Heads-up on this interesting event of interest to those in the New York area...

When: Friday, July 11, 2008
Where: 301 Uris Hall, Columbia Business School, 116th & Broadway, New York, NY
Hosted by: Columbia Institute of Tele-Information (CITI)

The Symposium will be structured in four parts by type of contributor:

    * Mobile Operators, Device Vendors & Mobile Developers
    * Web & Social Networking Providers & Content/Dataset Providers
    * Advertising/Marketing Players
    * Public Policy & Consumer Protection

Speakers/Panelists Will Also Collectively Address:

    * LBS State of Play
    * Monetization & Business Model Issues
    * Demand side

Speakers/Panelists Include:

    * Columbia University,  Professor Eli Noam, Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
    * Columbia University - Henning Schulzrinne - Professor of Computer Science and Department Chair

Mobile Operators, Device Vendors & Mobile Developers Session:

    * Qualcomm, Frederic Servais, Product Manager, Location Products & Services, Qualcomm
    * Skyhook Wireless, Ted Morgan, CEO
    * Meet Moi, Andrew Weinrich, CEO
    * TeleNav, Hassan Wahla, Sr. Director of Business Development

Public Policy & Consumer Protection Session:

    * AT&T, Dorothy Attwood, SVP - Public Policy and Chief Privacy Officer
    * CTIA-The Wireless Association, Michael F. Altschul, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
    * EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center), John Verdi, Staff Counsel
    * Loopt, Brian Knapp, Chief Privacy Officer, Vice President, Corporate Affairs

Advertising/Marketing Players Session:

    * M: Metrics, Evan Neufeld, VP Consulting & Senior Analyst
    * Nielsen Mobile, David Gill - Director
    * 1020 Placecast, Blair Swedeen, VP Market Development
    * Ogilvy Interactive, Ben Ezrick, Senior Strategist
    * Slifter Local Shopper, Alex Muller, CEO
    * Moderator: Alison Albeck Lindland (CBS '08), American Express Interactive, Manager

Web & Social Networking Providers & Content/Dataset Providers Session:

    * Socialight, Dan Melinger, Co-Founder
    * Tele Atlas, Albert Cooley, Senior Director of Global Tools and Services
    * UpNext, Danny Moon, CEO
    * NAVTEQ, Nick Hopkins - Director of Product Management