Prepare for some unexpected news: the next MoMoAms is the last event we will organize in the foreseeable future. Read on to find out why.

When we started in 2007, we were out on a mission. Now, while heading to our four year anniversary, we took time to look in the rear view mirror and realized that we are nearing our destination. At the last event we promised that the next event will be special and we will make sure it is. First, a look back.

Rear view mirror
May 2007: the first MoMoAms event kicked off with over 200 guests. Our goal was to inspire and connect people in a world of unexplored opportunities. The mobile domain evolved rapidly. It was a time that the N95 was the absolute most awesome gadget you could have. Nobody really knew what to expect from mobile, other than that it would be something big. We had a bumpy road ahead and much to discover.

The here and now
Fast forward: four years later MoMoAms has a community of over 4000 Mobilistas, had 144 inspiring speakers on stage and 22 diverse topics on the subject of (mobile) technology and innovation. The event has become notorious for the speed at which the RSVPs tend to run out. Now, mobile is mainstream and you, one of our early adopters, have a better view on the road ahead.

Today, we are proud to see that The Netherlands has a vibrant and healthy mobile community. People know where to find each other and are eager to pioneer new mobile concepts. We realize that we have nearly reached the end of our journey. This is – to be fair – a frightening feeling. There is no other way to find our new destination than to take a break and stop organizing MoMoAms as you have come to know over the past years.

Where to go from here?
With little more than a month to go for our four year anniversary, we are ramping up for our closing accord. Six global thought leaders are already stretching their minds to share their latest insights and ideas and most touching experiences in their talks. We will soon send out more information concerning the line-up and how to attend the event.

The technology evolution will not stop after the upcoming MoMoAms, neither will our thirst for great stories that need to be shared. We are excited to see where the new journey will take us.

Expect an e-mail about our final event soon, so: stay tuned!

16:00 Opening
16:10 Erwin Blom (NL)
16:30 Steven Kruyswijk (NL)
16:45 Tim Heineke (NL)
17:00 Julian Treasure (EN)
17:25 BREAK
17:55 Brian Whitman (EN)
18:20 Duncan Stutterheim (NL)
18:45 Closing
18:50 Drinks

You can RSVP via meetup if you’d like to join!

1) Who/what is your source of inspiration regarding the things you do?

I love design from graphic design (or art) or furniture, it inspires me me a lot. I guess in general any kind of art inspires me; ranging from food (cooking) to design/art to fashion to the web (which is one big canvas of creation). Off-course music and, especially lately, music blogs. Music blogs are just like labels/talent scouts. They A&R, and thus select, all the shit which is out there.
As a former skater (i try to ride sometimes), skating or skate culture still inspires me, in general my friends and peers in the niche ,where i’m in, inspire me a lot.

2) What is the biggest mistake you’ve made?

In Twones we tried to listen to to many people and please to many people. We thought feedback was always good and that we should react on it as soon as possible. While releasing early and then incorporating feedback is the right way to go (lean start-up model), we did this way to early and started creating features which where not – yet – a priority. In it’s essence the product should be simple and solve something which you (and your co-founders) think is cool.Period. Then launch that in it’s most simplest form; it’s essence. If you don’t get it right, something is wrong somewhere else, don’t start adding other features.

3) What do you consider your biggest achievement?

Hard one. I’m not really satisfied yet. I was with our record label, but it was small and very niche. We where on our own island and that was great. But it was not a business success in terms of money / users or listeners. It was one of the most rewarding times and where we had a lot of recognition from our peers and that was nice. So my biggest success is yet to come. I’ve been close many times but never to made it to the finish line.

4) What do you believe to be the biggest hype at this moment? Why?

If you mean in terms of overrated, or overhyped, then i would way that there are to many players in the location and “check-in” space. Copying either foursquare, or a vertical, of it, or getglue is trying to check in products/services. Although i think there is a lot or room in that space for more verticals i also think it’s very crowded.

5) What do you expect from the event?

I hope that at the end all of the people in the room know what Shuffler.fm is and i convinced them about the importance of curation, filtering and serendipity for online music or any kind of content.

I am very cautiously watching computer vision for cues on how it will affect music analysis and synthesis in the near future.

2) When was fortune on your hand?

Time has been kind to us; we’ve come of age during the “cloud computing” revolution– very little of what we do could have been possible without the Amazon EC2 service, where we remain one of their oldest and likely most annoying customers. The vagaries of the music industry also has worked in our favor; dozens of music technology companies have come and gone since we’ve started and we’ve been resilient and forward thinking throughout.

3) How did you end up as the co-founder of The Echo Nest? What were the critical / turning points in this path?

I was a grad student at MIT and facing job prospects (professor, research scientist, etc) that would not have let me have the potential to change things in the world. The second I knew starting a company was even remotely possible I was certain that’s what I would do.

4) How will mobile music develop over the next 3-5 years?

We will see hundreds if not thousands of ways to listen to music. Just as some people only listen to a fringe style, some people will use a fringe player or experience on their device.

5) What question would you like to ask our audience after your talk?

“Why have the technical barriers to music experiences come down so long before the legal and business barriers?”

1 )Who/what is your source of inspiration?
The nightlife and young people

2) What is the biggest mistake you’ve made?
Running a business without passion

3) What would like to accomplish? What is your higher goal?
Raise the awareness of people and help to make the world more positive

4) What development do you expect to have the biggest impact on the music scene
Must must become free

5) What question would you like to ask our audience after your talk?
Everybody happy :))

1) If you could go to study again, what study would you chose? Why?
I am an old man, i’m from before the internet. If i could study again, i’d want to become a developer. Because i like to make things myself and most of the things i want i can make, but software i can’t.

2) What was you most remarkable public presentation (about what) and how did it go?
I like the presentation where i did a Bob Dylan. I wasn’t allowed to use Powerpoint or Keynote so i used paper ‘slides’. It was about the proces of making my book Handboek Communities. Like Dylan did in one of his clips. You can still find it on YouTube.

3) How will “mobile & music” develop over the next 3-5 years
Touchscreens and touchpads will develop into major music making devices. The people who call an iPad a consumption device are so wrong. Of course it is a consumption device, but so much more!

4) What do you believe to be the biggest hype at this moment? Why?
I like hypes! That’s why like music!

5) What do you expect from the event?
I expect it to rock!

1) If you could go to study again, what study would you chose? Why?
Music composition because in my head I am a genius film score composer.

2) What do you consider your biggest achievement?
My children, no contest. If you disallow that answer, then changing the way more than half a million people relate to sound through my TED talk.

3) What development do you expect to have the biggest impact on the mobile industry?
Intelligent voice input and output

4) What field do you think is the most inspiring with regard to the subject you’re going to talk about?
Sensory marketing, and in particular crossmodal effects

5) What question would you like to ask our audience after your talk?
Are you ready for the audio internet?

2) What is the biggest mistake you’ve made?
When on holiday in New York with my then-girlfriend, leaving the line at the Colbert Report studio for the line at the Daily Show studio, thereby failing to get into either taping. Everything went downhill from there :-(

3) What would like to accomplish? What is your higher goal?
World Peace. After that interplanetary social networking. All of which comes down to experiencing life as the ultimate roleplaying game.

4) What do you believe to be the biggest hype at this moment? Why?
Profit maximisation. In the end it’s a very boring and meaningless situation to simply have more monetary power than others, over others.

5) What do you expect from the event?
The best church service ever!

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If you own an iDevice (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch), you can watch the event live in our MoMoAms App