MOBILE MONDAY: Mobile Web

Join us at Birmingham Science Park Aston for a mobile web meetup for anyone interested in the mobile industry to showcase their games and mobile applications, learn from industry veterans and network with other companies in the mobile scene.

We are delighted to welcome Wapple and Opera to talk at the next mobile meetup.  

Rich Holdsworth, Chief Executive Officer, Wapple Rich is a recognized name within the mobile industry for having true, proven, foresight into mobile internet Rich has been key in the creation of Wapple core technology. Rich has 8 years background in Web and Mobile Development and 8 years within Video Games Creation and Development as Lead Designer on ‘Number 1′ products. He was credited in the Sunday Times for creating the first ever WAP game. @richholdsworth       Linkedin         @wapplemobileweb

SHOW & TELL
If you are a mobile web developer and interested in presenting and taking part in the brief “Mobile: Show & Tell. The pitches are a maximum of 2-5 minutes each. There also some opportunities to have a table and demo your game or mobile application. Contact Matthew Hidderley or David Bozward to see how you can get involved.

SHOWCASE 1	SHOWCASE 2	SHOWCASE 3	tweet @launchconf for chance to present, demo your game or mobile application, call 01212606168

DEMO IN ATRIUM 1	DEMO IN ATRIUM 2	DEMO IN ATRIUM 3	tweet @launchconf for chance to demo your game or mobile application, call 01212606168
DEMO IN ATRIUM 4	DEMO IN ATRIUM 5	DEMO IN ATRIUM 6

Parking:  There is a pay and display car park at the basement of Faraday Wharf located off Love Lane or a £7 token for a 24 hours car parking can be purchased from Faraday reception. Please bring change!

Hotels: please visit the Venue Page

By Train: – Come into Birmingham Moor Street (nearest station with Chiltern Railways, London to Bham from £25 rtn), or Birmingham New Street Station or Snow Hill Station. It takes about 5 mins via taxi and will cost under £10 to reach the Science Park. Or you can walk which will take about 15-20 mins (circa 1.1 Mile or 2000 steps).

Delegate List  (as of 1/5/12):

• Giles Horwitch-Sith, Director, Res:harmonics
• Matthew Hidderley, Business Development, Birmingham Science Park
• Kevin Corti, CEO, SoshiGames
• Stephen Morris, Technical Director, Greenfly Studios
• Meirion Williams, User Experience Designer, WEWANA
• Mark Howells, Founder, Forth DC
• Ben Freeman, Producer, Wapple
• Shakir Ali, Director, IntelliDzine
• David Bozward, Director, dojit
• Stephen Parkes, MD, Distorted Poetry

About MobileMonday™
MobileMonday™ (MoMo) is an open community platform of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influential individuals fostering brand neutral cooperation and cross-border P2P business opportunities through live networking events to demo products, share ideas and discuss trends from both local and global markets. Originating in Helsinki Finland, in 2000, events are organized by some 300 dedicated volunteers from around the world and it has become an industry leading mobile platform. Chapters have held events in over 100 cities worldwide and we continue to launch new locations monthly.

About Wapple
Wapple delivers a unique Mobile Web Platform that empowers brands, web agencies, marketing experts and developers to deliver optimised mobile web content. With more than 25,000 global licensed users of its software products, Wapple’s clients include some of the biggest global brands and best recognised blue chip enterprises.  Wapple Professional Services delivers marketing strategies and rich experiences to mobile web consumers. Sites built on Wapple technology have reached more than 100 countries worldwide. The platform has formatted text into 23 different languages from Chinese, Russian, French, German, to Hebrew. www.wapple.net @wapplemobileweb

About Opera Software
Opera is headquartered in Norway, with over 700 employees in offices around the world.  Opera’s founders and employees have shared the belief that access to the Web is a universal right. This has guided the company’s product development, and the Opera web browsers are adapted to a wide range of platforms, operating systems and embedded Internet products — including Mac, PC and Linux computers, tablets, mobile phones and PDAs, as well as various game consoles and other devices. www.opera.com

Photos from the previous Mobile Monday event:

- Click here to see further photos
- Click here to see the previous Mobile Monday event on Mobile Gaming which over 100 people attended.

Further events are available on the events calender including:

• 20th June 2012 LAUNCH: GAMES & DIGITAL MEET-UP with Caroline Norbury, CEO of Creative England and Suresh Sudera, Head of Games, Vodafone Group.
  

• 13-14th November 2012 LAUNCH: Future Gaming & Digital Conference