WASHINGTON, DC, August 16, 2006 – Homeland Defense Journal and The Carbon Project are pleased to announce that the world’s first Location-Based Social Networking (LoSoNet™) for Crisis Management Conference now includes an expanded agenda and new sponsors.  The conference will be held at the prestigious Sheraton National in Arlington, Virginia on Tuesday, October 3, 2006.

LoSoNet 2006 provides a forum to connect the world of social networking with location-based information. The conference will highlight emerging methods to achieve situational awareness for defense and homeland security programs, including emergent intelligence, combat tracking and other 4GW disciplines. The conference also examines how peer and ad hoc networks can provide new levels of situational awareness, fusion and survivability that rigid information sharing hierarchies can't match.

The conference also includes Wireless Mesh Networking, Regional Networking and Fusion panels that will discuss emerging requirements and technologies for local interaction, regional information sharing and “fusion centers”.

LoSoNet 2006 welcomes both public and private organizations and enterprises from defense, homeland security and other communities to meet, discuss and learn about one of today’s most innovative technology areas in this exciting new forum.
 
Organizers and sponsors of the LoSoNet Conference include the Homeland Defense Journal, The Carbon Project, Telemus Solutions, Inc., Weatherbug, LBSzone and others. Additional information about the conference including registration, speaking, and sponsorship opportunities can be found at www.losonet.org.

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