Agenda

8.45 AM to 9.30 AM
Registration, Conversations & Connections

9.30 AM to 10.15 AM: Panel Discussion
Mobile Platform & Applications - Future Opportunities & Challenges
Girish Joshi, Emerging Business & Mobile Lead, Microsoft
Suresh Katakam, Director, Innominds
Narayan Subramaniam, Product Manager, Nokia
Moderator
Sudeendra Koushik, Practice Director of Innovation, HCL Technologies

10.15 AM to 11.15 AM: Session
What is BlueVia & How to Get Started with Operator APIs?
Speakers
  • Antonio Lopez, Product Manager, BlueVia
  • Thomas Curtis, Marketing Manager & Developer Advocate, BlueVia

  • 11.15 AM to 11.45 AM: Morning Break
    A chance to meet up with your friends and have a cup of coffee!

    Android

    11.45AM to 12.25 PM: Session 1
    Programming with Android

  • Basic Architecture
  • Developing your first application
  • How to use inbuilt android features to develop powerful apps
  • Brief introduction about Android + Robotics
    Speaker
    Sachin Sharma, Co-founder, XStudio Technologies

    12.25 PM to 1.05 PM: Session 2
    Writing Android Apps in Right Way!

  • Customizing popular widgets – Listview, GridView, Gallery etc
  • Accelerating complex views - using layout design, accelerating drawing
  • Concurrency for responsiveness and high performance – Avoiding ANRs , using multicore
  • Generalizing apps – For device & Tablet
  • Handy Tips & Tricks
    Speaker
    Vanraj Vala, Technical Lead-Android Application Middleware, SISO - Samsung India Software Operations

    1.05 PM to 2.00 PM: Lunch
    Break for lunch and a chance to catch up with mobile enthusiasts!

    2.00 PM to 2.40 PM: Session 3
    Asynchronous tasks & Concurrency in Apps in Android Platform
    How to structure your app for building highly interactive concurrent apps. Programming structures in Android SDK for multiple asynchronous image/data binding at run time. We will discuss how to efficiently use Asynchronous Tasks and Handlers for best user experience.
    Speaker
    Sharad Shankar, Head - Mobile Apps Development, Times Internet

    2.40 PM to 3.20 PM: Session 4
    Cross Platform Mobile Applications Demystified - Using Phonegap to Build Android Apps
    Demystifying the Idea of Cross-Platform Application Development - By the end of this presentation you would have an idea about what kind of apps are best suited to x-platform development, how to get started with Phonegap for Android, access to Android device features and use of HTML5, CSS3 to develop your Apps for Android. You would be surprised to know about the advances Phonegap has made since you first heard of it. Full feature native apps with faster time to market at half the cost.
    Speaker
    Vikas Banga, Co-Founder & CTO, LetsGoMo Labs

    3.20 PM to 3.50 PM: Afternoon Break
    Some time out for you to grab another coffee and a well earned rest.

    3.50 PM to 4.30 PM: Session 5
    Mobile Enterprise: Android & Cloud Computing
    The session will be focused on justifying how much Android is contributing to the Enterprise by covering the below topics:

  • Understanding the role of Mobile in Enterprise World.
  • About Android entering into the Enterprise using Cloud Computing Solutions
  • Gain Perspective of 'Mobile Platform truly a part of Enterprise'
  • Achieving Fluid Architectures for Enterprise using Android & Cloud Computing
  • Mobile solutions deeply integrated within the enterprise’s infrastructure
    Speaker
    Surlak Patel, Head of Android & Java Enterprise, IndiaNIC

    4.30 PM: Conclusion


  • iOS

    11.45 AM to 12.25 PM: Session 1
    Location Based Service Application Development: IOS
    Speaker
    Vaideeswaran Sethuraman, Founder & CEO, Divum

    12.25 PM to 1.05 PM: Session 2
    Designing Mobile Apps for Brands: A few Case Studies
    Speaker
    Rohith Bhat, Managing Director & CEO, Robosoft Technologies

    1.05 PM to 2.00 PM: Lunch
    Break for lunch and a chance to catch up with mobile enthusiasts!

    2.00 PM to 2.40 PM: Session 3
    The User Interface is the Product: How to use the iOS Design Principles to Change the World
    With smartphones expected to surpass the 1 billion mark in 2015, every 6th person on this planet will be using a smartphone. It’s more important than ever to understand the impact of UI and UX as we build apps for the masses. This session will delve into concepts that may seem superficial, but have far reaching implications for your product. We will also cover ideas, methods and examples of impactful user interface design for iOS apps.
    Speaker
    Arun Benty, Director, Trellisys

    2.40 PM to 3.20 PM: Session 4
    Testing and Debugging Your iPhone Application
    With cut-throat competition in the market for iOS Apps, we all know that the first impression should be the best to attract and retain a user. What can we do to create a bug free and the best user experience, which in turn will get us good ratings on the store?
    Speaker
    Rama Krishna, Chief Engineer, [X]Cube Labs

    3.20 PM to 3.50 PM:Afternoon Break
    Some time out for you to grab another coffee and a well earned rest.

    3.50 PM to 4.30 PM: Session 5
    Understanding the Pros and Cons of Development on Android Versus iOS

  • Differences in the Development Environment - xCode, Eclipse
  • Tools and Frameworks across the operating system - Interface Builder, UI design Tools in Android, Testing Tool Usage, Usage of engines like Open GL
  • Infrastructure support - Garbage Collection, Telephony, programming language used, ease of information available, ease of detecting hardware support
  • Injecting Legacy Code - Protocol Code Integeration Way Forward - Reuse across Android and iOS, upcoming and new (iOS 5, ICS and things ahead)
    Speaker
    Shilpa Mahna Bhatnagar, Director Engineering, Hughes Systique India

    4.30 PM to 5.10 PM: Session 6
    Understanding Cocoa for Effective iOS Programming

  • Basic Architecture, Developing your first application, Using Interface builder
  • Brief introduction to MVC
  • Fundamental patterns of cocoa
  • Cocoa patterns for decoupling
  • Patterns to hide complexity
    Speaker
    Vikas Kumar, Lead Developer, Fugenx

    5.10 PM: Conclusion

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    11.45 AM to 12.25 PM: Session 1
    Mobile Operator Strategies in Emerging & Developing Markets
    How have operators tailored their business models to thrive in a world where economic constraints are most harsh? How have the services they have provided helped to enrich the lives of consumers and communities? What impact will mobile have on users who are accessing the internet for the first time? How can this spur a new wave of innovative services and help the developing world to continue its upward trend of economic inclusion?
    Speaker
    Rajiv Kapur, Managing Director, Broadcom India

    12.25 PM to 1.05 PM: Session 2
    Trends & Latest Technology in India Telecom
    Speaker
    Guenter Zwickl, Head of Global Technology Center,Nokia Siemens Network

    1.05 PM to 2.00 PM: Lunch
    Break for lunch and a chance to catch up with mobile enthusiasts!

    2.00 PM to 2.40 PM: Session 3
    Network Enabled Application Development
    Mobile Application developers are traditionally attached to the Device Specific App Stores due to popularity of Apple Store & Android Market; but Carrier Operator based App Stores are providing the new paradigm for developer community as the applications can be more smart & valuable with the operators opening up their network capabilities through standard interface and making them accessible to the developer community. This topic will present Huawei’s experience in providing such platforms to Carrier Operators and how it has created a new ecosystem among Developer Community, Carrier Operator & Subscribers.
    Speaker
    Roopesh Singh, Director-Engineering, Huawei India R&D

    2.40 PM to 3.20 PM: Session 4
    M2M services – Opportunities & Challenges
    With saturation in consumer markets, almost all mobile operators across the globe are now looking at enterprise and m2m services. While the m2m technology adoption evolves, operators face multiple challenges in managing these new generation services. This presentation focuses on IT, Network and Operations issues faced by operators in m2m space. Lack of standards, frameworks or proven examples leaves the field wide open here. While discussing the key technology challenges, the presentation elaborates on few technical strategies being considered by operators.
    Speaker
    Madhwesh Kulkarni, VP of Engineering, Aricent

    3.20 PM to 3.50 PM: Afternoon Break
    Some time out for you to grab another coffee and a well earned rest.

    3.50 PM to 4.30 PM: Session 5
    The Developments in Mobile Backbone
    The current evolution of mobile technologies and applications has caused an exponential demand on the network capacity of mobile operators. The mobile back bone for delivering superior end-user experience, has been experiencing a convergence of optics and IP to cater to increasing requirements of end-user applications. The presentation dwells on the recent developments which cater to the ever increasing demands on the mobile operator network.
    Speaker
    Krishna Balaraman, Technical Manager, Alcatel-Lucent

    4.30 PM: Conclusion