Howe School conference: The Rebirth of Location-Based Services - The Next Great Idea, May 12

HOBOKEN, N.J. ― The Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology and the investment bank of Kaufman Brothers will host the May 12 conference, “The Rebirth of Location-Based Services: The Next Great Idea,” at Stevens’ campus in Hoboken, N.J.

The conference, which will be held in the Babbio Center for Technology Management, 6 th and River Streets in Hoboken, will address the resurgence of location-based technologies and focus on how current and future business applications will benefit from the wider availability of location data. Company presentations and discussion panels will include innovative location technologies, applications, advertising and business models. The conference will also feature exhibits in advanced locations services, telematics, enterprise business applications and mobile social networking.

A key note address and presentations from industry leaders coupled with panel discussions will offer insights into investment opportunities in established publicly traded firms, as well as emerging stage private companies. The conference will center on panels in the following areas:

- New and ubiquitous location technologies

- New role of advertising and changing society values

- The reshaping old business applications

- Creating new business applications

For more information or to register for the event, please visit the Stevens website http://howe.stevens.edu/index.php?id=1431. Cost to attend: By invitation; exhibitors: $250.

Conference Agenda

 

10:00 - 11:00	Networking, Registration, Exhibits Open
10:30 - 11:30 Panel A.	Advances in Technology: New and Ubiquitous Location Technologies Moderator: Paul Mankiewich, CTO, Alcatel-Lucent Comscope, Ekahau, TrafficCast, TruePosition
Panel B.	LBS Platforms & Enabling Technologies Moderator: Grant Lenahan, VP Strategy, Telcordia Broadcom, HP, TeleAtlas, Telecommunication Systems
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch	Welcome: Hal Raveché, President, Stevens Institute of Technology Keynote Presentation: Barry West, CTO, Sprint
1:15 – 2:30 Panel A.	LBS in Advertising and mCommerce Moderator: Sara Silver, Wall Street Journal Issac Daniels, Kargo, Movius, Socialight
Panel B.	Reshaping Old Business Models Moderator: Mark Thompson, SVP/Founder, TeleventFarradyne Autel, Ituran, Smarter Agent, Telargo, uLocate
2:40 - 3:30 Panel	New Practices and Business Models Moderator: Bill Reinisch, VP Strategy, Motorola ISCO International, Square Loop, Stevens, useful-networks, Vindingo
3:30 - 3:45	Break
3:45 - 4:35 Panel	Investor Panel Moderator: Craig Kaufman, CEO, Kaufman Brothers Intel, SCP, Union Square Ventures
4:40 – 5:30	Presentations Next Great Ideas New Product/Concept
5:30 – 7:00	Reception/Exhibits Reopen
About Kaufman Brothers Founded in 1995 in response to growing investment community demand for specialization, Kaufman Bros., L.P. is a research-based, full-service investment bank, securities trading firm and brokerage operation serving the communications, media and technology universe Drawing on a team of industry veterans and a strategic group of limited partners, Kaufman Bros. integrates financial, technical, operational, international and legal expertise to provide accurate and comprehensive analysis of industry trends to a range of communications, media and technology companies and professional investors.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,040 undergraduate and 3,085 graduate students, and a worldwide online enrollment of 2,250, with a full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty of 140 and more than 200 full-time special faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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