2012 Ubiquitous Positioning Indoor Navigation and Location Based Service (UPINLBS)

The Hilton Helsinki Strand at night

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UPINLBS 2012 will take place on the Gulf of Finland waterfront at the Hilton Strand in Helsinki, Finland on October 3 and 4. The conference venue is 1/2 mile (0.8 km ) from the center of the city.

John Raquet, U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology ; Mark Petovello, University of Calgary and Rafael Lucas, GNSS Evolution and Strategy Division, European Space Agency will deliver the keynotes.

The topics are:

• GNSS based positioning for indoors and outdoors
• RAN (Radio Access Network) based positioning in smart phones
• Positioning solutions based on signals of opportunity
• Hybrid positioning solutions with multiple sensors and RF signals
• Emerging sensor technologies for positioning
• Vision-aided navigation
• Smart phone navigation and LBS technologies
• Innovative LBS services and applications
• Context awareness
• Future GNSS
• Positioning in digital TV networks

The event includes a cocktail reception and sauna and a tour of Helsinki.

An industry exhibition will be held with the conference.

The Finnish Geodetic Institute, Nordic Institute of Navigation and IEEE sponsor the event.

For technical information about the conference, please email Dr. Heidi Kuusniemi at the email address below.