The Focus on Locus: Symposium on Location Based Services - Columbia University
Written by LBSzone
Monday, 07 July 2008
Heads-up on this interesting event of interest to those in the New York area...
When: Friday, July 11, 2008
Where: 301 Uris Hall, Columbia Business School, 116th & Broadway, New York, NY
Hosted by: Columbia Institute of Tele-Information (CITI)
The Symposium will be structured in four parts by type of contributor:
* Mobile Operators, Device Vendors & Mobile Developers
* Web & Social Networking Providers & Content/Dataset Providers
* Advertising/Marketing Players
* Public Policy & Consumer Protection
Speakers/Panelists Will Also Collectively Address:
* LBS State of Play
* Monetization & Business Model Issues
* Demand side
Speakers/Panelists Include:
* Columbia University, Professor Eli Noam, Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
* Columbia University - Henning Schulzrinne - Professor of Computer Science and Department Chair
Mobile Operators, Device Vendors & Mobile Developers Session:
* Qualcomm, Frederic Servais, Product Manager, Location Products & Services, Qualcomm
* Skyhook Wireless, Ted Morgan, CEO
* Meet Moi, Andrew Weinrich, CEO
* TeleNav, Hassan Wahla, Sr. Director of Business Development
Public Policy & Consumer Protection Session:
* AT&T, Dorothy Attwood, SVP - Public Policy and Chief Privacy Officer
* CTIA-The Wireless Association, Michael F. Altschul, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
* EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center), John Verdi, Staff Counsel
* Loopt, Brian Knapp, Chief Privacy Officer, Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Advertising/Marketing Players Session:
* M: Metrics, Evan Neufeld, VP Consulting & Senior Analyst
* Nielsen Mobile, David Gill - Director
* 1020 Placecast, Blair Swedeen, VP Market Development
* Ogilvy Interactive, Ben Ezrick, Senior Strategist
* Slifter Local Shopper, Alex Muller, CEO
* Moderator: Alison Albeck Lindland (CBS '08), American Express Interactive, Manager
Web & Social Networking Providers & Content/Dataset Providers Session:
* Socialight, Dan Melinger, Co-Founder
* Tele Atlas, Albert Cooley, Senior Director of Global Tools and Services
* UpNext, Danny Moon, CEO
* NAVTEQ, Nick Hopkins - Director of Product Management
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