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The European Software Conference for the Independent Developer and the (Micro-) ISV-Industry

The ESWC (e.V.) thanks the following sponsors,
that make this event possible in 2008:

Superb Sponsors:

Digital River

Microsoft

Premiere Sponsors:

Avangate

Paypal

Supporting Sponsors:

ASP

Digium

DPDirectory

Feedforall

Shareware Promotions

JGSoft

SIC

SoftPressRelease

Wibu

WinRAR

Standard Sponsors:

AISIP

Deutsche Telekom AG

Edu-Soft

Emurasoft

Sisulizer

TTS Company

Media Partners:

Mittelstandswissen.de

MSDN Germany

SIBB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




Friday, November 7th, 2008*
08:00 pm

Welcome-Reception

 
Saturday, November 8th, 2008
08:00 am
Registration
09:00 am
Welcome to Berlin 2008 by
Founder and President David Boventer
09:05 am

Keyspeaker: Hartmut Kaiser - MSDN
Software architecture

09:45 am

Jon von Tetzchner
Chief Executive Officer of Opera
A collective approach to driving mobile Web adoption?"


The Mobile Web has arrived, but what does the industry need to bring it to the
next level? There's a tendency for operators to adopt the "walled approach" in the U.S. This further fragments the industry where different
players are implementing various approaches for consumers to access the Internet while on-the-go. What does the industry need to do collectively to propel the adoption of the mobile Web and applications where user
experience is paramount to the success?

10:45 am -- Break --
11:00 am

Matthias Setzer - Paypal
Virtual Sandbox and the API of Paypal
Options and perspectives for developers

11:45 am

Adriana Iordan & Sharon Housley
Software Marketing Myths Exposed

Adriana and Sharon will be the myth buster, exposing the most frequent mistakes from of the industry.

12:30 pm -- Lunch --
01:15 pm

William Rayer - Ubercode.com
A question of trust - the strange history of Visual Basic.

William talks about Visual Basic - at one time the world's most common computer language. He examines Microsoft's reasons for replacing it, what this means for new programmers, and what to do about it.

02:00 pm

Thomas Mörsdorf - Deutsche Telekom AG
Products & Innovation

Telco 2.0: Joint creation of value between developers and telecommunication service providers

Mash-up-development via OpenAPIs in Web 2.0 is the foundation for innovative web-based applications. Numerous services and assets of telecommunication service providers can be opened up through OpenAPIs creating new Web 2.0 applications. As a result of "Telco 2.0 meets Web 2.0" new models of value creation evolve. (Thomas Mörsdorf) will demonstrate the business potential of such cooperations with real world examples.

02:45 pm

Eugenia Kolobukhova
Manager of SoftPressRelease and Latte-PR

& Tetyana Franke, Sales Manager share-it!


A two fold presentation and expert panel on markets in Russia, Eastern Europe and Asia

A) Eugenia: Promotion to Russia

- The modern Russian software market
- Key companies in Russia you should know to - Launching your
successfull Russian campaign
- Some cultural peculiarities you should consider dealing with Russians.

B) Tatjana: Expanding into Eastern Europe and Asia - Useful Tips for Beginners and Experts

03:45 pm

-- Break --
04:00 pm

Dave Collins - SharewarePromotions
& Thomas Wetzel - Outlookmarket
Advanced Google AdWords

04:45 pm

Mark Iverson - Group VP - Digital River
Stats of the Industry

05:30 pm

Markus Franz
Director at Sugoma Ltd
Impact of Web 2.0 on Social Communities

This session tells how communities interact online using Web 2.0 services. It also covers the marketing issues and challenges that software and products have to solve to be a winner in new markets.

06:00 pm Session ends
07:30 pm Event*
Sunday, November 9th, 2008
09:00 am
Mike Dulin -ASP
&
Sharon Housley- Notepage Inc
Mike speaks about Associations, Foundations and Trade Groups to enhance your business. Sharon will focus on personal networking using organizations and tradeshows
09:30 am
Bob Walsh - 47Hats
Time management for the MicroISV and general
methodology for a productive output of software.
10:00 am

Michael Lehman - Microsoft
Software+Services for MicroISVs

11:00 am -- Break --
11:30 am

Panel #1: ISV business - how to make it effective.

Cristian Badea – CIO - Avangate
Tetyana Franke, Sales Manager share-it!

..(TBA )

12:30 pm -- Lunch --
01:30 pm
Ian Hunter
So you haven't got a test department yet?!

Product testing is one of the many hats the MicroISV owner needs to wear. This talk examines some of the problems faced by solo developers and small teams, and what can be done to maximise testing effectiveness with limited resources.
02:00 pm

Simone Brunozzi - Amazon
Amazon Web Services
(S3, EC2, SQS, SimpleDB, EBS)

02:45 pm

Panel #2:
Concepts of selling: e-commerce services
for the (Micro-) ISV,
Retail Software, Distributors and Resellers

Laurentiu Ghenciu – Sales Manager - Avangate
Mark Iverson, Group VP -
Digital River
Sharon Housley - Notepage Inc
... (TBA)

03:30 pm -- Break --
03:45 pm
Rüdiger Kügler - WIBU- SYSTEMS
Software Activation - Boon and Bane

The integration of software activation within the software is done easily and fast. When all processes from A to Z are well automated, this is a boon for a software vendor. For the trouble-free integration the activation should be considered
in both processes: for sales and support. For the sales process, the easy implementation to standard shop solutions is necessary. For the support process a goodwill handling for the use of new PCs is required. The lecture explains the implementation of activation solutions via SOAP based protocols to standard shop solutions as well as mechanisms and control equipment for the goodwill activation.

04:15 pm

Axel Katerbau & Dirk Theisen
Objectpark Software GbR

Mac and Windows - two separate worlds?
Marketing and programming issues for MicroISVs

05:00 pm
Web Statistics and Metrics
Dave Collins - SharewarePromotions Ltd

Well tuned marketing needs statistics and metrics as information on your market standing. Which options do you actually have here?
05:45 pm
Wrap Up

08:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reception and celebration
by the ESWC e.V.

Epsilon Award Presentation

In the name of the Chief Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit the Epsilon Award will be presented to the winner at the Maritim hotel.


Epsilon-Award© für extraordinary independent Software Developement

*The compilation of our schedule is an evolutionary process in its best sense, since it is open to suggestions and ideas of creative people like you. Therefore changes and alterations to this schedule may happen without further notice the following months.

Current version as of August 08, 2008

   
 

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