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WHAT IS IT

BeMyApp Mobile Olympics is a three-day mobile app hackathon which brings together the most creative developers, designers, marketers and ideas people to collaborate on building a working mobile app prototype.  Whatever your background, you can use the weekend to:

• get a team around your app idea, build the prototype and receive instant feedback on the project

• discover and try out amazing app development tools and APIs

• meet fantastic people you could start a new venture with

• have a great time learning new skills at break-neck speed

• get involved and enhance your chances of winning a great prize(s)

• gain global media coverage for your prototype

  
  

** we also allow observers to attend the hackathon during the Friday night pitch session and judging on Sunday night.  To become an observer simply register for the event and just mention that's how you're going to get involved ** 

WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE WEEKEND?
Registered idea generators (from any background) are given 1 minute to pitch an app concept on Friday evening to an audience filled with fellow idea generators, developers, designers and marketing gurus.

There’s a flurry of activity as the idea generators look to form teams around their app idea.  At the end of all the networking and bargaining, we announce the ideas that will be made into working prototypes and the competition begins!

Teams start working immediately. Teams work throughout the weekend, with a big chunk taking place on Saturday, to build working mobile app prototypes which they present to our panel of judges on Sunday evening.  A big basket of fantastic prizes are then given out for the best and most creative apps which will help the most successful teams take their apps to market.

But it doesn’t stop there!  This year, BeMyApp is taking place in 6 cities over the same weekend.  The very best apps from London, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Berlin and Paris will be judged in a second competition to find the Best Global App. The winner gains worldwide recognition, media coverage and a diverse user base - all this in less than 72 hours!

You can see a doc with guidelines on what you need to prepare and how to get the most out of the weekend: http://techmeetups.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BeMyApp-for-Participants-London.pdf

Judges

Neil Mansilla, Mashery
Neil Mansilla is the Director of Developer Products and API platform evangelist for Mashery. Neil is a software engineer and tech entrepreneur. In his current role at Mashery, Neil is responsible for helping developers discover, engage and learn to use the hundreds of APIs in the Mashery API Network.

Paul Ardeleanu, Hello24
Paul Ardeleanu is an experienced software developer, user experience enthusiast and entrepreneur with a passion for mobile utilities. 
He graduated with a PhD in Computational Physics from UCLan and is the founder & CTO of Hello24 Ltd.
Paul is currently teaching iOS development at SkillsMatter in London (http://skillsmatter.com/go/os-mobile-server).

John Horsley, CNO, e2publishing
John has over 12 years experience in the online marketing industry gained whilst representing market leading suppliers. Prior to E2, John was he was Client Services Director at Econsultancy. John’s is currently an Executive Director of BIMA – British Interactive Marketing Association.

He’s the founder of Digital Marketing group, with over 140,000 members it’s the 19th biggest group on Linkedin and one of the biggest groups of marketing professionals in the world. John is also a founder and shareholder in Ace-A-Metric.com a social insights, lead generation and advocacy marketing platform that’s soon to launch.

David Harfield, Editor in Chief, iPhoneAppCafe
David Harfield is the Editor of iPhoneAppCafe. He also writes for other publications on a freelance basis, including music and food journalism and DJs in his spare time, however iPhones are his main business/vice!

Mentors who will be on hand to guide you on Saturday
Bob Schukai, Global Head of Mobile Tech, Thomson Reuters
Daniel Harfield, Editor in Chief, iPhoneAppCafe
Neil Mansilla, API platform evangelist, Mashery
Paul Ardeleanu, CTO, Hello24

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