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Mozilla AppDay hackathon on 27 November in Kerameikos

27 in November is coming App Day hackathon by the Mozilla Foundation. Includes tutorials for the exploitation of Web technologies in developing applications for Firefox OS on smartphones. There will be a competition and awards for the best apps. The App Day hackathon program is as follows

Arrival & Registration

9:00 - 9:30
Opening Speeches

9:30 - 9:50

Alexandros Davos, OTE Group
Martin Kurze & Christoph Schmitz, DT T-Labs & Terminals
Luka Sučić, mushroom: raum
Frederic Harper, Mozilla Evangelist
Firefox OS - The platform you deserve

9.50 – 10.35

Frederic Harper, Mozilla Evangelist
Firefox OS Development Tools

10.35 – 11.00

Panos Asttias, Firefox Engineer
Creating Apps

11.00 – 18.00

The work is done without a break.
Lunch is served at 14.00.
Presentations:

18.00 – 19.00

John Bernard, Mozilla
Martin Kurze & Christoph Schmitz, DT T-Labs & Terminals
Luka Sučić, mushroom: raum
Dimitris Kalavros, introduces COSMOTE StartUp
Alexandros Davos, OTE Group
Apps presentation
19.00 – 19.30
Introducing 10 best apps.
Awards
19.30 – 20.00

Awarding prizes to 3 winning teams.
Networking / Meet & Greet

20.00 – 21.00
SPACE

Come to an original space in the center of Athens with the best views of the city.

ADDRESS: Holy Street 11, 4th floor, Kerameikos

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Alexandros Davos - Retail Marketing Director and Commercial Purchasing & Supply Director, OTE Group

He is a graduate of The American College of Greece, Deree College, and holds a master's degree from Nottingham Business School - Nottingham Trend University (MBA).
He has participated in numerous seminars and workshops in Greece and abroad as well as has a continuous & active participation as a speaker in seminars and workshops on Marketing, Retailing and Customer experience.

At the beginning of his career he worked for the largest multinational companies in merchandising and sales (3E Coca Cola, PANASONIC – INTERTECH, ELGEKA etc. 01/1994 – 06/1999). In marketing he worked from 6/1999 to 9/2009 in companies such as SCHWARZKOFF & RILKEN SA, FRIESLAND AEBE, GERMANOS ABEE, COSMOTE SA as Product Manager, Senior Brand Manager and Marketing Manager.

From 9 / 2009 he is Market Manager for GERMANOS and Retail Marketing at OTE Group.

Today he holds the position of Retail Marketing Director and Commercial Purchasing & Supply Director at OTE GROUP.

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John Bernard - Global Marketing Director for Firefox OS, Mozilla

John Bernard is the Global Marketing Director of Firefox OS for Mozilla. John is responsible for the launch of Firefox OS with carriers and mobile phone manufacturers and already in 2013 he has overseen promotional campaigns that have run in 11 countries. Previously, he held senior marketing positions at companies such as Sony Ericsson and LG Mobile, launching handsets and services and developing brands and market shares worldwide. John has worked in the mobile industry for over 10 years with carriers, retailers and the distribution channel using tools such as  marketing, ATL και BTL καμπάνιες,  δημόσιες σχέσεις και χορηγίες με στόχο να αυξήσει την αναγνωρισιμότητα και την εξοικείωση με τα handsets. Νωρίτερα μέσα στο 2013 ο John βραβεύτηκε ως ο καλύτερος marketer στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία (UK Marketer of the Year). Είναι κάτοχος MBA από το Henley College of Great Britain since 2002.

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Frederic Harper - Senior Technical Evangelist, Mozilla

With over 10 years of experience in the field of Information Technology, Frédéric Harper started out as a developer on various technologies and with main subject of web and mobile development. He devoted a few years to spreading Microsoft Openness by talking about Open Source Software, Internet Standards, and Interoperability. Today, as one of Mozilla's Senior Technical Evangelist, Fred continues to spread his passion for Open Internet while also supporting developers to effectively manage Firefox OS.

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Luka Sucic - Business Development Manager & Evangelist, hub: raum

Luka has extensive experience in start-ups, application development for mobile devices and e-commerce. Prior to working with the hub: raum, Luka worked in Croatia Telekom's innovation division on IPTV, OTT, as well as in the search for new telecom projects. She works as a consultant and lecturer in the field of mobile and digital development by helping start-ups to realize their ideas and achieve business. Luka represents the hub: raum Krakow in events and other stakeholders, and is also involved in the process of choosing start-ups. In his spare time he is involved in the development of his 3D printer and other Arduino projects.

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Dr. Martin Kurze - Director Research & Innovation, Terminals, Deutsche Telekom

Martin Kurze is responsible for Research and Development of Terminals at Deutsche Telekom's Research and Innovation Unit T-Labs laboratories. In this context, he is the leader of numerous construction and research projects on operating systems, user platforms and device operating mechanisms. His experience and skills include the development of the original 2D and 3D platforms for computers and mobile devices and services, augmented reality platforms, the development of the first Android (2007 / 08) as well as many functional and architectural systems for the web environment, including ID-Management, as well as high-security systems.

Today, his roles revolve around the development of Mozilla Firefox OS (formerly known as Boot-to-Gecko / B2G) on behalf of DT. In this context, he leads an international team of researchers and engineers from different disciplines and has undertaken the construction of the new operating system for mobile devices as well as some applications for this.

Prior to joining T-Labs, Martin Kurze led teams at T-Systems, T-Nova and other Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies. His professional interests revolve around systems architecture, human-computer interaction, the search for new technologies, business development and technology strategy.

Martin Kurze holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Free University of Berlin, where he also received a degree in Chemistry. He lives in Berlin with his wife and is a proud father of three children.

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Christoph Schmitz - Head of Software & Integration Management, Deutsche Telekom

Christoph Schmitz is here and 6 has been head of a team at Deutsche Telekom's Terminal Product Management for software, specifications, and ecosystems. Within the framework of his responsibilities, Christoph was the one who started the collaboration between Firefox OS and Mozilla in the autumn of 2011. At the moment, he manages launch of Firefox OS in Europe for DT.

O Christoph εργάζεται στον Όμιλο Deutsche Telekom από το 1995. Έχοντας ξεκινήσει την καριέρα του ως τεχνικός στην System Technology, στη συνέχεια ανέλαβε διάφορες διοικητικές θέσεις μέσα στην κοινοπραξία των Daimler και Telecom όπου πρόσφερε υπηρεσίες Τηλεπικοινωνιών και Πληροφορικής. Από το 2004, ο Christoph λειτουργεί ως επικεφαλής ομάδων διαχείρισης προϊόντων στην T-Mobile International στα κεντρικά της Telecom αντίστοιχα. Συμμετείχε ενεργά σε διαδικτυακές πρωτοβουλίες όπως το web'n'walk της DT (ανοίγοντας το δρόμο στην εταιρεία προς το mobile internet) καθώς και σε διάφορα λανσαρίσματα οικοσυστημάτων smartphones, και πιο συγκεκριμένα των iPhone (2007), G1-Android (2008), Windows Phone 7 (2010) και τώρα του  Firefox OS.

Christoph Schmitz holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Aachen and on whose behalf he completed his dissertation at the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (now Telekom Paris Tech) in Paris.

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Panos Astithas - Firefox Engineer, Developer Tools Team

Panos Asttias is a Mozilla software engineer for Firefox tools for developers. He has worked for over 15 years as a senior developer with an emphasis on development and architecture in various companies. With a range of activity from back-end and front-end platform development to PC and mobile applications, Panos is always looking for new challenges and new areas of activity. By contributing to open software for many years, he has been trying to serve and inspire as many people as possible. He holds a PhD from the Athens Polytechnic with a specialization in computer network security.

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Δημήτρης Καλαβρός - #Young Entrepreneur #TEDster #Connector # Go-Getter #BusinessCraftsman

Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou is a young businessman and a strong supporter of technology. He is widely known as the Founder and Curator of TEDxAthens.

He has studied Law at the University of Kent while continuing his studies at Queen Mary University of London, specializing in Internet Law and Telecommunications.

Dimitris has founded it Away.gr (Online Media for Technology and Entrepreneurship, now a member of Nest Media), TEDxAthens (Platform of events and other actions aimed at disseminating innovative ideas), while collaborating with TechCrunch Europe, in which he writes articles for Greek technology companies. In the summer of 2012, together with Sofia Belouka and Thodoris Georgakopoulos, a digital media startup, Nest Media, started.

He is also a graduate of the International Visitor Leadership Program of the US Department of State. 2013 and a member of the World Economic Forum of the World Economic Forum and the Sandbox Network.

From June of 2011 until September of 2013, he collaborated with the German technology investment company HackFwd, from the role of Referrer for Greece and Southeastern Europe. Since March of 2013, he is co-founder of Found.ation, a technology co-operative space in the center of Athens, dealing with new entrepreneurship.

 

 

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