Mobile World Congress 2009

Ready People has been invited by the Government of Catalonia to attend next Mobile World Congress, in the Innovation Zone.
Our company will be placed on the 7th Hall and our booth will be IZ22 (IZ22(7-0)). Use this official Interactive Map to search our placement by using the right side Exhibitor List.

Ready People is listed on the following categories: Content Management (Virtual Communities), Location Technologies and Services, Mobile 2.0, MObile Social Networking Equipment and Services, User-Generated Content.

The Congress

The GSMA Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM World Congress) combines the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry with a stimulating and insightful congress that brings together prominent leaders and personalities from mobile operators and equipment vendors, as well as Internet and entertainment professionals.

The Mobile World Congress presents a myriad of opportunities for mobile professionals and innovators from operators, value-added service providers, and equipment and device manufacturers from around the world. The Mobile World Congress provides the ideal personal experience and environment for networking with a select circle of mobile professionals who can positively impact your business.
This year is expected to attract approximately 50,000 attendees, so don’t miss this unrivalled opportunity to conduct business, discuss the hottest trends in mobile communications, and help define the industry’s path to continued growth.

The Innovation Market Place

Turning ideas into reality is what innovation is all about -- even better when these innovations will shape the mobile industry. That’s why the GSM Association (GSMA) created the Mobile Innovation Market.
Bringing together the mobile industry’s top innovators, investors, operators and key suppliers from all over the world, the Market is designed to identify the industry’s top priorities for new products and services, elevate the best-in-class innovations that are building them, and facilitate dialogue with potential interested customers or investors.

W3C Workshop on the Future of Social Networking

W3C is organizing a Workshop hosted by Ready People and UPC (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) on the Future of Social Networking, with a high level goal of bringing together the world experts on social networking design, management and operation in a neutral and objective environment where the social networking history to date can be examined and discussed, the risks and opportunities analyzed and the state of affairs accurately portrayed. Based on the facts and a consensus-based industry landscape, plans for the future can be made by the industry participants.This is a gathering of mobile network operators, architects, designers, managers, operators and philosophers of communities who understand and want to work to solve the issues facing the progress of social media and social networking with an emphasis on mobile platforms with and without PC accessible destinations.

Background

Social networks are increasingly going to appeal to people who are on the go. Whether using the mobile Web or handset applications, many "made-for-mobile" communities have a web presence available on PC; conversely on-line communities must offer their participants mobile access when the participant is without their PC and when social media is captured on the mobile device.

Social networking is a complex, large and rapidly expanding sector of the information economy. The impacts of emerging social networking tools will be far-reaching. For example, user-generated content is causing changes in the traditional content/media industry structure. In the future, community features could be an integral part of all digital (Web and other) experiences — from information/publishing to business and entertainment.

Companies providing services for social media and social networking, or adding social networking features to existing services, must anticipate and begin working to resolve barriers to industry growth and stability. W3C believes there needs to be a time and place where the various actors of this industry can gather and discuss the challenges they'll need to face together to allow for healthy market expansion in the future. See our analysis of why now is the right time for this workshop.

Workshop URI
http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/
Agenda URI (15-16 January 2009, Barcelona)
http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/agenda.html
Venue URI
http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/venue.html
Papers URI
http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/papers/

To reach the campus:

• Underground (Metro), green line (number 3), stop: "Palau Reial"
• bus 54, 33 or 213
• Taxi: street Dulcet, 3 (Barcelona, Spain, in googlemaps), by street Sor Eulalia d'Anzizu

There will be arrows from the street to the right entrance to the building and the conference room.

Should you have any problem, please contact the host of our workshop, Marcel Medina Juventeny at <m.medina@readypeople.com> or at +34 664 209 208 (mobile phone).