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applications and software

#DevNest 10 - London Twitter Developer Nest 10

Devnest is a free developer and startup-centric monthly gathering the conference suite at the offices of The Guardian in London sponsored by The Guardian Open Platform with pizza and beer kindly provided by Paypal Developer Network

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Date: 3 August 2010
Location: The Guardian King's Place, UK

The Hunt for Europe's Best Mobile Startup

Arm Player Controls

€150,000 is up for grabs in the Vodafone Mobile Clicks competition running across the Netherlands, Portugal and the UK. The contest is open to any start-up with a great idea for a mobile site, service or application.

Each entry will be judged on five criteria: originality, creativity and innovation; technical and operational feasibility; economic and financial viability; value to end-users; and finally, on the quality of the management team.

The judging will take place over three rounds, the first of which is being coordinated by the organiser's of Mobile Monday London, who will put together a shortlist, from which a winner will be invited to represent their country in a live final at the PICNIC Festival in Holland on September 24th, 2010.

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London Mobile Payments Networking Evening

Few of us around ( 25 confirmed) is getting together on the 2nd August. If any wants to network over a beer then come along to the below address on the 2nd of August. We have also managed to confirm few speakers, all from different sectors, all highly involved in mobile payments and e-commerce, Entrance is free.

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Date: 2 August 2010
Location: Barley Mow, UK

ad:tech London

ad:tech London: think strategy, not just technology! Meet with Google, YouTube, facebook and Twitter.

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Date: 21 September 2011
Location: National Hall, Olympia, UK

Over the Air

mobile developer hack-day event

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Date: 10 September 2010
Location: Imperial College London, UK

Mobile Cloud Computing Forum 2010

The conference will provide a full perspective of mobile cloud computing and SaaS from business value through integration and implementation and to the emergent trends in the industry. Get the scoop on the latest products, meet with clients and drum up new business with valuable leads.

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Date: 1 December 2010
Location: RIBA (Royal Association of British Architects), UK

paidContent Mobile: Leveraging the Smartphone Boom

At paidContent Mobile: Leveraging the Smartphone Boom, we’ll turn to a distinguished group of cross-industry experts to address a host of issues such as how to determine which platforms to put your content on, how to set your pricing, where investors are placing their bets, the latest in mobile-content R&D—and much more.

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Date: 20 July 2010
Location: Columbia University Faculty House, US

UX Brighton 2010

A one day conference with an emphasis on designing for behaviour. We'll be learning how behavioral economics, cognitive psychology and linguistics can provide a clearer understanding of what goes on inside our customers' heads and inform better design. Get your ticket now: http://2010.uxbrighton.org.uk

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Date: 13 September 2010
Location: Sallis Benney Theatre, UK

The jQuery Online Conference

Think Vitamin Online Conferences are focused online tutorials that get straight to the detail so you can learn about the topics you need to know.

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Date: 12 July 2010
Location: At your home/workplace (time dependent on locality), UK

IAB Mobile Advertising Course

This new 1 day course is the definitive practical training to enable you to harness the power of this growing medium. Incorporating the latest IAB research, case studies ,talks from industry leading specialists and practical workshops which enable you to get going as soon as you get back to your office.

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Date: 2 July 2010
Location: Internet Advertising Bureau, UK

£5m Up for Grabs in Metadata Research Competition

Music Metadata Ecosystem (draft) by Frankie Roberto

Are you working with Metadata? Want to get a share of £5m for research and development? Then get yourself along to one of three events covering the Technology Strategy Board's (TSB) new £5m competition, Metadata: Increasing Value in Digital Content Collaborative R&D Competition.

The competition, launched on the 1st June, provides match-funding for projects which address three opportunities to build revenue streams with more efficient and innovative use of metadata.

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Industry & Academic Collaboration: Notes from Partnering for Innovation

Sam Michel introducing Partnering for Innovation events

If you've been following my sudden increase in Tweetage (apologies for the deluge), you'll have noticed I've been zipping around the country hosting a series of events, Partnering for Innovation.

They're designed to support two collaborative R&D competitions run by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), and I'm rather chuffed to have been asked to help out by the event organisers, the Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network.

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Social Collective 2010

We’re not looking to produce just ‘another’ event, we’re looking to bring together some of the leading authorities in Social Media, from app developers to word of mouth evange lists to discuss where and how the industry is evolving! Social Collective 2010 is set to be ‘A forward thinking social media conference’.

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Date: 30 September 2010
Location: London - The Museum of London and Grange St. Paul’s Hotel, UK

The Audience Conference

The Audience Conference is the premiere event in the world discussing the audience and community

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Date: 14 August 2010
Location: Caroline's on Broadway, US

Shift Happens: ALT Shift

Delegates can find out about the latest developments and applications in digital technology, try them out in workshops, discuss inspiring case studies, network, find partners for future collaborations and explore how working digitally can open up new areas of funding and sustainable working for organisations

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Date: 5 July 2010
Location: York Theatre Royal, UK