Location technology is everywhere. Literally. On the Web. In your car. On your cell phone. In your business. When it comes to insights into new developments in location-based technology, it’s clear the one place to be is the O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference.

Where 2.0 Conference
May 29-30, 2007
Fairmont Hotel San Jose
San Jose, CA
http://conferences.oreilly.com/where

This year Where 2.0 returns to the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA May 29–30. You’ll find a two-day, single-track conference featuring high profile keynotes with big players, lightning talks, panel discussions, eye-opening demos, high order bits, and plenty of time for networking.

The call for participation is now open and we’re looking for ground-breaking ideas about location aware technology. Inspirational speakers, adventurous thinkers, iconoclasts, trail blazers, and people poised to make real money. We’re looking for amazing location systems, open source hacks, untapped geodata, and companies developing new products, new services, and new technologies or mashing up old ones. If you think you know the next killer app to roll off the lab bench, tell us.

Submit your proposal to speak at Where 2.0. Proposals are due by January 5, 2007; registration opens in February 2007.

The big question of this year’s program is: Where’s the value? We are looking for proposals that can help us find the answers. How can developers make money at this? What applications have legs? How can enterprises make money using this?

Sample topics on the radar this year:
Local Search and Advertising
Data
Data Policy
Open Source
Sensorweb
Ultralocal
Mobile
Visualization
Society
Privacy
Environment/NGOs
Virtual Worlds
Location based gaming
Where Fair Projects

If you are looking to put your idea, your company, your technology on the map, then present it at Where 2.0. It’s the one place where corporate decision-makers can meet the people building the next wave of location and mapping enabled technology. Where CTOs swap ideas with grassroots developers building mash-ups. Where community activists network with venture capitalists looking for the next investment opportunity. When it comes to location technology, it’s not just the place, it’s the people. Remember, proposals are due by January 5, 2007

For complete conference details, including the Call for Participation, visit: http://conferences.oreilly.com/where