Sebastopol, CA, March 27, 2007–Program planning is in the final stages for the 2007 O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, happening May 29-30, 2007 at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California. Location industry visionaries are scheduled to present their futuristic ideas and groundbreaking projects in two full days of keynotes, lightning talks, panel discussions, and demonstrations. Now in its third year, the Where 2.0 Conference will provide attendees with the opportunity to discover the technologies, trends, and developments making a difference in location-based technology.
Here is a sample of the high profile sessions included in the 2007 line-up:
-Where.gov: Government Surveillance Using Location Technology
Kevin Bankston, Electronic Frontier Foundation
-Building a 3D Model of the Globe
John Hanke, Google Earth
-Why Physical Location Matters in Online News and Community
Rich Skrenta, Topix
-Learning Lessons from Neogeography
Ian Holt, Ordnance Survey and Mikel Maron, World Kit
-Building out a 3D World
Erik Jorgensen, Microsoft
-Where is Never Again?
Michael Graham, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
-Mapping the Maximum City
Schuyler Erle, MetaCarta
-Getting into the Car: Geo-Located Information Breaks Free
Eric Klein, Dash Navigation
-Love in the Time of Cholera Maps: Mapping Communities from the Ground Up Steven Johnson, Outside.in and author of The Ghost Map
Rounding off the conference will be a number of informal events including Ignite Where, a series of rapid-fire, five-minute presentations by geeks and techies that demonstrate how location-based innovations can improve any area of life. Another highlight will be the Where Fair, a science fair-style showcase of cutting-edge, location-based projects from research, academia, and yet-to-be-discovered entrepreneurs who are working out of garages and university labs. Finally, Where 2.0 will host an exhibit hall where the latest products and services related to location will be displayed.
Additional Resources:
For complete Where 2.0 Conference details, visit: http://conferences.oreilly.com/where
To read about innovations in the field of geo space, visit the O’Reilly Radar blog: http://radar.oreilly.com/geo/
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Read the Where conference blog for the latest event announcements and news: http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/where
For an overview of this space, read “The State of Where 2.0” (PDF), co-written by program chair, Brady Forrest: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/where2006/state_of_where_20.pdf
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-MySQL Conference & Expo, April 23-26, 2007 in Santa Clara, CA
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-O’Reilly Energy Innovation Conference, August 22-24, 2007 in San Francisco, CA
-RailsConf Europe 2007, co-presented by O’Reilly Media and Ruby Central, September 17-19, 2007 in Berlin, Germany
-Web 2.0 Summit, co-produced by O’Reilly Media and CMP Technology, October 17-19 in San Francisco, CA
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