- Register now for Nov. 3 MoMoVan!
- Elevator pitches
- Update Mobile Northwest 08
- The "A" in AGPS
- What happened at RIM's Developer Forum?
- MoMoVan.com launched!
- About
| Date: | Monday, November 3, 2008 | |
| Time: | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | |
| Location: | Granville Island Brewing Company 1441 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC - Map |
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| Tickets: | FREE to WINBC Members | |
| FREE to WINBC Sponsors and Partners | ||
| FREE to Students | ||
| $25 to Non-members of WINBC and at the door | ||
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| Space: | Limited to 75 people | |
 Space is limited. First beer is free. Pizza and parking is free. Be sure to register today. Registration deadline: Friday, October 31, 2008. |
We'll kick off the program with some elevator pitches and then there will be a review of the Mobile Northwest 08 held last week in Seattle. The theme of the night is assisted GPS and Peter Mueller, VP Operations at Rx Networks will make a 10-min presentation on the benefits of A-GPS over conventional technologies. A 20-min panel discussion following Peter’s talk will look more in-depth at the technology and what is happening locally in the space.
Aaron Hilton, President, CTO, CellMap - Aaron Hilton from CellMap will give a product update about his recent collaboration with Olivier Vincent of Canpages. CellMap just launched a revolutionary platform: ImmersiFind. Aaron is going to tell us about it.
Frank Worsley, zinepal.com - Use zinepal.com to create your own magazines or zines for short. Select content from your favorite blogs, websites or RSS feeds and put it in your zine. zinepal.com creates an online version and a printable PDF. Then you print it and read it in your favorite coffee shop, e-mail it to your friends or just let them subscribe to your zines online.
Update from Michael Bidu, Executive Director WINBC, about this event held in Seattle on October 20 by MobileMonday Seattle and Miller Nash.
The Second Annual Mobile Northwest Conference is a one-day educational seminar and networking event featuring leading regional and national mobile executives who will share their insight on the successful applications, trends, and opportunities in the mobile commerce arena.
- VCs and the US Start-Up Machine
- Mobile Social Media and Social Networking
- Mobile Advertising
- Regulatory and Privacy Challenges for Developers
- Mobile Demos
- The Future of LBS
- Mobile Entertainment & Games
Some of the participating companies: Zumobi, Ontela, T-Mobile, Urban Spoon, Tagga, Yahoo! Connected Life, Media Lead, Chetan Sharma Consulting, Mobile Research, SeaPoint Ventures, etc.
For more info: www.mobilenw.org
This is a 10 min. presentation followed by a 20 min. panel discussion.
"Conventional GPS has difficulty providing reliable positions in poor signal conditions. In addition, when first turned on in these conditions, some non-assisted GPS units may not be able to download the almanac and ephemeris information from the GPS satellites, rendering them unable to function until a clear signal can be received continuously for up to one minute. An A-GPS receiver can address these problems in several ways, using an assistance server." (Source: Wikipedia)
Come listen to Peter Mueller, VP Operations at Rx Networks, about what makes their technology so innovative and competitive. Rx Networks is "The Most Promising Start-Up in BC" according to BCTIA's 2008 Technology Awards
Peter holds a B.A.Sc. Geotechnical Eng. degree. Peter brings 20 years of wireless product management, operations and standards development experience with Ericsson Communications, TML Ventures and Syndesis. Peter held various senior roles, including CTO, COO and Director Mobile Data.
Learn more about Rx Networks at www.rxnetworks.ca
Acccording to Tom Krazit from CNET..."Smartphone application development appears to be the next frontier for software developers. Such applications have already been in development for years for operating systems like Symbian and Windows Mobile, but the swell of interest in Apple's iPhone and Google's Android operating systems is generating new demand for third-party software that knows how to play well within the constraints of a phone.
The BlackBerry is the leading smartphone in North America, and is No. 2 on a worldwide basis. RIM just launched the newest version, the BlackBerry Bold."
Isn't that cool that the No. 1 Smartphone in North America is Canadian? Do you want to know what happened at the BlackBerry Developer Conference?
Listen to Brian Roberts, VP Business Development with Wavefront, who was in Santa Clara, California to check out this new conference by RIM. Find out from him about how the wireless industry has changed forever because of iPhone and BlackBerry and why, in his opinion, 700 developers attended the conference.
With more than 16 years experience in the wireless industry Brian Roberts has a long history of accelerating and expanding the sales results of wireless carriers. Prior to joining Wavefront Brian was General Manager, Business Sales at Bell Mobility where he was a key architect behind an accelerated growth strategy in British Columbia.
Prior to Bell, Brian launched and developed the sales distribution network across western Canada as Director of Sales for Fido, a new Canadian wireless carrier. Brian started his wireless career with Rogers Wireless in a variety of roles culminating in his position as Director of Enterprise Sales. In addition to his wireless experience Brian has experience as VP of Sales and Marketing for an internet payment company doing business development in North America, Asia and Europe.
To learn more: www.blackberrydeveloperconference.com
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Get Involved
This is your event and your community. We are always looking for elevator pitches, ideas for upcoming events and feedback on past ones. You can contact us here or visit the MoMoVan website.
MobileMonday Vancouver is an open forum held for the global community of wireless industry professionals. It fosters cooperation and networking among interest groups, industry people and their companies by providing the logistics and opportunities for personal and virtual contacts.
Everyone is welcome!
- Visionaries, entrepreneurs, innovators, developers, designers, investors
- Students, Ph.Ds, professors from UBC, SFU, UVIC and BCIT and elsewhere
- WINBC members and Non-members with an interest in wireless technology
- Members of other technology associations and government agencies
- Members of local media, new media, Web 2.0 and blogging community
Because together we can do more.
- We hope to open a long-lasting conversation that is relevant to the wireless and Web 2.0 community in Vancouver, BC and the world.
- We want to increase opportunities for casual networking, for identifying quality local talent, accessing early stage companies, building strategic partnerships and developing more business and businesses.
- We want to continue promoting local innovation and collaboration in the wireless and Web 2.0 industry, from small start-ups, to large companies, to research labs.
MoMoVan Facilitator: Michael Bidu, WINBC Executive Director
Bruce Sharpe of Singular Software helped us to capture some of our previous events.
