09:00-10:00 Opening Ceremony

10:00-10:15 Address by event leaders

◆ Chengqi Ran, Deputy Director of China Satellite Navigation Engineering Center

◆ Speech by the leader in charge of BeiDou (COMPASS) Navigation Satellite System

◆ Anthony Russo, Director of the U.S. National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing

◆ Speech by leader in charge of Europe Galileo System

◆ Guifei Jing, Director of Navigation Department of National Remote Sensing Center of China: Geographic Information Technology and Application & Prospect for the "12th Five-Year Plan" Technology Development

◆ Xiaojing Wang, Vice Chairman of China Intelligent Transportation Systems Association; Deputy Director-General of Research Institute of Highway, Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China: Development Opportunities for China’s ITS Industry over the "12th Five-Year Plan" Period

Panel 1: BeiDou (COMPASS) Navigation Satellite System

1) What policies will the Chinese government make to promote the civil use of the COMPASS system? Will COMPASS system, Galileo system, and the U.S. GPS system, etc. have synchronous development in China in the future?

2) When will the civil market for Chinese COMPASS system emerge and have booming development? What are the problems and difficulties over this process?

3) Compared with Galileo system and the U.S. GPS system, what are the advantages of Chinese COMPASS system? Will it be also widely used in other countries all over the world?

4) When will the Chinese government issue the Compass Interface Control Document? How will GNSS companies develop business in China based on that?

◆ Dr. Chengming Li, Director of Research Institute of Cartography and GIS, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping: GIS & Urban ITS Infrastructure in China

 DAY 2: Morning, Sept. 2 (09:00-12:30)

◆ Chunda Qin, GPS Manager of Shinco Electronics Group Co., Ltd.: New Stage of Development for China’s Navigation Terminal Products

◆ Congwu Cheng, CEO of AutoNavi Software Co., Ltd.: China COMPASS Navigation Era Accelerating the Fast Evolution of Digital Navigation Map & LBS Industry

◆ Chao Zhang, General Manager of Beijing Xing Tian Di Information & Technology Co., Ltd.: The application of Aerial Remote Sensing Technology & 3D Geographic Information System in China

Panel 2: Digital Navigation Map Industry in China

1) What's the current status of the database quality and update frequency for China's digital navigation map industry? How's the development of map incremental update and 3D navigation map?

2) Will map piracy be effectively solved? As the competition among Chinese map providers is the fiercest in the world, will map price tend to be stable in the future?

3) What's the profit status of Chinese map providers? Will M&A among the map providers be inevitable for further development of the industry?

4) How will Google, Microsoft, and Nokia's strategic investment in navigation affect China's digital navigation map industry?

Panel 3: ITS, 3D Geographic Information System and Digital City

1) What's the current situation of 3D geographic information system’s development in China? What are the related policies and regulations to ensure its healthy and orderly development, particularly its application in Urban ITS in China?

2) What's the development trend and prospect of ITS, 3D geographic information system and digital city? Are there any successful application cases in China? What experience will China learn from the world market?

3) How will Google and Microsoft affect the Chinese industry with their global strategies about 3D geographic information?

◆ Chong Cao, Director of BeiDou Civil Application Market and Industrialization Expert Commission: Current Status and Development Trend of the Navigation Satellite Industry in China

◆ Xinping Guo, President of Beijing Unistrong Science & Technology Co., Ltd.: Keynote Speech

◆ Zhide Yuan, CEO of Shanghai GALILEO Industries Ltd.: Keynote Speech

◆ Bulu Xu, Standing Deputy General Manager, Shanghai Silicon Intellectual Property Exchange: Application of COMPASS System at EXPO Shanghai

◆ Cheng He, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Traffic Information Center

◆ SAIC Motor Passenger Vehicle Co., Ltd.

◆ Ralf Willenbrock, Head of Traffic Management, Deutsche Telekom: Green Driving Makes a Better City - a Program Supporting Low-Carbon Travel over the Shanghai World Expo

Panel 4: Real-Time Traffic Information Service.

1) What's the coverage and use condition of real-time traffic information services in China? What's the most popular service channel and terminal - radio, Internet, in-car terminal, or mobile phone?

2) How about users' feedback on the use of real-time traffic? Are they willing to pay? Is there any mature and effective business model to promote the fast development of this industry?

3) What's the difference between the real-time traffic information services in China and those in other countries? What will China learn from them?

◆ Trimble Navigation Limited: Keynote Speech

Panel 5: Driving Force for GNSS Development in North America / Moderator: Glen Gibbons, Editor & Publisher of Inside GNSS

1) What role does the U.S. government play in the GNSS industry? What policies have been made to promote the industry development?

2) What's the major force to drive the GNSS industry development? What roles do telecom operators and other stakeholders play?

3) Are there any difficulties during the implementation of E911 service? What will China learn from the U.S. experience?

★ Kanwar Chadha, Chief Marketing Officer, CSR

★ Dr. Cormac Conroy, Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm 

★ Mike Shaw, Director of Navigation Systems Global Business Development, Lockheed Martin Corporation

★ Dominique Bonte, Practice Director for Telematics and Navigation, ABI Research

◆ Expert on Europe Satellite Navigation Industry: Keynote Speech