Mobile Monday Madrid

Our next Mobile Monday Madrid on April 21, 2008 will dive into the wonders of Mobile Messaging 2.0. We invited Jan-Joost Kraal, VP of Mobile of eBuddy (12 million unique users! see recent TechCrunch coverage), Tim von Toerne, founder and VP Product of Hamburg-based Cellity and last but not least Enrico Noseda, Skype’s Director of Business Development Telecoms.

“The mobile messaging market, like many others, is in a perpetual state of change, with phenomenal growth that has taken directions few could have predicted. What started a few years ago as the emergence of groundbreaking market shifts is now coalescing into a new vision for using and enabling mobile messaging technology –– Mobile Messaging 2.0. (…) It also incorporates an emerging set of principles that will guide operators in the development of next generation mobile messaging networks. At its heart, it is a fundamental shift away from ‘network defined messaging’ to ‘user defined messaging’ that has the potential to benefit everyone.” (from the Mobile Messaging 2.0 White Paper from Airwide Solutions)

About:

eBuddy is a free web based messenger that enables you to chat with your MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, MySpace and AIM buddies. When you’re on the road, outdoors or traveling you can use the mobile version of eBuddy to chat with your buddies. Every mobile device that supports xHTML or WAP can be used; this includes Cell Phones, PDA’s, Sony PSP and Nintendo DS! Check out the Mobile page for more info.

In order to enable mobile phone users to connect to the world, Cellity introduces its new mobile email feature. At Mobile Monday Madrid, Cellity will showcase the latest addition to cellity Communicator, a mobile application for powerful mobile communication. The feature-rich Java software bundles very useful functions like free text messaging with up to 2048 characters, traditional SMS for just 9 ct., international calls at up to a 90% savings, easy conference calls and a free backup service over the air. The software is completely free of charge.

Skype was founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. Skype created a little piece of software that makes communicating with people around the world easy and fun. With Skype you can say hello or share a laugh with anyone, anywhere. And if both of you are on Skype, it’s free.

Skype is available in 28 languages and is used in almost every country around the world. Skype generates revenue through its premium offerings such as making and receiving calls to and from landline and mobile phones, as well as voicemail and call forwarding. Skype, based in Luxembourg, has relationships with a growing network of hardware and software providers and is an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY).

Networking:

One of the key aspects of the MobileMonday concept is the networking. A networking party will follow the conference where participants will enjoy a glass of cava while sharing experiences about life and work. Attendance is free; all you need to do is register and/or confirm your presence for this event at www.mobilemondaymadrid.com/subscribe/ and reserve one of the 150 seats available. Book now to avoid being left out!

• 19h00 Registration and Pre-Networking
• 19h30 Mobile Messaging 2.0 sessions and discussion
• 20h45 Cocktail and Networking Party
• 21h30 End

Location / Venue:
MobileMonday Madrid will be held at the in the Aula Magna at the Instituto de Empresa in María de Molina 11, 28006 Madrid. You can check directions how to get there at IE website or download a map.

Location and Directions at Google Maps.

Our Partners
Our thanks to our partners Telefónica Movistar, Vodafone, Bango, Forum Nokia and MyStrands for their invaluable support.

About MobileMonday
MobileMonday is a community of mobile professionals organised around local networking events in almost 40 cities around the world. This open community promotes the mobile industry and fosters cooperation and networking among industry people and their companies by providing opportunities for personal and virtual contacts.

MobileMonday Madrid is organised by Rudy De Waele and Carles Ferreiro from dotopen, Marcos Eguillor and Barcelona Media.

Our Host IE - International Business School
IE Business School shapes leaders that promote innovation and change in organisations, equipping directors with an entrepreneurial mindset that generates employment, wealth and social wellbeing. Recognised as one of the world’s leading business schools, IE Business School has an urban campus in Madrid and a faculty of more than 400 professors who teach students from 73 countries on its master, PhD and executive education programs. IE students use innovative online and presential learning formats, including the IE Communities platform where they exchange knowledge and experiences with 35,000 IE graduates that currently hold management positions in some 100 countries.

Address:
IE Business School
María de Molina, 11
28006 Madrid - SPAIN
Phone number: +34 915 689 600 / +34 915 689 612
E-mail: info@ie.edu

We are proud to announce the official MobileMonday Madrid opening event on Monday, October 29 in Instituto de Empresa. Thanks to our partners Telefónica Movistar, Vodafone and Alcatel-Lucent, we can kick-off in style with a very interesting speakers program.

For our opening event in Madrid, we invited an interesting cocktail of local and international speakers to share views, experiences and ideas with us on the Mobile Content 2.0 topic.

Our guests this month are Hakan Ericsson from Mobile Complete (the MobileMonday “Community Favourite” Global Peer Awards winner), Guillermo Esteve of Vodafone Group R&D, and Karel de Beule from the promising local Spanish Start-up Kimia.

The event is free of charge; you just need to subscribe and reserve your seat. Don’t wait last minute to subscribe; we only have 150 seats available for this event.

Date: Monday, October 29, 2007

Location: Aula Magna, Instituto de Empresa

Topic: Mobile Content 2.0

Speakers Program:

Introductions:
Ricardo Pérez - Professor of Information Systems at Instituto de Empresa
Carles Ferreiro / Rudy De Waele - MobileMonday Barcelona & Madrid

Companies:
Hakan Ericsson, VP Sales Mobile Complete (USA)
Guillermo Esteve, Vodafone Group R&D (Spain)
Karel de Beule, CEO & Founder Kimia (Spain)

Bio Speakers:

Håkan Ericsson – European Sales Director, Mobile Complete (USA)
Based out of Gothenburg, Sweden, Håkan brings 15 years of experience of complex solution selling and marketing within the telecom industry. Håkan’s positions include Ericsson Hewlett-Packard Telecommunications (EHPT), Ericsson and running his own business consultancy. Mobile Complete offers solutions for managing mobile handset proliferation. Its unique Direct-to-Device™ technology provides access to and interaction with real mobile devices connected to live global networks.

Guillermo Esteve - Researcher at Vodafone Group R&D (Spain)
Vodafone Group hold two R&D centres in Spain, one in Huesca and another in Madrid, specialized in Enablers and Web and Media. Our speaker has been working in Public Mobile Cellular Networks since 1994, when he started in a Motorola’s joint-venture. In his nine years in Vodafone he has occupied several positions in key departments as Strategy or Product Development, joining Group R&D three years ago. Since 2004 he also works at the University of Alcala de Henares as part-time Teacher in Telecommunication Engineering.

Karel De Beule - Founder and CEO of Kimia Solutions (Spain)
Kimia Solutions has developed a revolutionary technology that allows mobile Operators to channel rich multimedia content from the World Wide Web into their existing service catalogue. This content may include news & information, audio, video, images, blogs, and e-mail. Founded in 2006 with headquarters in Madrid, Spain, Kimia is a mobile services company that specialises in channelling rich media content from the WWW to mobile phones. Its disruptive technology taps into thousands of data sources, and allows users to FIND, GET, STORE and SHARE Internet content.

Networking:
One of the key aspects of the MobileMonday concept is the networking. A networking party will follow the conference where participants will enjoy a glass of cava while sharing experiences about life and work. Attendance is free; all you need to do is register and/or confirm your presence for this event at www.mobilemondaymadrid.com/subscribe/ and reserve one of the 150 seats available. Book now to avoid being left out!

• 19h00 Registration and Pre-Networking
• 19h30 Mobile Content 2.0 Speaker sessions and discussion
• 20h45 Cocktail and Networking Party
• 21h30 End

Location / Venue:
MobileMonday Madrid will be held at the in the Aula Magna at the Instituto de Empresa in María de Molina 11, 28006 Madrid. You can check directions how to get there at IE website or download a map.

Location and Directions at Google Maps.

Our Partners
Our thanks to our partners Telefónica Movistar, Vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent and MyStrands for their invaluable support.

About MobileMonday
MobileMonday is a community of mobile professionals organised around local networking events in almost 40 cities around the world. This open community promotes the mobile industry and fosters cooperation and networking among industry people and their companies by providing opportunities for personal and virtual contacts.

MobileMonday Madrid is organised by is organised by Rudy De Waele and Carles Ferreiro from dotopen, Marcos Eguillor and Barcelona Media.

Our Host Instituto de Empresa - International Business School
IE Business School shapes leaders that promote innovation and change in organisations, equipping directors with an entrepreneurial mindset that generates employment, wealth and social wellbeing. Recognised as one of the world’s leading business schools, IE Business School has an urban campus in Madrid and a faculty of more than 400 professors who teach students from 73 countries on its master, PhD and executive education programs. IE students use innovative online and presential learning formats, including the IE Communities platform where they exchange knowledge and experiences with 35,000 IE graduates that currently hold management positions in some 100 countries.

Address:
IE Business School
María de Molina, 11
28006 Madrid - SPAIN
Phone number: +34 915 689 600 / +34 915 689 612
E-mail: info@ie.edu