Next week isn’t just CES in Las Vegas; it’s also the 2013 AT&T Developer Summit – and the BlackBerry Developer Relations team will be there in full force.

Our own Larry McDonough will be presenting “Building Applications for Launch of the New BlackBerry 10 Platform” on Monday, January 7th, 2013 from 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM. On the same day, our good friend Andrew Poliak from the QNX Auto Team will be a panelist on “Navigating the Connected Vehicle Vision” from 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM.

That’s not all – we’ve also got an exciting BlackBerry 10 live porting challenge during the hackathon portion of the summit:

“Be part of open source history and participate in the AT&T API for BlackBerry 10 “Live Port” challenge! Using the iOS version of the AT&T API as reference, complete the port and build the best BlackBerry 10 app leveraging the AT&T API and be eligible for prizes including a trip to BlackBerry Jam Europe in Amsterdam! There will be plenty of help onsite to help with any question you may have. Are you up to the challenge?”

• What’s involved:
  • All participating teams contribute to porting AT&T API for BlackBerry 10
  • Each team builds their “best app” using the API with the BlackBerry Native SDK
• Prizes:
  • Chance to go home with a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha B!
  • All apps are eligible for the BlackBerry 10K challenge (turn your app into $10K)!
  • The “best app” (as judged by our panel of experts) wins trips to BlackBerry Jam Europe 2013 in Amsterdam!

Hope to see you at the AT&T Developer Summit next week!

The 2011 AT&T® Dev Summit is taking place in Las Vegas on January 5th, the day before CES begins, and we hope to see you down there!

Research In Motion® (RIM®) will be presenting a breakout session where you can learn how to get the most out of the BlackBerry® 6 platform on the BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 smartphone, and how easy it is to create compelling and rich Super Apps for the BlackBerry® Application Platform. Gain insight into announcements that were made at BlackBerry DEVCON 2010 and the latest updates on the platform, including the BlackBerry WebWorks™ application, BlackBerry Commercialization Services, BlackBerry App World™, carrier billing, and the upcoming BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet.

Stop by our booth (#121) and the hands-on-training and networking session in the evening to meet other developers, and talk with RIM experts to get tips and tricks on BlackBerry development, partnering with RIM and taking your application to market.

Find out more and register for the Dev Summit here.