreneur interested in the new developments in mobile healthcare? If so then New Developments in mHealth is for you. The informal networking event brings together thought-leadership presentations from several mobile health innovators along with real-world experience and case studies in order to provide an up-to-date picture of the latest mobile health developments. The afternoon will include presentations from TotalMobile, start-up FreshGrub, Yarra Software (all Belfast) and FeedHenry (Dublin) with further presentations from our universities to …

It’s end of university year again, and in light of bottlenecks in the local market for mobile/web jobs, we’ve decided to do our bit to help local tech companies. So we’ve invited the soon-to-be graduates in computer studies from UU, QUB and also those of the Kainos AppCamp to come do a “no strings atttached” 3-min. pitch of their most recent mobile work (expect apps!), you’ll see how much they can already do at such a tender age! It will be a great opportunity for them to showcase their skills – maybe leading to a job offer on the spot …

Mobile payment solution providers have mushroomed in the past few years, while the receptivity for accepting mobile payments has increased. Based on a recent end-user survey by VDC Research, 37.1% of retailers claimed that they were either using or currently evaluating mobile payment/ POS solutions. While the interest for consumer-oriented solutions such as LBS is higher, the security and compliance requirements for mobile payment solutions are a lot more complicated. Please Register Here So we’ve selected a diverse panel of speakers to look into all this. Hear them say what’s happening within that space, they represent mobile payments platform, hardware …

Mobile payment solution providers have mushroomed in the past few years, while the receptivity for accepting mobile payments has increased. Based on a recent end-user survey by VDC Research, 37.1% of retailers claimed that they were either using or currently evaluating mobile payment/ POS solutions. While the interest for more consumer-oriented solutions such as LBS […]

Christmas time is upon us … again?? yes, so we thought we’d organise a merry evening for everyone who follows MobileMonday. When you arrive, we’ll give you A FREE DRINK and we’ll let you loose to network like world masters (esp. if you had used Belfast-made Shhmooze before). At some stage we’ll ask a few of you to brief everybody for 90 seconds on the wonderful work in mobile you’ve done in 2011 (no slides) – hey presto, free promo! Then we’ll mix you up with total strangers in teams of 4 for our Xmas Mobile QUIZ and after raking …

The Vodafone Foundation has set up the Smart Accessibility Awards to celebrate apps that help people in four key areas: Social participation, independent living, mobility and well-being. As part of this initiative, alongside our friends at MobileMonday London, we’ve teamed up with the ICT KTN and the Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards to bring you in Belfast a half-day workshop (start at 3pm) looking specifically at this area. This event is free of charge, but we ask you to register (click here) since the number of seats is limited. The awards are free to enter until 15 October 2011 and there’s a prize fund of €200,000. …

Our next MoMo Belfast event will be on Monday 19 September 2011 in … Dublin! This “Showcase Ireland MobileMonday” event is a one-off chance if you’re a professional involved in mobile from Belfast or Dublin, to network, find potential technolgoy or business partners, all for free. This event is indeed sponsored by NOKIA and all main economic development agencies Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland and Invest Northern Ireland. We’ve invited speakers from Irish tech companies that have made it big internationally in the mobile industry in different areas: Openmind Networks (messaging & beyond), Aepona (mobile cloud), Altobridge (mobile networks in remote locations), TR2 …