The newly added “+” sign reflects the increased awareness and growing emphasis on the rapidly evolving field of alternative navigation offerings at the conference.

The deadline for submitting abstracts is March 8, 2013.

Announced panel sessions include:

• Program Updates
  John Betz, The MITRE Corporation
• New Products
  Glen Gibbons, Inside GNSS, Gibbons Media & Research LLC
  Gian Gherardo Calini, European GNSS Agency
• High Integrity Systems
  Sergey Karutin, Russian Space Systems, Russia
• IP Policies Related to GNSS
  Dave Turner, U.S. Department of State
  Giancarlo Caratti, European Commission, Belgium
• Emerging GNSS
  European Space Agency Representative
  Xiancheng Ding, BeiDou Management Office, China
• Unmanned GNSS
  Mikel Miller, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory

The 19th Intergeo will look at the significance of changes in economic and political structures, among other things. Few locations have been as greatly affected by these structural changes in the past few decades as the German Ruhr area. Essen itself shows the transformation from a coal and steel region to one whose industry is based on technology and services. Strategic networking with Messe München International and the Intergeo Advisory Board launched in 2012 will bring new impetus to the event.

Intergeo 2013 promises to bring with it many developments that will strengthen its image as a significant source of inspiration for future national and international business. For example, the newly founded Advisory Board with partners Esri, Hexagon and Trimble will deal with strategic issues and discuss the industry’s socio-political role.

The collaboration with Messe München International creates new opportunities for global communication through a worldwide network with six subsidiaries in Europe and Asia, and more than 60 offices abroad that are active in more than 90 countries. Messe München International provides Intergeo with a globally comprehensive portfolio of services for exhibitors, visitors and media representatives.

“The collaborative work between Intergeo and Messe München International will not only have a positive effect in supporting exhibitors and winning new ones. I also expect to see a further increase in the number of international visitors,” said Olaf Freier, Managing Director of HINTE GmbH, which organises INTERGEO on behalf of DVW.

The host, DVW e.V. — the German Society for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management — is expecting 16,000 visitors and 1,400 conference participants from all over the world. At the heart of the conference are the topics of “property valuation” and “intelligent geoinformation — how to gather, process and put it to practical use” and the continuation of the INSPIRE conference under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the Steering Committee for Spatial Information Germany, the German Association of Cities, the German Rural District Association and DVW e. V.

Answers will also be given to questions of urban development and the challenges posed by the energy revolution. The event days will be opened by keynote speeches from Garrelt Duin, minister for Economic Affairs for North Rhine-Westphalia, Jürgen Dold, president and CEO of Leica Geosystems AG, and Prof. Reiner Rummel from the Institute for Astronomical and Physical Geodesy at Munich Technical University.

Intergeo covers a wide variety of fields, ranging from surveying, geoinformation, remote sensing and photogrammetry to complementary solutions and technologies. Another field is processing, using and analyzing geodata on the Internet or in the field. Associated solutions will be presented and discussed by experts.

Intergeo will also highlight areas of innovation that are enjoying dynamic growth. Suppliers will showcase these future technologies at venues such as the OSGeoPark and the Innovation Park for young, innovative companies.

At Esri UC, GIS professionals can spend five days experiencing more than 900 GIS success stories, best practices, and real world projects. This year includes presentations on mobile devices, cloud-based computing, GIS workflows, data management, and new features that improve the efficiency of GIS solutions.

Pre-conference seminars will be held July 6-7.

Map Gallery submissions are now open. At last year’s event, Esri featured more than 700 maps from users around the world and across virtually every industry. All submitted maps are considered for one of several cartographic awards and are screened for possible publication in an upcoming edition of the Esri Map Book. Last year’s winners included:

• Jesse Nett of the USDA Forest Service (Best Overall Winner)
• Jeannett Phillips of the Chickasaw Nation (UC People’s Choice Award Winner)
• David Frank of the City of Santa Clarita (Most Unique)

Map Gallery submissions close on May 31.

Key topics this year include:

• The Ultimate End-to-End Telematics Platform: Dispel the “killer app” myth to adopt an approach to connectivity that eschews the next big thing in favor of a holistic suite of connected services that encompasses CRM, HMI and content.
• Turn the Car into a Money-Making Machine: Subscription-only models have failed to ignite mass adoption of connected vehicle services. Discover how to create a flexible micro-transactional platform that aligns with the service and payment demands of consumers.
• Make Big Data Useful Data: Tackle the proliferation of vehicle generated information to debate the granularity of data collection required to provide OEMs with data sets relevant to optimizing the driving and vehicle ownership experience.
• The Telematics Trojan Horse: Debate whether strategic partnerships with the titans of CE, including Apple, Google and Microsoft, will result in diminished OEM influence or translate into the ability to attract tech. loyal consumers and close the automotive innovation gap.
• The Infotainment Ecosystem Reinvented: BMW, Ford and GM announce their connected car visions to gain cross-industry buy-in. Analyze whether opening up APIs and SDKs will attract third party developers by creating higher volumes to support a truly auto-centric business case.

Visit the website for more information.

Representing a growing $1 trillion global marketplace, CTIA 2013 will explore the trends shaping the vast mobile ecosystem as well as the impact of mobility on other vertical markets, such as health care, retail, education and government. Presented by CTIA–The Wireless Association, an authority leading the mobile movement since 1984, CTIA 2013 will continue to illuminate the future by showcasing the leaders, ideas and experiences transforming the dynamic wireless industry.

Keynote speakers include:

• Mary Dillon, 2013 Chairperson of CTIA’s Board of Directors and U.S. Cellular President and CEO;
• Ashton Kutcher, actor and technology venture capitalist;
• José María Álvarez-Pallete López, Chief Operating Officer, Telefónica S.A.;
• Michael Chasen, CEO of Social Radar and Co-founder and former CEO of Blackboard Inc.;
• Dr. Thomas Kiessling, Chief Product and Innovation Officer, Deutsche Telekom AG;
• Gibu Thomas, Global Head of Mobile for Walmart;
• and MicroStrategy CEO and bestselling author of The Mobile Wave Michael Saylor.

“CTIA 2013 keynote speakers are the thought leaders, the innovators and the influencers shaping the wireless story. These individuals have been at the forefront at disrupting the status quo by making consumers’ lives better via wireless technology,” said CTIA Vice President and Show Director Robert Mesirow.

Ashton Kutcher is described in CTIA press materials as a “passionate champion of new and emerging technologies, award-winning actor and technology investor. He has been on the bleeding edge of digital social media from its earliest days. His race with CNN to be the first to one million Twitter followers became a worldwide news story and cemented Ashton’s status as a new media superstar. His unparalleled relationships with the tech industry’s best and brightest leaders keep his VC firm Katalyst far ahead of this fast-moving frontier. Kutcher also stars as Steve Jobs in the upcoming film jOBS, slated to hit theaters April 19.”

Also speaking is Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy Founder, chairman, president and CEO and the author of bestselling book, The Mobile Wave: How Mobile Intelligence Will Change Everything.

A “Power Women in Tech Roundtable” will be moderated by U.S. Cellular CEO and CTIA Board of Directors Chairperson Mary Dillon. It will bring together the female executives defining mobility across industry sectors. The roundtable includes Target EVP and Chief Information Officer Beth Jacob and Adobe SVP and Chief Information Officer Gerri Martin-Flickinger.

May 20 is for Pre-Conference Seminars, and May 21-23 for the main Conference & Exposition. To register, visit www.ctia2013.com.

March 19 and 20 are for general participation. The third day, March 21, features FOUO (For Official Use Only) sessions for U.S. citizens only.

Topics covered include:

• SVN49 anomaly simulation
• Utilizing Remote Control and Motion
• Advanced Modeling and Simulation Techniques
• Differential GPS and Augmentation Systems
• Multi-GNSS constellation testing
• Integrated GPS/inertial testing (FOUO Session)
• M-code simulation (FOUO Session)
• CRPA testing (FOUO Session)

View the tentative schedule. (PDF)

The registration rate of $125 covers all meals and parking for three days.

The new Pacific PNT Conference, offered by the Institute of Navigation, provides an opportunity for policy and technical leaders from the Pacific Rim to share policy updates, program status and technical exchanges on positioning, navigation and timing.

The conference, along with tutorials and a table-top exhibition, will be held at the Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa in Honolulu. Subjects to be discussed include GNSS agricultural, construction and mining applications, emergency management, UAVs, earthquake and tsunami prediction and monitoring, terrestrial and low frequency navigation, signals of opportunity, UAS integration into international airspace, and multi-GNSS policy issues.

The conference advisory board includes experts from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and the United States.

To register, visit the website.

What is expected to be a first annual conference of the ACCSEAS (Accessibility for Shipping, Efficiency Advantages and Sustainability) project will examine how to address significant current and future issues which may impact on safe navigation in the North Sea and western Baltic Sea by pioneering safe regional access through the use of e-Navigation.

Themes for the March 2013 Conference will include:

• Defining regional e-Navigation for safe and efficient access to ports in the North Sea;
• Providing an innovative approach to North Sea accessibility and efficiency challenges; and
• The use of e-Navigation as a sustainable way forward for improving navigational safety within our region.

A recent ACCSEAS project workshop in the Netherlands in December 2012, which was attended by representatives from major North Sea ports, well known shipping companies, navigation authorities and equipment suppliers, identified significant issues which may interfere with safe navigation in the North Sea and the neighbouring area of the Western Baltic.

The issues identified by the workshop that can be further explored within the conference included:

• Implications of renewable power generation, particularly the proliferation of wind turbines and potential  reductions in navigable “sea room”;
• The prediction that an increase in ship size, particularly amongst container vessels, is unlikely to reduce shipping traffic densities;
• The need to recognise the complexity of bridge systems in the training of seafarers;
• Questioning by mariners of their trust in the accuracy of existing onboard navigation systems;
• Provision of a navigational back-up in the event of failures, jamming or “spoofing” of vulnerable satellite based systems;
• Identifying the need to provide better links between mariners and policy makers at national, European and International levels;
• Better provision of information between ship and shore personnel, particularly with respect to routing and weather information.
• The conference will also include the establishment of the first North Sea e-Navigation Forum to bring together users, stakeholders and navigation authorities and provide a voluntary arena for discussing and advising on the future implementation of e-Navigation in the region.

The ACCSEAS Project, which seeks to improve maritime access to the North Sea Region of Europe, is run by a partnership of navigation and maritime authorities, academic institutions and industry from Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom.

Within this area, ACCSEAS aims to implement and demonstrate a practical test-bed for e-Navigation prototype services in order to demonstrate proof-of-concept solutions to existing and potential navigation issues within the region.

Commenting on the ACCSEAS Project and the first annual conference, Roger Lockwood, Chief Executive of the Northern Lighthouse Board, stated:

“The ACCSEAS project is an exciting opportunity to put the maritime community at the centre of future innovation in navigation safety for efficient access to North Sea ports.”

Further information and registration details for the conference will shortly be available on the ACCSEAS website.