Swiss entrepreneur Stephane Doutriaux of Poken will present at MIT Enterprise Forum
Swiss entrepreneur Stephane Doutriaux of Poken will present at MIT Enterprise Forum
Join us at the upcoming MIT Enterprise Forum event on Monday, 23 May from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the MIT Stata Center (Room 123) in Cambridge, Mass. to learn about the latest opportunities for developers and merchants to create engaging mobile content that takes advantage of near-field communication (NFC).
Schedule of events:
- Pre-session for NFC developers (5:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
- Create your NFC applications using Qt. This hands-on tutorial will be led by Mark Hatch, CEO at ICS.
NOTE: During the pre-session, there will be 3 NFC-enabled Nokia Astound given away during a raffle.
There will be a short break for networking and light refreshments (6:00 pm – 6:30 pm).
- NFC apps presentations and panel discussion (6:30 pm – 9:00 pm):
- Stephane Doutriaux, CEO, Poken; NFC Social Networking application
- Srini Devadas, CTO, Verayo , biometric NFC Tags for loyalty and retail
- Hajo Hanse, DSM Group: NFC Pill monitoring, healthcare and wellness
- JC Raynon, Sr. Director, Global NFC Product Management VeriFone: Mobile Couponing apps
- Moderator: Nick Holland, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group
The panel discussion will feature a debate between application developers and key ecosystem actors Microsoft, Nokia, VeriFone, and NXP, moderated by Yankee Group, including:
- Damien Balsan, Director, NFC Business Development, Nokia
- Jeff Miles, director for Mobile Transactions at NXP
- Nick Holland, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group on NFC Beyond Payment
- David Talach, VP Business Development, VeriFone
- Mike Werner, Senior Platform Strategy Advisor, Cloud Computing at Microsoft Corporation
- Srini Devadas, CTO, Verayo and MIT CSAIL Professor
T-Mobile will be featuring the Nokia Astound, the newest device in their lineup. T-Mobile business mobility representatives will be available during the event to demonstrate the product and provide purchasing information.
Then, stick around for more networking opportunities – plus, an open bar – in the R&D Pub, 4th Floor of the Stata Center. In attendance will be T-Mobile to showcase the new Nokia Astound which is an NFC enabled handset available now.
Register for the NFC event at the MIT Enterprise Forum
