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Time: August 26, 2010 at 9am to August 29, 2010 at 5pm
Location: Brazzaville, Congo, Africa
Website or Map: http://www.congojug.com
Event Type: presentation, workshops, and, courses
Organized By: Max Bonbhel
Latest Activity: Aug 16, 2010
Come join us at one of the first conferences in Central Africa to teach developpers the Java programming and the basics of developing on mobile platforms.
Given that a large majority of people on the continent of Africa have access to the Internet via their mobile phones, it was difficult to ignore the mobile applications and especially the Web2.0.
We are looking for speakers (great if french speaking) on Web 2.0 and Mobile phone application. If you would like to speak please send us an email with an abstract of your presentation(s), your bio (including picture), and your polo shirt size to : info AT congojug dot com.
What's new :
JCertif Conf (1 day):
Web 2.0 for developers and for small businesses : Video, social networks, image and messaging, instant messaging and development platforms.
Mobile phone application development (Tools and Framework) for : iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm webOS, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Android.
JCertif University (3 days):
Programming courses and workshop for Java Certification (SCJP 6)
If you are interested in sponsoring the most involved Java community in Central Africa, please see our breakout of sponsorship/partnership levels ( http://tinyurl.com/27k5t45 ) or contact us
directly via info@congojug.com.
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