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 Early Bird Networking Reception  

Join us for a hosted, two-hour reception the evening before the conference. It’s a chance to register to avoid the long morning lines, to grab a drink and appetizer and network prior to the conference.

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7:30 AM

8:00 AM

Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM

8:30 AM

Conference Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Robert Gourdine, Senior Director, Global Customer Marketing, DigitalGlobe

8:30 AM

9:00 AM

 GPS-Wireless 2012 Keynote Address 

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

 Executive Panel: Why is Location Hot? 

• Executive panel of platform, wireless, providers, social network, auto execs talk about the total location market: Location-based services, M2M, navigation, privacy...
• Platforms: Where are they going? What are their intentions?
   

Moderator:

Marc Kleinmaier, Business Development/Product Strategy, Nokia

Speakers:
Brian Salisbury, Director of Business Development, TCS
Kris Kolodziej, Associate Director of LBS, Verizon Wireless
Holger Luedorf, VP of Mobile & Partnership, Foursquare
Andreas Lieber, Director, Mobile Partnerships, Groupon

10:00 AM

10:30 AM

Refreshment and Networking Break

10:30 AM

11:00 AM

Location-Based Services Market Overview
Find out what’s driving the LBS market for personal location information to include local search, connections between where a person is and locations of friends (social networks), places (check-in applications) and offers such as coupons, deals, location-based advertising.

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

Location-Based Services in 2012

• Apps stores are pretty cluttered, but are they driving the awareness of and market growth of LBS?
• What does the panel see as the big market drivers in 2012? Check-ins, coupons, vouchers, social network apps?
• The idea that navigation and other bundled LBS services are going to a free model by Google and others – how does that affect the LBS market? Smaller companies affected? How can they monetize this?
• What is the role of wireless operators in location-enabled mobile marketing/advertising?

Moderator:
Lisa Peterson, Director of Mobile Solutions, Neustar

Speakers:
Ted Babitz, Director, Business Development, xAd
Dariusz Paczuski, VP of Marketing, Telenav
Duncan McCall, Co-Founder and CEO, PlaceIQ

12:00 PM

1:15 PM

Luncheon

1:15 PM

1:45 PM

Worldwide Mobile Resource Management Market
Find new opportunities in our annual market overview.

Speaker:
Clem Driscoll, Founder & President, CJ Driscoll Associates

1:45 PM

2:45 PM

Big Money in Enterprise & Government Markets

• Is M2M a bigger driver in overall location market for the carriers?
• What are the non-consumer LBS revenue streams such as LBS for emergency/public safety uses?
• How companies are profiting in the burgeoning insurance telematics niche.

Speakers:

Patrick Shay, VP & General Manager, Connected Solutions, DeLorme
Christopher Carver, Program Manager, Liberty Mutual Agency Corp.
John Moscatelli, Industry Solution Director, Transportation/AVL, AT&T
Peter Davie, Director of Product Management, Automotive & Licensing Business, TomTom
 

2:45 PM

3:15 PM

Refreshment and Networking Break

3:15 PM

4:30 PM

New Platforms and Technology that Empower Location Markets

• Technical limitations of LBS systems…is there a connection between high accuracy and LBS revenue?
• Indoor positioning and mapping: Learn how big box retailers and even airports plan to market their products.
• Where are digital maps going?
• How is augmented reality and associated technology developing markets? 

Moderator:
Clay Babcock, Director of Advanced Navigation Technologies, Rand McNally

Speakers:

Kanwar Chadha, Chief Marketing Officer, CSR
Andre Gueziec, President and CEO, Beat the Traffic
Ankit Agarwal, CEO, Micello
Tasso Roumeliotis, Founder and CEO, Location Labs
David Allen, CTO, Locaid

4:30 PM

First Day Program Ends

Hosted Reception and Tabletop Exhibits
Join us for networking at its best! Hosted reception with tabletop displays…known as the industry’s best networking!

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7:30 AM

8:30 AM

Networking Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM

9:00 AM

Worldwide Telematics Market Update

• Learn what OEMs are successfully implementing infotainment into their offerings-and why they are successful.
• Identify new worldwide connected vehicle opportunities.

• Discover how to profit during the next four years of explosive connected vehicle growth.

Speaker:

Thilo Koslowski, Vice President Automotive Vehicle ICT, Gartner

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

Telematics in 2012: The Connected Vehicle Market

• Is Navigation becoming part of the Infrastructure, or still driving the market?
• Find out how new content and services are propelling this market.
• Learn how the relationship with the smartphone opens up opportunities.
• It’s not all about the big auto companies—how to profit on the low-end of the market.
   

Moderator:
Paul Drysch, Vice President, Telematics, Aeris
Speakers:
Rick Gumbleton, Director of M2M, Sprint
Drew Denbo, Senior Vice President of Business Development, MOG Internet Radio
Doug Newcomb, Editor, MSN Autos
Koji Doda, Research & Partner Manager, Vehicle Connected Services, Nissan

10:00 AM

10:30 AM

Refreshment and Networking Break

10:30 AM

11:15 AM

The Location Market: Investor’s View

• Panel of VCs, angel investors, corporate development execs let you know who are buying location companies.
• Find out the new location market drivers for investors.

Moderator:
Steve Goldberg, Partner, Venrock

Speaker:
Greg Tarr, Rogers Venture Partners
Sanjay Subhedar, Managing Director, Storm Ventures
Marc Prioleau, Managing Director, Prioleau Advisors

11:15 AM

12:30 PM

Who Owns the Location Market? A Debate

• Expect a spirited debate from carriers, auto makers and other industry experts.
• Does Google alone dominate all facets of the location market? Do the carriers and automakers have a say?

Moderator:
Fraser Campbell, CEO, Wcities
Speakers:
Gary Gale, Director, Places, Location & Commerce, Nokia
Laura Diaz, Strategic Partnerships & Business Development, Verizon Wireless
Andreas Winckler, Senior Advanced Technology Engineer, BMW Group Technology Office
Michael Metcalf, Local Product Management, Yahoo!

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

Networking Luncheon

Conference Concludes