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This year, Indonesia is honored to have BioLocate shortlisted as Top 20 Finalist and invited to present in MobileMonday Peer Awards 2009 in Barcelona. The team from BioLocate unable to make it to Barcelona due to the short notice, but they are managed to make a short video presentation and was playbacked in front  of the jury in Barcelona. Although BioLocate did not win, I am happy that we are the only representative from South East Asia to make it to the final.

BioLocate at Peer Awards 2009

The Mobile Peer Awards is a wonderful event, attended by estimated 1000 audience and was opened by keynote from Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Markets at Nokia and Member of the Nokia Group Executive Board. We have audience from all over the world, including developers, startups, venture capitals, media, and government officials. I met a big team from Malaysian MDEC, but unable to find anyone else from Indonesia (or Indonesia government … well, maybe next year we’ll send official invitation).

For those of you who would like to know how the finalists “wow” the jury during Peer Awards, I would like to share a video of Unkasoft, one of the audience favorite doing all the tricks (including “Tiger Jump”) to visualize their solution within the strict 3 minutes pitch. Enjoy!

bioLocate and its FireAnts application (described as crowd-sourced real-time traffic information to help drivers and commuters in Jakarta avoid traffic jams) is nominated as one of 20 finalist in Mobile Peer Awards final in Barcelona. Yes, that’s the best 20 applications in the mobile world for 2008!

If you’re wondering what FireAnts does, please check their explanatory video and slide on their page.

FYI, on this year’s Mobile Peer Awards, MoMo Indonesia have nominated two applications for the international jury to select.

A complete list of 20 innovative start-ups selected for the final are (source MoMo Barcelona):

EARLY-STAGE STARTUPS

Addict Digital Media - Mobile Monday Buenos Aires
aka-aki networks GmbH - MobileMonday Berlin
Babajob.com - MobileMonday Bangalore
Big in Japan Inc. - MobileMonday Dallas
bioLocate - MobileMonday Jakarta
Dial2Do - MobileMonday Dublin
Fortumo - MobileMonday Estonia
Mob4Hire - MobileMonday Vancouver
Orbster GmbH - MobileMonday Munich
Oxynade - MobileMonday Brussels
Tellmewhere - MobileMonday Paris
Xumii - MobileMonday Sydney

EMERGING STARTUPS

Aradiom - MobileMonday Istanbul
fring - MobileMonday Tel Aviv
Getjar Networks - MobileMonday Lithuania
Keynetik - MobileMonday Washington DC
Mobintech A/S - MobileMonday Copenhagen
PopCatcher AB - MobileMonday Sweden
Soonr - MobileMonday Silicon Valley
Unkasoft Advergaming - MobileMonday Madrid

Congratulations for bioLocate!

If you are coming to MWC Barcelona, make sure to attend the Peer Awards event at the 16 February. The best networking event in the industry… Meet and greet the mobile industry celebrities there, personally! More information about the Peer Awards event can be found at their homepage: here.

Congratulations to PT BioLocate Indonesia with the application FIREANTS which passed the first round of MobileMonday Global Peer Awards. A total of 163 entries submitted from around the world which has now been shortlisted to 43 nominees, including the Indonesia’s bioLocate, and other heavy weight contenders such as aka-aki (Berlin), fring (TelAviv), Getjar (Lithuania), Mocospace (Boston), Nimbuzz (Amsterdam), Palringo (London), SoonR (Silicon Valley), and WorldMate (Atlanta). The jury are now sitting in to select the top 20 finalist which will be invited to do a live presentation in Barcelona on February 16, 2008 in front of international audience.

The competition for top 20 are quite tough, however I’m quite confident bioLocate can steal jury’s attention as the idea is quite unique as compare to the others. Who need more IM client? We want something new, innovative and relevant to our mobile life. And I put my vote behind bioLocate! BTW the top 20 list will be announced on January 26, 2009 (Chinese New Year!)

To Pak Dien, Pak Hindra & bioLocate team. Congratulations from MobileMonday Indonesia Team!
I am sure to see you in Barcelona!

Head here to see the annoncement : http://www.mobilepeerawards.com/

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!