GPS World Webinars

Designing the Future: Signal Simulation for Expanding GNSS

Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013
Time: 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. GMT

Simulation and testing experts offer key technical insights on the intricacies and importance of product and signal  testing, whether by simulator, record-and-replay, or in the field, in the increasingly complex environment of multiple modernizing and expanding GNSS signals, from GPS III to BeiDou, with Galileo coming on strong and GLONASS a perennial standby.

The webinar will be of profitable interest to all GNSS product designers, managers, manufacturers, distributors, and users, as well as similar roles in wireless, LBS, aviation and automobiles, and other associated fields using or seeking to use positioning, navigation, and timing.

Speakers:

Mark Sampson, LabSat Product Manager, RaceLogic
Mark Sampson is Racelogic’s LabSat product manager. He has more than 15 years’ experience in the development of GNSS technology. Working closely with leading businesses such as Bosch, Intel, Samsung and Telefonica, he provides knowledge and expertise in testing any GNSS device, application or integration.

 

John Fischer, Chief Technology Officer, Spectracom
John Fischer is CTO of Spectracom, a world leader in GPS testing and instrumentation equipment and a business of the Orolia Group.  Mr. Fischer received his MSEE and BSEE degrees from SUNY at Buffalo and has over 30 years experience creating navigation and communications systems.

 

Markus Lörner, Product Manager, Rohde & Schwarz
Markus Lörner is a Product Manager for RF signal generators and power meters at Rohde & Schwarz headquarter in Munich, Germany. Markus joined Rohde & Schwarz in 2000 after receiving his degree in EE from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

 

Steve Hickling, Lead Product Manager, Spirent Communications

Steve Hickling is lead product manager for Spirent’s GNSS simulator business and is based at the factory in Paignton, England. Previously he has held a variety of marketing, technical and management roles in the telecoms and optical components industries. He holds a BSc in Physics and Electronic Engineering from Birmingham University, an MBA from OUBS and a PGDipM from the CIM. 

Mark Wilson, Vice President of Sales, IfEN GmbH
Mark Wilson has been involved in the sale of Satellite Navigation Test Equipment since the early 1990s in a broad range of applications. He was previously with Spirent Communications in the UK before moving to Spirent Federal in the USA as Director of Sales in 2003. At IFEN Inc., in California, he works to provide flexible and effective GNSS Test Solutions to the American Market.

Moderator: Alan Cameron, Editor & Publisher, GPS World

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Previous Webinars Available On-Demand

Indoor Navigation: Results of the FCC’s CSRIC Bay Area Trials
Broadcast Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013
On-Demand Available Until: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. EDT
Moderator: Alan Cameron, Editor & Publisher, GPS World
Speakers: Khaled Dessouky,Ph.D,Founder and Executive Vice President, TechnoCom Corporation; Ganesh Pattabiraman, Co-Founder, President and COO, NextNav; Norm Shaw, Executive Director, Government Affairs and Business Development, Polaris Wireless; Greg Turetzky, Senior Marketing Director, Location Strategy, CSR, plc.

Social Media and Big Data 101 for GIS Professionals
Broadcast Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013
On-Demand Available Until: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. EDT
Moderator: Art Kalinski, Editor, GeoIntelligence Insider Newsletter
Speakers: Eric Gakstatter, Editor, Geospatial-Solutions.com, Survey Scene Newsletter; Dr. Dan Tolley, CEO, Soft Power Solutions; Gen. Edwin “Skip” Vincent (USAF Ret.), Founder, Soft Power Solutions; Bob Dowling, Co-founder, GeoCOP; Steve Lutton, Director, Product Management, Geosemble Solutions

Precision Timekeeping with Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks
Broadcast Date: Thursday, March 7, 2013
On-Demand Available Until: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. EDT
Speaker: Steve Fossi, Director of New Business Development, Symmetricom
Panelist: Ravi Pragasam, Marketing Manager, Embedded Solutions, Symmetricom

Previous Webinar Recordings Available on YouTube

All About GNSS Interferences: How to Defend, Monitor, and Report 
Broadcast Date: Thursday, January 31, 2013
Moderator: Alan Cameron, publisher and editor-in-chief for GPS World
Speaker: Javad Ashjaee, President and CEO, JAVAD GNSS

Indoor Navigation
Broadcast Date: Thursday, December 13, 2012
Moderator: Alan Cameron, publisher for GPS World
Speakers: J. Blake Bullock (Samsung), Manikantan Parameswaran (Spirent), Chris Gates (NextNav), Dave Huntingford (CSR)

GNSS Constellation Update
Broadcast Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012
Speaker: Eric Gakstatter, contributing editor for survey and GIS