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The State of the Mobile Developer Nation

A discussion of the findings of the report: Developer Economics 2011 (free download) - covering the hottest issues, from app design and promotion to monetisation and user support.

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Date: 4 July 2011
Location: CBI Conference Centre, Centre Point, UK

Cookiepocalypse: Implementing New Law Drops Use by 90%

ICO website traffic impact of cookie opt in by Vicky Brock

Update: Cookiepocalypse is over (possibly). The ICO have updated their advice, suggesting implied consent is sufficient for users. Read more

This one is going to run and run. I'm predicting that anyone in digital is going to be an expert in cookies by the end of the Summer. And not the nice baked versions either, sadly.

Imagine a 90% drop in website visitors that are willing to accept a cookie from your website. be tracked through your analytics tool? Or your advertising targeting? Or your third party shopping basket? Ouch.

That's what happened with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) implemented the new law with existing technology, over 90% of site visitors declined to accept a Google Analytics cookie, thereby disappearing from their analytics.

Whilst the powers-that-be have allowed a year for industry to figure out a way to implement the new 'daft by European standards' cookie law, its impact is dramatic, as illustrated by the graphs obtained by leading web analytics expert, Vicky Brock (@brockyvick), under a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

UPDATE: Vicky has kindly shared the raw data from the FOI request if anyone fancies a spot of number-crunching.

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Creating an enterprise Saas application in Adobe Flex – no small challenge!

BIMA and Sohnar would love to invite you to join us for breakfast at The Hospital Club where Jeremy Rudge, Development Director of Sohnar will tell you the warts and all account, of the two year journey to Traffic LIVE

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Date: 21 July 2011
Location: The Hospital Club, UK

Content and The Consumer: Making the connection

A rare chance to learn from Matt Atkinson, Tesco's new Group Marketing and Digital Officer (previously Global CEO of Agency network Euro RSCG 4D) about the methods and strategies used in engaging consumers with great content.

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Date: 14 July 2011
Location: The Hospital Club, UK

In The Brain of Russel Winder: You Need to Know Python

In this free talk, Russel Winder will investigate what makes Python the language of choice in various given contexts. Of course, there are contexts in which Python seems not entirely appropriate. Yet even in these contexts, Python is relevant, and we will investigate these as well.

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Date: 2 August 2011
Location: Skills Matter, UK

JellyLiverpool

JellyLiverpool is held on the First Thursday of each month on the 2nd Floor of Leaf Tea Shop & Bar. July 7th is the First Anniversary Event ... come & join us. Jelly is a FREE monthly work-together ... Free wifi, Free deskspace, Free coffee

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Date: 7 July 2011
Location: Leaf Tea Shop & Bar, UK

Tomas Petricek & Phil Trelford's Functional Programming

Tomas Petricek and Phil Trelford have formed a formidable F# combo to explain concepts that you need to write modern applications for .NET using F#, C# with LINQ as well as current and upcoming .NET technologies that arise from functional programming ideas.

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Date: 27 October 2011
Location: Skills Matter, UK

David Pollak's Lift Basics Workshop

David Pollak -- the creator of the Lift framework -- will be making a special appearance at Skills Matter this October. For one day only, on October 12, David will be presenting his Lift Basics Workshop to an exclusive audience. Attendees will learn directly from the master how to create dynamic, interactive, secure web sites using Lift.

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Date: 12 October 2011
Location: Skills Matter, UK

In the Brain of Robert Pickering: The Combinator Approach to Programming Domain Specific Languages with F#

Robert Pickering -- author of "Beginning F#" and "Robert Pickering's Strange Blog" -- will be giving a talk at Skills Matter on The Combinator Approach to Programming Domain Specific Languages with F#, and will show you how this programming technique any be applied to many different problem domains.

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Date: 23 August 2011
Location: Skills Matter, UK

Outsourcing, Agile Development - a Gamble too far?

Gambit invites you to join a distinguished panel of Industry CIO’s and pundits in order to discuss those issues and learn about how some leading Online Gaming companies are using best practice to stay ahead of the competition.

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Date: 23 June 2011
Location: City Tower, UK

Future of Digital Entertainment

The future of digital entertainment is being shaped by new distribution platforms, technologies & the rapid convergence of media & technology markets. This conference brings together key players in the digital value chain to examine the market challenges & opportunities, growth strategies, & future outlook of the UK digital entertainment industry.

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Date: 5 July 2011
Location: Marriott London Hotel, UK

b.TWEEN 3D

b.TWEEN 3D is no traditional conference. It is so much more than another expenses fueled jolly. It is a dynamic debate that will touch thousands of people across the world, wherever they are

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Date: 21 July 2011
Location: British Film Institute, UK

In this emerging multi-screen world who controls who?

Now that we have (probably!) arrived in a multi-screen world with TV, Mobile, Tablet, PC, notebook and screens in the home, car, elevator and plane there are new issues we face.

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Date: 15 September 2011
Location: Innovation Warehouse London, UK

Mobile Privacy - are they mutually exclusive?

With mobile being so personal does privacy exist?, what happens when you die to all that data?, can the data really be used in court?, if I get a second hand mobile can I find out who had it before me? and where is the balance in the minds of the consumer for privacy, security and user interface!

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Date: 5 July 2011
Location: GSMA, UK

Private Social Networking

Social networks by their very nature are public and open. With 10% of the world's population now on one big network (and the same 10% on numerous other small ones) where are the other 90%? Do they go for niche private social networks oriented to their specific need?

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Date: 23 June 2011
Location: Innovation Warehouse, UK