30 July 2008, 9:27am
Mark Your Calendar for Location Summit 2.0
New Delhi, India, July 30, 2008 GIS Development, the Geospatial Knowledge Company is pleased to announce dates for Location Summit 2.0, the first Global Summit on Positioning and Navigation scheduled
for February 11 13, 2009, to be held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, India.
The theme for the three-day summit is "Towards Collaborative Model" that will bring together the pioneers, industry leaders and developers who are setting the direction for the future of location technologies and markets.
The technical programme of the Summit includes a Vision Session which will provide a platform to industry leaders to throw light on the various segments comprising the location community and the true potential of niche markets related to location services through a collaborative model. There will also be two Keynote Sessions on Location@Enterprise and Location@Consumers, six Tracks on Workforce Management, Fleet Management, Logistics Management, Data Input, Emerging Technologies, Location Enabled Devices and and a state-of-the-art exhibition on latest products, solutions and services in the field of positioning and navigation technology.
Programme also includes two Executive panel discussions on Location Enabled Markets and Location Based Services in 2009 that will bring together industry leaders and experts to give a peek into the major market segments, pricing models, where the industry is headed to and many such issues.
As the convenor of the conference, Sanjay Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, GIS Development said, GIS Development is pleased to announce the launch of Location Summit 2.0 for the Position and Navigation community. The Summit is designed to have an excellent technical programme that will address pertinent
issues for this growing sector. India is yet to catch up to the tremendous developments that this sector has achieved and avenues like Location Summit 2.0 will provide an ideal opportunity to the Position and Navigation industry in India to do so. I welcome participation to Location Summit 2.0 and hope all participants are able to derive most from the conference.
Location Summit 2.0 information
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