[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [UK event] Open Source Junction - developing open cross-platform mobile apps

[Tim Dobson]

could be interesting to people. Certainly wish I could be there. :(

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Subject: [UK event] Open Source Junction - developing open
cross-platform mobile apps
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:12:00 +0000
From: Steve Lee <steve.lee at OUCS.OX.AC.UK>
Reply-To: Managing community led projects
<COMMUNITY-DEVELOPMENT at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
To: COMMUNITY-DEVELOPMENT at JISCMAIL.AC.UK

(With apologies for any cross-posting)

There are 3 weeks left to register and some places are still available.

The Open Souce Junction is a two day workshop connecting industry and
academic innovation in open source mobile technologies covering how to
manage the co-production of cross-platform mobile apps in an open
development context and how to set up open source industry-academia
partnerships. Details below and on the linked website.

Steve Lee
OSS Watch - Open Source advisory service - http://oss-watch.ac.uk



OSS Watch is pleased to invite you to take part in Open Source
Junction.

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1283889147

Open Source Junction builds a community of industry and academic
stakeholders with an interest in open source software for mobile
technologies. The first Open Source Junction workshop is on
cross-platform mobile apps.


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Details about the event
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This two-day workshop will show delegates how to manage the
co-production of cross-platform mobile apps in an open development
context. The participants will get the knowledge and opportunities to
set up open source industry-academia partnerships relevant to the
mobile
apps space.


When?
* Tuesday 29 March and Wednesday 30 March 2011

Where?
* Trinity College, Oxford, OX1 3BH

Who?
* Mobile industry R&D managers, senior strategists, software
developers
* Principal Investigators, research staff, project managers
* Funders with an interest in cross-platform mobile applications

Why?
* become familiar with the basics of open innovation in software
* find out about successful software partnerships created via open
innovation
* explore partnership opportunities relevant to the cross-platform
mobile apps space
* join a community of practitioners interested in pooling resources
for
co-developing mobile open source software
* have your say in setting up an industry-academia open source mobile
community

The full programme with speaker and session details is available at

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1283889147