22 to 23 September, 2009
San Jose, California

MetaPlaces is a new series of events bringing together LBS enablers to discuss how to monetize location data and services.

The conference and an exhibition will attract business developers from such varied background as Mobile, advertising, LBS, Device manufacturing, online mapping or location platforms provision.

The conference will look at the main opportunities and barriers to monetizing location Data and Services, including:
– Maps and geo data access
– Privacy handling / Data ownership
– Channels to market
– Creating contextual data and services
– Business models and advertising models

Speakers include:
Tyler Bell, advanced product manager, Yahoo! Geo
Steve Coast, founder, Open Street Map
Keith Ippel, president & COO, Lat49
Sam Altman, co-founder & CEO, Loopt
Doug Turner, mobile engineer, Mozilla
Jonathan McPhie, product manager, Google
Dave Daetz, senior director of corporate development, Palm Inc.
Tim Hanlon, Managing Director, VivaKi Ventures/Publicis Groupe
Sylvain Grande, Senior Manager, Business Development, Nokia Services, Social Location
Surojit Chatterjee, Product Management, location based mobile advertising, Google
Darren Koenig, Director of Wireless, Internet, and Telecom, Tele Atlas

For more details, visit the conference website.