Invitation to Web & Mobile Developers: NAVTEQ Developer Day Chicago

Join developers from all over Chicago for this free day-long event to learn about the exploding opportunity for location enabled applications hosted by NAVTEQ in Chicago. NAVTEQ hosts this event all over the world and in select U.S. cities - and Chicago now ranks as one of the biggest hubs of tech development!

Receive hands-on training and hear how to use NAVTEQ LocationPoint™ Advertising and their partner APIs to quickly apply your skills to create the most compelling location-based mobile, web and enterprise apps, and even make some money! And reps from WunderLand, the leading web and mobile tech recruiting firm, will be on hand to talk to you about jobs and contract work.

This is an all day event on Thursday, October 6, starting at 9 a.m.

Presenters include:

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Not only do you get to meet and learn from the experts, you get to code with them!

Stick around to play with the APIs and hack away while you enjoy some pizza & beer. Then, at the end of the day, show us what you've got, get some feedback and win some cool prizes.

IMPORTANT! YOU CAN RSVP IN THIS GROUP, BUT YOU STILL MUST RSVP DIRECTLY TO NAVTEQ VIA THIS LINK! http://www.nn4d.com/site/global/market/developerday/p_devday.jsp

AGENDA:

8:30am Registration Opens

9:00am Welcome & Introduction to NAVTEQ
Marc Naddell, VP, NN4D, NAVTEQ

Exciting location opportunity Who is NAVTEQ and why you should care Make Cool apps with 3D, JourneyView (street), Destination Map (indoor), WebApp NN4D to support you every step of the way

9:30am
Geoff Innis, Technical Solution Evangelist, Bing, Microsoft Corporation

Resources to create compelling map-based
web and mobile apps Bing map platforms supporting PCs, phones and tablets Cool things to do with hosting maps Bing Maps SDK and Geocoding API

10:30am Break

10:45am
Allan Laframboise and Nick Furness, Technical Evangelists, Esri

ArcGIS APIs and SDKs for Web and Mobile applications developer Other options for desktop mapping and GIS applications.

11:45am Location APIs
Jim Welch, Director of Professional Services, deCarta

Overview of the deCarta software stack deCarta's Location Point Advertising implementation deCarta mobile APIs for Android, HTML5, iPhone, J2ME and Samsung bada

12:45pm Lunch

1:30pm LocationPoint Advertising
Dong Sung, NN4D, NAVTEQ
Mick Welch, LPA, NAVTEQ
Michael Quane, LPA Product Manager, NAVTEQ

How your app can make money with LocationPoint Advertising Web App LPA API Overview Integration Tips Source Code Demo App - Android

2:30pm
Kris Kolodziej, Associate Director LBS, Verizon

Cross-OS LBS development with NAVBuilder inside (NBI) LBS SDK for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, BREW, and Windows. Free APIs for location, maps, directions, GPS Navigation, traffic, gas prices, movies & local events, and coupons Monetize your app with NBI couponing API App distribution opportunities, including Android Marketplace, V CAST, and BREW App Stores 3:30pm Break

3:45pm Stay and CODE
Pizza & Beer
Hack Away – Play with the APIs

5:00pm Show us what you've got! Pitch & Get Some Feedback & Prizes

IMPORTANT! YOU CAN RSVP IN THIS GROUP, BUT YOU STILL MUST RSVP DIRECTLY TO NAVTEQ VIA THIS LINK! http://www.nn4d.com/site/global/market/developerday/p_devday.jsp