DUE TO THE HIGH INCREASE IN REGISTRATION WE WILL BE RELOCATING THIS EVENT TO THE PSU SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: 631 SW HARRISON STREET, PORTLAND, OR 97201

We are at capacity for this event - no onsite registrations will be allowed.

Presented by the Developers Forum

What's driving mobile application development? Why should you consider developing mobile applications? Interested building an application for today's mobile devices? Come hear why companies are developing mobile applications. Learn from experienced developers about the platforms and how to get started.

Key topics:

• Why develop mobile applications? What are the business drivers for developing for mobile applications?
• How to get started building applications?
• What are the differences between the platforms? (iPhone, Blackberry, Pre, Andriod...)
• How do I get my application on an App Store?

Speakers:

Jason Grigsby Mobile Strategist, Co-Founder Cloud Four

Jason Grigsby was one of the project leads on the Obama iPhone Application and helped design the user interface for the Wall Street Journal's Blackberry application. He founded and organizes Mobile Portland, a local mobile development user group.

Jason built his first web page in 1995. He has spent the last 11 years building web sites professionally before being bitten by the mobile bug prompting him to throw caution to the wind and start a new company focused on mobile and web development. He blogs at CloudFour.com and can be found on Twitter as @grigs.

Steve Romero, President, Critical Path Software, Inc.

For 19 years, Steve Romero has successfully led Critical Path Software, Inc. (CPS) through a variety of technologies and markets. As a company that has always been at the forefront of new and emerging technologies it is no surprise that Steve's company has taken a leadership position in mobile development. Mobile applications developed by CPS have generated nearly half a billion dollars in revenue for their clients in 2009 alone. Apple, Adobe, eBay, PayPal, GE, Hewlett-Packard,Yahoo!, Lexmark, Canon, Microsoft, are among the many companies that have benefited from CPS' strategic and mobile engineering services.

Lunch is included

Tickets: $10*/$20

*Member rate,  email Stephanie for discount code

Student discount code: 111909wsuv