Attention mobile activists of the world: the first-ever Mobilized! conference is taking place in New York City next weekend, on Saturday, May 5th and Sunday May 6th.

From the web site:

Mobilized! is an ‘unconference’ where content is driven and created by a convergence of students, designers, artists, scholars, activists, and media professionals in the spirit of the open source movement.

Mobilized! – a chance to look at what people are doing with mobile media, a chance to find out how to do it yourself, and a moment to reflect on the social significance of these practices.

Mobilized! will feature:

* A kickoff event with keynote by Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of The Anarchist in the Library.

* A showcase of student, artist, community and new business projects and mobile video and project awards.

* Workshops focused on creating platforms and projects on mobile devices including new tools like Python, Java Micro Edition (J2ME), Microsoft’s .NET Mobile Edition, Flash Lite, Google Maps and Mobile, Mobile Processing, and a look at how they are being used in areas from open source telephony and mobile video blogging, to mobile gaming and locative urbanism with noted designers, programmers and artists.

This is an unconference, so come ready to participate.

The conference is taking place in two locations: on Saturday night at 7pm, it will be at Eyebeam at 540 W. 21st Street. Sunday will feature a day-long conference at Polytechnic University at Six Metrotech Center in Brooklyn.

The conference promises to present an opportunity where mobile innovation and public spaces collide -- it should be good fun.

For more, check out the Mobilized! web site.

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