Welsh App

Showcase 2014
Programme
Venue Cymru, Llandudno
26th November 2014

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Mobile Welsh
App Showcase
It is my great pleasure to
welcome you to this years
CEMAS Welsh App Showcase.

The event will also play host to a number of

support agencies from Wales who offer awareness
of funding available to companies and individuals
looking for mobile app and business support advice.

The event was set up four years ago as a vehicle to

promote new and innovative apps being developed
by companies in Wales. Since the events inception
it has proved extremely popular with hundreds of
attendees at last years event, along with the high
numbers of companies exhibiting.

We host informative seminars to support small

and medium enterprises and those wishing
to start up a company or develop a new app.

The event demonstrates the huge talent pool within

the mobile and digital economy in Wales who will
showcase some fantastic apps and systems.

Professor Khalid Al-Begain

Director of CEMAS

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I welcome you to the Welsh App Showcase 2014

and hope it inspires you to get involved with the
exciting mobile and digital economy in Wales.

Page 2/ About

CEMAS

CEMAS
The Centre of Excellence in
Mobile Applications and Services
(CEMAS) is part funded by the
European Regional Development
Fund (ERDF) and is established
at the University of South Wales.
We make apps, in fact, we make great apps with
some great companies and were all really proud
of this. As part of our offering, we have a business
support programme that can work with SMEs in
the Convergence area of Wales by helping them
develop, test and find a route to market for their
mobile application product. CEMAS is unique in that
we are able to minimise the initial risks to businesses
that are associated with developing a mobile
application through a fully funded app development
programme available to eligible SMEs in Wales.

The CEMAS team can help Welsh SMEs and

start-up companies develop their app idea
on a number of platforms including iOS,
Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone.
CEMAS have set up the Mobile Innovation
Network (MINe) which gives like-minded
companies across the UK as well as international
players within the mobile and telecommunications
sector opportunities to network, to foster new
ideas and find commercial opportunities through
mutual collaboration.

Supporting Welsh businesses to reduce

the initial risk associated with developing
new mobile applications and services.

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Page 3/ Programme

9.30 10.00AM
Registration & Refreshments

12.00 2.00PM
Lunch, Networking & CEMAS Presentations

10.15AM
Welcome Address:
Clayton Jones
Programme Manager of CEMAS

Fourth Speaker

First Speaker

Fifth Speaker

2.00 2.30PM
UGOS:
Eugene Osborne, Managing Director

10.30 11.00AM
Geosho:
Paul Sandham, Managing Director

2.30 3.00PM
Galactig:
Derick Murdoch, Creative Director

Second Speaker
11.00 11.30AM
Futurium Ltd:
Hayley Carpenter, Marketing Director

3.30 5.00PM
Networking

5.00PM
Event Closes

Third Speaker
11.30 12.00PM
Capital Law:
Sion Clwyd Roberts, Media & IP Expert

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Page 4/ Speakers

Paul Sandham
Managing Director & Founder of Geosho

Paul Sandham, Managing

Director and Founder of
Caernarfon-based Geosho
is a specialist in web based
Geographical Information
Systems (GIS)/Information
Architecture (IA)/User
Experience (UX) and
mobile application design
and development. He has
a strong background in web
application development
and payment technologies.
His expertise in IT systems development was
forged in the City of London where he was
responsible for network security for key financial
institutions. He returned to North Wales in the
1990s, initially implementing GIS and other
technology systems in the Public Sector.

The Geosho mapping and mobile platform

enables the rapid development and delivery
of smart, innovative services and products
that connect place, data and content to
smartphone or browser.
Geosho provide businesses with practical tools
that exploit the benefits of location based
information, digital mapping and smartphones
including, Rougeo; an innovative location based
CMS/Apps for tourism, heritage and culture,
Bwsiti; an intuitive travel companion for peoples
journeys across urban and rural spaces using
public transport. We create practical maps
that inform action and deliver insight for your
organisation, your clients and your communities.

Talk:
Back to the Future.

Geosho, which he founded in 2010 has

developed a web based mapping and mobile
platform. Its aim is to provide organisations
with cost-effective products that are built
on the Geosho platform. Products that
already provide leading edge solutions for:
Tourism, Culture and Heritage sector, Business
Intelligence, Payments and Public Transport.

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Hayley Carpenter
Co-Founder of Futurium

Hayley Carpenter is
Futuriums Co-Founder
and Marketing Director and
has an education and career
history in business strategy
and marketing management.
Hayley has marketed global brands across
Europe in the childrens market, and has
worked as sales and marketing director for
a nationally known company in the outdoor
sport and leisure market.

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Hayley also spent time in the technology

sector accessing markets. One of the learnings
Futurium has to date is that the link between
marketing strategies and new technologies
is key in order to deliver impactful solutions
to todays connected world.

Talk:
Augmented Reality.

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Sion Clwyd Roberts

Capital Law IP Expert

Sion is a media and IP

specialist; he joined Capital
Law five years ago having
spent over 20 years in
programme Finance,
Legal and Business Affairs
Departments at S4C and
ITV, gaining extensive
knowledge of the film and
television production and
broadcasting businesses.

Sion advises on copyright matters, film and

television productions, app development
companies, sports businesses and on media
matters in general. He is currently vice chairman
of Bafta in Wales and is a fluent Welsh speaker,
originally from the Vale of Clwyd.

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Eugene Osborne
Managing Director of UGOS

Based in Neath, South Wales,

Eugene Osborne has used
his expertise as an established
marketing consultant to
co-develop a social media
focused utility app.
The UGOS app can be used to promote,
create and access cultural events, travel,
accommodation, dinning and a whole
host of retail and holiday offers.
UGOS was developed to meet the needs
of modern, fast paced lifestyle and to take
advantage of ever changing mobile technology.

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Great for tapping into the latest offers on the

high street and web or planning that next trip
away, or just a night out with friend and family.
The co-development of the UGOS app has
been made possible by honing Eugenes years
of marketing experience and wealth of retail
knowledge and development.

Talk:
From Light Bulb to Fruition.

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Derick Murdoch
Creative Director of Galactig

Derick worked at BBC

Scotland for 8 years where
he created some of the first
network-commissioned
eLearning projects in
English and Gaelic.
After leaving the BBC, he then spent 5 years
in the commercial sector as a Senior Designer
for Tinopolis Interactive part of the Tinopolis
Group, one of the largest independent media
producers in the UK.

Galactig has produced a number of large scale

digital projects in English and Welsh including
Wmff! for SNAP Cymru and Fostering Adventures.
They are currently working with Bangor
University on expanding the recently launched
Adolygu-Revision GSCE Science mobile app,
and with Theatre Genedlaethol Cymru on Sibrwd
an exciting new app to whisper in your ear
opening up theatre performances in any language.

Talk:
UI design or the importance of design.

In 2011 he started Galactig, a vibrant bilingual

digital agency based in North Wales delivering
meaningful user experiences whatever the product
from mobile applications to bespoke eLearning,
websites, video production and motion graphics.

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Page 9/ Exhibitors

Stand 01

Stand 02

Galactig was founded in 2011 as a vibrant bilingual

digital agency based in North Wales delivering
meaningful user experiences whatever the product
from mobile applications to bespoke eLearning,
websites, video production and motion graphics.
Galactig has produced a number of large scale digital
projects in English and Welsh including Wmff! for SNAP
Cymru and Fostering Adventures.
They are currently working with Bangor University
on expanding the recently launched Adolygu-Revision
GSCE Science mobile app, and with Theatre
Genedlaethol Cymru on Sibrwd an exciting new
app to whisper in your ear opening up theatre
performances in any language.

Cwmni Da was established in 1997, and has built

a reputation as one of Wales leading and most
well-respected indies. The companys national and
international output includes factual, childrens,
comedy, entertainment, drama, lifestyle,
events and sports programmes.
A major producer for national Welsh language
broadcaster S4C, Cwmni Da also produces content
for the BBC and C4 and has a successful track record
in the international co-production market.
Good Idea, Good Programmes, Good Company
Website: www.cwmnida.tv/en
Telephone: +44(0)1286 685300
Twitter: @CwmniDa

Website: www.galactig.com
Telephone: +44 7748 960353
Twitter: @Galactig

Stand 03

Stand 04

What we do We provide people with practical tools

that exploit the benefits of location based information,
digital mapping and smartphones. We help you to
learn more about where you are selling your products,
which of your properties are being visited, how to place
and publish stories, history, even poetry in relation to
their location. We can deliver innovative location based
payment authentication methods and intuitive systems
that can guide peoples journeys across urban and rural
spaces using public transport. Intelligent location based
systems that can learn from the activities of their users.
We are a company that designs, develops and sells
products that have location at their heart, and by the
way, we love working with clients to create white
label products or services too!
Website: www.geosho.com
Email: info@geosho.com
Twitter: @GEOSHOtweets

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Futurium Ltd is a new marketing technology

agency based in Parc Menai, Bangor, North Wales.
We are developing ground breaking leading edge
technology solutions.
The visual communication platforms we are
developing not only provide innovative technology
but also more efficient, effective solutions that are
easy to manage cross platform and across clients
and sectors.
Mobile disrupts everything Our aim is to be a leader
in developing applications and platforms that utilize
and merge new mobile technology.
Website: www.futurium.co.uk
Email: info@futurium.co.uk

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Stand 05
Wize consulting has been developed by a group
of friends who have worked together in business
for over 15 years. Changes in circumstances provided
them with the opportunity to come together with
their collective skills and form this new venture.
The objective is to provide individually tailored
services in the area of Virtual Administration Support,
Business Process Review, Human Resource and
Training from small through to medium businesses.

Stand 06
The Welsh Government support ICT sector businesses
working in IT services, software, telecommunications
and electronics. If your business works in these areas,
we could help you with international trade advice,
R&D, skills training, tenders, e-business support
and faster broadband.
Website: www.wales.gov.uk

Website: www.wizeconsulting.co.uk
Telephone: 029 2120 2130
Email: info@wizeconsulting.co.uk
Twitter: @WIZE_consulting

Stand 07
The Centre of Excellence in Mobile Applications and
Services (CEMAS) support eligible businesses in Wales
to reduce the initial risk associated with developing
new applications and services through a funded App
development programme.
Website: www.cemas.mobi
Twitter: @CEMAS_USW

Stand 08
High Performance Computing (HPC) Wales is a
company formed between the Universities and the private
sector in Wales, and provides integrated supercomputing
services for businesses and researchers across Wales
and beyond, often at fully discounted rates. Host to the
UKs largest distributed supercomputing network, HPC
Wales offers access to the most advanced computing
technology in the world, along with the high level
training and customised support to exploit it effectively.
Supercomputing has the capacity to help SMEs streamline
processing and production times, reduce development
costs and take on larger and more ambitious projects.
Website: www.hpcwales.co.uk

Stand 09
Our job is to help you run your business successfully
and our aim is always to exceed your expectations.
Youd expect us to understand the law, so we wont
waste your time telling you how good we are.
Our experience speaks for itself, as does our clients
satisfaction and the independent endorsement of
Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500.
For our clients, the added value comes through our
attitude. For a start, we are approachable; clients tell
us time and again how important this is to them.
You dont need to jump through hoops to speak to us;
were on the other end of the phone or e-mail when
it suits you.
Website: www.capitallaw.co.uk
Twitter: @Capitallawllp

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