Barcamp Singapore II: Maps and Mobile Unconference!

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posted by leslie on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 4:56pm Categories: Blog

Maps and Mobile Unconference Gathering

Date/Time: 21 May 2008 (Wednesday)
Venue: NUS Extension, Park Mall, Opposite Dhoby Ghaut

To bring in professionals and enthusiasts who are working on map applications in the Internet and mobile applications. A time of sharing among local hacker communities, developers, industry players and Google engineers.

Organizers: Barcamp Singapore, Singapore PHP User Group and Entrepreneur27 (Garag3)

Supported by: NUS Enterprise (Venue), SG Entrepreneurs

Sponsored by: Google Singapore

Tentative Programme Schedule:

6.30 – 7.30 pm Registration & Networking
7.30 – 8.10 pm Introduction and followed by 2 keynotes (20 minutes each)
- Keynote 1: Overview of Google Maps API – Derek Callow (Head of Marketing, Google Singapore) and Andrew McGlinchey (Geo Product Manager for SE Asia, Google Singapore) – Confirmed
- Keynote 2: Secured Mobility – Gerard Lim, CTO of Bak2u (http://www.bak2u.com) – Confirmed
8.10 – 10 pm Breakout sessions (Maximum 4 start-ups/projects demo)
Breakout Session 1: Maps – in the main room. 10 minutes demos by companies utilizing Google Maps API -
Chaired by Jon Petersen, Singeo (http://www.singeo.com.sg)
- SingGeo (Confirmed),
- Shoplette – http://www.shoplette.com (confirmed),
- Lilihood – http://www.lilihood.com (confirmed) and
- Homespace – http://www.homespace.sg (confirmed)
Breakout Session 2: Mobile Applications – in the breakout room. 10 minutes demos by companies in Mobile -
- Cinepura – iPhone app (confirmed),
- TenCube – http://www.tencube.com (Confirmed),
- Widgeous – http://www.widgeo.us (Confirmed) and
- Mobile Sorcery – http://mobilesorcery.com (Confirmed)
Registration is closed for demos. But do bring your demos along and talk to the developers around the unconference.

10 pm – Supper

Come and Join us! Visit the barcamp Wiki @ http://barcamp.pbwiki.com/BarcampSingaporeII

One Response to “Barcamp Singapore II: Maps and Mobile Unconference!”

matthew said :

Hi, We like to RSVP for the Barcamp Singapore II: Maps and Mobile.

Our Name : Mr. Matthew Tan (Senior Product Manager) And Ms. Kee Ee Kheng (Product Manager)
From: SPH -SPH Search
100 Toa Payoh North
News Centre,
Singapore 318994

Cheers,
Matthew
DID: 6319 2790

- May 9th, 2008 at 11:39 am