Events in August, 2009

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1. Apps, Games, and Innovation with Orange

   Aug 09 26 Start: 10:00 End: 17:00

   
   Orange, in association with Wireless Innovation, are holding a 2 day event focussing on Mobile Apps and New Innovation. Orange will be bringing the Orange Application Shop team (day 1) and the  Orange Labs R&D team (day 2) to Scotland to meet with Scotland's wireless and mobile community.
   
   

   Day 1:  A Focus on Mobile Applications 

   Book a one to one meeting with the Orange Application Shop team to:

   • Find out all the info you need to get your mobile apps to market with Orange
   • Pre-book a one-to-one "apps feedback" and "next steps advice" meeting if you have market-ready applications 
   • Engage with the Orange Partner technical team in the Glasgow Orange developer centre and get help on the day with testing, and submission of applications.

   Click here to find out more about the Orange Application Shop and what Orange is looking for.

    

   Day 2:  Orange Labs, R&D and open innovation

   Book a one to one session with the Orange Labs team. The focus of these meetings will be research, development and innovation. The team are looking to meet with companies who have innovative, products, services, technology solutions and R&D proposals in the areas of:

   • Mobile Devices - e.g: user interfaces based services on sensors, cameras & browsing
   • Embedded Applications and Design & Usability
   • Unified Communications and Convergence Technologies
   • Mobile Gaming
   • Other R&D opportunities with Orange Labs globally

   Find out what games, design and usability products Orange are interested in by clicking here

    

   Booking
   To register for this event and/or to notify your interest in a 1-to-1 session with Orange please click here

    

   Date: Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th August
   Time: 10.00am - 5.00pm (including lunch)
   Location: Hillington Park Innovation Centre, 1 Ainslie Road, Hillington, G52 4RU

    

   Directions to the venue can be found here. Free parking is available at the venue.

    

2. The Alba Innovation Challenge

   Aug 09 27 Start: 11:30 End: 14:00

   The Alba Innovation Challenge offers a PRIZE PACKAGE of up to £50,000, including a CASH PRIZE of £10,000 PLUS £000’s worth of business services including consultancy, financial planning, legal and accountancy services…AND free office space for one year at the Alba Innovation Centre in Livingston, West Lothian. We want to encourage new businesses, especially those in innovative technology sectors, to start up and locate in West Lothian, and can deliver a full package of support to help them through the start up, early stages and growth processes.

   The Competition is open to ambitious and independent entrepreneurs incorporating a business in Scotland, either in the start-up or the early stages of their development. Applications should be submitted online at http://albachallenge.ning.com/ (full terms and conditions available online)

3. Defining Future Mobile Applications

   Aug 09 31 Start: 09:00 End: 17:00

   Scotland Plays Host to 5th Annual BONDI Codefest in association with Wireless Innovation

   OMTP, the operator backed mobile recommendations organisation, have announced that its 5th Annual BONDI Codefest would be hosted in Edinburgh in partnership with Wireless Innovation. Representative developers from leading mobile operators including, Vodafone, T-Mobile, AT&T, Orange and Telefonica, will unite in the innovation capital to discuss and create specific code for future mobile applications.

   The CodeFest is one of three events taking place during the 1st week of September:

   31st August, 12-2pm: MoMo Edinburgh with OMTP City centre based lunch time meeting focusing on mobile standardisation with OMTP guests. Open to all but limited spaces. To register, and get location details, visit http://www.amiando.com/MoMoEdiSept09.html

   1st Sept- 4th Sept: OMTP Codefest OMTP Codefest gathers together global developers to work on the Reference Implementation of BONDI (a standardised set of interfaces for web developers to access native capabilities on mobile devices). Open to OMTP members only.

   3rd September, 6pm -10pm: MobileCamp with OMTP An ad-hoc gathering (based upon barcamp principles) born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an informal, intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. For further information and to register visit: http://barcamp.org/MobileCampEdinburgh