From the SEE 2010 web site:
"Just as Symbian has broadened its mission to driving innovation throughout the mobile space, we are also redefining the landscape of our annual event to engage and inspire the brightest and most enthusiastic minds in the industry. SEE 2010 is not a tradeshow—it is a place for the wider community to come together, make cross-industry connections, conduct conversation, share ideas, educate each other and realize some of the vast possibilities that exist in the market. There is truly something for everyone—we're talking open forums, keynote sessions, seminars, hands-on labs, interactive demos and, as always, the much anticipated Symbian Party."
The speaker list for the event looks pretty impressive, showing there's still a lot of interest in what happens in the Symbian world:
- Ms. Jo Harlow, Senior Vice President, Symbian Smartphones Symbian Devices, Nokia
- Aidan Quilligan, Managing Director, Accenture Embedded Software Services
- Arunabh Ankur, Technology Specialist, Symbian
- Bob Lyle, Managing Director, SRS Labs
- Chris Carr, Founder, Audacious Software
- Dan Gerron, VP, Business Development, Monotype Imaging
- Sami Viitanen, Head of TSC EMEA, Nokia
- David Wood, Technology Strategy Lead, Accenture Embedded Software Services, Accenture
- Espen Riskedal, Co-founder, Cutehacks
- Fred Blesser, Technology Manager, Collaborative Test, Symbian
- Frederic Philippe, Product Manager, Atelier
- Gary Readfern-Gray, Acessibility Specialist Developer, Innovation Unit, RNIB
- Ian Hutton, Roadmap Manager, Symbian
- Ivan Litovski, Technical Consultant, Symbian
- Jari Saarhelo, Director, Solutions Management, Teleca
- Jerome Portier, Senior Developer, Orange Wednesday
- John Conlon, Senior Mobile Innovations Manager, Global Innovations, Barclaycard
- John Paton, Technology Officer, Sense.org
- Josh Alner, Business Director, Killer Mobile Software
- Juggs Ravalia, Vice President - Strategic Alliances, SPB Software
- Kalle Toivonen, VP and General Manager, Europe Key Accounts, Sasken
- Karsten Homann, Head of Developer Offering, Nokia
- Prof Kiran Trivedi, Asst. Professor and Head, Government Engineering College
- Lukasz Forynski, Senior Technical Lead, Nokia
- Mariusz Lasek, Business Development Director, Comarch
- Mark Wilcox, Technology Manager, Symbian
- Matias Impivaara, Global Account Director, Immersion Corporation
- Michael Moore, Technical Consultant, Navteq
- Michele Cerreta, Pizero
- Mikko Heikelä, Futurice
- Nigel Alexander, Ixonos
- Patrick Green, Principal Engineer, Wi-Fi Alliance
- Paulius Meskauskas, Principal SW Architect, Nokia
- Peer Watterson, European Patent Attorney, UK Patent Attorney Litigator, Withers & Rogers LLP
- Petri Virtanen, Developer Tools & Documentation Product Manager, Nokia
- Pierre Cochart, Senior Technical Consultant, Cell Telecom
- Piotr Madej, Comarch
- Preston Smith, Advisor the Board/Product Editor, Psiloc
- Ragnar Kruse, CEO & Co-Founder, Smaato
- René Heuven, Founder and CEO, Inmote
- Robert Harmsen, CEO, Klomptek
- Scott Jenson, Director Of Product Marketing, Mobile Solutions, Nokia
- Sebastian Kügler, Principal, User Experience, Open-SLX
- Sixten "Sigge" Sandström, Director of Ecosystems, Markets Unit, Nokia
- Steve Jones, Resource Manager, Innovation Unit, RNIB
- Ville Heijari, VP Public Relations, Rovio
As usual, there will be various 'tracks' (themes) that people can embark on, plus 'Birds of a Feather' collaborative sessions. Our own Rafe Blandford will be there to report on any announcements and bring back plenty of analysis. Speaking of Rafe, the floor plan of the event contains a curious, prominent black block:
It's worth noting that "All About Symbian" in this context isn't Rafe sitting at a coffee table in the middle of a large booth - it's simply a coincidentally named area organised by The Symbian Foundation.
If you would like the meet Rafe at SEE get in touch by email.
You can register for SEE 2010 here.