Socialize Mobilize is now an official Media Sponsor for the App Developers Conference on Oct. 26-27, 2011 in Santa Clara, California.  If you’re a developer or brand, this is going to be a great show. Use the discount code “mobilizevip” to save 15% when you register.

With more than 80 confirmed speakers, this show is the place to gain the latest information on app development, marketing and revenue. Conference tracks include:  Platform Wars, Programming and Design, Marketing and Revenue and Kidscreen iKids Summit. Walmart and Pandora are keynoting. Speakers include: Bump, Netflix, Smule, Flurry, Pulse, Chomp, Yelp, OpenFeint, Churn Labs, Nissan, Barnes & Noble, Nielson, BMW, Microsoft Win Phone 7, Samsung, AT&T, Qualcomm, Intel Capital and dozens of others.  A hackathon takes place Oct. 27th and is free to developers.

This post is brought to you by our friends at WIP:

Back to School Webinars – Aug 29 – Sept 9

Yup – we know what it will be like in a few weeks. September is right around the corner and your brain will be like mush from an overload of Netflix, the summer heat, and probably too much fresh air. Not to fear – the Back to School Webinar series is coming your way August 29 to September 9. Get ahead on your Android ABCs and find out the secrets to making great apps. Hosted by WIP and Sponsored by Immersion, the leader in haptic technology; with sessions from AT&T, Samsung, Verizon, Cisco, Vivotech on NFC and more. Sign up and get your seat now! Link to:
http://www.wipconnector.com/wipjam/entry/back_to_school_webinars

Mobile developers Mobile (and aspiring) mobile developers -  Join my friends at WIP (I’m an informal advisor) for the The Muther! of All Hackathons + DevCon on Friday, June 24 to Saturday, June 25, 2011 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. This is going to be one muther of a hackathon…

The Muther! of all Hackathons + DevCon is coming and YOU don’t want to miss it! This will be a real mashup where Hackathon meets DevCon in a fun, informative format!  The real world doesn’t focus on a single technology, phone or solution, so neither will the Muther!

Join hundreds of New developers, Experienced developers, Tool companies and Carriers, Investors and other mobile fanatics for a two day adventure of Master Classes, UnPanels, Coding, New APIs, Prizes, a BBQ and more. Innovation trumps sleep. Always.

For more information and to sign up: http://wipconnector.com/wipjam/entry/the_muther_of_all_hackathons

If you’re interested in mobile and journalism, check out the 8th annual IJ-8 Conference on Innovation Journalism at Stanford University May 23-25, 2011.   (more…)

Qualcomm will be hosting the Uplinq™ 2011 wireless ecosystem conference on June 1-2, 2011 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, and Socialize Mobilize has 10 free tickets to give away! (more…)

There’s another great conference coming up for developers.  “Web Directions Unplugged” will take place in Seattle May 12 and 13, and it’s targeted at folks that are designing and developing apps and games using HTML5.  They’re offering a 30% Discount for the Socialize Mobilize community with the code “socialize,” making the show just $695. (more…)

Socialize Mobilize is a media partner for the forthcoming APPNATION conference in San Francisco, CA. on April 27-28, 2011.  Socialize Mobilize readers receive 25% off full conference registration by using code APSM25.  I hope to see you there… Here is more information on the event: (more…)

The Global Strategic Management Institute (GSMI) is hosting three mobile + social media events in the coming months, and Socialize Mobilize is a media sponsor.  As a reader of SocializeMobilize.com, you’ll get 10% off the registration cost for each of these conferences by using the promo code “MikeSM” during registration (more information below).

Here are the details of each summit:

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Today is the last day for developers to submit their apps to the AppCircus Spotlight on HTML5, the world’s first HTML 5 mobile app competition, sponsored by Zeewe (a mobile app web store from Movile and the best source of mobile web apps I’ve seen to date).  I’m excited by this contest on several fronts…

As smartphones evolve to support more advanced web technologies, one of the greatest untapped opportunities for mobile developers is HTML 5, which allows developers to write an app once and have it run on multiple mobile devices across OSes.  (more…)

Open Mobile Solutions (one of the companies I advise) is looking for mobile app developers and panelists for its Developer Pitch Sessions at CTIA in March.  The last Developer Pitch Sessions at CTIA was really good.  This year is sure to be even better.  The sessions are as follows: (more…)