You gotta have some Imagination!

Another lovely sponsor, Imagination, joins the party. Imagination is a multi-award-winning Experience Design Company founded 50 years ago on a principle of Independent Creativity. Headquartered in London, with 13 studios worldwide, they bring together diverse groups of strategic, creative, and practical people to find the answers to client challenges. Still an independent agency, they've earned a reputation for consistently challenging and changing the status quo through their core offers of Consulting, Destinations, Content and Live. 

Anton Christodoulou (Global CTO) and Stephanie Balme (Biz Dev Director) will both be at Mobile World Congress this year. They are particularly interested to discover fresh ideas and companies that can help solve their client's problems in new and interesting ways. Their clients include LG, Ford, IKEA, LVMH, Samsung, Jaguar Land Rover, HSBC, Major League Baseball, 3M, Turkish Airlines, Shell and Telstra. Does that sound like you? If so, drop your contact details into this form, and one of the team members will be in touch.

Anton, Imagination's Global CTO, is part of the legend that is Swedish Beers, having been in on it from the very beginning back in London more than 20 years ago.  I'm chuffed to bits to have his continued support. Welcome home Anton and welcome aboard, Imagination!

Monedata - Our latest sponsor

Eduardo Olmeda and his team from Monedata will be at Swedish Beers. They're a new sponsor but no stranger to Swedish Beers. So, if you're a newbie around here, they'll show you the ropes on the night.

 Not only that, but Edu heads up a very interesting company called Monedata. It's a data monetisation platform for your Android apps - you no longer need annoying or bulky ads to generate revenue from your app. Instead, you can use the Monedata platform to make money by sharing non-personal usage data via simple, robust and safe SDK. It's all GDPR compliant and is a great way to add stable, additional revenue to your projects. 

Seems like a great idea to me! Welcome aboard Monedata! 

Welcoming the return of aql and introducing Trusti, an auditable token platform

Oh, it's good to have returning sponsors! Many of you who are Swedish Beers regulars will know the wonderful Professor Adam Beaumont and his team from aql from the times we hung out at Dostrece. Well, Adam's back and this time, he has a new thing to talk about - Trusti. 

Trusti provides trust-as-a-service in the data and physical domain. Securing SMS, IoT and code providing NFTs to preserve physical value. 

Trusti is an auditable token platform built to support lifecycle integrity across any industry or process. It's the globally trusted certificate authority and immutable ledger architecture behind Trusti Tokens, which are publicly verifiable, secure, and flexible enough to suit all use cases. That could be CA as a service for enterprise, defence or government, for example. The Trusti Token can also be generated as a secure QR code, and Adam can show you that in action on the night in exchange for a beer token or two.

Welcome to the Swedish Beers family, Trusti!

Swedish Beers Barcelona #15 - The Reunion Edition Wednesday 1 March 2023

Yes, that's right, we're back! Fighting fit and raring to go.

Despite having had to take an enforced break due to the pandemic and family responsibilities, and despite thinking I was done with the whole mobile networking event thing, and despite not deciding to go to Barcelona until a week ago, here I am, hosting another Swedish Beers party for you all during the week of Mobile World Congress. 

I'm both thrilled to bits and a little bit scared at the same time as I'm a bit out of practice. But with the outpouring of Swedish Beers love from so many people and amazingly supportive sponsors and friends, I'm delighted to tell you that we're back one more time. This one will be my 15th Swedish Beers party in Barcelona!

As usual, we'll be expecting a down-to-earth crowd of mobile execs from all areas of the industry keen to chew the fat about all things mobile over a drink or three. 

Our lead sponsor is World Mobile who have found an innovative way to connect the last mile for the half the planet who are currently unconnected. 

You do need to register to come and we reserve the right to ask for ID on the door. And if it's busy, there may be a short wait to get in. Please be patient with us if that happens. We will do our best to get everyone in.

What: Swedish Beers BCN #15 - The Reunion Edition

Where: Space Cowboy, Carrer dels Carders, 31, Barcelona 08003. 

Nearest metro: Jaume 1 / Urquinaona / Arc de Triomf

Time: 19.00 until late. Last entry 01:00

RSVP: Required - no entry without RSVP. ID may be required.

Food will be available to buy on the night.

Skal and see you there!

Helen and the Swedish Beers crew.

Swedish Beers #14 in Barcelona: welcome to our sponsors!

I'm delighted to introduce you to the sponsors for the upcoming Swedish Beers Mobile Networking party in Barcelona on Wednesday night. We have a lot of support for the night so it's going to be a great night! If you haven't registered already, do it now!



On to the sponsors for without them, there would be no free drinks! We have a few newcomers to the party and lots of regular sponsors. So let's meet them.

Yes! Louisville

First up, all the way from Louisville, Kentucky, welcome to Yes! Louisville. Head honcho, podcaster and tech enthusiast, Jason Mudd, will be on hand to chat with you about what's hot and what's not at this year's MWC. He wants the low down from you all to share with his audience back home in the USA. He'll also have a whole bunch of beer tokens. It's his first time at both Swedish Beers and at MWC, so let's sure we give him a warm welcome.

Samsung Internet

Next, please welcome the fab team from Samsung Internet. The team are regulars at the party but it's the first time they're sponsoring. Go chat to them all things mobile web. Oh, and don't forget to check out their website.

Samsung Internet for Android is the web browser that is pre-installed on Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets. It is based on the open-source Chromium project, to which Samsung is a major contributor. They have a great online Developer Hub where you will find demos, articles and documentation to help you make the most of the latest web features in Samsung Internet and other browsers too.

I'm also thrilled to bits to be welcoming back some familiar names and faces as sponsors. We must be doing something right for people to come back as a sponsor.

Welcome back Equal Experts!

Equal Experts is a network of talented, experienced software and hardware consultants, specialising in agile delivery. Their in-depth expertise and an uncompromising approach to quality make all the difference – and that’s what the background of engineering rigour and proven delivery practices brings.

The company has a long-standing relationship with the mobile industry, having worked with O2 Telefónica on its mobile app platforms since 2012. Together, they delivered the Priority and MyO2 native apps along with the platform that powers them – supporting millions of happy O2 customers along the way.

Equal Experts' efforts in mobile go beyond software to include proprietary hardware. Their BluetoothTap technology unifies the 'tap & go’ experience across all major smartphones. IBM iX has adopted BluetoothTap in its vision of the future of retail, successfully using it within a prototype for a secure, mobile-first retail shopping experience to dramatically improve checkout times.

Paul Stringer, and some of his senior mobile team, will be joining us at Swedish Beers. It's their second time as a sponsor so please be sure to give them a very warm welcome. And you can check out what they're doing at MWC on their dedicated website or hang out with them and the SAP peeps in Hall 3, 3N31.

Welcome back 51 Degrees!

Next up is 51 Degrees. James Rosewell and his team will be in Barcelona and joining us as a sponsor for the second time. So let's make sure we welcome them back with open arms.

51Degrees provides The Fastest and Most Accurate Device Detection solution. That may sound like a boast, but James tells me it's true. Who am I to disagree?!

Did you know that over 150 device models are launched worldwide every week?? Well 51Degrees does, because they add them into their database every single week.

Trusted by millions of people, they have over 1.5 million active deployments in virtually every country around the world using the 51Degrees device detection software day in and day out.

This software helps companies in Adtech, Publishing, Digital Experience platforms, Ecommerce, Telco, leveraging our huge database of over 1.2 million (and growing) device combinations. This means the tech and screen size never gets in the way of the user experience regardless of device type. Using device detection makes you more money through more accurate targeting and optimized content.

So if you think you know everything there is to know about mobile device detection or optimisation, why don't you challenge James and his team and test their knowledge over a beer in Barcelona?! You can also check them out in the exhibition on stand 7UP.72.

Not only do we have sponsors, but we have supporters too. They also chip in to the beer fund so they have beer tokens too. Let's meet them.

Kairos Future

All the way from Sweden, welcome to Kairos Future. They are an international consulting and research outfit that helps companies and business leaders understand and shape their futures. Helene from the Global Innovations team will be at the party and would love to chat about innovations you've seen this week or you'd like to see happen in the future.

Noba Ventures

 

Noba is an agile execution innovation company. They combine lean startup, fast prototyping and agile methodologies to help corporates develop and launch new businesses faster. They've helped launch breakfast products, medical devices and financial services, and more. The team combines innovation with mixology, football teams with startups and created an idea store open to the public. Find out more from Daniel and his colleagues on Wednesday night.

Redmill Marketing Associates

Redmill Marketing Associates have the kind of extensive marketing know how you'd expect from a full-service agency but specialising in marketing for the telecoms and technology sectors. Meet Guy Redmill, the founder at the party. He's been to the party many times so we're extra specially pleased to welcome Redmill as a supporter. Cheers Guy!

ZZZ Corporate Accommodation

Regulars to Swedish Beers in Barcelona will have met the lovely Helen and Tess from zzz in previous years. If you need accommodation in Barcelona, Cannes, London and beyond, they will have the right place for you. And not only that, they can do your event organising too. You'll find them at lots of big industry events - not just at MWC. Next time you're on the lookout for something a little bit special, check 'em out.

Trustonic

A big up to Colin and his team at Trustonic. They're the lovely people who give me MWC passes to give away. Trustonic's mission is to embed the best security into the world's smart devices and apps, empowering mobile and IoT developers to build the trust required to deliver simple, fast and secure solutions. If you were lucky enough to win one of the passes this year, please do search Colin out to say thank you. You'll see him at Swedish Beers but also check out the Trustonic stand 6140 in Hall 6 at MWC. 

    

If you haven't RSVP'd yet, you can do that here. 

Skål!
Helen

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Swedish Beers is back in Barcelona during Mobile World Congress!

The Swedish Beers team is busy getting organised for this year's edition of Swedish Beers in Barcelona! We loved Muy Buenas and its fab team so much last year that we've booked in with them again.

The format will be just the same - a relaxed evening, no formalities, no presentations. Just come with an open mind, be prepared to see friends old and new, chat, enjoy a drink or three (courtesy of our sponsors) and have yourself a good time all whilst extolling (or not) the virtues of our mobile connected world.

The Swedish Beers crew will be on hand to welcome you as usual and we'll have the friendliest bar staff in town in we're in one of the most stylish and historic bars in town on two floors. Muy Buenas will also have food available to buy on the night. Here are the photos from previous years' events to give you a flavour of what to expect.

Tell your friends and get yourself registered.

**Two sponsors confirmed. But we need more to make the party really fly. If you'd like to sponsor and join the fun and get to meet and mingle with the crowd, please get in touch with Helen to discuss. All budgets catered for.** 

See you in Barcelona.

Skål

Helen

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There may be a queue to get in at times but we managed to get pretty much everyone in who wanted to last year so please don't be put off! The queue does move quite quickly. All are welcome to attend if you are working in and around the mobile industry and enjoy a good chat. You may be asked for ID on entry. You must be pre-registered to attend the event. We reserve the right to refuse entry.

Win an exhibition ticket for #MWC19 with our friends at Trustonic!

If you’re after an exhibition ticket for this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we have at least two to give away courtesy of my friends at Trustonic. Save yourself £700 or so and enter our free competition.

Just answer a simple question and fill in your details here and leave the rest to us. Closing date is Monday 18 February 2019 at midday GMT. Good luck and see you in Barcelona!

Swedish Beers - The Barcelona 2015 Photos

In case you missed them on Facebook, here are the photos from the party in Barcelona in March over on Flickr. They’re better quality on Flickr if you prefer the full screen HD performance!

A big thank you to our sponsors on the night – Kochava, AQL, Futurice, Drippler and Joshua PR.



Photo credits Maria Stawska (– See her website and Facebook page) and Shafiq Mumani - Terra Advisors.

And here are the photos or click on the image above to get to the album. (Flickr no longer allows me to embed a slideshow here so you’ll need to head over to Flickr to see them). Enjoy!

Swedish Beers in Barcelona #10 on Wednesday 4 March 2015

From humble beginnings where about 25 of the London Swedish Beers crowd and their friends got together in a bar in Barcelona  to chew the mobile fat during Mobile World Congress to a big annual event celebrating all things mobile. It’s been quite a ride to get here and we’ve not done too shabbily at all to be on the 10th one in Barcelona! I say ‘we’ because the party would be nothing without the sponsors, helpers, staff and attendees. It’s a collective effort! So let’s make that effort again in March to celebrate our 10th anniversary.

This year’s party will be on Wednesday 4 March at Dostrece. And sponsorship funds permitting, we will also operate a nearby chill-out lounge as well. Want to talk sponsorship? Then please get in touch with Helen to discuss. Packages available for all budgets. If you’re a start-up, I have a special deal for you to buy a batch of beer tokens without having to shell out for a full sponsorship package. You can buy those online or get in touch for more info.

Like our previous events, this is a relaxed evening, no formalities, no presentations, no business cards thrust in your face as soon as you arrive. Just come with an open mind, be prepared to see friends old and new, talk nonsense, enjoy a drink or five and have yourself a good time. Oh, and leave the ties, the corporate personas and the sales spiel at the door please. The Swedish Beers crew will be on hand to welcome you as well as the friendliest bar staff in town.

No need to RSVP unless you want to and want a reminder of when and where the party is and to get any updates by email. There’s no official guest list, no tickets and there’s no guaranteed entry. Just come and go as you please.

Of course, none of this could happen without our sponsors.

Introducing our lead sponsor, Kochava

They're the bees knees when it comes to analytics and mobile attribution. They have some very nifty ways of getting the data you need whilst adhering to all data protection and privacy rules and best practice. They are unbiased and independent and empower advertisers to achieve their mobile media goals. Through mobile device recognition and tracking, the Kochava platform provides precise, real-time analytics that span from initial launch through conversion, optimization and lifetime value (LTV) reporting. They're using a really interesting scientific approach to do all this, so feel free to chat to them about game theory, big data and probability as well as chewing the mobile fat. Oh, and they'll have a big bunch of beer tokens so you know where to go to get your drinks! Find out more on their website http://www.kochava.com/

Sponsors

Welcome back AQL! If you've been to Swedish Beers in Barcelona before, you may well remember Adam and his crew as they've supported us for several years now. They really know their onions when it comes to voice, SMS and hosting. They've been in the mobile business for a very long time, have the most amazing data centre in a converted church in the North of England and are great fun to boot. Meet the gang to chew the mobile fat, enjoy a few beers and have a good time.
You may have met Futurice before at Swedish Beers in Berlin or London. They're a fab creative technology company, with offices in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Finland, have innovation and digital creativity in its DNA. Renowned for building digital services for people to love, they’re equally at home with enterprise software as they are with consumer products. And they’re not just working on websites and online projects; they’re also experienced in electronics and internet of things. Not only that, but they pride themselves on creating a great place for people to work (they were the No 1 company to work for in Europe in 2012 and 2013) which makes for great client services too. These guys are on a mission to work with people who want to build the world’s most awesome digital services. If that sounds like you, then Futurice are the people to meet. Jarkko and his team will be at Swedish Beers and they’re particularly interested in meeting marketing people, retailers, heads of mobile, innovation leads and people interested in designing and building great digital products and services. They’re a friendly bunch and will happily chat to you about all things mobile. I hope you’ll give Futurice a very warm Swedish Beers welcome!

Further sponsor and supporter announcements as they come...

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It is likely to get a bit busy at times. But don’t worry, people will be coming in and out all evening. That’s kind of the point as we know there’s always a lot going on and you might want to check out more than one party. If it’s very busy, there’s no need to queue to get in. Just check out one of the other bars nearby and come back a little later when it’s a bit less frantic.
There is a small cloakroom area at the bar, but it’s not secure so leave the laptops in your hotel room or apartment where they will be safe and won’t get in anyone’s way.
The venue is our favourite haunt with the friendliest bar staff in town, Dos Trece -http://dostrece.net/ We’ll be open from 7pm through until the early hours.

See you in Barcelona!
This is a Heroes of the Mobile Fringe Festival Event http://mobileheroes.net/  |  http://swedishbeers.org/
Skål
Helen
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Welcoming Open Mobile Media as our lead sponsor

Lead festival sponsor: Open Mobile Media

I’m delighted to welcome Open Mobile Media as the festival’s lead sponsor this year. It’s their first time in Barcelona and they’re very excited to be joining the fun. They connect the most influential and the most innovative companies and individuals in the converging mobile, internet, media, advertising, electronics and commerce markets. They deliver news, insights and C-level events to help executives and businesses who are part of the mobile ecosystem succeed and expand.

They’re a seriously friendly bunch and the whole team are heading to Barcelona to scope out interesting people for their upcoming events in London and San Francisco as well as getting the lowdown on what’s happening in the industry from the people who matter – i.e. You! You’ll be able to mix and mingle with them at Swedish Beers. It’s well worth looking them up there as they’re the ones with the most beer tokens and I hope you give them a warm welcome on the night.

Skål!

Swedish Beers–Barcelona Edition 2014 are Go!

Oh my goodness, doesn't time fly? Here we are again in February which means only one thing - it's time for Swedish Beers! It’s all systems go for Mobile World Congress and Heroes of the Mobile Fringe. And as part of that, your favourite networking party is back to bring you more beer and more chat.

We do have some lovely sponsors lined up for you but there's room for one or two more if you fancy getting involved. Get in touch with Helen to discuss. There are a couple of start-up special deals available.

Like our previous events, this is a relaxed evening, no formalities, no presentations, no business cards thrust in your face as soon as you arrive. Just come with an open mind, be prepared to see friends old and new, talk nonsense, enjoy a drink or three and have yourself a good time. Oh, and leave the ties, the corporate personas and the sales spiel at the door please. The Swedish Beers crew will be on hand to welcome you as well as the friendliest bar staff in town.

No need to RSVP unless you want to. There's no guest list, no tickets and there's no guaranteed entry. Just come and go as you please. If you do register, it does mean that you can add the event to your calendar and search for it in your email and easily share with friends. Fill in the form below or go direct to the eventbrite page.

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It is likely to get a bit busy at times. But don't worry, people will be coming in and out all evening. That’s kind of the point as we know there’s always a lot going on and you might want to check out more than one party. If it's very busy, there's no need to queue to get in. Just check out one of the other bars nearby and come back a little later when it's a bit less frantic.

There is a small cloakroom area at the bar, but it's not secure so leave the laptops in your hotel room or apartment where they will be safe and won't get in anyone's way.

The venue is our favourite haunt with the friendliest bar staff in town, Dos Trece -http://dostrece.net/ We'll be open from 7pm through until the early hours.

So let me introduce our sponsors....

Lead sponsor: Open Mobile Media

I’m delighted to welcome Open Mobile Media as the festival’s lead sponsor this year. It’s their first time in Barcelona and they’re very excited to be joining the fun. They connect the most influential and the most innovative companies and individuals in the converging mobile, internet, media, advertising, electronics and commerce markets. They deliver news, insights and C-level events to help executives and businesses who are part of the mobile ecosystem succeed and expand.

They’re a seriously friendly bunch and the whole team are heading to Barcelona to scope out interesting people for their upcoming events in London and San Francisco as well as getting the lowdown on what’s happening in the industry from the people who matter – i.e. You! You’ll be able to mix and mingle with them at Swedish Beers. It’s well worth looking them up there as they’re the ones with the most beer tokens!

Sponsors and Supporters

AQL is sponsoring us once again. Adam and his team will be on hand to chew the fat with you and generally make sure you have a lovely time. If you want to talk tech, then aql can do that, whether that’s hosting mobile apps, telecoms protocols, wifi rollouts, SMS routing and much more besides. And they will have a whole bunch of beer tokens to share.

You may remember Adeven from last year’s Swedish Beers party and the one we held in Berlin. Well, they’ve rebranded as Adjust. They’ll tell you much more about it as well at Swedish Beers. Wanna talk analytics? Adjust.io is the way to go. Mobile app tracking and analytics company adeven is rebranding to take on the identity of its driver product, adjust which is the leading business intelligence platform for mobile apps. As an official Facebook mobile measurement partner that is also integrated with over 120 other networks worldwide adjust ensures that marketers and publishers know exactly how their app is performing, absolutely anywhere that they choose to market it. Their BI platform displays insightful and actionable metrics on a streamlined dashboard offering key insights into in-app behavior to reveal any campaigns most promising marketing sources.

Apadmi are the award-winning experts in mobile technology who create exceptional, brand led mobile experiences that inspire businesses and end consumers alike. With 15 years in the business, a 55 strong team, they can create robust, reliable and intuitive mobile apps and server solutions for you. With clients like the BBC, the X Factor, the British Museum, the Guardian, BT, Skyscanner and Aviva, they have experience across all platforms and a wide variety of industry sectors. They’re also big Swedish Beers fans and a regular sponsor and enjoy a good chat about all things mobile. Look out for Garry and his team.

RealityMine provides the technologies and tools to help you understand the digital behaviors of your customers by providing the insights you need to grow your business. Whether it’s home media analytics, mobile behaviour or in-app analytics, RealityMine can help.

They can provide you with the when, what, and which screens, ads, tools consumers used. With our behavioral triggered research tools, we can also help you answer the “why”. We enable you to perform market research on mobile, and other platforms. Our solutions don’t ask people what they did, our solutions let you understand exactly what they did and let you focus on using the “why”.

About D4SC Design for Social Change, or D4SC for short, is a Studio for hyper-local community operating systems for smart cities and citizens co-creating with brands, local business and councils to boost local economies. D4SC’s alpha product Changify is a mobile crowd powered platform for better neighbourhoods has been featured in Wired, Tedx City 2.0 and is currently in pilot phase in London. D4SC was also recently awarded the prestigious Post Office Community Enterprise fund to re-imagine and prototype the future of the local post-office. www.changify.org | http://twitter.com/D4SC

About SSN+ From the PCs to mobile networks, true technical revolutions don’t happen when the right technologies emerge, but rather when the right people meet. RCUK funded Digital Economy Sustainable Society Network+ is dedicated to establishing connections between the right people to help drive the use of ICT for a Sustainable Society. The SSN+ website can be found here: Sustainable Society Network+

Meet the lovely communications people, FieldHouse Associates. Focusing on mobile, technology, digital and VC companies, this is PR with a business edge. Let's take media relations, copy writing, speaking opportunities and the rest of public relations for granted. Let's focus on communications strategy – where a company is, where it needs to be and what can be done to get it there. What's seriously going to hit the bottom line? That's what's interesting and that's what will make an impact. That's why PR is important. It's all about top-level strategic advice. No hype, no crazy creative, no way out promises. FieldHouse sets out to achieve the best results by really understanding sectors and companies, by really getting under their skin. Neil and Nicole will be at Swedish Beers to welcome you and will share their beer tokens with you. 

Start-Up Supporters

Tapstream provides free mobile install tracking for hundreds of mobile ad networks, mobile web, and social, helping you find your most valuable users.

OnePulse lets you earn money and rewards by spending 30 seconds giving your opinion on something you'r interested in. Clients gain insight, opinions and trends from the pulsers opinions. An easy, convenient and effective way to get market research.

Carter London is a digital consultancy who have been helping brands to inspire and engage a global audience through digital media since 2001. More recently, they've been working with several startups and corporate innovation teams. Current projects are largely strategic across product development, systems architecture, brand development and routes to market.

See you in Barcelona!
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Skål
Helen

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Check out our Sponsors for Swedish Beers BCN2013

Well it seems like only yesterday when we threw open our Swedish Beers doors to the onslaught of 2012’s Barcelona event. There was a queue going round the block, Policemen dropping by and too much fun had by all! So buckle up, get ready and roll up your drinking sleeves (soft drinks also available!) for the next episode planned for Wednesday 27^th @ 7pm.

Swedish Beers are proud to announce their stellar line up of fantastic supporters. You know you will be greeted with warm hearts and cold beers at our usual, much loved home Dos Trece. So come and chew the mobile fat with the who’s who in the mobile industry. Let us introduce you...

Our lead sponsor once again is Millennial Media. And if you haven't met them already, they're specialists in premium mobile advertising and have a mobile advertising and data platform. They're a super-friendly bunch and are very knowledgeable too. And as lead sponsor, yet again! we’re thrilled to have them back. They'll obviously have the most beer tokens too. Look out for Gavin, Stephen and the rest of the team. http://millennialmedia.com/

Next is the wonderful loyalty experts Aimia, who understand customers like no-one else. They have built a business from the ground up through growing a single frequent-flyer program into a global leader in loyalty management offering a full suite of services. The lovely Katie Lips will be on hand with her crew and would love to chat mobile loyalty, mobile marketing, key trends and even geek out over a device or too. http://aimia.com/

AQL are the legends for taking their clients existing business and integrating fantastic mobile messaging and voice communications solutions efficiently. They own all their own datacenters and networks making sure that all of their solutions are robust and rock solid. They're also big fans of Swedish Beers and are back again to sponsor the party. Come and check them out and meet with Adam and Team AQL. http://aql.com

Pearson are up next and you all know this well-known name in publishing through titles including FT.com and Penguin books. They also have an extremely successful educational division that is growing exponentially. Come and meet the wonderful Tom, Diane and some of the innovation team. 

Adeven are the real time data experts with solutions that are based in a deep understanding of what is required to deliver a robust analysis – all in real time. There's not much they don't know about how mobile advertising is working. Come and learn more about what they provide in an understandable way with the team.

Last, but by no means least, come and check out Apadmi who build amazing mobile apps for the likes of the BBC and other heavy hitters. They provide innovative and cost-effective integrated mobile applications and solutions through a long-standing expertise across multiple mobile platforms. Come and meet Nick Black and Adam Fleming, the original founders and find out more about their cracking company and chew the fat with them over a beer or three.

Like our previous events, this is a relaxed evening, no formalities, no presentations, no business cards thrust in your face as soon as you arrive. Just come with an open mind, be prepared to see friends old and new, talk nonsense, enjoy a drink or five and have yourself a good time. Oh, and leave the ties, the corporate personas and the sales spiel at the door please.

The Swedish Beers crew will be on hand - Helen, Jenny, Russell and the crew - as well as the friendliest bar staff in town are all waiting to welcome you. 

No need to RSVP unless you want to. There's no guest list, no tickets and there's no guaranteed entry. Just come and go as you please. 

It is likely to get a bit busy at times. But don't worry, people will be coming in and out all evening. That's kind of the point as we know there's always a lot going on and you might want to check out more that one party. If it's very busy, there's no need to queue to get in. Just check out one of the other bars nearby and come back a little later when it's a bit less frantic.

Please note, RSVP'ing on eventbrite or Facebook does not guarantee you entry. It'll just help you keep track of the venue, timings and other relevant details of the event and you'll get an automatic reminder of the event by email from eventbrite registrations. 

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Swedish Beers–Heroes of the Mobile Fringe Edition, BCN 2013

Oh my goodness, doesn't time fly? Here we are again in February which means only one thing - it's time for Swedish Beers! It’s all systems go for Mobile World Congress and Heroes of the Mobile Fringe, and as part of that, your favourite networking party of the week is back to bring you more beer and more chat.

We do have some lovely sponsors lined up for you and we’ll be telling you about them shortly but there's room for one or two more if you fancy getting involved. Get in touch with Helen to discuss.
Like our previous events, this is a relaxed evening, no formalities, no presentations, no business cards thrust in your face as soon as you arrive. Just come with an open mind, be prepared to see friends old and new, talk nonsense, enjoy a drink or five and have yourself a good time. Oh, and leave the ties, the corporate personas and the sales spiel at the door please.

The Swedish Beers crew will be on hand – Helen, Jenny, Russell and the crew - as well as the friendliest bar staff in town are all waiting to welcome you.

No need to RSVP unless you want to. There's no guest list, no tickets and there's no guaranteed entry. Just come and go as you please.

It is likely to get a bit busy at times. But don't worry, people will be coming in and out all evening. That’s kind of the point as we know there’s always a lot going on and you might want to check out more than one party. If it's very busy, there's no need to queue to get in. Just check out one of the other bars nearby and come back a little later when it's a bit less frantic.

Venue is our favourite haunt with the friendliest bar staff in town, Dos Trece -http://dostrece.net/

We'll be open from 7pm through until the early hours on Wednesday 27 February 2013.

See you in Barcelona!
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Helen, Jen and the Swedish Beers crew

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Swedish Beers: Barcelona 2012–The Photos!

Yes, I know it has been a while since our little party for 1000 or so of you happened in Barcelona, but what with travelling and work and life getting in the way, I haven’t had time to update things much round these parts. But better late than never, I say.

Anyway, if you haven’t seen the photos already on Facebook, they’re now on flickr and in a handy slideshow format for you below.

But before you look at those, I want to thank all the sponsors for the event – Millennial Media, Apadmi, AQL, Boost / MadMaker and Pearson. We could not have run the party without their financial and moral support. A big thank you also to the worthy crew of volunteers who helped man the door as we were fantastically busy for the whole night. Apologies to those who weren’t able to get in this time. We didn’t think we’d be as busy as we were. And yes, I’m looking for a bigger venue for next time around in Barcelona. And finally, a big thank you to the team at Dostrece – Gabriel, Abraham, Suji and the rest of the staff. Always so friendly and fun, even on a busy night like Swedish Beers.

Our next parties are scheduled for 16 May in San Francisco and on 30 May in London. See you there!

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Helen, Jenny, Gabriel, James and Catherine

 

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Our lead sponsor this time around was Millennial Media. They're big fans of Swedish Beers and sponsored our London come back party in the summer. And in return, we’re big fans of theirs too. You couldn't be in better hands with Gavin, Stephen, Mack and the crew. They definitely know how to have a good time. http://millennialmedia.com/

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Next up is AQL. So good they had to sponsor us twice. And we're very glad they did. Adam Beaumont and his fine team will be there to talk all things mobile messaging and voice communications with you . There's not much he doesn't know or can't do with mobile messaging. http://aql.com/

Newcomers to Swedish Beers are Pearson. Yes, that's right, the parent company of FT.com, Penguin books and much more besides. They're exhibiting this year at Congress and are particularly interested to talk about mobile technology in emerging markets as well as innovations in eBooks and the like. The FT.com team will also be on hand to tell you about their adventures in HTML5 and their dealings with the behemoth that is Apple. http://pearson.com/. We're also very pleased that they're sponsoring the overall Heroes of the Mobile Fringe 2012 festival too.

Up next is Apadmi. Fans of Swedish Beers for many years and now it's their turn to join the party as a sponsor. Garry and the team build mobile apps and solutions and very experienced at it they are too. They're also great fun and have kick-started the mobile networking scene in Manchester by taking the lead in setting up Mobile Monday Manchester. http://apadmi.com/

 

Madmaker is launching very soon and is a do-it-yourself mobile ad maker - you see what they did there with the name? I've seen the system in action and it's really very neat. Oystein, Andy and the team from Boost are behind this new product and will be at Swedish Beers to give it a proper Nordic vibe as they hail from Norway. Oh, and they know a thing or two about mobile marketing as well so will be happy to chat away about that with you until the wee hours about what's hot and what's not in the sector. You'll also find them at 2F33 in the MWC exhibition too. http://madmaker.com