Annual since 1987, Mobile world congress is the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry and with 47,000 in attendance last year, it’s safe to say that it’s worth mobile companies showing face. Since there is so much happening that week it makes sense to plan well ahead of schedule. Everyone has been sharing lists of events and excited talk but no maps. So I thought it might be worth me throwing in my plans in the hope that someone may benefit from my timings, maps and event lists. These timings are in no way guaranteed as a good judge of how you should spend your time but could help make sure you’ve not missed anything really beneficial. Most of my time is going to be spent in App planet but I really want to try and get around as many exhibition stands as I can in my rare few minutes in between. Feel free to say hello to me if you are in attendance. You can catch me on MotoDev’s panel of Android developers on Monday at 11:30am Hall 7.

WIP have very kindly developed an MWC attendance survival guide which I very much recommend if not just for the Exhibition floor plan.

Mobile World Congress 2010 address
Event Details – http://www.mobileworldcongress.com

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Sim Cards

To obtain a prepaid Spanish sim with 3G Internet I’ve been recommended Yoigo. You need photo ID and the address of your hotel to sign up. Remember to get itit on any day other than Sunday and shops close around 2pm to 4pm:

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Monday

09:00 – MotoDev – Breakfast at Motodev in AppPlanet – Hall 7
11:30 – MotoDev – Android Developer Panel – Hall 7
11:30 – MotoDev – Maximise your Android Market Opportunity – App Planet – Hall 7
12:15 – MotoDev – Lunch with the experts – App Planet – Hall 7
14:00 – Mobile premier awards – Palau De La Música 4 08003 Barcelona, Spain 932 957 200
21:00> – Mobile premier awards dinner – Bel-Luna Jazz Club & Restaurant

MotoDev

More MotoDev event details…
Not much has been mentioned in the Android pres about the motodev sessions but I for one am interested in the opinions of anyone developing plugins for my IDE. They have a bunch of sessions planned at MWC a few of which I’ll be attending.

Mobile Premier awards

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To get to the mobile premier awards take the Espanya tube to Urquinaona then walk straight down the road: Carrer de les Jon que res

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Mobile premier awards dinner

RSVP for the dinner here
A swanky affair after the award ceremony which promises to be both an interesting and beautiful meal.

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Tuesday

08:30 – Opportunities with on-device payments and preloaded content – Tanla MWC Seminar
08:00 – UKTI – Challenges in Japan – Location Sala D
11:30 – UKTI – Turkish / UK Partnering Event – UKTI stand?
17:00 – Scottish Development International – Whisky Reception – Stand, 1E66
18:00 – GoMo – Incognito BAR, calle Fusina 6, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
18:00 – Androiders Dinner at MWC

The Tuesday looks like it will be quite businessy until the evening where a bunch of Androiders will be getting together informally to chat and get dinner. So there is no official page or anything like that, just turn up or message someone who you know will be there(I’m @kevinmcdonagh) and we’ll be glad to have you in acquaintance. The plan is to prey on the hospitality of GoMo and turn up for their free bar and food. This plan should work win/win since a bunch of Android experts will be going to meet with mobile businessy people.

GoMo
Event details – http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=180379714149&ref=ts
Here are some directions to get from Mobile World Congress to the GoMo event. I’ll be taking the Espanya Tube to Jamuel:

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Wednesday

08:30 - UKTI – UK / US Panel discussion – UKTI?
09:00 - Android dev lab (Games Dev) – Hall7 App world, MWC
12:30 - Sony Ericsson talk – App world Hall 7
14:00 - Tech crunch Mobile 2010
18:00> - Android cocktails – B Hotel in Gran Vía 389-391, Barcelona (next to MWC congress grounds)
18:30> - Swedish beers – Dostrece, carme 40, 08001, barcelona, Spain , 933017306
19:00> - Carnival of nations party – 7 Sins Bar, Muntaner 7, Barcelona, Spain

There is so much happening on the Wednesday sacrifices will have to be made. I’m really excited to get close to the participants of the Android developer session and get some basic questions out the way from the best in class. I do not currently plan to attend the Tech crunch event as I will instead be using the time to take part in Sony Ericsson’s training sessions. I’m also really looking forward to meeting the Barcelona user group at the Android Cocktails, I’ll have to split my time between this and Swedish beers which will inevitably be more businessy but essential.

Android Cocktails
Event details – http://eventuo.com/event/HN9foG5u6NI
An informal get together with the Barcelona Androids located beside MWC in the Nuñez i Navarro B Hotel

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Swedish Beers
Event Details – http://swedishbeers.blogspot.com/
A small scale yet still international event for businesses interested in mobile.
To Swedish Beers from the Android Cocktails event take the Espanya metro to Liceu:

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WIP Carnival of Nations party
Event Details – http://wipjam.com/party-carnival-of-nations/
In the unlikely event that I’ll have time to get to the Carnival of Nations event it is only 10mins walking distance away: Walking round the corner 10min away:

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Thursday

08:00 - GetJar Demo – App Planet Auditorium, Hall 7, FIRA, Barcelona, Spain
9ish -  WIP Jam – App Planet Auditorium, Hall 7, FIRA, Barcelona, Spain
11:45 – Join people Luncheoning form WIP – Hall 7
15:30 – More WIP Networking type interaction – Hall 7
18:00> Londroid – London Android Meetup

I’m obviously going to give the London Android Meeting a miss this time and instead I’ll be trying to make new WIP friends. Thankfully I can spend the whole day in the same place so no need for running to different locations.