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There are many great Mobile and  Developer events taking place in the next few weeks.  At WIP, we partner with many of these event.  You can find out more in our Mobile Community Calendar where we track events taking place all over the world.  If something is missing, please add it in or let me know!

Developer Webinars

A series of App Development Webinars are taking place from June 8th - June 17th leading up to the Muther!.   Webinars hosts include: deCarta, Immersion, AT&T, HPwebOS, BueVia and NAVTEQ. Learn about new APIs, SDKs , tools and features to enchance your apps.
 

Developer Events

NAVTEQ will host Developer Days in London on June 8,  Berlin on  June 14 and San Francisco on June 23. 

For Advanced Qt Developers, Nokia is offering Qt Training in Vancouver, Canada on June 13 & 14, in Sunnyvale, CA on  June 16 & 17, Sunnvale, CA,  and in Dallas, TX on June 22.

FREE Passes

See WIP Marketplace for details.

Mobile Computing Summit, June 28 - 30, in San Francisco...

We’ve know for a while that that apps are the key driver in the mobile industry today, driving the demand for devices and network time.  The big players in the industry recognize that too, so are constantly on the lookout for new mobile applications that meet the requirements and imagination of their customers.

There are a variety of entry points to get you and your app noticed, including the AT&T Open Call Contest whose deadline for entry is Tuesday, March 8, 2011.  Get your app in now so you don’t miss out on this opportunity.  

Here’s why we like this contest. Not only is it a great way to get noticed in front of the right decision makers at AT&T, they and some of their partners who participate in the judging (I was a judge last year and will be  again this year), offer alot of advice and connections.  So even just getting a judging/pitch time is a big win!  There are over 100 spots open – so lots of opportunity!

We had an opportunity to speak with Andrea Morton the...

2011 will bring many, many app conferences.  It started with App Planet at MWC in Feb of 2010 and took off from there.  App World, App Universe, Appcelerate, Planet of the Apps and so on – we will see them all plus more in the upcoming year.  Developer conferences of all kinds will continue to pop out of the woodwork.  Three years ago, when we started WIPJams, there were barely any!  In 2010, there were upwards of 30 in September alone.  In 2011, developers will have their choice of even more developer events, conferences & code camps.  Better start thinking of ways to weed through them to determine the best bang for your buck!   Not the buck to attend the events… many of those will continue to be free to developers ... but your travel/hotel costs and the most costly thing of all… your time!  

It is all about mobile!  The mobile trend will continue for the foreseeable future.  Conferences that traditionally catered to C-Level executives and telecoms suddenly want mobile...