Next week kiwanja.net will speak at the Informa Telecoms and Media-organised Open Source in Mobile (OSiM) World conference in Berlin. kiwanja was invited to present following a well-received keynote address at this years’ Mobile Messaging Congress in Cannes, another Informa event. OSiM, the only mobile-specific open source conference and exhibition in the world, boasts a … Continue reading NEWS: Open Source in Mobile (OSiM) conference appearance
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NEWS: World Economic Forum invitation for kiwanja.net
Following an appearance earlier this year at GSM Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ken Banks has been invited to an invitation-only World Economic Forum meeting in New York next month which will focus on collaborative opportunities between the telecommunications, financial services, healthcare and media & entertainment industries. Addressing the critical issues needed to catalyze innovative … Continue reading NEWS: World Economic Forum invitation for kiwanja.net
NEWS: kiwanja.net lined up to appear at Rhode Island conference
Ken Banks has been invited as one of only 25 speakers to present at a conference at Brown University in Rhode Island this November. The conference, A Better World By Design, “asks the question today’s designers, engineers, and economists should be asking. How can we use technology to improve the world? Hear answers from world-class … Continue reading NEWS: kiwanja.net lined up to appear at Rhode Island conference
FrontlineSMS and the culture of the goodie-bag
This week sees the launch of the new and improved FrontlineSMS (or, at the risk of jumping on the bandwagon, FrontlineSMS2.0 as I prefer not to call it). As well as support for Windows, Mac and Linux, we’re also launching a new website and, through a growing band of global volunteers, gearing up our awareness-raising … Continue reading FrontlineSMS and the culture of the goodie-bag
kiwanja at Mobile World Congress 2008
This week I’m making my first appearance at the Mobile World Congress event – formerly 3GSM – in Barcelona, thanks to support from the GSM Association itself and the MacArthur Foundation, who are funding me through my FrontlineSMS project. Although predominantly a commercial event (in other words, crowded out by the big, and aspiring-to-be-big players … Continue reading kiwanja at Mobile World Congress 2008
Mobile2.0 or just another Gathering2.0?
This Monday, me and Erik Sundelof – a former Digital Vision Fellow – headed up to San Francisco for the day to attend the Mobile2.0 Conference, a mobile showcase which preceded the grander, more popular and longer-by-one-day Web2.0 event. This was a first attempt to bring together individuals, companies, operators and mobile manufacturers to specifically … Continue reading Mobile2.0 or just another Gathering2.0?