Apps World and Social Media World Forum Asia are almost upon us. Two shows designed specifically to help delegates build valuable connections in Asia and the rest of the digital world.We have compiled our top suggestions for how you can get the most out of getting connected at the show.

Twitter wall – a feature hard to be missed, located central to the networking hub within the expo area. To see your tweets broadcasted on our big screens and be in with a chance of becoming the top tweeter at the event don’t forget to include the #AppsWorld and #SMWF hashtags in all your tweets!
Event app – download our event app and Talkbox to allow you to communicate with our speakers and delegates in a completely unique way. Full details can be found here
Social shindig – come join the party at the annual Social Shindig Asia, this year located in the quirky Clarkes Quay at the Rupee Rooms kicking off from 7.30pm, an excellent opportunity to catch up over a few beverages in a chilled atmosphere
Tweet our speakers – twitter will of course be the order of the day, below you can find a list of many of our speaker’s and special guests twitter handles so you can get the conversation started ahead of the show. If you have a question for one of the speakers don’t forget to use the #SMWFQ and #AppsWorldQ hashtags.

You can view all of this year’s speakers here.  (more…)

If you’re looking for a job, your online profile is more important to you now than ever before, even more so if you are looking for a job within social media!

Social media now plays a role in finding, positioning and promoting yourself to your potential future employer. With strong competition from other applications social media offers a great way to find a job and stand out from the crowd. (more…)

An interactive conference deserves an interactive app. SMWF and Apps World Asia have teamed up with TalkBox to develop this year’s event app, bringing you a unique way to communicate at this year’s conference. TalkBox is all about sending messages with your voice. It’s an application dedicated to saving you the trouble and time of typing so you can get your message across fast! Talk the message and get your emotions delivered instantly, with no ambiguity in your meaning!

Forget SMS and BBM this is the new way to instantly communicate for free with no obligation to reply right away and the ability to listen back to the messages whenever you want.

The other exciting feature of TalkBox is that it gives you the ability to send voice tweets, that are restricted to 1 minute instead of 140 characters. (more…)

This year #SMWF and #AppsWorld welcomes back the Facebook Developers Garage, hosted by e27, to the Asia event who will be providing hands-on, practical advice for grass-roots developers looking to get into the fast-moving and lucrative world of Facebook development. (more…)

SMWF Asia are delighted to welcome back MEF for the 2nd year.  The Mobile Entertainment Forum will be hosting a free to attend session within the Developer/Social Media Hub on day two from 11.30am.

The MEF line up of sessions will explore the cross-over between the mobile app platform & social media and provide an insight into monetising, social commerce, location based marketing, mobile video and more

Kicking of the session, MEF Asia chairman, Colin Miles, will be presenting on how the mobile platform amplifies social media, followed by Arsenal F.C’s global  partnerships Rupert Daniel who will provide an insight into how premier league clubs are adopting mobile social media to engage with fanatical Asian supporters. (more…)

There was a time, when marketing and PR professionals could take their time, having hours until daily newspaper deadlines. Today, however, it is a completely different story and minutes can make the difference between being part of the buzz of the latest headline or being yesterday’s fish and chip paper. This development caused PR professionals to adopt a new method of communication – social media.

The power of social media has given public relations specialists and journalists a myriad of choice when deciding how to connect with their target audience. As a result they’ve been seen to be some of the first people to embrace social media and have become leaders in the field. (more…)

SMWF have teamed up with the Ritz Carlton, Singapore to offer all SMWF Asia visitors a discount rates for the duration of the show.

Please note: Rates are only available until the 15th Aug, so if you would like to stay at the hotel we recommend booking asap before allocation runs out.

Room Rates:
Deluxe Rooms, Kallang Bay View
S$ 320.00 per room, per night including 01 Buffet Breakfast & Internet

*This rate is available from the 31st Aug – 2nd Sept

To Book:
To take advantage of the above discounted room rates simply contact  The Ritz Carlton on (65) 6 337 8888 and quote Social Media World Forum.

The Ritz Carlton,
7 Raffles Avenue,
Singapore 039799
Singapore

Other Hotels located near the Suntec Centre include:

Hotel Grand Pacific                                               Price from:  S$220
101 Victoria Street
Singapore 188018
T : +65 6336 0811
E : reservations@hotelgrandpacific.com.sg W: www.hotelgrandpacific.com.sg/

HOTEL 81 – BUGIS                                                 Price from:  S$120 – 140
31 Middle Road Singapore 188995
T: + 65 6339 8181
W: www.hotel81.com.sg/h

This year’s first Keynote Panel Discussion at #SMWF Asia will be examining the profile of consumers that can be reached via social media, both regionally and globally and how the social web is changing their attitudes.

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Playfish’s Andrew Mo is the latest addition to the growing number of speakers at this year’s #SMWF Asia.   Mo, the general manager of the China Studio, is a leading creator of award winning social games and will be chatting about his experience in the area at this year’s conference.

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#SMWF Asia are delighted to announce the addition of Twitter to the ever growing conference program set for Suntec Centre, Singapore this September.    Leading in social innovation Twitter’s own Claire Diaz Ortiz (@ClaireD, http://clairediazortiz.com) will be at #SMWF presenting on ‘Twitter for Social Good’ and leading a panel discussion on social media and the charity sector, as well taking part in a breakout session where delegates will have a chance to share ideas on building social media marketing for local charities. (more…)