SiRF Sets Date for SiRFecosystem's Third Annual Location 2.0 Summit
Written by SiRF
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
SiRFecosystem's Third Annual Location 2.0 Summit - CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009
CAMBRIDGE, England & SAN JOSE, Calif.-Bringing together innovators, industry leaders and developers in the location ecosystem, CSR plc., a leading provider of GPS-powered location platforms, today announced that SiRFecosystem's third annual Location 2.0 Summit will be held on October 8, 2009 at the Omni Hotel in San Diego, CA during the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009 tradeshow and conference. Once again, the Location 2.0 Summit will feature Fast-Pitch presentations and People's Choice awards to highlight innovation in the LBS industry; therefore, starting immediately, CSR invites developers of interesting new LBS applications and technologies to submit their products and services as Fast-Pitch nominees.
"The theme of this year's summit is Connecting Content, People and Services, reflecting how content and connectivity have become the most important part of today's mobile lifestyle, and we've put together a rich agenda of discussions to address this important phenomenon," said Kanwar Chadha, chief marketing officer and board member of CSR, and founder of SiRF. "Last year's Fast-Pitch program debut proved to be very popular with attendees, and we are again this year encouraging developers to showcase their visions and inviting them to submit their LBS products and services as nominees."
Summit attendees will vote for their favorite Fast-Pitch presentations, and the winners will receive a People's Choice Award during the evening awards ceremony.
Call for Entries
The Fast-Pitch presentations are three-minute, high-intensity sessions in which developers get to pitch their innovative LBS applications to more than 200 top global location industry executives. Entries should demonstrate the benefits of using the power of location to improve enterprise productivity or enhance consumers' daily lives, and will be judged for inclusion in the Summit on how well they achieve this goal.
The closing deadline for all nomination entries is 11:59 pm PDT Sunday, September 13, 2009. Nominations are open to all developers of current or soon-to-be-released, cutting-edge location technologies and novel LBS applications. The judges will be looking for the most innovative location technologies and original LBS applications that positively enhance enterprise productivity or consumers' daily lives, and three finalists will be chosen for each of the three categories: Consumer Applications, Business Applications and Next-Generation Applications. Finalists will be notified of their selection by September 15, 2009, and be will provided with instructions for preparing their Fast-Pitch presentation. Entry forms for submitting Fast-Pitch proposals can be found at www.sirf.com/location2summit.
The Summit Experience
The only event of its kind, the annual SiRFecosystem's Location 2.0 Summit has developed a reputation as one of the world's foremost strategic forums for the key decision makers in the LBS industry. The Summit offers leaders in the field of LBS and members of the LBS development community the ability to connect with location ecosystem partners to drive new applications and services for this exciting, rapidly evolving market.
The Summit's keynote and panel discussions help set the direction for the future of location-based services and technologies. The last two events featured keynote addresses by executives from Google, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia and Sprint/Clearwire, as well as speakers from AT&T, ESRI, Google, Loopt, Navteq, NTT DoCoMo, Orange-France Telecom Group, Research In Motion, Samsung Telecommunications, Symbian, Inc, Verizon Wireless and many other leading players in the LBS market.
About CSR
CSR is a leading provider of multifunction connectivity and location platforms. CSR's technology portfolio includes Bluetooth, GPS, FM, Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11), UWB, NFC and other technologies to enable silicon platforms that incorporate fully integrated radio, baseband and microcontroller elements.
CSR's Connectivity Centre is designed to enhance the user experience with mainstream mobile devices by intelligent integration of multiple wireless connectivity and location-awareness technologies. CSR's Location Platforms are complemented by wireless connectivity and multimedia capabilities for high-volume mobile consumer devices and commercial applications.
CSR's technology has been adopted by market leaders into a wide range of mobile consumer devices such as mobile phones, automobile navigation and telematics systems, portable navigation devices (PNDs), wireless headsets, mobile computers, mobile internet devices, GPS recreational devices, digital cameras, mobile gaming, plus a wide range of personal and commercial tracking applications.
CSR and SiRF merged on June 26, 2009, and SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. became a member of the CSR group of companies. More information can be found at www.csr.com.
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