Droidcon

droidcon is the franchise name for a series of commercial conferences in Europe, focused on software development for Google's Android smartphone framework. The droidcon conferences are the largest Android developer conferences held outside the USA.[1][2]

droidcon started in 2009 in Berlin, as a grassroots effort organized by Android developers.[3] It grew continiously and by 2015 was held in 19 countries. So far droidcon conferences took place in Berlin,[4][5] London, Tunis,[6] Bangalore,[7] Bucharest,[8] Amsterdam,[9] Murcia, Brussels, Turin, Bangalore, Paris, Madrid,[10] Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Moscow, Kraków, Dubai, Zagreb, Thessaloniki, Montreal and New York.[11] Two of the largest droidcon events held so far were in London in 2014 and Berlin in 2013, with about 1000 attendees each. The conferences continue to grow in size and in new locations.

droidcon provides a forum for developers to network with other developers,[12] to share techniques,[13] to announce apps and products,[5][14][15] and to learn and teach.[16][17] The conferences open with a "bar-camp" - 5-minute presentations on topics by potential speakers. The audience votes on presentations that they'd like to see in expanded form, and these are scheduled for later in the event.

In 2010, Lucasfilm claimed the rights to the word "droid" based on its Star Wars franchise, and issued a "cease and desist" writ against droidcon.[18] However, as of 2014, the conferences continue to be called "droidcon".[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/22/droidcon/
  2. ↑ Arxan Technologies to Speak at droidcon London on Protecting Android Apps Against Reverse-Engineering and Hackers | SYS-CON MEDIA
  3. 1 2 "Fitting in at droidcon With the Passionate Android Community". Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. ↑ droidcon Berlin 2012 (60067) | Conference Hound
  5. 1 2 "Epson shows developers the future of augmented reality in Berlin droidcon 2014". www.digitalavmagazine.com. Digital AV Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. ↑ droidcon Tunis 2012 - Barcamp Videos : Firstpost Topic - Page 7
  7. ↑ "A conference for Android enthusiasts". The Hindu. Bangalore. 7 November 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  8. ↑ droidcon: conferinţa dezvoltatorilor de Android - 2-3 noiembrie | ComputerWorld.ro
  9. ↑ GDG DevFest
  10. ↑ "History | Droidcon Global". droidcon.com. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  11. ↑ "Droidcon Global | Business and Development in the android ecosystem". droidcon.com. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  12. ↑ "On the droidcon 2012 in Berlin". www.tphonenews.com. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  13. ↑ Arxan Technologies to Speak at droidcon London on Protecting Android Apps Against Reverse-Engineering and Hackers | JAVA Developer's Journal
  14. ↑ Skills Matter
  15. ↑ "Sony Xperia Sola with Floating Touch Hands On at droidcon 2012 | Netbooknews - Netbooks, Netbook Reviews, Smartbooks and more". www.netbooknews.com. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  16. ↑ Agile development for mobile apps — droidcon India 2012 — HasGeek Funnel
  17. ↑ Cloud Desktop for BYOD: Native Android and HTML5 (Live Demo) at droidcon 2012 | Lanyrd
  18. ↑ How much Star Wars is Android? from openintents.org

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