One hallmark of a conference well worth attending is when the participants are faced with really tough choices about which of several parallel activities to attend. The session in Stream A looks great. But wait, the parallel session in Stream B looks great too. Wait again, Stream C has cracking good content as well…
This is sometimes called “a good kind of problem to have!”
I’m anticipating many tough choices at SEE09, the 2009 Symbian Exchange & Exposition, on 27th and 28th October. More details of the agenda for this event were made public today.
One example of a tough scheduling clash occurs on the early afternoon of Day One:
- Application Development stream: Next Generation Hybrid Applications – Utilizing your Web Development Skills with Qt based Solutions, speaker Pekka Kosonen, Head of technology Development, Forum Nokia;
- Open Source Business Models stream: Don’t be afraid of Free: Why Open-Source Symbian makes sound Financial Sense, speaker Matt Asay, Alfresco;
- Device Creation and Contributing to Symbian stream: Symbian^x Platform Overview: How to achieve HW abstraction and Faster Device Creation, speaker Daniel Rubio, Chief Architect, Symbian Foundation.
Another example occurs on the early afternoon of Day Two:
- Application Development stream: Tools roadmap for an open source mobile platform and next gen web apps, speaker Paul Beusterien, Manager Development Tools, Symbian Foundation;
- Open Source Business Models stream: Adapting to the Open Source Ecosystem, speaker Tim Ocock, Symsource;
- Device Creation and Contributing to Symbian stream: Enabling Symmetric Multi-processing for Symbian Mobile Devices, speaker from ST-Ericsson.
It’s much the same through both days of seminars and workshops. Throughout, there’s a striking range of sessions that look both interesting and important. That’s before any mention of the exhibition hall and the countless formal and informal meetings that are likely to be taking place. I expect participants will be hurrying between the different parts of the conference venue. It’s going to be a busy time, with a huge range of ideas being exchanged!
For people who want to find out what happened in a session they couldn’t attend, there will be a chance afterwards to view at least the highlights of all the sessions. There will also, no doubt, be plenty of twittering.
Registration and attendance at all these sessions is free. There are still a few opportunities left for exhibitors and sponsors. It’s a chance to make your mark on the event that will be defining the future of mobile.
