Location based services and mobile advertising are some of the key areas of expertise that NAVTEQ brings to the Apps World event.   The NAVTEQ developers network allows developers to connect and harness location based applications over multiple devices and platforums.

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About NAVTEQ
NAVTEQ Network for Developers™ (NN4D) is an online developer community (NN4D.com) with complete development resources, information and technical support for creating location-aware solutions using NAVTEQ products and services, including complimentary sample NAVTEQ® map data.

NAVTEQ is the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data that enables navigation and location-based platforms around the world.  NAVTEQ maps span 78 countries and territories on six continents.  NAVTEQ is headquartered in Chicago, IL, USA, with more than 5,000 employees worldwide located in 211 offices in 48 countries.

They will be at the show exhibiting if you want to come along and hook up on the 30th November & 1st December, register for your free exhibitor pass here

Full details of the Workshop passes can be found here

Hilton London Olympia – 380 Kensington High Street London W14 8NL, United Kingdom

We are pleased to have partnered with The Hilton London Olympia Hotel to offer all Social TV Forum visitors a discounted room rate for the 14th, 15th & 16th March 2010.

We only have a limited number of rooms reserved, so we do recommend making your reservation soon!

Room Rates:

Hilton Guest Double/Twin

Single occupancy          £105.00 per room including VAT & English Breakfast

Double Occupancy        £115.00 per room including VAT & English Breakfast

To Book:

To take advantage of the above discounted room rates simply contact  Julie Allen on +44 (0) 207 856 1902 or email Julie.allen (@) hilton.com and quote ASNE.

If you do not quote this promotional code at the time of booking your will not receive the event hotel rate.

The Hilton London Olympia hotel is on the bustling Kensington High Street, 2 minutes’ walk from Olympia Exhibition Centre with Heathrow Airport just 14 miles away.  The hotel has many facilities – contemporary Plum Grill, socialize at Plum Bar or watch the match at Plum Sports Lounge.

The Hilton will also host the events pre networking get2gether on the evening of the 14th March within the Plum Bar.

Mobile Social Media (www.mobilesocial-networking.com) taking place at Olympia on the 15th March will focus on the latest developments being made in Social Media and mobile devices.

Topics being addressed are: How far has the Mobile Social Networking market come in the last year? Mobile Internet and Social Networks – a perfect marriage, Monetising your mobile offering and Mobile multimedia 2.0: Developing the ultimate handset.

Key Speakers include:
•    Mark Watts-Jones, Head of Development & Innovation, Orange UK
•    Shaun Gregory, Managing Director, O2, Media Business
•    Yoel Flohr, Head of Mobile, Bebo
•    Angel Gambino, Vice President, Sonico
•    Bob Rapp, Head, User Communities, Vodafone Group
•    Peter Ward, Co-founder & CEO, WAYN
•    Cian O’Sullivan, Editor in Chief, GoMo News
•    Claudio Venezia, Researcher, Telecom Italia
•    Matt Dicks, CMO, Flirtomatic

Co-hosted alongside this conference will be an exhibition with representatives from leading players from Mobile, Social Media, Broadcast and Telecoms.   This will cover all aspects of Social Media on mobile and shows the diversity of the industry.  The exhibition will also feature a series of free workshops that will add additional content to people attending the exhibition.   Workshops will be run by Facebook Developers Garage, Social Media UK, RealWire and the DMA and NMA

The Mobile Social Media conference will be held in conjunction with the Social Media World Forum 2010 (www.socialmedia-forum.com).  This is a leading Social Media event that brings together all facets of industry connected to Social Media featuring 4 conference streams, Social Media (www.socialmedia-forum.com), Social TV (www.social-tv.net), Enterprise Social Media (www.enterprisesocialmedia.net), and Cloud Computing (www.cloudcomputingcongress.com). These are based around a central exhibition.

New for 2010, we have introduced a Bloggers Pass for the event.   Bloggers Passes are available for New Media/Social Media bloggers looking to cover the show and become a Blogger Supporter for the event.

All bloggers passes will include the below:

• Access to all five conference streams over the two days – Social Media, Social TV, Mobile Social Media, Enterprise Social Media, and Cloud Computing
• Full access to the conference exhibition
• Access to the bloggers lounge
• Invite to the evening networking party
• Free WiFi

Bloggers Passes are limited and to receive a pass we ask the below in return:

• Display of an event banner/Blogger Supporter badge on your main website
• Post at least two blogs pre show about the event

Once your blog has been published and your supporter’s button is live, please email eva (@) sixdegs.com.  Once received you will receive your Bloggers Pass invite.

For full event details visit www.social-tv.net

(subject to organisers approval)

We are pleased to announce that we are offering a huge early bird saving of 25% on all conference passes for the Social TV World Forum event taking place on the 15th & 16th March, at Olympia Conference Centre, London.

Our Early Bird saving can save up you to £340* if you book before the 22nd December 2009!

Our gold conference pass includes access to all conference streams (Social Media, Social TV, Cloud Computing, Mobile Social Media & Enterprise 2.0) sessions taking place over the two days, expo hall, complimentary Wi-Fi access, hot food & refreshments and access to the official networking party taking place on the middle evening.

Conference passes for just the Social TV & Mobile Social Media stream are available too.

For full pass opportunities please visit here

Remember the discount is only valid until the 22nd December so BOOK TODAY!

*applies to Gold Conference pass