Volker on Mobile

This week is still all about Casual Connect Europe but then it is off to Barcelona for the annual mobile fest that is Mobile World Congress. I will be there from Sunday night onwards and you should earmark a couple of things (where you will likely be able to meet me, too):

Mobile Sunday has fast become a tradition amongst the mobile bloggerati and it is now being frequented by more and more industry folks. The list of attendees (which funnily still has me with an ancient affiliation that I haven’t held in years) reads well. Check it out and come by for a gentle kickstart into the week!

Next up is the Mobile Premier Awards, the global competition of Mobile Monday-nominated high-flyers where I had the great pleasure and honour to judge upon. The award night is on Monday.

On Wednesday, we have Swedish Beers (Facebook Event page) in Barcelona, which already had 254 confirmed guests (as per FB) the last time I checked.

And on Thursday, Caroline Lewko’s WIP Jam, the developer world’s leading and most beloved un-conference, opens its doors, an event I really look forward to. There’s a party for that, too, of course…

If you would like to get in touch, drop me a line through the contact form.

On 15 February, one of the most exciting showcases of mobile innovation of the year will be on display in Barcelona: the Mobile Premier Awards in Innovation. The awards are the largest start-up competition in the mobile sector and they are a unique grass-roots discovery tool: each chapter of the global community of Mobile Monday chooses one candidate. 49 candidates have been chosen (have a look further down). An international jury (I am flattered and proud to be a member) selects 20 finalists who will pitch in Barcelona at the Palau de la Musica on the afternoon of the first day of the Mobile World Congress.

It is a wonderful display of the innovation and creative power the mobile industry has to offer and I invite you to have a good look at the candidates.

If you are in Barcelona that week (and who isn’t?), you should make sure to book your ticket for the event here.

I hope to see you in Barcelona to celebrate innovation in mobile!

To stay in touch with everything around the awards, follow them on Twitter (@mobilepremier), become a fan on Facbook,

And, once your in Barcelona, you should not miss Mobile Sunday Barcelona 2010, which has fast become an unofficial kick-off event to MWC for mobile bloggers. It is on on Sunday, 14 Feb, from 7pm CET onwards.

Here’s a list of the 49 candidates (with links here):

• MobileMonday Austria – Mobilizy
• MobileMonday Barcelona – fonYou
• MobileMonday Belfast – SpeechStorm
• MobileMonday Bergen – ComCom
• MobileMonday Berlin – spendino
• MobileMonday Bogota – RedSalvavidas
• MobileMonday Brussels – Getyoo
• MobileMonday Buenos Aires – Beepoint
• MobileMonday Caracas – Consorcio Si-SMS
• MobileMonday Chennai – mobiSiteGalore
• MobileMonday Copenhagen – Cepa Mobility
• MobileMonday Dallas – Wave Integrated Marketing Solutions
• MobileMonday Dublin – Locle
• MobileMonday Dusseldorf – Yoose
• MobileMonday Edinburgh – Mobile Acuity
• MobileMonday Estonia – TaxiPal
• MobileMonday Frankfurt – match2blue
• MobileMonday Hamburg – apprupt
• MobileMonday Hungary – InfomatiX
• MobileMonday Jakarta – dotus indonesia
• MobileMonday Kuala Lumpur – CWorks Mobile
• MobileMonday Lithuania – SendFlow
• MobileMonday London – Audioboo
• MobileMonday Madrid – Tooio
• MobileMonday Malmö – Color Monkey
• MobileMonday Medellin – Wanbee
• MobileMonday Melbourne – Callernizer
• MobileMonday Mexico – Binbit
• MobileMonday Mid-Atlantic – Amphetamobile
• MobileMonday Milan – Soundtrckr
• MobileMonday Mumbai – Umundo
• MobileMonday Munich – Aloqa
• MobileMonday New Delhi – Voicetap Technologies
• MobileMonday New York – PercentMobile
• MobileMonday Oslo – Bipper Communication
• MobileMonday Paris – Presselite
• MobileMonday Rest of EMEA – Layar
• MobileMonday Rio de Janeiro – iMusica
• MobileMonday Rome – Mobnotes
• MobileMonday Sao Paulo – Atope
• MobileMonday Shanghai – mInfo
• MobileMonday Silicon Valley – CloudMade
• MobileMonday Singapore – Just Mobile
• MobileMonday Slovenia – Visionect
• MobileMonday Sofia – Bianor
• MobileMonday Stockholm – MoSync
• MobileMonday Tel Aviv – waze
• MobileMonday Toronto – Fonolo
• MobileMonday Vancouver – Sort Shots