Mobily App Developers Conference

Mobily will hold a smartphone app developers conference tomorrow Monday 16th in Riyadh

The event will be held at halls D and E in Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Registration is on location.

You can follow the event on Twitter using the tag:

#mobilydevday

Here is the developer conference agenda:

08:00 – 09:00 Registration

09:00 – 09:15 Welcome and introduction
(Faisal Bin Zarah, Executive Manager, Mobile Content & Portal, Mobily)

09:15 – 09:30 Changing the Arab landscape with the Mobily App Developers Community
(Abdulaziz Altamami, Chief Operations Officer, Mobily)

09:30 – 09:45 The role of government in creating entrepreneurship
(Abdulqadir Alaqeeli, deputy director, computer research institute)

09:45 – 10:00 From Content to Context, from Diversification to Convergence
(Khalil Minawi, CEO, M & M)

10:00 – 10:30 Introducing the Windows Phone 7 Experience
(Mamdouh Alam, Microsoft)

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 – 11:45 Session 1: Inside the world of mobile application development
Panelists: Adey Salamin (bberryapp.com), Bilal Al Khatib (ikitab.com), Shadi Al Hasan (flagship), Gilles Fayad (Qualcomm), Badr Ward (Ertiqa), Sultan Batawi (Al Arabiyya).

11:45 – 12:00 Mobile and Internet convergence
Abdulrahman I. Tarabzouni (Google)

12:00 – 12:30 Prayer time

12:30 – 13:00 Story of IT entrepreneur
Mohammed Badawi

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 15:00 Session 2: Leverage engaged audiences through advertising
Panelists: Khaled Jabasini (Emailciti), Fady Ramzy (Interact Egypt), Mohammed Salaymeh (Netad-vantage), Ali Al-Khalil (Mobily), Saud Al Hawawi (Tech-wd.com).

15:00 – 15:30 Prayer time

15:30 – 16:30 Session 3: Take your ideas big, find investors and partners
Panelists: Khaldoon Tabaza (regional venture capitalist), David Ashford (Apps Arabia), Essam Al Zamil (Remal IT), Mohammed Badawi (IT Entrepreneur)

16:30 – 17:30 Session 4: Create the next angry birds
Panelists: Nour Khrais (Jordan Gaming Taskforce), Muhannad Ebwini(gate2play), Remon Magdy (Interact Egypt), Mohammed Al Bsimi (True-gaming.net), Faisal Bin Zarah (Mobily), Abdullah Hamed (N2V).

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