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The Mobile World Congress is coming near, so I’m starting to announce some side events I’m involved in.

The third annual MobileSunday - an unofficial, informal and generally cool and funky gathering of mobile bloggers and their chums - will be taking place in Barcelona on the eve of this year’s Mobile World Congress (formerly known as 3GSM).

Last year’s event, which was also organized by myself with the much appreciated help from blog pal Stuart Mudie, and was attended by over seventy people (check who attended last year here). This time round, there’s going to be some more free Belgian beer, generously provided again by the good people at MyStrands.

I you would like to catch up with some mobile passionates, Mobilists and MobileMonday founders, mixed with some healthy dose of ususal suspect bar-hangers, this is your spot to be. What possible reason can you have not to join us? To confirm your attendance, simply add your name and URL to the Mobile Sunday Barcelona wiki.

This gathering will be held at the BelChica bar (10 minutes walk from the Congress).

More cool event announcements coming here any day soon now, so stay tuned!

Russell Buckley just announced about the Carnival of the Mobilist “Host of the Year” award to be anounced at the Mobile Monday Global Peer Awards taking place during 3GSM in Barcelona.

The winner receives a sponsored trip (airfare and accommodation) to the Mobile Monday Summit in Helsinki later in the year and everlasting fame, respect and awe among the Mobilist community. And this is on top of any prize money they may have won from the nice folks at Khosla Ventures for Host of the Month.Here are the rules:

Only previous hosts are eligible to vote. Vote by dropping an email to Russell (russell AT mobhappy DOT com) with “Host of the Year” in the title. A list of hosts can be seen here, so you have to be on this list to vote and be eligible to be voted for.

Russell withdraws from the competition as an organiser, but in the event of a tie, he’ll cast the deciding vote, so be nice to him Cast your votes now before you forget.

You can vote for me of course, Carnival of the Mobilists #33, I previously got selected for best host of the month in the awards sponsored by Khosla Ventures for June. You can still vote for my post of the week from August in the 41th edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists of Justin Oberman at his MOpocket site. That post relates actually to the “Connecting cultures through Music” article I wrote for Vodafone Receiver.

Back to the Peer Awards, check also the list of nominated finalists presenting for the best mobile innovation in the last year, at the Mobile Monday Global Peer Awards. Each MobileMonday chapter nominated a local company and an expert jury gets to choose the best, there is an audience award and a MoMo chapter award, complete program here. If you haven’t registered yet, don’t wait any longer not to be left out, registration closes this Wednesday, only few seats left.

This weeks’ Carnival of the Mobilists is hosted by Matthew Miller at The Mobile Gadgeteer from Tech Blogs on ZDNet. Great edition, well done Matthew! Don’t miss the Carnival of the Mobilists #46.