XIOSANDROID

// XIOS// WHAT// WHY// WHO// WHEN// BUT// WHAT// HOW

?

XIOS?

// higher education// ~ 3200 students// ~ 300 computer science students// 2002: research => Java ME// 2004: Java ME @ courses// 2006: mobile programming fundamentals +

advanced courses (Java ME)// September 2010 => Android

WHAT DO WE OFFER

// Android contest// Promote the use of Android

in Belgium// Android training

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS

// Average Android user: 35 yo// This needs to change !// Young people have ideas// Young people have time// Time to move on: the time that

students design websites in their spare time is / should be over

// Belgium has some catching up to do

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE// Everyone

// … under 26// From Belgium// You don’t have to be a

student

// (The above only applies for the contest)

WHEN DOES THIS HAPPEN

// Launch June 2010// Submission deadline in

September 2010// Judging in October// Winners announced in

November

BUTI DON’T KNOW ANDROID

// No problem !// We’ll help you get started// Android 101 // Android Summer School// Mobile / Android roadshow

ANDROID 101// How to get started// One day event// Reasonable price// 1000 EUR// 100 EUR// 10 EUR// 0 EUR// FREE// somewhere in May 2010

ANDROIDSUMMER SCHOOL

// 3 / 4 day event// Diepenbeek (Hasselt)// Date tbd// Price tbd// Open for everyone

ROADSHOW

// Inform// Evangelize// Mobile in general// Android specifically

- live coding- get people started

// Belgian universities and university colleges

WHATRULES APPLY

// Be creative// Be unique// Categories

- location-based - student-life (fun or education)

- …// Complete list of rules will be

made available when website launches

HOWTO GET INVOLVED

// Website => soon !- important dates- contest rules- jury

// Follow @palmaers on Twitter// Want to be a member of the

jury? Let us know- technical / business background

CONTACT

E-mail: steven.palmaers@xios.beSite: http://diget.beTwitter: @palmaers