We just opened the registration for the Mobile 2.0 2007 event. It’s a reprise to the event we did last year. Overall the event last year was a great gathering of the best and brightest in mobile, however there were some things that didn’t turn out fantastic in my opinion. We’ve tried to do what we can to correct. For instance there are no slides for a majority of the sessions in the agenda. Last year we tried to allow a few slides per panel member as a way of introduction, and that didn’t work out well. We also made the full lineup and filled all the seats before we went out looking for sponsors, something that has really helped us to keep control of the event and the agenda in particular.
There are a few other things I would personally like to do with/around the event, but it’s a big job putting an event together of this size “in your free time”. The Open Group has really been amazingly helpful in getting done what we needed to make this happen, putting their necks on the line to make upfront payments so that we could make this happen. Tremendous thank you to Gregory for making that happen. So first we need to make sure we get done what we owe to them and don’t leave them holding the bag.
There are a few additional things we would like to do. But we are running the event at cost again, no one is making any money off of it despite it not being a central part of what any of us are supposed to do as part of our day jobs. In particular I would love to get some additional space to leave free for people who want to do either informal breakout discussions or just peel away for a while to talk with friends. If you or your company is interested in sponsorship or donating to the cause, let me know. mike at rowehl dot com.
