Creating Skills for the Future: iOS Development Briefing
This day is hosted by International IT University who welcome you to come learn
about our new iOS development program plans and about how iOS development
has affected other Universities, teachers and industry.
09.30-10.00
Registration (by invitation only)
10.00-10.15
Introduction and agenda
A warm welcome from your hosts IITU who will guide us through this day
international iOS development success stories
10.15-11.00
Daryl Hawes, Apple Europe
Global trends. Rise of mobile computing in Education and iOS development. In
this presentation we will look at the trends that are happening in the education
and consumer sectors. Daryl will share information on how your university or
company can get started with iOS development and join thousands of developers
worldwide providing high quality content to millions of happy customers.
11.00-11.40
Gordon Eccleston, School of Computing, Robert Gordon
University, Scotland
A University perspective: teaching iOS as a core curriculum subject and securing
employment for students. Gordon University's iOS development programs have
grown and matured over time as they have first explored and then fully adopted
the mobile device operating system as a modern tool to teach core computing
concepts. Gordon's University is regularly connecting students with nearby
corporations to work on projects resulting in students being placed into mobile
computing jobs. The biggest area of impact that Gordon is seeing is in local oil
industry companies hiring students to convert old systems into modern touch
enabled apps.
11.40-12.00
Coffee Break
12.00-12.40
Sergiy Protsiv, Stockholm School of Economics,
Sweden
A teacher's perspective. Sergiy is the author of a data analysis app that is live on
Apple App Store. He will present his personal story of how he learned iOS
programming skills while teaching statistics courses in University. Sergiy will
share how easy it can be to get started with iOS development even without a full
computer science degree. You'll learn how Sergiy used various free online
materials and courses published through iTunes U to enhance and speed up his
own development process.
12.40-13.20
Mikhail Samolinov, Mercury Development, USA/Russia
An industry perspective: building a global business developing for Mac and iOS
devices in Russia. Mikhail represents Mercury Development, a
successful custom software company with offices in Miami, Cleveland, Samara,
and Togliatti. Mercury’s Russia-based 100 developers lend their skills to create
Apps for worldwide customers such as Dow Chemical, PKWARE, and Thomson
Reuters. Learn how this company has taken advantage of the new App economy.
13.20-13.40
Dauren Amirov and Bakhyt Abisheva, International IT
University, Kazakhstan
A local perspective: creating iOS skills in Kazakhstan. Learn how IITU is reacting
to the App economy by making major strides towards empowering their students
with the skills required to take part in the mobile revolution.
13.40-14.00
Questions and Answers: panel session with all speakers
All presenters from the day will come back to the front of the room as a panel for
open Q&A.