droidcon belgium - presentation xios hogeschool limburg
DESCRIPTION
Presentation from XIOS Hogeschool Limburg at Droidcon Belgium, the first Belgian Android conference on April 2 2010.TRANSCRIPT
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XIOSANDROID
// XIOS// WHAT// WHY// WHO// WHEN// BUT// WHAT// HOW
?
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XIOS?
// higher education// ~ 3200 students// ~ 300 computer science students// 2002: research => Java ME// 2004: Java ME @ courses// 2006: mobile programming fundamentals +
advanced courses (Java ME)// September 2010 => Android
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WHAT DO WE OFFER
// Android contest// Promote the use of Android
in Belgium// Android training
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WHY ARE WE DOING THIS
// Average Android user: 35 yo// This needs to change !// Young people have ideas// Young people have time// Time to move on: the time that
students design websites in their spare time is / should be over
// Belgium has some catching up to do
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WHO CAN PARTICIPATE// Everyone
// … under 26// From Belgium// You don’t have to be a
student
// (The above only applies for the contest)
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WHEN DOES THIS HAPPEN
// Launch June 2010// Submission deadline in
September 2010// Judging in October// Winners announced in
November
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BUTI DON’T KNOW ANDROID
// No problem !// We’ll help you get started// Android 101 // Android Summer School// Mobile / Android roadshow
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ANDROID 101// How to get started// One day event// Reasonable price// 1000 EUR// 100 EUR// 10 EUR// 0 EUR// FREE// somewhere in May 2010
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ANDROIDSUMMER SCHOOL
// 3 / 4 day event// Diepenbeek (Hasselt)// Date tbd// Price tbd// Open for everyone
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ROADSHOW
// Inform// Evangelize// Mobile in general// Android specifically
- live coding- get people started
// Belgian universities and university colleges
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WHATRULES APPLY
// Be creative// Be unique// Categories
- location-based - student-life (fun or education)
- …// Complete list of rules will be
made available when website launches
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HOWTO GET INVOLVED
// Website => soon !- important dates- contest rules- jury
// Follow @palmaers on Twitter// Want to be a member of the
jury? Let us know- technical / business background