MobileMonday Belfast Events

Early Stage Finance for Your Mobile Business (Idea)

momocsadmin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:43:00 GMT

Description:
Ever wanted to ditch your day job and create your own mobile business, based on this great idea you've had for ages? Yet you don't know where to get the money from? Our speakers from Invest NI, Silicon Valley, MatchMedia and e-Synergy presented on the real financing possibilities.

Date: Monday 19th October 2009

Venue:
The Black Box,
18-22 Hill St
Belfast
BT1 2LA

Venue location on Google Maps

Agenda:

17:15	Reception, Networking over tea, coffee & sandwiches
18:15	Introduction, Norbert Sagnard, MobileMonday
18:20	The Global Starts Team, Martin Robinson, Invest NI
18:35	Practical Experiences of the Funding Process, Philip Wilson, CEO, MatchMedia
18:50	The European Investment Market, Mike Bowman, E-Synergy
19:05	Creating a Healthy NI Investment Ecosystem, David Kirk, Private Investor
19:20	Conclusions, Colm Hayden, Norbert Sagnard, James Scott, MobileMonday Belfast Organisers
20:30	Formal Networking Ends, move to the bar for more informal follow up.

Presentations
The presentations are now available for download from the presentations section of MobileMonday website. Click here to download the presentations.

Event Summary
Summary reproduced with permission from NI Tech Blog

There was an excellent turn out to Mobile Monday Belfast with the Black Box Cafe packed to capacity.

First up Martin Robinson from Invest NI's Global Starts Team gave an overview of the opportunities on offer within INI and also some hints and tips to help in the application process.

Next up, Philip Wilson, CEO & Founder of Match Media spoke of his own personal road to funding...with lots of entertaining do's and don'ts & antedotes along the way. Most memorable being when an investor asks "is your idea like a raspberry?" politely reply "yes" but read the warning signs they may not be your ideal mobile investor

Then Mike Bowman gave an overview on the Euopean Investment Market and the E-Synergy opportunities available locally. Additionally Mike gave an insight that due to some very attractive tax benefits angel investing in France is very popular at the moment so it is well worth exploring all options when seeking investment.

And last but not least, David Kirk, a Private Investor originally from Northern Ireland, but now resident in Silicon Valley gave his views on the investment ecosystem & opportunities here.

Monetising Mobile Content

momocsadmin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:49:00 GMT

Our new season kicks off by taking a look at the business models behind paid-for mobile content.Our speakers share their experiences of how payment models have changed and share their vision of the future of mobile content delivery. By the end of the session, delegates should have a clear understanding of how the mobile content industry has evolved and how to make money from mobile content.

Date: Monday 14th September 2009

Venue:
The Black Box,
18-22 Hill St
Belfast
BT1 2LA

Venue location on Google Maps

Parking:
Some on street parking is available in nearby street

Agenda:

17:15	Reception, Networking over tea, coffee & sandwiches
18:15	Introduction, Norbert Sagnard, MobileMonday Belfast Co-Founder
18:30	Old & New World Business Models, Philip Stanfield, SLA Mobile
18:45	Content Discovery, Dominic Muldoon, XIAM
19:00	The Evolution of Paid Mobile Content, Michael Crossey, Aepona
19:15	Conclusions, James Scott, MobileMonday Belfast Organiser
20:30	Formal Networking Ends, move to the bar for more informal follow up.

Presentations

The presentations will b available for download after the event.

Mobile Barbeque, Monday 15th June 2009

momocsadmin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:01:00 GMT

Summer is finally here and thanks to our new sponsors, we will be closing off the Spring 2009 season in style with a networking Barbecue.

Click on the image below for more information

Mobile Marketing & Advertising, Monday 18th May 2009

momocsadmin — Thu, 07 May 2009 08:34:00 GMT

Our event on Mobile Marketing & Advertising took an agency perspective, looking at current trends in mobile marketing and advertising.

Our final line up of presenters is detailed below. We had another excellent turnout and the usual high standard of content and audience participation.

Date: Monday 18th May 2009

Venue:

Golden Thread Gallery
84 - 94 Great Patrick Street
Belfast
BT1 2LU

Venue location on Google Maps

Parking:

Some parking is available outside or in the car park of the nearby Ramada Encore Belfast hotel on Talbot Street.

Agenda:

17:15	Reception, Networking over tea, coffee & sandwiches
18:15	Introduction, Colm Hayden, MobileMonday Belfast Co-Founder
18:30	Bluetooth Marketing - a Northern Irish Perspective, Simon Miskimmin, Blue Age Media
18:45	Mobile Advertising in Ireland, Kevin Foley, Head of Mobile, Sales Online
19:00	Delivering a Successfull Mobile Marketing Campaign, Malcolm Fogarty, Head of Client Services. Puca
19:15	Conclusions, Norbert Sagnard, MobileMonday Belfast Co-Founder + more networking until 20:00 !

Presentations

The presentations are now available for download. Click here to download the presentations.

Mobile User Experience

momocsadmin — Thu, 07 May 2009 08:22:00 GMT

Thank you to all 65 participants of our event on MEX and to our speakers from Mozilla Mobile (Christian Sejersen) and Cibenix (Andrew Robertson) last Monday 6 April. Great stories = 'edutaining' presentations!

User experience: to date, the mobile industry has typically employed it to describe the graphical user interface (UI) of an application or device. However, despite the increasing frequency with which it is cited by the mobile business, user experience is something rather more complex than the way a product looks (more…).

On 18 March the MEX (Mobile User Experience Forum) held a 1-day competition on Twitter challenging industry pioneers to come up with the best definition of ‘mobile user experience’ => The selected entry was: “Mobile user experience: Encompasses every interaction and emotion a person has with their mobile device in their daily lives.”

"Show me your App ..." Demo Night

momocsadmin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:33:00 GMT

The hottest topic at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was surely Apps!

So on Monday 23 March we staged our first-ever "Show me your App..." pure demo night (strictly no PPT slides) at Queen's University (courtesy of Dr. David Newman, thank you!). 50 people turned up, curious to discover what NI developers had brought to market, and the crowd was wowed by EyeSpyFX, GAAstats, TotalMobile but also iPhone apps (yes, we can!) by Craic Design, Locle and Blue Pilot Software (details on Matt's blog). As our guest demonstrator from Dublin (just-in-time courtesy of Dublin's traffic), Rory MacHale also showed how Ammeon Commune & Studio allow anyone to create and manage their own mobile TV channel(s) and other subscribers to view them on their mobile device.

Demo Evening Rules:

No product pitches
No PowerPoint
Live demonstrations only

New Venue!!

This month, we will be meeting at Queen's Univeristy at the Peter Froggatt Centre in Room 212
(the building shown below, found at the back of the inner courtyard, you'll see the crowd downstairs for tea/coffee)

Agenda:

17:15	Reception & Networking
18:00	Introduction, Norbert Sagnard, MobileMonday Belfast Co-Founder & Managing Consultant, Sagnard Marketing Associates
18:30	Demos from Ammeon, EyeSpyFX, Truphone etc. 10 minutes each
19:25	Conclusions, Colm Hayden, MobileMonday Belfast Co-Founder & Technical Director, Anaeko

Mobile LBS

momocsadmin — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:36:00 GMT

Will 2008 be remembered as the year when location-based services (LBS) finally started to take off?

Find out with our selected speakers who will share their insider knowledge with you. Don’t miss this event, which remain free of charge thanks to Invest NI sponsorship.

On Monday 19 January 2009, MobileMonday Belfast hosted the topic of Mobile LBS.

New Venue:

This month, we will be meeting at The BlackBox in the Cathedral Quarter:
18-22 Hill Street
Belfast
BT1 2LA

Click here for directions on Google Maps

Agenda:

17:15	Reception & Networking (back room of The Black Box - there's a bar).
18:15	Introduction, Norbert Sagnard, MobileMonday Belfast Co-Founder & Managing Consultant, Sagnard Marketing Associates
18:30	LBS1: Location-Based Social Networking, Ronan Higgins, Founder of Locle (www.locle.com)
18:50	LBS2: Location-Based peer reviews, Mike Brennan, CEO of RateMyArea (www.ratemyarea.com)

19:10	Mobile Peer Awards: Winner announcement
19:15	Conclusions, Colm Hayden, MobileMonday Belfast Co-Founder & Technical Director, Anaeko (formerly Mobility Data Systems)

Mobile Payments & Ticketing, Monday 24 November 2008

momocsadmin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:53:00 GMT

On Monday 24 November 2008, MobileMonday Belfast will be hosting the topic of Mobile Payments & Ticketing.

We have secured a lineup of expert speakers, so delegates should expect the usual high standard of content and audience participation.

Let's not allow the recession to push us to a depression, even if the lack of sponsor this time means that there will be NO CATERING (no drinks, no food, sorry). Let's make use of the opportunity and show what the power of open community can accomplish even in tough times.

Venue:

This month, we will be meeting at Blick Shared Studios in the university area:
51 Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 6RY

Click here for directions on Google Maps

Agenda:

17:15	Reception, Networking
18:15	Introduction, Colm Hayden, MobileMonday Belfast Co-Founder, Technical Director, Anaeko (formerly Mobility Data Systems)
18:20	Mobile Peer Awards, Norbert Sagnard, MobileMonday Belfast Co-Founder, Sagnard Marketing Associates
18:30	Mobile Payments Experiences: 6 years on, Donal McGuinness, Managing Director of Payzone m-Payments (part of Payzone Plc)
18:45	SMS-based Mobile Payments, Andrew Last, CTO, Mobile Payments Company
19:00	The money is in the eyeballs, Shaun Cassidy, Commercial Manager, Mobimatics
19:15	Conclusions, Colm Hayden, MobileMonday Belfast Co-Founder + more networking until 20:00 !

Presentations

The presentations are now available for download. Click here to download the presentations.

Mobile Broadcast TV, Monday 6 October 2008, Ormeau Baths Gallery

momocsadmin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:55:00 GMT

For the fifth MobileMonday Belfast event, we will be discussing Mobile Broadcast TV.

Our final line up of presenters is detailed below. Delegates should expect the usual high standard of content and audience participation.

For the first time, Mobile Monday Belfast provides you the opportunity to watch a live feed. Click here to access the live feed from 18:15.

Venue:

Following excellent feedback from last months event, we will be returning to the Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast's Contemporary Art Gallery,www.ormeaubaths.co.uk/ located at 18a Ormeau Avenue (almost across from Katy Dalys bar).

Agenda:

17:15	Reception, Networking over tea, coffee & sandwiches
18:15	Introduction, Norbert Sagnard, MobileMonday Belfast Co-Founder

18:30	Mobile TV Communities, Rory MacHale, CTO, Ammeon
18:50	Mobile TV Trials, Shay Hamilton, Mobile TV Manager, Telefonica O2 Ireland
19:15	Conclusions, Colm Hayden, MoMo BT Co-Founder + more networking until 20:15 !

Presentations

The presentations are now available for download. Click here to download the presentations.

The Mobile Internet, Monday 1 September, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast

momocsadmin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:25:00 GMT

For this fourth MobileMonday Belfast event, we were pleased to bring you three expert speakers with experience with the Mobile Internet from the software and service sides.

Our presenters were from mobile web developer Nubiq, the TLD promoter for mobile sites dotMobi and mobile Internet applications innovator Openwave.

Our new venue was the Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast's Contemporary Art Gallery,www.ormeaubaths.co.uk/ located at 18a Ormeau Avenue (almost across from Katy Dalys bar). Everybody loved the inspiring space to bits.

Agenda:

17:15	Reception, Networking over tea, coffee & sandwiches
18:15	Introduction, Norbert Sagnard, MobileMonday Belfast Co-Founder
18:30	Helping to get your mobile web business moving Helene Haughney, CEO, Nubiq, www.nubiq.com
18:45	Home truths about the Mobile Internet James Pearce, CTO, dotMobi, http://mtld.mobi/ & Founder of MobileMonday Dublin!
19:00	Mobile Data Market Trends Matt Halligan, Development Director Service Management, Openwave, www.openwave.com/
19:15	Conclusions, Colm Hayden, MoMo BT Co-Founder + more networking until 20:15 !

Photos

Have a look here at selected shots from the crowd and the presenters! According to one attendees, "the MobileMonday Belfast events are the best in Northern Ireland to connect to like-minded professionals interested in all stuff 'mobile', exchange business cards and push the buck for our business!" Another one said "Really great for the networking & the learning, I will definitely come back for more!"

Presentations

Four speakers presentations can be downloaded for free from registered members of MobileMonday Belfast.

Mobile Enterprise Applications, Monday 23rd June, Radisson Hotel, Belfast

momocsadmin — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:51:00 GMT

For this third and last MobileMonday Belfast event before the Summer break (we'll be back on 1 September), we are pleased to bring you three expert speakers with differing experiences in developing and marketing mobile applications to the 'Enterprise' (large and small) segment.

Our selection of presenters cover perspectives from both application developers - Dublin-based Advanced Field Solutions and Belfast-based Consilium Technologies / TotalMobile - and mobile operator with Vodafone.

Agenda:

17:00	Reception, Networking over tea, coffee & sandwiches
18:00	Introduction, Colm Hayden & Norbert Sagnard, MobileMonday Belfast Founders
18:15	US Perspective - Mobile Applications for the Public Sector market Gareth Tolerton, CTO, Consilium Technologies/TotalMobile, www.ctechs.co.uk/
18:40	Operator Perspective - Vodafone's approach to Enterprise Applications Peter Brown, Technology Manager, Vodafone NI, www.vodafonebusiness.co.uk/applications/html/
19:00	Irish Persective - Mobile Applications for the SME market Declan Foley, Owner & CEO, Advanced Field Solutions, www.advancedfieldsolutions.com/
19:25	Conclusions, Colm Hayden & Norbert Sagnard

Photos

Have a look here at selected shots from the crowd, the presenters and the buffet! Don't you think that the MobileMonday Belfast events are really worth attending, for the networking, the learning and the catering?

Presentations

Three of our speakers presentations can be downloaded for free from registered members of MobileMonday Belfast. Peter Brown of Vodafone NI took up the challenge to tell his company's MEA story without notes or slides!

Mobile Web Services, Monday 19th May, Radisson Hotel, Belfast

momocsadmin — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:49:00 GMT

Summary

The second MobileMonday Belfast event, on the topic of Mobile Web Services - leveraging web services technology in the mobile environment, drew a good crowd of professionals who had opportunities to ask burning questions to three expert professionals from Iona, Microsoft and Aepona. The experts shared their experiences on exposing, orchestrating and consuming mobile web services. Delegates networked over refreshments before the presentations and some retired to the bar afterwards for further discussions.

Photos

Photos from the night can be found in our photo gallery.
Click here to view photos from our Mobile Web Services event

Presentations

All of our speaker presentations can be downloaded by registered MobileMonday Belfast members.
Click here to download presentation from our Mobile Web Services event

MobileMonday Discussion Forums

Have you any interesting thoughts or experiences from using Mobile Web Services?

Perhaps you would like to like to share your thoughts on our Community discussion forum?

Click here to view the Mobile Web Services forum.
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Agenda:

17:00	Reception, Networking over tea, coffee & sandwiches
18:00	Introduction to Mobile Web Services, Colm Hayden & Norbert Sagnard, MobileMonday Belfast Founders
18:10	Technology Perspective - Web Services on the iPhone Roland Tritsch, Director Services EMEA, IONA, http://www.iona.com/
18:25	Industry Persective - Mobile Web Services Mashup Thessalonika T Benny, Connected Services Sandbox Program Manager, Microsoft, http://www.microsoft.com/
18:40	Local Technology - Exploiting Unique Telco Assets Through Telecom Web Services Michael Crossey, VP Marketing, Aepona, http://www.aepona.com/
18:55	Conclusions by Colm Hayden & Norbert Sagnard
19:00	Presentations over, retire to the bar for drinks and further networking

Mobile Advertising, Monday 21st April, Radisson Hotel, Belfast

momocsadmin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:47:00 GMT

MobileMonday Belfast launched activities with a networking event on Monday 21st April on the topic of Mobile Advertising at the Radisson hotel, Belfast.

The event was an overwhelming success with over 60 professionals attending.

Click here to view other photos from the night

Presentations:

All presentations are available for download to registered members.

Click here to view a full list of the evenings presentations

Agenda:

17:30	Reception, Networking over tea, coffee & sandwiches
18:00	Launch introduction by Colm Hayden & Norbert Sagnard
18:05	The Mobile Advertising market worldwide Norbert Sagnard, Sagnard Marketing Associates, www.sagnard.biz
18:10	The Mobile Advertising technology options Colm Hayden, CTO, Mobility Data Systems, www.mobilitydatasystems.com
18:15	Local initiative - The Mobile Advertising Alliance Denis Murphy, Chairman, Mobility Data Systems, www.mobileadvertisingalliance.com
18:30	Local technology - the Advertising Engine Simon McCartney, Head of Technology, SLA Mobile, www.sla-mobile.com/
18:45	KEYNOTE - Global perspective: Creating a clear Mobile Media Proposition Tony Riley, Co-Founder, Mobilenterprise, Newbury, England, www.mobilenterprise.net
19:15	Conclusions by Colm Hayden & Norbert Sagnard
19:20	Networking over, drink