Mobile Monday is a global community of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influentials fostering cooperation and cross-border business development through virtual and live networking events to share ideas, best practices and trends from global markets. Mobile Monday has the following core objectives: * Foster an open independent innovation platform within the mobile sector. * Facilitate industry networking between small and large companies and individuals. * Bridge partnership exchanges between domestic and international organizations. * To present innovative trends, studies and forecasts from the mobile marketplace. * Create opportunities for local members to effectively participate in global projects. * Present interesting products, services, trends and practices in the mobile world. Mobile Monday is organized by a group of dedicated volunteers from around the world. Originating in Helsinki, Finland, in 2000, Mobile Monday has become the worlds leading mobile community network. History The remarkable Mobile Monday phenomenon began almost by accident in Helsinki, Finland during the autumn of 2000. A couple of well-known Finnish visionaries, invited the who’s who of the Finnish mobile industry to a pub for an informal gathering and perhaps a warming drink. The only suitable time? Monday evening. After meeting many new faces and discussing the latest in mobility, the group continued meeting on the first Monday of each month - and thus, Mobile Monday was born. By the end of 2004, the movement started to spread to other areas of the world and new MoMo chapters were launched in Tokyo, Silicon Valley as well as Rome and Singapore. Since then, the number of city locations increased dramatically, with 150 global chapters operating ±500 events per year as of 2014.