Natalia Luckyanova, iPhone application developer and cofounder of Imangi Studios, has agreed to be our final speaker for the last BlogPotomac. Natalia will speak on how and when a mobile application makes sense for a company. The event will be held this October 23rd at the State Theatre in Falls Church, VA (register today!).
Natalia is a Harvard University graduate (2003) and has a masters in Computer Science (Boston University, 2006). Her company, Imangi Studios, LLC is an independent game development studio based in Washington, DC. The iPhone is the company’s current mobile platform of choice, and we plan to branch out to other platforms in the future as well.
In addition, our schedule for the event is now locked. Special thanks to Shel Israel who graciously is sharing the keynote spot with Beth Kanter, and will go second. We decided this was the right thing to do after reviewing BlogPotomac’s line-up in the wake of Wednesday’s Women Speaking post.
Line-up for the Final BlogPotomac
8:00 Doors open
Traditional Social Media Keynotes
8:45 Opening remarks by Emcees and Communications Bloggers Amber Naslund and Geoff Livingston
8:55 Top-ranked Changeblogger Beth Kanter discusses social causes and their use of new media
9:40 Twitterville Author Shel Israel discusses the new book, and also gives some glimpses in the future
10:25 Break
Mobile Phone Sessions
10:40 iMangi Studios Natalia Luckyanova discusses mobile phone applications.
11:25 Shane Lennon, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Product Management at GyPSii®, will discuss location-based mobile social networking.
12:10 Lunch
The Future of Online Media Sessions
1:40 crayonista and ace strategist Jane Quigley will discuss future Internet media forms, such as the semantic web and other new forms she’s watching.
2:25 Bar Opens, Special Announcement from Geoff Livingston
2:45 FortiusOne CEO Sean Gorman will talk about the impact location based technologies and mapping are making on the web.
3:30 Ning’s Peter Slutsky will discuss the evolution and future of niche social networks and communities.
4:15 End of Conference
Geoff, I am so excited about this great line-up. Semantic web, mobile apps…these are all the areas I’m dying to learn more about! You promised a great line-up looking at future tech, and you delivered. Thank you for your efforts here on behalf of the larger community. I just wish it wasn’t the last BlogPotomac! (But I totally understand…)
This deserves more than a tweet – just wanted to express my thanks for inviting me to do the keynote (gulp) and letting me share the podium with Shel .. B