State of the Art in LBS 2008 Masterclass

07 February 2008, 12:20pm

City University Masterclass
State of the Art in Location Based Services 2008
Wednesday 5th March 2008
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington

Sponsored by the Location and Timing Knowledge Transfer Network and Endorsed by the Mobile Data Association

This one-day Masterclass will provide participants with a global overview of the current state of the art in location based services (LBS). LBS have moved through a cycle of hype, disillusionment and growth over the last 5 years and are now considered to have real potential as the market matures and investment in positioning and mobile data infrastructure takes comes on stream. This Masterclass will chart this recent history of LBS, study the technical foundations and look at key success stories and new business models. The Masterclass will also look at the next phase of LBS innovation and report back from recent visits to leading innovators in Japan, Korea and the USA as well as profiling the buoyant mobile sector here in Europe.

Who should attend?

The Masterclasses are designed as accessible but practical briefings for those with positions focussed on, or exposed to developments in LBS, for example, researchers, designers, marketeers, managers and analysts in either the private, public or voluntary sector. The Masterclasses will be eligible for continuing professional development credit.

Who teaches the courses

These one-day courses are led by internationally known LBS researchers Professor Jonathan Raper and Dr David Mountain. Jonathan and David are the founders of Location Based Services Research (LBSR) at City University and they also run City's spinoff company that commercialises the technology from projects at LBSR. The LBSR team has a range of mobile devices in its collection and access to a wide range of datasets and services, which will be explored during the Masterclass. Jonathan is the Editor of the Journal of Location Based Services (http://www.informaworld.com/jlbs)

The course will be a mixture of lectures, demonstrations and Q&A sessions and will offer all participants hands on experience with the technology. Participants will receive copies of the course materials including research papers, case studies and bibliographies on CD and will be introduced to a wide range on online resources indexed on a special page for course participants.

Pricing and registration

£495 per person with lunch and materials
Places on the Masterclasses can be booked through Yvonne Kenny on 020 7040 8800 or via email on sbbc344@soi.city.ac.uk. Enquiries about the Masterclass can be made to Professor Jonathan Raper on 020 7040 8415 or by email to raper@soi.city.ac.uk.

Further details can be found at: http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~dmm/lbsr/masterclasses/

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