Speakers
We had some great speakers at BlackBerry® DevCon Europe! Attendees joined experts from the developer community and Research In Motion® (RIM®) to learn from the very best.
Community Speakers
Find out who from the BlackBerry® developer community spoke in the conference breakout sessions
Philip Belhassen
CEO, StonetripDEV315 - Game Makers Dream: The BlackBerry Native SDK for BlackBerry Tablet OS
Andrew Betts
Founder, AssankaAndrew is a PHP and JavaScript developer, web standards advocate and founder of Assanka, a London-based web development firm. His area of expertise is emerging web technologies, particularly on mobile and tablet platforms, where Assanka is known ...
COM327 - We've Got a Website for That - The FT Web App and the Future of the Mobile Web
Andy Bovingdon
VP Product Marketing, BangoAndy Bovingdon VP Product Marketing Bango Andy leads the Bango product proposition and strategy. He is the interface between Bango products and markets – from requirements and roadmaps to position and promotion. Andy has been active with ...
DEV370 - Panel: Create the Most Successful Monetization Strategy
Michael Brooks
Software Barista, Adobe / PhoneGapOrphaned as a child, Michael Brooks was raised by his elderly Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Academically gifted, he displayed an uncanny affinity for Computer Science with speciality in signal processing and computer vision. While attending a user group ...
DEV390 - Your Browser is Your SDK!
Michal Budzynski
HTML5 Alchemist, Virtual DesignMichal is an Open Web Alchemist from Warsaw, Poland, responsible for many ridiculous experiments like 'CSS Nyan Cat' (https://developer.mozilla.org/pl/demos/detail/css-nyan-cat) or 'All your gradient are belong to us' ...
COM362 - A Different Approach to Web Games and Beyond
Dave Burrows
Research & Development, Interchange GroupDave Burrows leads the Research & Development team for Interchange, a long-standing Elite Alliance Member based in the UK, specialising in custom (OEM) and packaged mobile application development. Dave holds a Masters Degree in Computer Studies for ...
DEV352 - Developer Showcase: Success on BBM
Alex Caccia
President, MarmaladeDEV315 - Game Makers Dream: The BlackBerry Native SDK for BlackBerry Tablet OS
Eric Dupin
Chief editor, Presse CitronFounder and chief editor, Presse-citron, one of the most read french tech blogs. Consultant, digital, web, social media, mobile Internet. http://www.presse-citron.net
COM332 - Panel: Working with Bloggers and Media
Lukasz Dzierzak
Developer, 2SKY.plStudent, blogger, new technology entusiast, loves html5 and Javascript. Bachelor of science in Biomedical Engineering at University of Silesia, student of M.Sc. studies in Informatics at University of Silesia. Started developing webOS applications ...
COM365 - Porting WebOS to WebWorks
Emeric Florence
Front-end engineer, minimal.beTeacher and freelance developer, Emeric has been using front-end technologies since the last century, trying to bring some fun on everyone's screen. After countless Flash projects, he's focusing on what the HTML5 hype has to offer and digging into ...
DEV377 - Using Advanced CSS Frameworks to Create Dynamic and Performing Visuals
Ekkehard Gentz
Software Architect, Ekkes-Corner UGEkkehard Gentz (ekke) lives in the south of Germany (Rosenheim) and is working as an Independent Software Architect and Senior ERP Consultant. ekke survived many technologies since more then 30 years of development in the domain of ERP ...
COM360 - Developing a Super App is Easier Than You May Think!
Marius Gundersen
Software Developer, Ciber Norge ASMarius Gundersen is a software developer at Ciber Norway, where he works on both native and web based mobile applications. He has held multiple talks and workshops on HTML5, including a presentation about 3D game engines at OnGameStart2011. More ...
COM364 - Leveraging the HTML5 Canvas in Your Apps
Christian Heilmann
Principal Evangelist, MozillaChris Heilmann believed in the web as the platform to support before we had the great hardware, browsers and connectivity we have now. With a background in journalism, he built his first web sites in the mid-90s and became a professional web ...
DEV379 - Panel: Browser Wars
Mike Hostetler
CEO, appendToMillennial Entrepreneur and Ethical Hacker, Mike Hostetler is going to change the world by weaving freedom into the fabric of our lives. Passionate about Open Source, Working Virtually, Entrepreneurship, HTML5 and JavaScript, Mike currently works ...
COM320 - Rapidly Develop Mobile Web Applications with jQuery Mobile
Jon Jordan
Technology Editor, Pocket GamerCOM332 - Panel: Working with Bloggers and Media
Lars Knoll
Qt Chief Maintainer, NokiaLars is the Chief Maintainer for the Qt Project. He previously worked as the Chief Architect for Qt and led the Qt R&D organization with teams in Oslo, Berlin and Brisbane in Nokia. Lars had had different roles in former Trolltech's engineering ...
COM363 - Introduction to Qt
Bruce Lawson
Open Web Evangelist, OperaBruce Lawson evangelises open Web Standards for Opera. He began converting his own site to HTML5 at Christmas 2008, and co-wrote the first book on HTML5, Introducing ...
DEV379 - Panel: Browser Wars
Fil Maj
Master Exploder, AdobeFil works at Adobe on the open-source Cordova project, enabling you to write cross-platform apps for different mobile platforms with HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. Fil loves hockey, beer, and hacking while watching hockey and drinking beer. Also: ...
DEV390 - Your Browser is Your SDK!
Sanjeet Matharu
Principal Manager, Developer Marketing, Vodafone Group ServicesSanj Matharu drives the developer outreach and developer content for the mobile applications and devices at Vodafone. Prior to Vodafone, Sanj had a long career at Symbian starting in developer tools development, managing Symbian Signed and then onto ...
DEV370 - Panel: Create the Most Successful Monetization Strategy
Gadi Mazor
CEO, Nobex TechnologiesGadi Mazor co-Founded Nobex Technologies in 2007. Nobex Technologies develops and markets Nobex Radio, the award winning Smartphone app which plays over 16,000 stations from more than 100 countries, and allows the user to see playlist and artist ...
DEV352 - Developer Showcase: Success on BBM
DEV370 - Panel: Create the Most Successful Monetization Strategy
Kevin Michaluk
Founder, Editor in Chief, CrackBerry.comKevin Michaluk is the Founder of CrackBerry.com and Fearless Leader of Mobile Nations, which operates other leading mobile platform dedicated sites including Android Central (Andriod), TiPb (iOS), PreCentral (webOS) and WPCentral (Windows ...
COM332 - Panel: Working with Bloggers and Media
Nikolai Onken
CEO, uxebuI have been developing web applications since 1997 and since then continuously been involved with open source projects such as the Dojo Toolkit. Since 2008, mobile cross platform development has been the primary focus of my work and I was pushing ...
COM367 - Bikeshed - A Beautiful Web for JS Developers
Nicola Radacher
Head of Project Management, WikitudeNicola studied Geo-Information Science in Rottenmann, Austria. After nearly 3 years of gathering experiences in software-development and project management at Real Networks, she joined Wikitude in July 2009 and is now responsible for project ...
DEV352 - Developer Showcase: Success on BBM
DEV375 - Designing BlackBerry Smartphone Apps for Easy Deployment Across Languages and Regions
Tobias Uhlig
Solutions Engineer, SenchaTobias works with the Sencha Frameworks on a fulltime basis since he joined the Sencha Community at the very beginning in May 2007. As a passionate User Interface Engineer for over a decade, besides building amazing Rich Internet Applications, he ...
COM333 - Create Your Own Mobile Web Appplications with Sencha Touch
Charles Weir
Managing Director, PenrillianCharles is Founder of Penrillian, an agile software development company specialising in contract software development for mobile and wireless devices. With a track record of over 10 years, Penrillian (http://www.penrillian.com ) is one of the most ...
COM302 - Structuring Your Code for Easier Testing
Gary Yentin
CEO and Founder, App-PromoGary Yentin is a senior mobile executive, with over fifteen years of experience managing strategy sales, marketing, operations, and technology for established entertainment, new media and technology companies. For the last ten years Gary has focused ...
DEV370 - Panel: Create the Most Successful Monetization Strategy
Kai Zantke
Journalist and Blogger, neuerdings.comKai Zantke is a tech journalist and blogger by heart. He was the guy in the neighbourhood with one of the first PDAs and since then electronic devices have been his main interest. His special department is the mobile office - where BlackBerry ...
COM332 - Panel: Working with Bloggers and Media
Johannes Zellner
Services Engineer, NokiaJohannes has been part of Nokia for more than two years, working as a Customer Services Engineer in the Qt office in Munich. His recent projects were heavily Qt Quick based UIs, targeting automotive and home-media industries.
COM368 - Introducing Qt Live on the BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet
