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SiRF Technology Founder Kanwar Chadha to Deliver Keynote Address at 2007 Location Intelligence Conference

Posted on: Monday, 12 March 2007, 09:00 CDT

The 2007 Location Intelligence Conference, the premiere industry event focused on the use of location technology, today announced that Kanwar Chadha, founder of SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc., will deliver the keynote address on Wednesday, April 18 at 9:15 AM PDT. Chadha will discuss the ways in which enterprises can benefit by deploying location technology across a range of applications to improve their business operations and profitability.

The 2007 Location Intelligence Conference will take place April 16-18, 2007 at the Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco. For more information, visit http://www.locationintelligence.net.

Chadha's keynote will highlight location technology in enterprise applications, how the use of consumer applications is filtering into enterprise solutions, and how Wi-Fi and GPS will work in tandem to deliver location-based services for both enterprise and consumer applications. He will also discuss field service management, mobile workforce deployment and logistics as they relate to the business use of location technology.

"In today's competitive environment, enhancing productivity and predictability are key to running successful enterprises and location awareness is a fundamental enabler to improve these aspects for any business, small or large," said Chadha. "I look forward to sharing my vision of the key global trends in location technology, and how the benefits of this technology can be brought to mainstream enterprises."

Chadha co-founded SiRF Technology in 1995, a world leader in creating technologies that confer location awareness or location intelligence to a wide range of consumer products. As vice president of marketing, he has led SiRF Technology from start-up to industry leader.

"We are delighted to have Kanwar Chadha as our keynote speaker," said Joe Francica, chairman of the Location Intelligence Conference. "Kanwar is one of the most sought-after experts in location technology and GPS-related trends and issues and our attendees will benefit greatly from hearing him speak first hand."

The 2007 Location Intelligence Conference will bring together business leaders for its annual gathering to discuss how to generate revenue, cut costs, improve workflow efficiency and gain competitive advantage by implementing location-related products and services within their organizations. The conference attracts decision makers from organizations involved in mobile and wireless devices, Internet mapping, location-based gaming, RFID, sensor web, geocoding, remote sensing, fleet management and field management services.

This year's conference sponsors include Autodesk, Business Objects, CH2M HILL, ESRI, Google, MapQuest, Oracle, deCarta, DigitalGlobe, First American Flood Data Services, MetaCarta, Microsoft, Tele Atlas, Awhere Inc., DMTI Spatial, Environics Analytics, Geodecisions, GeoLabour, geoVue, gfk Geomarketing, Immersive Media, InfoUSA, NAVTEQ, Placebase, RedSky Technologies, Safe Software, sss-research, Telogis, TerraGo Technologies, Zoominfosystems, MapInfo, Synergos Technologies, Synthegis and Thetus Corporation.

About the Location Intelligence Conference

Now in its fourth year, the Location Intelligence Conference serves as a forum for discussing the integration of location-related products and services with enterprise computing and consumer products. The conference is hosted by Directions Media, the global leader in collectively covering all aspects of location technology: geographic information systems (GIS), location intelligence, mapping portals and location-based services (LBS). Directions Media encompasses four media properties: Directions Magazine, LBS360.NET, All Points Blog and the Location Intelligence annual conference.

About SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc.

SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc. develops and markets semiconductor and software products that are designed to enable location-awareness utilizing GPS and other location technologies, enhanced by wireless connectivity capabilities such as Bluetooth, for high-volume mobile consumer devices and commercial applications. SiRF's technology has been integrated into mobile consumer devices such as automobile navigation systems, mobile phones, PDAs, GPS-based peripherals and handheld GPS navigation devices, and into commercial applications such as location servers, asset tracking devices and fleet management systems. SiRF markets and sells its products in three target platforms: wireless handheld devices, such as mobile phones; automotive electronics systems, including navigation and telematics systems; and consumer and compute devices, including personal digital assistants, notebook computers, recreational GPS handhelds, mobile gaming machines, digital cameras and watches. Founded in 1995, SiRF is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has sales offices, design centers and research facilities around the world. The company trades on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange under the symbol SIRF. Additional information about SiRF and its location technology solutions can be found at www.sirf.com.

Source: Business Wire

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