mashup* Event: "Location: it's moving on..."
Event Info
Description
Combining location, new devices, apps, social networks and related content (directories, reviews, ratings etc.) is creating significant new value for location based services.
This event will help you learn how to develop an effective location strategy for web and mobile based services based on new emerging digital capabilities.
We will cover:
- case studies of new services leveraging location & social networks/content,
- developing a strategy for your service/brand
- innovation & future developments that we're likely to see in 2010 and beyond
Venue:
LBi London
Atlantis Building
Truman Brewery
146 Brick Lane
London E1 6RU
Program:
6pm - Registration (& refreshments)
7pm - Speakers
7:30 pm - Panel/Q&A
8pm - Demos & Networking
Price: £35 + VAT
Speakers & Panelists:
Gary Gale Director of Engineering for Yahoo! Geo Technologies, Yahoo!
The Geo Technologies group provides the tools and technologies that drive user location, geocoding, location identification and disambiguation within Yahoo!, both internally and via public services such as GeoPlanet,Placemaker, Fire Eagle and Flickr. Passionate about location, privacy and digital identity, he blogs and tweets on matters geo for Yahoo! atwww.ygeoblog.com and as@yahoogeo, personally atwww.vicchi.org and as @vicchi.
Alan Patrick Co Founder, Broadsight
Alan is co-founder of the technology strategy and system design consultancy Broadsight. Prior to that, he was a consultant at McKinsey &Co and has worked in various VP, MD and COO roles in other technology, internet and telecoms based service delivery companies. Broadsight counts many of the major UK telecoms and media companies as clients, as well as helping to advise and launch a number of succesful startups in areas such as online and mobile advertising, real time search, e-Readers and IPTV/WebTV and Mobile Video.
As part of its services Broadsight undertakes market intelligence/trend forecasting projects for clients, and these assignments include the potential - and pitfalls - of location based services (among other mobile services). Broadsight has recently released iDox, its first iPhone application for sahred document copying and filing, aimed at the business market, and (this will not surprise you) is looking at location based services itself. We will be sharing some of our work at Mashup.
Jon Fisher Vodafone Internet Services
Alex Housley Rummble
