Samsung Developers Conference 2013 to Feature Christian Heilman and Mark Murphy

Samsung Electronics announced speakers for its inaugural, global Samsung Developers Conference, SDC 2013, to be held on October 27-29 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. The event will spotlight the latest Samsung developer tools and SDK’s, provide best practices, and explore the developer opportunities across Samsung’s wide range of devices.

The SDC 2013 lineup of keynote presenters, session speakers, and attendees include:

· Christian Heilman, Open Web, HTML 5 and Mozilla evangelist

· Mark Murphy, Founder of CommonsWare and Android community leader

· Curtis Sasaki, Senior Vice President and Head of Samsung Media Solutions Center America, Samsung Electronics

· David Eun, Executive Vice President and Head of Open Innovation Center, Samsung Electronics

· Samsung developers: Box, Gracenote, PayPal, Trulia, Twitter, and many more

Additional conference sessions will address a wide variety of topics for developers, including best practices in multi-screen gaming, trends in wearable technologies, and building apps for smart TV. More sessions and speakers will be announced soon.

Samsung will also hold a two-day hackathon on October 26 and 27, in partnership with WIP, the Wirelss Industry Partnership. Interested developers can sign-up here: http://samsungdevus.com/events/samsung-developer-conference-hackathon and attendees will receive a special VIP package of the conference.

To register for SDC 2013, learn more and view the conference agenda, please visit: http://samsungdevcon.com. For the latest updates, follow @SamsungDevUS and connect on Facebook and Google+ using hashtag #SDC13.