When we announced the meshU and mesh08 social schedule a few days ago we mentioned that an after-after party was in the works for the 22nd, after the second day of mesh.
Please come and join us after mesh for the mesh wrap party, hosted by our good friends at Edelman. Continue the conversation at L’espresso bar Mercurio at Bloor and St. George, from 5 to 7 p.m. on the last day of mesh – Thursday, May 22. See you there!!
Several weeks ago, we were approached by Sweet Caesar about the possibility of them creating a wireless application that would make the schedules for mesh and meshU available on a Blackberry and an iPhone.
Intrigued, I met with Sweet Caesar’s Yaeko Tong, who showed me some of the Toronto-based company’s work. It was so impressive that it was a no-brainer for Sweet Caesar to do something for mesh.
Without gushing too much, the Sweet Caesar/mesh application is super sweet. Not only are there detailed schedules for mesh and meshU but the application includes:
– A tool that lets you rate every keynote, panel and workshop (one to five stars)
– Bios and photos for every meshU and mesh speaker
– A floor plan for MaRS so you can quickly find out where the keynotes, panels and workshops are located
– A map that lists the locations of the meshU party at The Drake, the mesh party at the Rockwood and the after-party at L’Espresso Bar Mercurio
Yaeko and her team have really gone above and beyond the call of duty. We’re extremely impressed!
If you want to download the Sweet Caesar/mesh application, it will be available here on May 19 (Monday).
One of the things we try to do at mesh is put the spotlight on startups that are developing new and interesting services.
We do this through 15 Minutes of Fame, which sees each three companies on each day of mesh five minutes each on stage to talk about what their companies do and their strategy to become successful.
This year, we received a record number of 15MOF applicants, which made the selection process challenging. Without further ado, here are the 15MOF presenters:
May 21
Carbonetworks, which has developed software that helps companies create effective carbon emissions strategies to reduce costs and capitalize on emerging global markets.
GigPark, a place to receive recommendations about a wide variety of services from friends and their friends.
AidesRSS, which has created technology to make reading RSS feeds more effective and valuable.
May 22
Well.ca, an online health and beauty store that ships across Canada.
OverlayTV, an interactive media company that provides a video commerce platform that lets Internet users, content owners and e-commerce sites to monetize and customize their video assets.
Enomalism, an open source consulting firm that focuses on solving the cost and complexity for enterprises that run large technical server infrastructures.
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