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SIZINGTHE EU APP ECONOMY

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Neelie Kroes | 09:30

Peter Vesterbacka | 09:50

Simon Schaefer | 10:20

Find out about and discuss theRevenue generatedJobs supportedBottlenecks encountered

FIND OUTfrom David Card about the size of the

EU app workforce, both now and in 2018

DID YOU KNOWthat there is a balance of trade for the

EU app economy? Mark Mulligan has more!

GAMESTORMin our participatory session to prioritise

ideas that can feed into a policy roadmap

11:20 11:40 12:00

Gemma Coles | 14:00

HEAR THE BEST SOLUTIONSfrom all around the world in our sum-

mary of the crowdsourcing challenges

MIND MAPPINGwill be used to align the morning’s out-

comes with the crowdsourced solutions

CONNECTwith other stakeholders in the EU app

economy who will be attending the event

14:30 15:30 All day long

09:15 Introduction

09:30 “Importance of the app economy and tech startups to the EU” Neelie Kroes, Vice President, European Commission and Commissioner for the Digital Agenda

EU APP AND TECH STORIES

09:50 “The success of Angry Birds” Peter Vesterbacka, Chief Marketing O!cer, Rovio

10:20 “Perspectives from the Berlin startup community” Simon Schaefer, Founder, Factory

10:50 Co"ee break

Report overview11:20 “Sizing the EU app economy: jobs supported and

bottlenecks encountered” David Card, VP, Gigaom

11:40 “Sizing the EU app economy: revenue generated” Mark Mulligan, Gigaom Research

12:00 Participatory session to discuss policies to support jobs and revenue creation and to overcome bottlenecks

13:00 Lunch

MORE EU APP AND TECH STORIES

14:00 “Apps: from opportunistic to strategic”, Gemma Coles, Director of Mobile Strategy, Mubaloo

Solutions to bottlenecks14:30 “Crowdsourced solutions to major bottlenecks”, John

Breslin, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, NUI Galway

15:00 Co"ee break

15:30 Participatory session to discuss which solutions are realisable and will have the most tangible and desirable impact

17:00 Conclusion

Venue13 February 2014

Centre de Conférences

“Albert Borschette”

Rue Froissart 36

Etterbeek

1040 Brussels

Belgium

Schedule

09:15 Introduction

09:30 “Importance of the app economy and tech startups to the EU” Neelie Kroes, Vice President, European Commission and Commissioner for the Digital Agenda

EU APP AND TECH STORIES

09:50 “The success of Angry Birds” Peter Vesterbacka, Chief Marketing O!cer, Rovio

10:20 “Perspectives from the Berlin startup community” Simon Schaefer, Founder, Factory

10:50 Co"ee break

Report overview11:20 “Sizing the EU app economy: jobs supported and

bottlenecks encountered” David Card, VP, Gigaom

11:40 “Sizing the EU app economy: revenue generated” Mark Mulligan, Gigaom Research

12:00 Participatory session to discuss policies to support jobs and revenue creation and to overcome bottlenecks

13:00 Lunch

MORE EU APP AND TECH STORIES

14:00 “Apps: from opportunistic to strategic”, Gemma Coles, Director of Mobile Strategy, Mubaloo

Solutions to bottlenecks14:30 “Crowdsourced solutions to major bottlenecks”, John

Breslin, Insight Centre for Data Analytics, NUI Galway

15:00 Co"ee break

15:30 Participatory session to discuss which solutions are realisable and will have the most tangible and desirable impact

17:00 Conclusion

Venue13 February 2014

Centre de Conférences

“Albert Borschette”

Rue Froissart 36

Etterbeek

1040 Brussels

Belgium

Schedule

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