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Jamaica Observer: Downloading the Beta Version (Event Review)
Jul 9th
Techies with a taste for the social scene should take comfort in the bi-monthly staged Kingston Beta. “Kingston Beta is both an event and a community,” shares ConnectiMass CEO Ingrid Riley, who is responsible for Kingston Beta, which sees technology professionals and practitioners getting together to share ideas.
Anybody who wants to know what Jamaican and Caribbean people are doing online, this is the place to be,” adds Riley.
And it seems she might be on to something, as roughly 50 techies turned up at the Spanish Court Hotel last Thursday for the summer renewal of Kingston Beta.Those in attendance wear tags indicating their name and the companies they represent.
“Most of the Kingston Beta set are young entrepreneurs who have started tech-focused companies,” Riley notes, outlining that the mix of individuals ranges from web content developers to the social network-savvy.
Sharing thoughts on technology is further facilitated in a section called Pitch This, a five-minute session which sees proprietors of new online companies promoting their big idea. This is followed by a Q&A session. On this particular night, Jerome Campbell is pitching his new product homeinjamaica.com, a software outfit that specialises in real estate. There is, too, a presentation from Jonathan François who is beamed on screen from Trinidad & Tobago via Skype to speak on his caribbeantutors.com, an online learning resource aimed at CXC students. More
Marc Canter, Founder of Macromedia, creator of FLASH Media Player will speak at the technology event Kingston Beta in June.
May 19th
Kingston, Jamaica – Thursday, May 20th, 2010 - Marc Canter, Founder of Macromedia, the company that created FLASH Media Player, Dreamweaver, Shockwave; the video game developer; Social Networking consultant and designer; 25 year veteran and serial entrepreneur in the software business; now CEO of Broadband Mechanics – will be the International Guest Speaker at the Kingston Beta, the technology event to be held on Thursday June 24th, 2010 6:30 p.m. at the Spanish Court Hotel.
“We’re excited to have Marc Canter as our first international guest speaker. He’s a globally renowned tech entrepreneur and a keynote speaker with great influence and insight. So we believe the idea and information exchange that will happened between him and our community of technology entrepreneurs and business professionals will be invaluable,” said Ingrid Riley, Ceo of ConnectiMass and founder of the event. Read the rest of this entry »
