Mobile Widgets BarCamp Austin

What is MobileWidget BarCamp?

It is an ad-hoc gathering of mobility professionals and enthusiasts who come together to discuss, present and see presentations, learn how to code, and in general, exchange information, all focusing on the emerging space of mobile Widgets and Web Applications.

A combination of structured and unstructured time.

Where?

The spanking new at&t executive education & conference center, at the University of Texas, Austin, TX

http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/execed/confcenter/

When?

One Day, 7th of September 2008

Who should come?

Developers, designers, evangelists, strategists from the mobile and Web ecosystems.

Why?

The word on everyone's lips these days is "widgets." The promise of mobile widgets is to open up the field of mobile development and create a new wave of mobile application innovation. This event will try to capture the state of the art of this emerging field. In addition to learning about innovations in this area and interacting directly with the pioneers in this space, we'll put the focus on some activities going on in OMTP and W3C to chart the future of mobile widgets and webapps and give YOU the opportunity to critique and influence these activities.

And the timing is great. The Open Mobile Terminal Platform organization is holding a week of meetings in the great city of Austin on the week of the 8th of September. As such, technical experts from around the world whose focus is building a new framework for mobile widgets and Web applications, the recently announced BONDI effort; and all of them will be in Austin. So why not take advantage of this opportunity to hold a special BarCamp focusing on mobile widgets?

There will also be live coding of widgets with a showcase at the end of the day for the best widgets developed on site. You'll leave with a much greater appreciation of the mobile widgets (and WebApps) ecosystem - both what is happening in upcoming standards and what's available NOW in the various Widget and WebApp platforms available today.

How Much does it cost?

It is free! But attendees must sign up by sending an email to TBD. Note that we are limited to 150 places so first come-first-served.

Who's sponsoring?

Sponsors include the following:

1. OMTP (Open Mobile Terminal Platform)
2. W3C Mobile Web Initiative
3. The University of Texas / Austin Technology Incubator
4. The City of Austin
5. Freescale

Agenda:

There will feature a mix of structured content (talks and tutorials) and unstructured content, BarCamp-style. The agenda consists of formal and informal tracks:

• Doors open at 10:00 Can we start earlier? "Doors open at 9", organizers are there at 8? * From 10 to 10:30 we'll have coffee, light breakfast and conversation
• Program starts at 10:30 with a couple of brief talks
• (meanwhile those intending to code widgets will get started)
• From 11:00 to 12:00 we'll break up into groups focusing on different topics (barcamp-style) 3 Breakout rooms
• Lunch from 12:00 to 1:30
• From 1:30 to 3:00 we'll feature tutorial sessions (pre-programmed speakers) (3 30-minute slots, 3 breakout rooms)
• Brief break from 3:00 to 3:30
• 3:30 to 5:00 will be another round of sessions on different topics
• 5:00 to 6:00 will be a showcase of widgets coded at the event
• 6:00 to 10:00 Mobile Widgets Party sponsored by XXX

About the Organizers

The event is being jointly organized by C. Enrique Ortiz of MobileMonday Austin and Daniel Appelquist of MobileMonday London, with the help of many including the OMTP and all of our sponsors