Larry Berkin, head of ADN, has put together a panel on funding of mobile applications at the upcoming Orange Partner Camp. Participants in the session are lead investors from Innovacom, (France Telecom VC fund) and DoCoMo Capital (DoCoMo VC fund) and Orange. We wanted to give ADN members the opportunity to participate if you cannot join us at Orange Partner Camp.

The panel will consist of lively discussion and analysis on the mobile industry covering past investments, success stories and valuations. If you have questions you would like to ask, just post a comment below, we will post a brief report after the session. If you would like to pitch your company to these folks, please pre-arrange a meeting with us at the Event by sending us an email

“Funding Mobile Application Development: A Venture Capital Perspective”

Tuesday, April 15 - Room 6
11:15 - 11:45 (30 min)

Moderator:
Larry Berkin - Developer Ecosystem & Technology Acquisition, ACCESS
Panelists:
Rakesh Sood - Venture Advisor, DoCoMo Capital, DoCoMo’s N. American Venture Group
Denis Barrier - General Partner, Innovacom, France Telecom’s Venture Group
Martin Duval - Director of the Orange Start-Up Program, and CEO of bluenove

Venture capital investors need a vehicle for discovering breakthrough technologies in the telecom landscape. They have a mission to fund startups that will improve the ability of carriers to deliver services. Buoyed by the opening of the IPO window, acquisitions and innovative services by entrepreneurs, the venture industry in 2007 had its biggest investment year since 2001. Will the dollars continue to flow to start-ups in 2008? If so, where? Listen as our panel of leading VCs gives its views of the industry and where it is headed.

Product Pitches: ACCESS, Innovacom, DoCoMoCapital

Tuesday April 15 2008 12:00-17:00 in ACCESS Villa (by appointment)

Interested developers can schedule 1:1 private meetings with Innovacom, DoCoMo Capital and ACCESS to demonstrate and talk for 15 minutes. This is a chance for you to show the latest and greatest mobile applications and services for further consideration & discussion. Developers please sign up in advance.

ACCESS is once again a Platinum Sponsor for the 7th Orange Partner Camp located in beautiful Faro, Portugal April 14-16.

To learn more about the event and to register, visit the Orange Partner Website.

The philosophy is simple - 3 days of interactive presentations, workshops, sessions, coding, 1-2-1 chats, speed dating and contests… helping you and Orange to drive innovation forward, and into the hands of mobile, broadband, fixed and IPTV customers.

Innovate, learn and network amongst your peers:

• Business and consumer downloadable mobile application providers
• Service enablers and platform providers
• Converged solution providers
• Publishers and aggregators
• Systems integrators and ISVs

As a Platinum Sponsor, ACCESS will have a booth with the latest demos from ADN including:

• What’s new in the ALP SDK 2.4
• Running the ALP SDK in Windows using VMWare
• Syncing your device with Outlook using HotSync
• Preview of ALP running on hardware with the Orange Home Screen
• NetFront Browser Widgets

ACCESS will also be hosting 5 technical and business related sessions:

Monday, April 14 - Room 1
16:15 - 16:45 (30 min)

“An Insight Into Charting a New Course With Mobile Linux”

Didier Diaz - Senior Vice President; Product Strategy Management, ACCESS

This session provides an overview of the Mobile Linux landscape and market opportunity. We will discuss industry consortiums, the role that ACCESS and Orange have played in LiPS and LIMO, the ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP) and the Orange i800 ALP phone. We will also look at the role that Open Source and Linux play in accelerating converged device innovation.

Monday, April 14 - Room 1
17:00 - 17:30 (30 min)

“Getting Existing Java Apps Running on the Orange i800 ALP Device”

Bill Lee - Developer Relations Engineer, ACCESS
Ewa Matejska - Sr Engineer Dev Tools Group, ACCESS

Learn how to get your existing Java application running on the first Linux-based phone from Orange. Test it for compatibility with the ALP Dev Suite. In this session you will hear about the supported Java and Garnet OS features in ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP). Learn how to get your application into the platform Simulator and launch it. It worked!

Tuesday, April 15 - Room 6
11:15 - 11:45 (30 min)

“Funding Mobile Application Development: A Venture Capital Perspective”

Moderator:
Larry Berkin - Developer Ecosystem & Technology Acquisition, ACCESS
Panelists:
Rakesh Sood - Venture Advisor, DoCoMo Capital, DoCoMo’s N. American Venture Group
Denis Barrier - General Partner, Innovacom, France Telecom’s Venture Group
Martin Duval - Director of the Orange Start-Up Program, and CEO of bluenove

Venture capital investors need a vehicle for discovering breakthrough technologies in the telecom landscape. They have a mission to fund startups that will improve the ability of carriers to deliver services. Buoyed by the opening of the IPO window, acquisitions and innovative services by entrepreneurs, the venture industry in 2007 had its biggest investment year since 2001. Will the dollars continue to flow to start-ups in 2008? If so, where? Listen as our panel of leading VCs gives its views of the industry and where it is headed.

Tuesday, April 15 - Room 1
12:00 - 12:30 (30 min)

“Tales from the Trenches… Developing for ALP” (30 mins)

Wouter Brink - VP Engineering, Elements Interactive

A presentation on the ins & outs of developing mobile applications for the ACCESS LINUX Platform from a leading European mobile application developer that has been through it.

Tuesday, April 15 - Room 3
16:00 - 17:15 (75 min)

“Creating Next-Gen Mobile Applications for ACCESS Linux Platform”

Bill Lee - Developer Relations Engineer, ACCESS
Ewa Matejska - Sr Engineer Dev Tools Group ACCESS

This session provides a comprehensive, high-level overview of the ACCESS Linux Platform architecture and components. This session does not require a technical background but touches on technical elements involved in developing applications for the ACCESS Linux Platform.

We hope to see you there!

Feb 11-14th
Barcelona, Spain

www.mobileworldcongress.com

It’s more important than ever for all players in the mobile value chain to stay on top of what’s happening in this rapidly evolving industry. To stay on the cutting edge, your company must be connected to the right people with the right information – and the right solutions.

Where conventional trade shows fall short, the GSMA Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM World Congress) provides an ideal personal experience and environment for networking with a select circle of mobile professionals who can positively impact your business.

Make the greatest, most effective investment in yourself and your company by being part of the most highly regarded event in the mobile industry, the GSMA Mobile World Congress.

What to See – Cutting-edge technologies and strategies from those leading industry developments.

How to Be Seen – Share your market vision and promote your brand to key influencers and decision makers in the mobile industry.

What to Do – Establish new business relationships with buyers and decision makers from influential markets.

Connect with the mobile future at GSMA Mobile World Congress!

Presented by Larry Berkin Sr. Dir; Developer Ecosystem and Technology Acquisition; ACCESS and Martin Wrigley, Head of developers’ technology; Orange Partner.

‘Open Source’. Developers you’ve heard the hype. It’s now time to find out what it’s about!

Are you a developer interested in creating mobile applications for next generation platforms? Are you familiar with C development and the software process?

If so, then join us in this exclusive seminar to find out about ‘Open Source’ technology, the growing mobile Linux market and how you can start developing for the ACCESS Linux Platform.

ACCESS has been working with leading Industry Analysts to conduct research on the market opportunities within this area. They’re now ready to share this information with you.

Participate in this virtual seminar to:

• Understand what Orange and ACCESS are doing to promote open standards and support the rapid growth of Mobile Linux development.
• Understand the market dynamics and trends in the Mobile Linux market.
• Get an insight into emerging technologies and the latest mobile development techniques.
• Plus, we’ll provide you with technical insights and information so you can start native development for the ACCESS Linux Platform.

If you’re interested in attending this virtual seminar send us an email to developers@orange.com with ‘Linux_virtual_seminar’ in the subject line and we’ll let you know when registration is open.