With AIR 2.5, Adobe will bring the popular standalone application runtime to the Android platform. This will open up new possibilities for Flash developers to build engaging and innovative applications. This talk will cover the basics of what's needed to get started developing AIR applications for Android, discuss what's coming in AIR 2.5 and present some tips to build great mobile applications.

Our speaker, Arno Gourdol, is the director of engineering for Adobe AIR, Adobe's multiscreen runtime for standalone applications. Previously he led various initiatives within Adobe's Creative Suite Business Unit, including XMP, Version Cue and Bridge. Prior to joining Adobe in 2001 he was part of the User Interface team at Apple that conceived, designed and implemented Aqua, the user interface of Mac OS X. Arno is a graduate of the Grenoble University. He lives in San Francisco and enjoys traveling from Abel Tasman to Zanzibar.

We also will have a report on Intel's AppUp Elements conference, to be held in San Francisco on September 15 and 16.

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