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Where Conference 2012: The Art and Business of Location
Event Dates: April 2, 2012 (All day) - April 4, 2012 (All day)
Now in its eighth year, Where Conference: The Art and Business of Location, is where the grassroots and leading-edge developers building location-aware technology intersect with the businesses and entrepreneurs seeking out location apps, platforms, and hardware to gain a competitive edge. In the O'Reilly conference tradition, Where Conference presents leading trends rather than chasing them.
Where is business: where people live, where they go, and where, when, and how they spend their money are now key factors in business success. From product development to distribution, marketing, and sales, location technologies help companies identify, understand, and serve their markets far more effectively than ever before. There's no better place to meet the people behind the mashups, the people behind the platforms, and the people looking ahead to where location awareness will take us.
About:
- High level plenary sessions that address current opportunities and future possibilities in the location space
- A full day of workshops led by experts and innovators, charting the depths of cutting-edge location technologies
- Product demos and launches revealing exciting new tools pushing the location boundaries
- An Exhibit Hall filled with some of the most important people, products, and services in the industry
- Mini Maker Faire, a science fair style event that brings forward the location aware tools, apps, and hardware being created in garages, university labs, and other unexpected places.
Who Should Attend:
Where Conference is for anyone in the location, mobile, and marketing space including:
- CxOs, technology evangelists, and technology scouts within companies looking to learn what technology exists
- Business Strategists and Business Development Managers
- VCs, entrepreneurs, and owners of startups
- Software engineers, architects, and developers
- CIOs, product managers, business development execs, and technologists looking to see how they might incorporate location technology with their products
- Marketing and sales professionals
- Mobile and geolocation vendors who provide tools and services
- Government planners and officials
- Open source mapping and location tool developers
- Grassroots developers building important mashups and systems
- Researchers and academics studying the field and building prototypes
- Artists creating collaborative experiences with a spatial focus
- Activists and community organizers building tools for managing nonprofit location groups
- Neographers and traditional geographers working deep in the trenches of geospace
- GIS industry people looking to learn more about the latest developments in the mashup world
- Data Specialists who want to learn how to capitalize on the location data they already have
- Geospatial Technologists and Engineers
Qualify to win a free registration >>
To find out more about using geo-spacial tools and move your project into a more advanced thinking about place and participation, visit Where Conference 2012. Early registration and significant discounts are being offered to EngagingCities readers by O’Reily conferences now through February 29. Enter discount code: CITY20 during registration to receive an additional 20% off registration.
