Developers: You have one more day to submit your best mobile app and qualify for the Mobile Premier Awards (February 14, Barcelona). The MPA is not only the largest open and global cross-platform app competition in the mobile industry; it’s THE place to network, do deals and connect with professionals and practitioners from around the world. (Last year saw 600+ developers submitted their apps, earning the MPA a reputation as a “the point of reference for the startup and developer community.”
Participation is free and open to any startup or developer with a mobile app. You can submit as many apps as you want and you can find more details on how register further down in this post. From news and arts & culture to social change and medical & health, the MPA recognizes the best in mobile apps, so stand up and be counted.
REGISTER HERE BY MIDNIGHT JANUARY 18th
The nominated apps for the Mobile Premier Awards 2011 include the winners of the AppCircus 2010 and a selection of the best apps across the AppCircus Categories.
Be sure to choose the category in which you wish to submit your existing AppCircus app profile. Creating an app profile is easy: just sign up at appcircus.com!
MSearchGroove joins international jury
All entries will be judged this week and finalists will be announced on January 24th. These lucky entrepreneurs and developers will have the opportunity to showcase their app in a 3-minute pitch during the event in Barcelona in front of investors, operators, media companies, press and influential bloggers.
I am proud to support this (and all upcoming events organized by Rudy DeWaele and his mtrends team) as a premiere media partner. I also appreciate the opportunity to review this excellent selection of exciting (and even disruptive) apps first-hand as a member of the online jury.
The complete jury was announced today and includes:
Alan Moore – Author, innovator, entrepreneur – @alansmlxl
Andreas Constantinou – Founder, VisionMobile – @andreascon
Bryan Rieger – Designer, Yiibu – @bryanrieger
Chetan Sharma – Consultant, Author, Evangelist- @chetansharma
Christian Van Der Henst Solis – Founder Maestros del Web – @cvander
Eduardo Villar – Serial entrepreneur and IT enthusiast – @eduardovilar
Gerd Leonhard – Futurist, Author & Strategist – @gleonhard
Heike Scholz – Publisher, Author, Mobile Technology Enthusiast – @MobileZeitgeist
Hillel Fuld – Tech blogger. Marketing Manager of inneractive – @hilzfuld
Ilja Laurs, Founder and CEO of GetJar, @iljalaurs
Inma Martinez, entrepreneur, investor, strategist, @inma_martinez
James Cameron, Founder, Camerjam, @jamescameron
James Parton – Head of Developer Marketing at Telefonica – @jamesparton
James Pearce – Sr Director, Developer Relations Sencha Inc – @jamespearce
Juan Diego Polo – Founder of Wwwhat’s new? – @juandiegopolo
Mariano Amartino, Founder of Celularis and Managing Director at Hipertextual, @amartino
Ouriel Ohayon – co founder of Appsfire.com and Isai.fr – @ourielohayon
Patrick de Laive – Co-founder of TheNextWeb.com – @patrick
Peggy Anne Salz, Founder & Chief Analyst of MSearchGroove, @peggyanne
Peter Vesterbacka – Mighty Eagle of Angry Birds – @pvesterbacka
Raj Singh, Mobile Enthusiast, @raazzzin
Russell Buckley, AdMob Evangelist at Google, @RusselBuckley
Sanyu Kiruluta – Team Lead, Developer Relations, Research In Motion – @BlackBerryDev
Simon Torrance – Founder Telco 2.0 Initiative – @storrance
Tomi Ahonen – Author and consultant in mobile and media – @tomiahonen
Yuri van Geest, Co-Founder Mobile Monday Amsterdam, Co-Organizer TEDx Amsterdam, @vangeest
Winners circle
Together with Rudy and his team MSearchGroove will showcase a few past MPA winners in a special podcast, so stay tuned.
This is the list of confirmed winners from all the various 2010 AppCircus events around the world includes:
- AppCircus@Augmented Reality Conference Berlin – kooaba Paperboy
- AppCircus@Apps Marathon Brussels – Samsonite Travel Miles
- AppCircus@BDigitalApps Barcelona – 225 Kid Outdoor Games
- AppCircus@Mobilecamp Argentina – Crazy Weather
- AppCircus@Mobile 2.0 Europe – Cardmobili
- AppCircus@MoMo Austria – indoo.rs
- AppCircus@MoMo Belfast – Shhmooze
- AppCircus@MoMo Berlin – WahWah.fm
- AppCircus@MoMo Bologna – Vetrina in Vista Mobi
- AppCircus@MoMo Copenhagen – Endomondo Sport Tracker
- AppCircus@MoMo Croatia – AirRaid
- AppCircus@Droidcon London – Swiftkey
- AppCircus@MoMo Edinburgh – Fikdu
- AppCircus@MoMo Madrid – Practicopedia
- AppCircus@MoMo Malmo – Snooze with a Hearth
- AppCircus@MoMo Milan – Mover
- AppCircus@MoMo Oslo – Subsonic
- AppCircus@Open Coffee Greece – Terpnon
- AppCircus@MoMo Paris – Wipolo
- AppCircus@MoMo Rome – iMathematics
- AppCircus@MoMo Romania – TripJournal
- AppCircus@MoMo São Paulo – Guia Quatro Rodas
- AppCircus@MoMo Stockholm – TrueCaller
- AppCircus@MoMo Slovenia – Odpiralni Časi
- AppCircus@Texas Wireless Summit – Famigo Games
If you did not have an opportunity to present your app at one of the AppCircus events now is your second chance: submit your app to the AppCircus Categories and maybe you will be chosen to pitch at the Mobile Premier Awards.