I’m moderating two panels and chairing the morning sessions of the Mobile Application Developer Garage on Monday February 16, 2009 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Hall 5, Auditorium 3).  This is a first of its kind event at Mobile World Congress, and it should be a great day.

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If you’re going to the show, please stop by after the morning session and introduce yourself (or email me).  If you’re not going to the show, but you’d like to ask a question to Panel 1 or 2, please add a comment below or email me.  Here are the event details:

9:30am: Update 2/11/09: There was a change in Keynote speakers.  Dr. Tero Ojanperä, Executive Vice President, Services, at Nokia will now be delivering the Keynote, replacing Jim Balsillie, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Research in Motion (RIM). This announcement is particularly exciting because the Keynote happens just before a scheduled Nokia press conference at 10am. I’m crossing fingers that he’ll be announcing some news for developers during this keynote.

10:00am – 11:15am: Panel 1: Cross Platform Development

• Mobile app developers have a number of different platforms to choose from,
  with various pros and cons associated with each. This discussion will
  examine what the pitfalls are and how they can be avoided, the best
  strategies to exploit synergies between the different platforms and how
  those who do develop for a range of platforms maximize their efficiency
• Panelists:
  • Nick Allott, CTO, OMTP
  • Sanj Matharu, Global Relations Manager, Samsung
  • Alex Linde, Global Programme Manager, Blueprint, Yahoo!
  • Christopher David, Head of Developer and Partner Engagement, Sony Ericsson
• Moderator: Lisa Whelan (me)
  

10:45 – 11:15am: Live Coding Tutorial: – Code Less. Create More. Deploy Everywhere

• Tutorial with:
  
  • Henrik Hartz, Qt Product Manager, Nokia
    
  • Alessandro Portale, Qt Product Manager, Nokia

11:15 – 11:45am: Refreshments and demo pod visit

11:45am – 12:30pm: Panel 2: “The future of the application environment”

• As a mobile app developer, where should you be looking in the future to
  ensure you stay at the cutting edge? What direction are app dev
  environments taking? What new skill sets will be essential going
  forward?
• Panelists:
  • Mark Doherty, Platform Evangelist – Mobile and Devices, Adobe
  • Erik Jacobson, Symbian Senior Product Manager, Nokia
  • UPDATE! Param Singh, Senior Director for Java Marketing at Sun will now be on the panel, replacing Nachi Periakaruppan, Senior Group Product Marketing Manager, JavaFX.
  • James Pimentel-Pinto, CEO and Co-founder, Agency Mobile
    
  • Bill Huang, General Manager, China Mobile Research Institute
    
• Moderator: Lisa Whelan (me)

12:30 – 1pm: Live Coding Tutorial 2:  Joint Innovation Lab mobile widgets platform

• Tutorial with:
  • Paul Kenny, Head, Joint Innovation Lab

1 – 2:15pm: Lunch and demo pod visit