The Carbon Project

First Location-Based Social Networking Conference ‘A Success’

WASHINGTON, DC, October 10, 2006 – The Carbon Project and the Homeland Defense Journal hosted the first Location-Based Social Networking (LoSoNet™) for Crisis Management Conference on October 3 at the Sheraton National in Arlington, Virginia. The conference featured detailed discussion on how to apply social networked approaches to homeland security and defense programs to enhance situational awareness.

“LoSoNet 2006 was time well spent. Excellent, qualified speakers provided a broad perspective on a rapidly changing part of the industry—exactly what we look for in a new conference,” said Alan R. Sultan, President, Acuity Mobile, Inc., a LoSoNet attendee.

“Participants in LoSoNet 2006 included thought leaders from government and industry and represented probably the finest collection of speaking talent I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with,” said Jeff Harrison, President and CEO, The Carbon Project.

Here’s what other attendees had to say about LoSoNet 2006 –

"This was a great seminar. I feel like I received a week's worth of information in just one day."

"This was a very balanced, interesting conference. One of the best I have participated in! Action packed! Very interesting.”

“This was a brilliant conference and an outstanding lineup of speakers."

"Great conference! Emphasized the importance of using location based social networking for information sharing."

"Great gathering - a lot of useful information."

LoSoNet 2006 was the first forum to connect the world of social networking with location-based information. The conference focused on emerging methods to achieve situational awareness for defense and homeland security programs and examined how to apply social networked approaches to enhance situational awareness.

Attendees of LoSoNet 2006 heard from government and industry leaders who discussed the latest requirements and technologies for city Wi-Fi, “emergent intelligence”, situational awareness and information fusion including: C. Douglas Bass, Emergency Manager for Fairfax County, VA; Craig Fifer, E-Government Manager for Alexandria, VA; First Sergeant Lehew Miller, Virginia Fusion Center; Tom Conry, GIS Manager, Fairfax County, VA; Twyla McDermott, GIS Manager and Corporate Strategic Technology Planner, City of Charlotte, NC; Edward Hecker, Chief, Office of Homeland Security, Directorate of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Kevin Shaw, Naval Research Lab; Julia Harrell, NC DENR GIS Coordinator; Pablo Gonzalez, Telemus Solutions; Rob Roy, Microsoft Virtual Earth; Jeff Harrison, The Carbon Project and many more.

Organizers and sponsors of the LoSoNet 2006 Conference included the Homeland Defense Journal, The Carbon Project, Telemus Solutions, Inc., LBSzone and others. Additional information about the conference can be found at www.LoSoNet.org.

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