Intergraph Signs as Diamond Sponsor of Inaugural Rocket City Geospatial Conference
Monday August 27th 2007
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 27, 2007
Contact: Sara Upchurch
Phone: 404.751.2553
sara.upchurch@intergraph.com
Joe Francica
Phone: 256-650-0205
E-mail : Joe.Francica@DirectionsMedia.Net
Intergraph Signs as Diamond Sponsor of Inaugural
Rocket City Geospatial Conference
International Geospatial Technology Company Secures Top Sponsorship
Huntsville, AL – Directions Media, organizer of the inaugural Rocket City Geospatial Conference, Oct. 15-17, 2007 at the Huntsville Marriott, is pleased to announce that Intergraph Corporation will be the Diamond level sponsor at the inaugural event. The company secured the top sponsorship of the conference and will host the social event on the evening of October 16.“We are excited to be the key sponsor of the Rocket City Geospatial Conference,” said Jack Pellicci, Intergraph senior vice president for Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) division and general manager of Federal, Security and Intelligence business unit. “Huntsville is a center of geospatial development and innovative implementation and this conference is a marked recognition of the area’s many spatially-focused organizations. This will be the premier event highlighting geospatialtechnology in the Southeast and it offers us an opportunity to demonstrate Intergraph’s core technology to our constituents in the region.”
“Intergraph has helped to shape this conference from the beginning and we are extremely pleased that they will be the Diamond sponsor of the event,” said Joe Francica, conference chairman and vice publisher of Directions Media. “Its presence as an international corporation is one of the keystones that demonstrates the very strong concentration of geospatial activity in the Southeast.
The three-day event will feature seven workshops on topics such as Geospatial Technology for Military and Intelligence Organizations, Virtual Alabama, Geospatial Technology 101, and others. Presentations will be offered in three concurrent sessions. Additionally, there will be a plenary session dedicated to GIS Issues in the State of Alabama. Guest speakers will include the Honorable Loretta Spencer, Mayor of Huntsville; Colonel John Olshefski, Redstone Arsenal Garrison Commander; and
Brigadier General, US Army (Ret.) Jack Pellicci, senior vice president Security, Government & Infrastructure (SGI) and general manager, Federal, Security & Intelligence for Intergraph.
The Rocket City Geospatial Conference is part of Directions Media’s conference programming, and expects to draw more than 300 professionals. The agenda is currently online at the conference website. Registration for the event is now open. For the latest information about the conference, the venue, and for travel information, please visit the conference website at Www.RocketCityGeospatial.com.About Directions MediaHeadquartered in Glencoe, Illinois, with offices in Huntsville, Alabama, Directions Media is 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 consists of five media properties: Directions Magazine, LBS360.NET Magazine, the Location Intelligence Annual Conference, the Rocket City Geospatial Conference, and All Points Blog.
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