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Power of One discount for OTA Attendees

As an attendee of Over The Air, the organisers of the Power of One Conference are offering a special 50% discount, just use the code OTA when booking at http://p0wer0f1.com (yes, the newsletter said 20% – it’s now 50% FTW!)
Power Of One is a celebration of a …

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Bring the Kids to Over the Air and visit Family-Friendly Bletchley Park

Kids have always been welcome at Over the Air. One of our young attendees famously helped to demonstrate an accelerometer-based “sword fighting” game on stage during the competition presentations at our first event, and returned in 2009 to participate in a “teenage dragon’s den” panel.
Kids …

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Free train tickets to Bletchley Park

We have some good news. London Midland have kindly worked with us to offer 150 free train tickets to Bletchley Park from London Euston. We have 75 tickets on the Friday and 75 tickets on the Saturday. They are returns that will allow you to …

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Camping, Bean bags or hotel?

The greatest thing about proper hack days is that you get to work as long, or as little, as you like. I find the small hours of the morning my most productive time – hanging around Bletchley Park overnight at Over The Air is going …

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Ignite Bletchley Park

Even if you can’t join us for the full OTA11 event, you should definitely try to make it out to Bletchley Park for Friday evening, as we will be introducing an exciting new element to the programme:

Ignite is a global event, organized by volunteers, where participants …

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Get ready to hack at OTA11!

A key feature of every Over the Air is the hacking competition, which opens after the Keynotes on Friday morning and closes shortly before the Demo’s on Saturday after lunch. There are always a number of general categories, sponsored categories, and thematic or problem-solving challenges.
As …

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Droidcon Partners with Over the Air

As many of you alert Mobilists will know, the annual Droidcon Android Conference is a mere 5 days after Over the Air, and we’re pleased to announce that we’ve partnered with WIP to be the official Android Hack Day that they always organise before their …

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In memory of Tony Sale – the Mastermind behind the rebuilding of Collosus

Many of you may have heard the sad news of the death of Tony Sale, one of the founders of the Bletchley Park Trust and a key campaigner for its rescue and restoration. Mr. Sale had a long career as a talented engineer with an avid interest …

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Vodafone are a Sponsor of OTA11

We are pleased to announce that Vodafone are Sponsors of Over the Air 2011
Vodafone developer and Vodafone Foundation are working together to promote the development of IT applications designed to improve the lives of people with disabilities and older people to help them become more …

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Ericsson Labs are Gold Sponsor of OTA11

We are pleased to announce that Ericsson Labs are a Gold Sponsor of Over the Air 2011.
Today’s mobile and digital life is expanding into more areas of society and business. We now stand on the brink of fundamental innovation opportunities across industries, public services and …

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