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Due to the many requests by chapters, the startup registration for MobileMonday Peer Awards has been EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 31, 2008 midnight local time. Meaning, this will give you more time to prepare for your slides and submit your nomination. So far many chapters already have registered startups: Buenos Aires (top ranking in registered startups, so far!), Boston, Berlin, Sweden, Belfast, Dublin, Jakarta, New York, Chennai, Mumbai, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Madrid and Barcelona.

Here’s the process that will follow :

1. After Dec 31, 2008 :
   Startup registration will be closed (no more further extension)! MobileMonday Indonesia will shortlist the candidates which will represent Indonesia for the international jury round. Check the “how to participate” page for further details on the participation and registration process.
2. After January 19, 2009 :
   An international jury consist of renowned industry experts, investors and entrepreneur will select the final 20 finalists that will present on stage on February 16, 2009. Last year’s jury included representatives from Telefónica, Vodafone, Google, Yahoo!, AdMob, MobHappy, GoMoNews, Nexit Ventures, and Xtract.
3. February 16, 2009 :
   Selected 20 companies will do their presentation on stage, in front of international audience and jury panel in Barcelona. Winner of MobileMonday Peer Awards 2009 will be selected and crowned. Previous MobileMonday Peer Awards winners include Realeyes 3D, Mobile Complete (now Device Anywhere) and Plazes in 2007; Buzzd, Funambol, Taptu and Kimia in 2008 (Winners’ Circle page here).

MobileMonday Peer Awards Process

MobileMonday Chapter organizers will look look at three criteria when making their decision:

• Originality, creativity and innovativeness
• Technical and operational feasibility
• Economic and financial viability

Participation is free of charge and open to any startup willing to pay their way to the event (i.e. in Barcelona on February 16, 2009)

Anyone can sign up to the Mobile Peer Awards website to view startups and follow the competition.

Should you need more info, please drop us a message: info [at] mobilemonday.co.id. We also open for any sponsorship opportunities!

Happy Ied Mubarak! Hope that everyone had a good holiday season. After 1 month break during fasting month, MobileMonday is now back again. We have some interesting announcements to make, so let’s get started!

New Website & Blog :
Yes! We have revamped our website at http://www.mobilemonday.co.id. The new website is more streamline, hosting information about MobileMonday Indonesia, event line up and download section. The blog section had now been moved out to its own URL at http://blog.mobilemonday.co.id. There’s also a new section in our blog called “Talk to Peer” which allow you to connect to other community member of MobileMonday Indonesia via online means. Have a look and test it out!

Invitation for Volunteers :
It is almost 1 year since initial inception of MobileMonday Indonesia and so far we have launched 10 events with distinguished speakers from all over the world. Through our events and publications we had  reached few thousands audience from over 400 companies in Indonesia. More interested projects are coming in pipeline. We are looking for all kind of help, from organizing events, writing in our blogs, or any other initiatives which you think may benefits the community. Should you be interested to volunteer in MoMo, please contact us at info(at)mobilemonday.co.id.

Upcoming Events :
There’s so many interesting things happen in past month, including launch of Android and unveling of Nokia Touch UI. We will have something very exciting in store for you. Consider it at first peek to the future of mobile technology (hint?). Make sure you keep on eye for any new announcement at MobileMonday blog (http://blog.mobilemonday.co.id) as it will be a major disappointment if you missed out!

Calling All Innovator!
If you are developer and working on an interesting mobile application, make sure you sign up for “Calling All Innovators”. It is a contest from Forum Nokia to look for the next killer application for mobile phone. Winner will walk away with USD 10,000 cash prize + opportunity to showcase your application at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona. Closing date is December 15, 2008. See details below or go to http://www.callingallinnovators.com.

That’s for now. Welcome back to work and see you soon in MoMo upcoming events.

A very important “Post Hari Raya Holiday” event which you should not miss!
Our friends in Forum Nokia is having a Forum Nokia Code Camp this coming October 15-16 in Hotel Nikko Jakarta and all of you are invited!!

It is a two-day seminar for budding technopreneurs, mobile developers and web developers. Whether you are a technology guru trying to build an application or a business whiz looking to market your application in Asia and beyond, the Forum Nokia Code Camp may give you enough industry insights, tools and resources to help. This Code Camp is specially organized for developers in Indonesia. You will bring your own laptop and start coding during the camp and complete your (alpha version) application at the end of the 2 day sessions. Isn’t it cool!!!

The event will be free of charge but you need to register at their website here.

Following up the Code Camp, Nokia will as well announce a contest, calling all the innovators in Asia Pacific to compete with their most innovative application and win prizes, including chance to visit and showcase your application in GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona. i.e. the worlds largest mobile related expo!

So, make sure you do not schedule anything else yet on those dates and head to their website to register now. See you there!