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Steve Wozniak to Speak on the Future of Apps and Software Development at Xamarin Evolve 2016
Xamarin, the leading enterprise mobility solution, today announced the
addition of several industry leaders to its Xamarin
Evolve 2016 speaker lineup, including Steve Wozniak, co-founder of
Apple and computer industry legend.
"I see a lot of similarities between the dawn of personal computing and
what's happening at this beginning of the mobile era," said Wozniak.
"I'm excited to be a part of Xamarin Evolve, speaking with the
developers who are leading one of the most important revolutions in
human computer interaction we've ever seen."
This is Xamarin's third Evolve conference, recognized as the world's
largest cross-platform mobile development event. Xamarin will host
Xamarin Evolve 2016 in Orlando, Florida from April 24-28. The event
features over 100 training and conference sessions to equip all
audiences for mobile success, as developers deepen their technical
skills and enterprise leaders learn scalable strategies for ensuring
mobile success.
"Xamarin and the Evolve conference are all about delighting developers
and making them successful," said Xamarin
CEO and co-founder Nat Friedman. "Woz brought completely new technology
and a sense of imagination into the world for millions of developers,
including me. It's fitting and an honor to have this tech pioneer join
us to address the pioneers in the future of mobile."
In addition to Wozniak, Grant
Imahara, former "Mythbusters" co-host and special effects expert,
will speak about the convergence of robotics and mobile, drawing from
his experience with movies and television, most notably R2-D2, The
Energizer Bunny, and Geoff Peterson from The Late, Late Show.
Legendary technical author Charles
Petzold, whose book Programming Windows taught an entire
generation of developers how to code, will present on modern app
architectures. Josh
Clark, renowned UX designer and author of Tapworthy: Designing
Great iPhone Apps and Designing for Touch, will help
attendees reimagine user experiences that are finger and thumb-based,
focusing on how handheld devices demand entirely new design patterns. In
addition to the general conference sessions, the invite-only Xamarin
Evolve Mobile Leaders Summit will feature speakers such as Julie
Ask, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research (News - Alert) and
co-author of the book The Mobile Mind Shift: Engineer Your Business
to Win in the Mobile Moment.
Xamarin Evolve 2016 includes two full days of technical training from
April 24-26, covering iOS, Android (News - Alert), and cross-platform mobile
development best practices. It is the only conference offering in-person
training by top Xamarin developers. Following the training, the
conference runs from April 27-April 28 and has over 50 sessions that
cover the latest in mobile development lifecycle best practices
including design, development, security, integration, testing, app
monitoring, and analytics.
Top conference sessions include:
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"Build your app on the shoulders of giants-top 10 mobile ecosystem
components"
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"As seen on TV… bringing apps to the living room"
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"Wearables and IoT: taking connected experiences everywhere"
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"Healthcare redefined: using Xamarin to make healthcare simpler and
smarter"
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"Is your app secure?"
The conference also includes the Xamarin Evolve Mobile Leaders Summit,
an invite-only gathering of industry experts and 100 top mobile
executives to share best practices on the business of mobile.
The winners of the Xammy
Awards will be unveiled at the conference, recognizing companies who
demonstrate exceptional mobile leadership and innovation in 3 categories
of apps-enterprise, consumer, and social impact. Past finalists have
included Kimberly-Clark, Honeywell, Cinemark, Thermo Fisher, and
Microsoft (News - Alert) Studios.
General registration, starting at $1,799, is open on the Xamarin
Evolve website, and select sessions will be available via live
stream. For information on a press pass, media members may contact [email protected].
About Xamarin
Xamarin is the new standard for the enterprise mobile development
lifecycle. With over 1.3 million developer downloads and a global
customer base in 120 countries, Xamarin is used to accelerate the
creation of high-quality, high-performance, mission-critical consumer
and enterprise apps. Xamarin powers mobile development for more than 100
of the Fortune 500 companies and is a Visionary in Gartner's (News - Alert) 2015 Magic
Quadrant report for Mobile Application Development Platforms. For more
information, please visit: xamarin.com
or follow us on Twitter (News - Alert) @xamarinhq.
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