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Mobile Monday Sydney – Monday 3rd June 2013

Monday 3rd June 2013 @ The City Hotel (Corner of King & Kent Streets in Sydney)

Doors open at 6:30pm for 7pm start.

It’s a MoMo Founders night!

Drinks for tonight are sponsored by:

http://www.thinking.com.au

(Limited to first 50 attendees)

Tim Parsons & Shane Williamson are presenting at this coming Mobile Monday Sydney.

Update on the Mobile Ecosystem

Shane will be presenting an update on the mobile ecosystem with some stats & facts. As well as a discussion on some of the interesting trends that are impacting the mobile ecosystem globally & here in Australia.

The Future of Video

Tim Parsons will present a showcase of Mi9/ninemsn’s Jump-in Companion App for tablet and mobile, with a specific focus on the new and groundbreaking 2014 State-of-Origin experience.

Best wishes for 2013

From all the crew here at Mobile Monday Sydney we wish you all the best for 2013 and we look forward to seeing you at our next event on,

Monday 4th February 2013.

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

Mobile Monday Sydney August 2012 – Mobile Apps

Diamond Sponsor:

The Marketing Mix for Mobile Apps

JT Klepp from mobiOne and Chris Jones from CodeNgo will talk about the Marketing Mix for Mobile Apps.

What do the 4Ps of the marketing framework mean for mobile app developers?

What product features should you be thinking about?

Which app stores should you be on?

What marketing tools should you be using?

What pricing and revenue models will you use?

The presentation will covers some of the issues faced by mobile app developers in taking their product to market and how they can overcome them.

Presenter Bios:

	JT Klepp: +15 years of experience, 10 of which in the mobile app space. Worked for Accenture, Ernst &Young, Visa, as well as 5 different start-ups. Founded and managed a profitable mobile games distribution business for +5 years.
	Chris Jones: Senior mobile marketing expert with past experience at Virgin Mobile, Sprint/Boost mobile, Mattel and Adidas. Recently head of daily deal site JigoCity in Australia.

:: Doors open at 6.30pm for 7pm start
:: Kent Street Living Room, Level 1, The City Hotel (www.cityhotel.com.au)
:: Entry on King Street near Kent Street intersection

Mobile Monday Sydney is held on the first monday evening from February to December as a networking event for the Sydney mobile industry. Mobile Monday Sydney is organised by Shane Williamson, Oliver Weidlich and Gia Villondo.

Mobile Monday Sydney is a non for profit industry organisation and is part of Mobile Monday Australia. http://mobilemonday.com.au/

Mobile Monday Sydney – 2nd July 2012

Mobile Monday Sydney

2nd July 2012

GAMES People Play: An Industry Briefing

In a time when the print medium has begun shrinking and www is no longer just a desktop domain, all eyes are on the mobile platform as the beacon of accessibility and user engagement. This holds so true in the games arena where well known video/ console game titles are seeing a re-birth in smaller portable devices known as smart phones and tablets.

To give us an overview on how the games industry is evolving with the mobile revolution is Andrew Banzas, Electronic Arts’ Head Of Mobile Sales for Australia & New Zealand. Andrew will discuss how essential it is for major video game companies to have a mobile play for games.

TRANSFORMERS: More than meets the eye

Feel like being Optimus Prime for a couple of hours? Want to play a part in defending Mother Earth? A year after launch, the Transformers Augmented Reality (AR) app continues to bring to life the never-ending battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons.

To give us a demo of this Transformers AR game app is Scott O’Brien, CMO and Co-Founder of Explore Engage.

Not only this but at the end of the evening, Scott will also demo a pair of AR “smart” glassess that will revolutionise how mobile games will be played – and viewed – in the not so distant future (within this galaxy, of course)

Mobile Monday Sydney 4th June 2012 – Mobile Health & Mobile Commerce

Diamond Sponsor:

Gold Sponsor:

AGENDA:

Mobile in Health & Mobile Commerce – 4th June 2012

Join us for some drinks & nibbles with thanks to UK Trade & Investment and hear about some of the trends and developments of mobile technologies in the health industry. We will have presenters from the UK & Australia to dicuss some of the ways in which mobile technologes are changing this industry.

Mobile Health & Mobile Commerce in the UK
- Will Morey, ITEC Investment Specialist, UKTI

Will has a strong background in the information technology and services sector working with some of the world’s largest companies to grow market share, develop new technology areas and establish presence in new markets. He has extensive experience of building information and communication technology companies in the UK, Europe and emerging markets. He brings a creative approach to technology, investment opportunities and the digital market and is an advocate of the positive role technology can play in society and business.

The Project Factory - Jennifer Wilson

We all carry a personal coach, monitoring tool and health advisor in our pocket, but not all of us use it as such. Your mobile can be used to improve your lifestyle, keep you fit, monitor your blood sugar levels, make you run faster, encourage you to a more active lifestyle and even help you give up smoking.
Jennifer will take a bit of a look at some of the more interesting development in this space, including games to make better health professionals and reduce isolation in older people.

Universal McCann Australia – Chris Manson
Chris will look more closely at My QuitBuddy, which debuted on the Apps Store on 31st May to coincide with World No Tobacco Day. The app is already top of the Health and Fitness category and is proving popular with users with comments including “This app is almost perfect” and “I’m happy to pay tax if this is how funds are used. What a terrific app for smokers. Well done.”

About our event Sponsor for June 2012, UKTI

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) works with UK-based businesses to ensure their success in international markets, and encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice.

UKTI has a customer commitment to helping its UK and international customers by providing a range of services, to a high standard and improve customer service by listening to customer feedback.

We also have a co-ordination role across government to establish a more systematic approach to relationships with companies which are the most economically significant investors and exporters.

:: Doors open at 6.30pm for 7pm start
:: Kent Street Living Room, Level 1, The City Hotel (www.cityhotel.com.au)
:: Entry on King Street near Kent Street intersection
Mobile Monday Sydney is held on the first monday evening from February to December as a networking event for the Sydney mobile industry. Mobile Monday Sydney is organised by Shane Williamson, Oliver Weidlich and Gia Villondo.

Mobile Monday Sydney is a non for profit industry organisation and is part of Mobile Monday Australia. http://mobilemonday.com.au/

E-mail us to get in touch with project presentation requests, sponsorship offers and speaking engagements

info@mobilemondaysydney.com

Mobile Monday Sydney – 7th May 2012

Mobile Monday Sydney - May 2012

Diamond Sponsor:

Launching the Quickflix Multi-platform Movie Streaming Service

Tim Parsons Chief Technology Officer at Quickflix (and MoMoSydney co-founder) presents the story of how Quickflix launched their new movie+TV streaming service onto over 150 models of device in two countries in less than six months – while more than doubling their subscriber base.

:: Doors open at 6.30pm for 7pm start
:: Kent Street Living Room, Level 1, The City Hotel (www.cityhotel.com.au)
:: Entry on King Street near Kent Street intersection

Mobile Monday Sydney is a non for profit industry organisation and is part of Mobile Monday Australia. http://mobilemonday.com.au/

E-mail us to get in touch with project presentation requests, sponsorship offers and speaking engagements

info@mobilemondaysydney.com

Mobile Monday Sydney on 19th March 2012 with Google

Interested in monetising your mobile assets?

The Google Australia publisher team will be sharing the latest Mobile monetisation products for publishers and developers, as well as giving updates on Android and the mobile ad market.

Brendan “Bob” Forster – Google Product Specialist

Brendan will walk you through Mobile Trends in Australia from consumer and advertiser perspectives and share various Google initiatives to leave you with a clear understanding of mobile best practice.

Victoria Mackinlay – Mobile Monetisation Specialist

Don’t just build an app, build a business. Victoria will discuss different strategies to make money through apps including the latest Mobile monetisation products for publishers and developers.

Alex Danilo – Developer Advocate

Chrome for Android Beta! Chrome has arrived on mobile. We’ll cover what Chrome on Android is and what it brings to the mobile web experience. Details about what’s under the hood, its HTML5 features, performance and what it means for mobile web development on Android now and in the future.

Sign up early, we expect very strong demand for this event.

Mobile Monday Australia BlackBerry Messenger Developer Competition 2011 Winners!

1st Prize
AUD$8,000

The CrowdVoice
The CrowdVoice is a BlackBerry app where users deliberately share interesting posts, texts, images,links to rescue bored people on the road.
Developer: Jonni Ganni

2nd Prize
AUD$4,000

The Weather Channel
The BBM social integration for The Weather Channel is that the user profiles box will show the user’s latest weather information for their BBM contacts.
Developer: Paul Haenel

3rd Prize
BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet & Torch SmartPhone

Manly Ferry
Integrates with the BBM Social platform which gives the following new features, share time table information exclusive with BBM contacts, start conversation from with in the Manly Ferry app, change your status of you profile to be busy or available, update your personal message on launch of the application, drive viral downloads from within BBM
Developer: Paul Haenel

The 2011 Mobile Monday Sydney Christmas Party

Sponsored by:

UKTI

It is time to unwind and celebrate another big year for Mobile Monday Sydney.

We hope you can join us for our annual Christmas Party and it is going to be a fun packed evening with live entertainment, food, your favourite beverage & some amazing door prizes to give away on the night.

Our theme for the evening is,

“Taking Your Business To The UK”

Hear how you can work with UK Trade & Invesment to launch your company into Europe, by establishing a business in the UK.

Michael Stone of Amethon Solutions will also share with us their experience of moving an Australian business over to the UK.

The 2011 Mobile Monday Sydney Christmas Party
Monday 12th December
Sponsored by BlackBerry & UKTI

:: Doors open at 6.30pm for 7pm start
:: Kent Street Living Room, Level 1, The City Hotel (www.cityhotel.com.au)
:: Entry on King Street near Kent Street intersection

Mobile Monday Sydney is a non for profit industry organisation and is part of Mobile Monday Australia.

E-mail us to get in touch with project presentation requests, sponsorship offers and speaking engagements.

shane@mobilemondaysydney.com

November ’11 Mobile Monday Sydney – “Mobilising Christmas”

Mobilising Christmas

Monday 7th November 2011

Imagine this, you’re a guy who gets dragged to every shopping expedition by your partner whether you like it or not. Christmas is your most dreaded holiday because not only do you have to manoeuvre the crowds, you’re also expected to do the heavy lifting: the shopping bags, gift boxes, wine bottles, etc. Now what if there’s a mobile app that can convert you from a Shopping Slave to The Navigator?

You’re a woman on a mission to find the best holiday buy you can find. There’s so much to buy but so little time! What if there’s an app on your mobile that can tell you how far away you are from the shop that contains the item you desire?

Streethawk

Joins us this Monday as Natasha Rawlings and David Jones (not the retail store), demonstrates StreetHawk – a Platform for hyper-local retail promotions. StreetHawk is a smartphone app that ALERTS shoppers of products they seek, on the streets around them, and the locations they frequently shop.

Christmas is the time of the year when your organisational skills are tested and stretched to the hilt. Amidst all the revelry, preparing a feast for the entire family can be most daunting. With 101 things to remember, imagine what a catastrophe it would be if you serve your best turkey ever and yet forgot to get the gravy…. you ruined Christmas!

How Woolworths is helping customers save time and money usingmobile technology.

Has Fakira, Program Manager for Innovations of Woolworths will walk us through the Woolworths app for iPhone and Android and how it has transformed the lives (and memories!) of grocery shoppers Australia-wide. Now, you will never forget to buy those olives ever again!

Has Fakira leads the Sell Innovation Program at Woolworths Ltd and is responsible fortechnology innovations for retail operations. He has over 20 years experiencein the retail technology arena both in Australia and the UK. Has started hiscareer as a software developer and has progressed to technology managementroles. In his more recent positions he has bridged the gap between business andtechnology teams to identify and deliver initiatives that drive business value.One highlight was the introduction and rollout of self-serve checkouts intoWoolworths Supermarkets which are now used by over 40% of Woolworths’customers. More recently, Has’ team has delivered the new Woolworths Appfor iPhone and Android, which has attracted an overwhelming response fromcustomers with over 1.1m downloads to date.

After Monday’s session, I can almost hear Santa Claus going: Mo! Mo! Mo!