[October 08, 2009] CSR to Host SiRFecosystem's 3rd Annual Location 2.0 Summit Tweet Oct 05, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- CSR, a provider of GPS-powered location platforms, announced the keynote speakers, featured speakers and the ten finalists for the Fast-Pitch presentations that will premiere at the third annual Location 2.0 Summit. The theme of this year's Summit is "Connecting Content, People and Services," and the event will feature keynote addresses from Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Ultra Mobility Group and Samuli Hanninen, head of global product marketing for Nokia's Ovi services. About 200 of the global location industry executives are expected to gather on Oct. 8 at the Omni Hotel in San Diego for this invitation-only event, which will feature keynote speakers, case studies, roundtable and panel discussions, Fast-Pitch presentations and the Peoples' Choice Awards. Featured speakers and panel participants include Christy Wyatt, vice president of software applications and ecosystem for Motorola; Philip Gilchrist, vice president of global product development for the Motorola mobile devices business; Curtis Sasaki, vice president of platform product management at Research in Motion; Maurice Thompson, director of open development for Verizon Wireless; Andrew Seybold, president and founder of Andrew Seybold; Joep van Beurden, chief executive officer of CSR; Kanwar Chadha, chief marketing officer and board member of CSR, and founder of SiRF; Mark Disbrow, general manager of the Alcatel-Lucent location business; Dr. Pouya Taaghol, director or wireless system engineering and architecture for Intel; Renaat Ver Eecke, vice president for Navman Wireless North America; Ron Herman, founder and chief executive officer for IntelliOne; Steve Andler, vice president of marketing for Networks in Motion; Tim Davis, executive vice president and chief technical officer for Kionix; Greg Turetzky, distinguished engineer and senior director of advanced technology and strategic marketing for SiRF; Bhavin Shah, director of marketing and business development for Polaris Wireless; and Richard Fuller, PhD, chair of the Location-Based Services Special Interest Group (LBS SIG). The Summit will commence at 11 a.m. with registration and a luncheon in the Omni Hotel, and conclude at 8 p.m. The Fast-Pitch Finalists, as noted by CSR, are - For the Consumer Applications & Services category, the finalists are Geodelic Systems, for Sherpa; IntelliGolf for their IntelliGolf Eagle Edition; TeleNav for their TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5. - For the Enterprise Applications & Services category, the finalists are Planet 9 Studios for RayGun; Socialight for their Socialight Community Platform; Telogis for WorkForce. - For the Next-Generation Applications & Services category, the finalists are Aha Mobile for Aha; Navica Data Corp for their emark LOCATION ID; Networks in Motion for their App2App API program; Urban Mapping for Wildfire. Summit Information: www.sirf.com/location2summit ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]