Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2014
Registration is now open for the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2014! Considered one of the most influential events on the GNSS calendar, these annual conferences continually feature leading worldwide speakers from industry, science and government debating the development and direction of satellite navigation technology.
The summit will begin at 16:30 on 25 March 2014 with the Exhibition Opening and Champagne Reception. This will be followed by the Opening Plenary Panel at 17:15, which will consider the topic of "GNSS - New Challenges". The evening will then continue with a networking opportunity with the Bavarian State Reception within the "Residenz Muenchen".
A programme for the event is yet to be confirmed, but speakers will focus on the worldwide developments of satellite navigation, including:
- Implementation of the European satellite navigation system Galileo
- Modernisation of the US Global Positioning System (GPS IIF, GPS III)
- Status and modernisation of the Russian Global Satellite Navigation System GLONASS
- Developments of new global and regional systems like the Chinese COMPASS, the Japanese QZSS and the Indian IRNSS
- Space Based Augmentation systems (SBAS)
- Legal issues of privacy devices and GNSS re-transmitters
- Getting the centimetre on global scale (Precise Point Positioning)
- Design of future navigation systems: Will autonomous sensors come to the fore
- GNSS monitoring of the earth and natural disasters
- Integrated applications of GNSS and Earth Observation
In addition to to sessions on the rapidly growing application and evolution of satellite navigation systems, the conference will also feature:
- An exhibition for industry and institutions
- The announcement of the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2014
- A parallel track on Copernicus, the European Commission´s Earth Observation Programme. Alongside technical and political updates, the sessions will also give insight into services and applications enabled by the programme.
There is a special ION rate for those who register before 21 October 2013, so Register Today
For further information and an up to date programme, visit the main website for the summit here