SiRF
Hosts Location 2.0 Summit For Industry Leaders
First of Its Kind Event Aims to Drive
Location Further Into the Mainstream
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 16, 2007 –
Bringing the innovation and leadership of the location industry
ecosystem together in one place for the first time, SiRF
Technology Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRF), a leading provider
of GPS-powered location platforms, today announced the first
annual Location 2.0 Summit and Awards, an invitation-only
event to be held in San Francisco on October 23, 2007 in
the elegant St. Regis Hotel. Boasting an array of keynote
speakers, panel discussions, intimate gatherings and a dinner
and awards program, the Location 2.0 Summit will give approximately
200 industry leaders, executives and developers a unique
opportunity to explore the future direction of technologies
for location-based services (LBS). The Location 2.0 Summit
supports SiRF’s long term strategy for growth and
is designed to expand LBS into mobile and wireless devices.
The first event of its kind, the Location 2.0 Summit brings
together leaders addressing all aspects of the location
industry ecosystem: operators and service providers, device
manufacturers and enabling platform providers as well as
content and application developers. Attendees will hear
and discuss success stories and proven strategies as well
as critical challenges for the location industry in the
mobile and wireless space.
“Location technology is a fundamental enabler for
a broad range of applications and content that will benefit
mainstream consumers and enterprises alike, and we are starting
to see exciting innovations from major industry players
in this space,” said Kanwar Chadha, founder and vice
president of marketing for SiRF. “With this summit,
SiRF is hoping to create an environment that will be conducive
to collaboration and partnering among those in a position
to significantly influence the direction this industry will
take, and encourage the critical mass necessary to push
location further into the mainstream.”
After a luncheon and registration in the St. Regis Ballroom,
the Location 2.0 Summit commences with a keynote address
by Michael Jones, CTO of Google Earth, a technology that
is proving to be a key enabler for the location ecosystem.
This will be followed by a fireside chat between Andrew
Seybold, one of the most respected and influential champions
of mobile wireless innovation, and Kanwar Chadha, founder
of SiRF, and will focus on the vision of this new Location
Summit and the future of the location ecosystem. The afternoon
will continue with a variety of panel discussions lead by
key industry executives that will explore every aspect of
the location ecosystem. The panels will be held in question-and-answer
format, and will include audience participation.
Panel speakers include Raphael Goumot, head of group marketing
for consumer location-based services in the Corporate Strategic
Marketing Division of Orange - France Telecom Group; Samuel
Wang, president, Mio Technology; Robert Gourdine, director
of marketing, North American Consumer Group for Navteq;
and Magnus Nilsson, chief executive officer for Wayfinder
Systems.
Executives in each area of the location ecosystem will
mingle at the evening cocktail reception, which is followed
by the awards dinner and presentation in the Grand Ballroom
of the St. Regis Hotel and a keynote address by Cheryln
Chin, corporate vice president of multimedia products and
experiences for Motorola’s Mobile Devices business.
Honoring the highest achievements across the location ecosystem,
the Location 2.0 Summit Awards are an extraordinary opportunity
to promote excellence and celebrate achievement in the industry,
and will recognize and honor individuals and organizations
for their leadership, vision and lifetime achievement.
More information on the Location 2.0 Summit can be found
at www.sirf.com/location2summit>>.
About SiRF Technology
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 connectively 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, California, 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>>.
Forward Looking Statements
Except for the historical information contained herein,
the matters set forth in this press release, including,
but not limited to, statements regarding the anticipated
benefits of the conference, including supporting SiRF’s
growth strategy and expanding the use of location-based
services, and the co-development of certain future product
platforms and anticipated benefits thereof, including making
location and wireless connectivity mainstream are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “to,”
“being,” “will,” “possible,”
“may,” ” “addresses,” “designed
to,” “expand”, “provide,”
“believe,” and similar expressions are intended
to identify forward-looking statements. These statements
are not guarantees of future performance and should not
be considered as an indication of future performance. SiRF’s
actual results could differ materially from those discussed
in these forward-looking statements as a result of risks
and uncertainties, including, among others, demand and market
acceptance for our products and those of our customers,
the market for GPS-based location awareness, risks associated
with the semiconductor industry and other risks and uncertainties
discussed in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 and from time to
time in SiRF’s SEC reports. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date hereof. We do not undertake
any obligation to update forward-looking statements.
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