MobileCampVancouver2 is bringing together iPhone junkies, Crackberry addicts, couch surfers, coffee shop hackers, vagabonds and mobile nomads to share the current state and their visions for the future direction of mobility. MobileCampVancouver2 hopes to support the many voices helping to unlock the potential of a truly mobile life. Topics may include - but are not limited to - mobile gaming, entrepreneurship, social mobility and presence, near field communication, physical hyperlinking, mobile storytelling, the importance of open standards, protocols, and platforms, linux based devices, and mobility on other continents.

MobileCampVancouver2 is an ad-hoc conference in the spirit of Barcamp. Check out the TheRulesOfBarCamp to learn what to expect.

Where & When

MobileCampVancouver2 will take place at WorkSpace on Saturday September 6th.

Participate!

Please signup at GoogleDocs so we know how many people are coming!

• Igor Faletski
• John Boxall
• Peter McLachlan
• Kris Krüg
• Jean Hébert
• John Biehler
• Gerald Bauer
• Jim Pick
• Roland Tanglao
• Chris Richardson
• Richard Smith
• Tylor Sherman
• Jeff LaPorte
• Andrew Kumar
• Simon Wex
• Todd Sieling

Presentations, Discussions and Demos

• Building a Bluetooth Social Network using Django  and Python S60. (John Boxall)
• iPhoneDevCamp - Roland, Parven Kaler (hopefully! say yes Parveen) & I will put on a mini-dev camp - favorite apps, gps, state of the jailbreak, tethering and more!
• Using iUI to build mobile web apps with Ruby on Rails
  (Gerald Bauer)
• Mobiles and education - Richard Smith (and others?) would like to have an open discussion on not just the pros and cons but hopefully quickly get to examples of ways to use mobile / wireless technologies constructively for education. Focus on post-secondary, but could go broader...
• Beyond the Mobile Web: Context-Awareness as the Future of Internet: An overview of the state of the mobile web and its trends. Arguments against treating it as an entity separate from the Web we use every day (Igor Faletski)
• Online Presence and Status: A brief overview of online presence apps and a discussion about the goods, the bads and what we want / need. I'd love to hear about some of the less than usual uses that people are finding with regards to these presence applications. (Andrew Kumar)
• Mobilco (Mobile Coupons): A business case study about mobile couponing, mashups and mobile business development. Disclaimer: this is from course research. (Andrew Kumar)
• Zeep Mobile  (Free SMS API) adding SMS interactions to everyday websites. (Simon Wex)

Speaker Q&A Series

• Q & A with John Boxall on the Mobile Web and the iPhone, Nokia S60 Web Runtime and Python/Django and More

Organizers

Join the MobileCampVancouver2 Google Group at:

http://groups.google.com/group/mobilecampvancouver

• Igor Faletski
• John Boxall
• Jean Hébert

Sponsors

• Mobile Muse
• WinBC
• WIP

Budget (Goal < 2000$):

• Venue < 1000$
• Food = 300$ (Juice, fruit plates and pastries for the scheduling jam)
• Swag = 250$ (Stickers or other assorted keep things)
• General supplies = 100$ (whiteboards? paper? misc?)

Equipment (Borrow everything!):

• WiMax Modems (x2)
• WiMax >>> WiFi rebroadcasters (x2)
• Extension cords (x3)
• Power generators?
• Projector(s) = Mobile Muse can get one video projector for free for the day, but we might prefer screens since we're outdoors. (Note - the N82 has video out, which I'm keen to demo on a big screen.). (Jim Pick - I have a small projector I can lend)
• Stickers or other goodies (x200)

Venue:

• Is it important to have the Scheduling Rock Out in one place? We should reserve a central venue for introductions and conclusion.
• Preferably cheap (read free), central and covered. (I'll put in a ping to Workspace and see what they'd want to do it again)

Recruitment:

• Write a MobileCampVancouver2 introduction letter. (John) see below!
• Contact everyone who showed up for MobileCampVancouver (John)
• Put word out to all local groups that might be interested. (John)
• Blog/email/ping to groups in the Mobile Muse community. (Jean)
• Invite students from SFU/CMNS "488" (Mobile Information Society) class (Richard)