We're very grateful to our sponsors Windows Phone for sponsoring and hosting our event last night ‘Living in a Multi-Platform World’. We’ll be doing a write-up of that in due course. But as part of that, I thought some of you might be interested in joining Microsoft's BizSparkCamp, a Technical Day focused on Building Apps in for Windows Phone 7, which will be launching towards the end of this year. There are 100 spots available and they will be holding it in the Microsoft Customer Centre in London (which folks who attended last night’s session will tell you it is very lovely indeed) and it is free to attend. A few of our MoMoLo regulars attended a similar session last year and it was very successful for them. See below for registration links / details. The entire Windows Phone 7 team will be there on the day, so you will have ample opportunity to network and have all your questions answered.
And yours truly will be there as I'm judging the pitch contest in the afternoon alongside a couple of VCs. Should be fun!
BizSparkCamp, A Technical Day focused on Windows Phone 7
June 22nd 2010, 9:30am – 5:30pm, followed by networking drinks
Windows Phone 7 is a different kind of phone, designed to bring together what you care about most. Its smart design lets you do more in fewer steps. Its intuitive Hubs, for People, Music + Videos, Pictures, Games and Office, means we bring things together for you so you can do what you need to do more quickly and easily. With this new platform, Microsoft offers a fresh approach to phone software, distinguished by smart design and truly integrated experiences that bring to the surface the content people care about from the Web and applications. For the first time ever, Microsoft will bring together Xbox LIVE games and the Zune music and video experience on a mobile phone, exclusively on Windows Phone 7.
“Microsoft has nailed it. Windows Phone 7 feels like an iPhone from the future” (Jesus Diaz, Gizmodo)
Microsoft BizSparkCamp for Windows Phone 7 is a technical focused day designed to offer assistance to entrepreneurs, in particular, the CTOs and developers/architects within Technology Startups.
· Learn to build new applications on the Windows Phone 7 platform (via a series of technical briefings)
· Potential Nomination for BizSpark One (an invitation only program) for high potential startups
· Generate marketing buzz for your brand
We are inviting registrations from Startups interested in Windows Phone development. Register now for your chance to learn the latest development techniques with Windows Phone and your chance to win time in the Microsoft Labs to assist you in developing a Windows Phone 7 application in time for our launch later on this year.
Light breakfast and lunch included, followed by a networking reception at the end of the day.
The Microsoft BizSparkCamp for Windows Phone 7 will be held in our Microsoft Customer Centre, in the Microsoft offices, Cardinal Place, 100 Victoria Street, SW1E 5JL
This event consists of a morning of product and market overviews from the Windows Phone 7 team. The afternoon consists of a series of Deep Technical focused presentations, so you can gain a good insight into Windows Phone 7
We are ending the day with a pitch contest, where the Top 8 Applicants are able to pitch their mobile application to a panel of experts for a top prize. The prize will be quality time in our Microsoft Technology Centre labs, with the support of our Windows Phone Engineers and Experts, to help you design and build your Windows Phone Application in time for the product launch.
This event is completely *free* to attend, and the agenda (subject to slight changes) is below:
9:00 for 9:30 start Registration and breakfast
9:30 -- 9:45 Introduction and Welcome
Bindi Karia, VC / Emerging Business Lead, Microsoft UK (@bindik)
9:45 – 10:45 Introduction to Windows Phone 7, a different kind of phone:
Oded Ran, Head of Consumer Marketing, Windows Phone UK (@odedran)
10:45 - 11:45 Windows Phone 7 – It’s all about The Developer
Will Coleman, UK OS and Mobile Product Manager Lead (@will_coleman)
Find out how you can leverage your existing knowledge as well as built-in standardised access to web services and hardware capabilities to develop for Windows Phone 7
11:45 - 12:30 Lunch and networking
12:30 – 13:30 Mobile User Experience 101: a summary of designing for Windows Phone 7 and other touchscreen devices
Antony Ribot, Mobile UX designer/developer/entrepreneur. Co-founder of ribot (and Mobile Monday London regular) (@ribot)
Windows Phone 7 includes a new and industry-unique panoramic user interface with a new smart design system that enables developers and designers to create their own visually stunning applications and games based on Silverlight & XNA. Discover how to take advantage of this new user experience.
13:30 – 14:15 Windows Phone 7 tools, Silverlight
Mike Taulty, Technology Evangelist (@mtaulty)
This session gives an overview of the functionality for Silverlight applications that is unique to the Windows Phone application platform; covering new input paradigms including multi-touch, software keyboard, accelerometer and microphone, as well as the APIs to leverage phone applications and the new application model, updated control templates and themes.
14:15 – 15:30 Windows Phone 7 tools, XNA
Paul Foster, Windows Phone 7 Evangelist (@paulfo)
Get to grips with the XNA on Windows Phone 7. XNA THE game building platform extends its consistent framework and developer environment to Windows Phone 7 bringing the enormous world of indie games development to mobile. No more isolated gaming, mobile gaming is big, bold and connected. This session will detail how to use XNA to develop games for Windows Phone, with a special eye towards the characteristics of Windows Phone application platform.
15: 30 – 15: 45 Break
15: 45 – 16: 15 Windows Phone 7 Marketplace
Will Coleman, UK OS and Mobile Product Manager Lead (@will_coleman)
Gain insight as to how Microsoft will provide a single content focused Marketplace, allowing end users to discover, purchase and download applications, games and other content with confidence.
16:15 -17:30 Windows Phone 7 Pitch Contest
Watch your fellow Mobile startups pitch in front of a panel of expert judges
The prize will be quality time in our Microsoft Technology Centre labs, with the support of our Windows Phone Engineers and Experts, to help you design and build your Windows Phone Application in time for the product launch.
17: 30 – 19: 30 Networking drinks
Register here: http://bit.ly/bizsparkcampWP7
Invitation Code: 1D3643
Phone Number: 0870 166 6680 ref - BizSpark
Download the latest Windows Phone 7 toolkit here: http://bit.ly/WP7devtools
