Wavefront and DFAIT Present WaveGuide™ Seminar:
Introduction to Nokia Platforms and OVI Services

 

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
Location:  Brookstreet Hotel, 525 Legget Drive, Ottawa, ON
Cost: Free. Pre-registration is required. 

 

SUMMARY

This is your opportunity to bring your Canadian apps to the world’s largest application distribution network – the Nokia OVI Store. Attend this seminar to receive an end-to-end overview of Nokia platforms and OVI services which reaches hundreds of millions of consumers in over 190 countries downloading over 3 million applications per day. Developers and publishers will learn about the latest Nokia OVI business opportunities and receive practical advice on how to develop and port your mobile application/content on Nokia platform and publish it to the OVI Store, an easy way to distribute and monetize your applications and content to Nokia users all over the world.

OVI store makes it easy to distribute and pay for your Canadian apps:

• Consumers can browse and purchase content from Ovi Store in more than 190 countries through credit card billing
• 91 operators in 27 countries support integrated mobile billing
• Publishers from more than 90 countries are distributing their content through Ovi Store

This is a must attend for Canadian mobile app developers and mobile content publishers to network with business and technical specialists from Nokia and local developer peers.

You have an opportunity to set up a one-on-one engagement meeting with Nokia on Wed, Feb 2nd, so please also let us know if you would like to set-up a meeting when you register. Mr. Johan Nyman, Trade Commissioner from Helsinki, Finland will also be available for one-on-one meetings (between 9:30-11:00am) to discuss Finnish market opportunities.

All attendees will receive copy of "Foundations of Qt Development" and can enter draw for several Nokia N8 smartphones that are being given away!

 

AGENDA

• 08:30 AM – 08:50 AM     Continental Breakfast, Registration and Networking
• 08:50 AM – 09:30 AM     Welcome from Wavefront and Partners (TCS and EDC)
• 09:30 AM – 11:30 AM     Nokia Platforms and OVI Services
  
• Intro to Nokia OVI Services and business opportunities
• Intro to Nokia platforms and native/web app development tools
• Intro to OVI Store publishing process
• 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM     Questions & Answers / Networking
  

 

 

ABOUT SPEAKERS

Martin Barclay is Sr. Manager, Product and Publisher Marketing with Forum Nokia in Sunnyvale, CA. Martin works with developers and publishers to help make them successful on Ovi Store and to evangelize the Nokia Qt SDK for native app development. Martin has led co-marketing projects with Ovi Publishers such as Netflix, NHL, Canwest, CTV, Univision, and developers such as Fizwoz and Amnesia Games, and helps developers get their content integrated into digital, retail, and operator marketing campaigns. Martin leads the design, marketing and promotion for Nokia’s Calling All Innovators (www.callingallinnovators.com/10M) developer competition in the Americas region. Prior to Forum Nokia, Martin has held senior product management and marketing roles at IBM, 3Com, Avaya, and several Silicon Valley startups including Telera and Ubiquity Software. He has a B.A.Sc. from the University of Waterloo, and an MBA from Queen’s University.

 

Chad Saliba is the Solutions Services Manager at Nokia Canada in Ajax, Ontario. Chad manages the Ovi solution services portfolio between Nokia and its carrier partners, working to integrate and leverage Maps, Store, and Messaging services across the range of devices. Additionally, Chad leads the continued Canadian initiative of identifying and supporting mobile developers of all sizes and scale – helping to bolster the continuously expanding portfolio of applications and content designed to shine on the Nokia platform. He holds a B.Com from Ryerson University in Toronto.

 

Robert Burdick is Senior Architect for Emerging Technologies with Forum Nokia, where he evangelizes Flash Lite development for Nokia devices. Robert has been working with embedded, mobile and wireless technologies for over 10 years, is a regular speaker at mobile and embedded developer conferences, and has been the author or co-author of various books on these topics for Wiley and Wrox Press.

 

ABOUT NOKIA

Nokia is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world's leading maker of mobile devices. Today, we are connecting people in new and different ways - fusing advanced mobile technology with personalized services to enable people to stay close to what matters to them. We also provide comprehensive digital map information through NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

 

ABOUT WAVEFRONT

Wavefront is a national centre of excellence for wireless commercialization accelerating the growth of Canadian wireless companies. Wavefront improves speed-to-market and delivery of mobile applications and wireless technologies by providing emerging companies with a suite of WaveGuide™ training, market linkages, mobile industry advisory services and testing resources that facilitate commercial engagement with the mobile network and enterprise ecosystem companies around the world.

 

ABOUT DFAIT TRADE COMMISSIONER SERVICE (TCS)

The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service can help your company succeed globally and lower your costs of doing business through four key services: 1) Preparing for International Markets, 2) Assessing Market Potential, 3) Finding Qualified Contacts and 4) Resolving Problems

Whether you're looking to export, invest abroad or seek technology and R&D partnership, our international business professionals, market intelligence and expert advice are available when you need them. We have Trade Commissioners located in more than 150 cities worldwide and in Regional Offices across Canada, as well as our Virtual Trade Commissioners tool at your disposal. For more info, please visit www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca.

 

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