Nokia Qt Training powered by MobileMonday Baltics in Riga, 8.-9. December 2010

Nokia is having hard times? Developing for Nokia is old-school? It is complex? Think again! MobileMonday Estonia, MobileMonday Lithuania and Nokia is proud to bring you Nokia QT training days for developers all around the region in Riga, Latvia, 8-9. December 2010.

Two days of professional coaching, teaching, mentoring from a Nokia certified trainer and presentations from already well positioned mobile application developers and companies! If you're not a developer then this is an amazing opportunity to meet up for networking as MobileMonday event is held on the 8th of the December at the venue to relax a bit between the training days! The exact event schedule is to be confirmed - stay tuned!

Mainly hands-on-training is welcoming developers, either energetic juniors or professional seniors – everyone is welcomed to see, find out and try how it is to create mobile applications for Nokia mobile platform. The purpose of the course is to provide a quick start for creating and publishing Qt applications for mobile devices, especially for the N8 and other Symbian devices.

The course starts from the Qt basics and covers all the practicalities that make mobile Qt application development so convenient. Participants will gain insight on how concretely work with Qt projects on the Nokia Qt SDK for multiple platforms. Course also introduces the new Qt Mobility APIs and a set of approaches for porting existing mobile applications (Symbian, Android, iPhone) for Qt is provided. Also, we will take a look at QtQuick, the new User Interface Creation Kit in Qt.

MobileMonday Baltics Event Programme


Starting 18:00 8th of December, the same venue: Hotel Avalon. Open to everyone!

18:00 - 18:20 "Ovi Store marketing support" - Mikael Stendahl, Services Sales Manager, Nokia
18:20 - 18:40 "Mobile - ID, Multimodal Biometrics with OTP for Futuristic Applications", Werner Blessing, CEO, BIOMETRY.com AG
18:40 - 18:55 "Mobile in Estonia - What's up?" - Priit Salumaa, MoMo Estonia, Founder

18:55 - 19:15 Refreshment break

19:15 - 19:30 "Will the Baltics "app" their way onto the global stage?", Juris Kaza, a well known Latvian journalist
19:30 - 19:45 "How to make successfull app on Ovi" Algirdas Stonys, CEO, TeleSoftas
19:45 - 20:15 Open panel discussion: "App-Wars - Clash of the Titans"

20:15 - ... Networking and drinks as usual

Check out the registration for the MoMo event and training below.

Organizational Q&A:


What and when?
   Nokia QT training and MobileMonday, Riga, Latvia, 8-9. December, 2010.

How to get to Riga?
   Free shuttle busses will be provided from Tallinn (Estonia) and Vilnius (Lithuania) to Riga (and back).

Free shuttle bus: Tallinn-Riga-Tallinn (Company: Hansabuss)
Departure to Riga: 8th of Dec, 06:55 sharp, at Mere puiestee 5 (Russian Culture Center), Tallinn, Estonia
Return to Tallinn: 9th of Dec, 17:00, at Hotel Avalon, 70-72 Kalēju iela, Rīga 1050, Latvija

Free shuttle bus: Vilnius-Riga-Vilnius
Departure to Riga: 8th of Dec, 06:30 at ”Verslo uostas”, Lvovo st. 25, Vilnius, Lithuania
Return to Vilnius: 9th of Dec, 17:00, at Hotel Avalon, 70-72 Kalēju iela, Rīga 1050, Latvija


The venue?
   Hotel Avalon, Riga. Find on OVI maps

Place to stay?
   Hotel Avalon (70-72 Kalēju iela, Rīga 1050, Latvija). They will give us special prices for accommodation which is 48/EUR for single room/night and 54/EUR for double room/night. Everyone can make the reservation by contacting the hotel and saying NOKIA which is the secret word for getting discount.

More exact course info and plan?
   Course information updated daily at Forum Nokia

Do I need to pre-register?
   Yes!
   For the QT Training REGISTRATION CLOSED. But you can still register for the MoMo evening event:
   For the MoMo event on the evening of the 8th of December in the same venue HERE

How much does it cost?
   The training, transportation and MobileMonday event is free of charge. Participants have to pay for their own overnight at Riga. You can either stay at venue Hotel Avalon or find a suitable place around – there are many in walking distance from the venue.

Reserve the dates 8-9. December 2010 for Riga and stay tuned at http://www.momoestonia.com or http://www.mobilemonday.lt

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