S60 Summit - Day 0

Well I’m off this afternoon to Madrid for the annual S60 Summit! 557attendees all together, up from 400 last year. Over 60 exhibits/demos, 18 speakers, and 24 members of the press - and some very special bloggers I’m really excited to be spending time with including Rafe Blandford of All About Symbian, Stefan Constantinescu of Ring Nokia, Michal Jerz of My-Symbian.com, and Matt Miller of ZDNet & MobileTechRoundup. So sorry that Darla Mack and Steve Litchfield are unable to make it. Next year guys!!

S60 Summit 07, the smartphone event of the year, will focus on S60 latest features and developments, as well as recent S60-based products, applications and services. S60, built on the Symbian OS, is the world’s leading smartphone platform, with tens of millions of devices and thousands of mobile applications on the market. S60 3rd Edition is getting to volumes. 25 3rd edition devices are already announced and shipping in millions. Almost 1 000 3rd Edition compatible applications are already on the market.

Attendance to the event is free of charge and by personal invitation only . Please contact the event organiser at S60event@S60.com>> if you want to extend this invitation to other collegues of your’s.

Together with the chance to network with leaders in the field, the S60 Summit ‘07 in Madrid will feature a seminar that brings together expert speakers from all around the smartphone industry, including Lee Williams, Nokia’s senior vice president for software platforms; Nabeel Mardi, Vice President, Terminal Platforms T-Mobile; Shaun Collins, Managing Director, CCS Insight and Heikki Norta, Senior Vice President, Lifestyle Products, Nokia. Matti Vänskä, Vice President, Mobile Software Sales & Marketing, Nokia, will act as the event’s host.

The comprehensive exhibition will showcase over 60 demonstrations about the latest and most innovative features and solutions for S60 that are emerging from Nokia and other key members of the S60 community. It will also demonstrate the latest and most innovative S60 applications from the Forum Nokia PRO developers.

The exhibition features over 60 demonstrations and will be divided into three areas:
• EXTENDED BENEFITS: S60 features, platform applications and technologies
• EXTENDED MARKETS: Features and solutions by the S60 Community partners (operators, licensees, PCC members)
• EXTENDED REVENUES: S60 3rd edition applications by Forum Nokia PRO developers
S60 Fiesta Party in the evening of April 24

The event kicks off with S60 Fiesta, our special get-together on the evening of 24 April, where you can enjoy a traditional Spanish atmosphere, a buffet dinner, entertainment, live music and networking.