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Ann Arbor

Mobile Learning Technology, Benefits Now & In the Future

Professor Soloway will be speaking to us on the use of mobile learning technology, now and in the future, and the benefits it can provide for the children of the world. His prediction: within 5 years, every child in every grade in every classroom in America will be using a mobile learning device (MLD); even though 99.9% of schools today ban cellphones! In his presentation he will describe how MLDs are used in schools and speculate about the technology (hardware and software) that needs to be created in order to make “mobile learning” that much more effective – for the …

New York

9/27 Event: New-York Based App Demos

Mobile Monday New York is back on September 27th to kick off Advertising Week in NYC. This month we will feature a series of demos from a group of established local app developers, and a group of up-and-comings. We will start with demos of hot new apps from 6 established NY-based app developers, followed by four demos from the finalists of the NYC Geo/Mobile Hack Day. These are the 4 top apps developed in a weekend of hacking at NYC Geo/Mobile Hack Day. Following these demos, the audience will vote live for the best one of the top four; winner …

Boston

The Realities of Mobile Advertising

Mobile advertising is getting a lot of hype, but what are brands really doing in mobile today? What should we expect in 2011? Our panel will discuss the realities and answer questions like: How big is mobile brand advertising? How does mobile fit into the big picture for most brands? What are the hot issues for brands? Targeting? Buying? Ad formats? Measurement? How has Apple’s promotion of iAd changed the market? What are the opportunities for publishers and app developers? Speakers: Dan Olshwang, Jumptap (Moderator) Hill Holliday Advertising Mullen Crisp Wireless Nexage When: Monday, October 4, 6:30pm. Panel starts at …

Global

Mobile Industry Conference Returns to Toronto

The Mobile Institute, a Canadian organization that supports global mobile innovation, today announced the return of MOBILEINNOVATIONWEEK, a week-long series of events that explores mobile trends and advancements from around the world. Between September 13-18 more than 150 mobile industry experts will present at various events around Toronto, making it one of the most significant mobile industry events globally with hundreds of local and international mobile innovators and experts converge to share ideas on Mobile. The festival of events is sponsored by over 50 mobile and digital media companies and supported by a diverse mix of national and global organizations, …

Chicago

“Designing for the iPad” – Monday, 9/20 at 6 pm in Evanston

Please join us for the next gathering of mobile industry professionals & enthusiasts on Monday, September 20, 2010, at 6:00 pm.  Reserve the date in your calendar now! Please RSVP today and reserve your spot: http://momooct2010.eventbrite.com Special Note: And please note that we’ll be in Evanston this month to join in the fun with the Design For Mobile international conference! The fun begins at the Hotel Orrington in lovely downtown Evanston at 6:00 pm. PRESENTATION OVERVIEW Your goal is to design exceptional user experiences for mobile devices. That’s a lot harder than it sounds! Fortunately, one of the most creative, …

Belfast

50 Billion Mobile Devices – Who will Get Rich?

Perspectives from SILICON VALLEY, LONDON and BELFAST. Wednesday, September 22, 2010 from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM Northern Ireland Science Park, Belfast Ericsson is forecasting 50 billion people and ‘things’ connected to mobile networks by 2020 (up from 4.5 bn. today)! Where will the next disruption come from? Who will the winners be this time? MobileMonday Belfast and NISP CONNECT are proud to invite you to this unique free event. Register to come and discover visions of the future of the mobile industry from the following perspectives: The Operator The Vendor (OEMs) The Consumer The Apps Developer The Industry The …

Silicon Valley

Best Practices for Mobile Design – Sept 20th

This month we have some of the top designers in Silicon Valley share their best practices for mobile design. Sponsored by: NOKIA Moderator: TBD Panelists: Nokia – Sue Booker – User Experience and Design Google – Chris Nesladek – Commerce UI Lead at Google Microsoft/Tellme Networks – Anne Sullivan – UI Designer Punchcut – Jared Benson/Gretchen Anderson – Design Date: Sept 20th, 2010 Time: 6:30pm Registration Opens | 7:10pm Panel Begins Cost: Free, but is required to attend. Drinks: Provided Location: TBD Mobile Monday Platform Sponsor: Join Nokia and special guest AT&T for Nokia Developer Day, an information- packed conference …

London

Vodafone Mobile Clicks – 2nd round nominees announced

Well, it has been exciting this year. With over 50 entries for the UK this year, and the standard even better than last year (and last year was good), it was a tough gig to get to the final five from the UK. But somehow we did it. The UK judges for this round included myself, Rafe Blandford from All About Symbian and a group of representatives from Vodafone’s developer marketing team. A special thank you goes to Mike Butcher and Elizabeth Varley from Techhub who looked after us so well this week for the final judging session. May I …

London

UKTI West Coast Interactive Mission – call for companies

Our friends at the UKTI have let me know that there is a trade mission coming up in November to Los Angeles and San Francisco that may be of interest to MoMoLo’ers. Some of you may not be familiar with the trade mission concept but I think they’re one of our best kept secrets in the industry. The UKTI puts these trips together to help SMEs do real business abroad in a particular sector. In this case, the location is the West Coast of the USA and the sector is interactive media (which of course, includes mobile media). If you’re …