The mass market solutions, based on the use of GPS/GLONASS satellite navigation in personal devices (navigators and smartphones), telematics devices and in-vehicle navigation & information systems, have reached limits of their technological development and penetration. Consumers and businesses demand more: reliability assurance, higher accuracy, ‘everywhere’ navigation (not only outdoors).

The navigation technology development will be highly impacted by parallel in-vehicle revolutionary processes: data exchange between cars, between cars and the infrastructure, robotic automation. The cooperation in the BRICS+ format and the commercialization of potential of the ERA-GLONASS system, which commercial operation was started in 2015, will be an additional and important factor of the navigation market ‘reset’ for Russia.

Today there is a paradoxical situation for the satellite navigation deriving from specialized military applications since 1960th. Now all the expenses (billion dollars a year) for the maintenance and development of navigation systems are incurred by states — owners of these systems (at the moment these are Russian and the USA, soon it will also be the EU and China), and the global mass markets with dozens of billion dollars formed on the basis of free and globally available satellite navigation signal. At the same time the civil consumers make higher and diverse demands on satellite navigation, and the traditional military consumers more actively look for alternative (in particular, more jam-proof) solutions.

The misbalance of interests of consumers and states — satellite navigation systems owners can slow down the development of navigation technologies and markets already pretty soon.

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The data about accurate current location multiplied with an interactive communication channel open new opportunities for business in the location-based advertising format. At the section we will review LBA products existing in the Russian market , discuss application specifics, technological solutions, prospects and value for each type of players on the market: advertisers, media platforms, data and infrastructure platform providers.

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Establishing GLONASS Joint-Stock Company will drastically change the whole landscape of the Russian in-vehicle navigation market. GLONASS Joint-Stock Company will be an operator of the state navigation and information system “ERA-GLONASS”, which has been already working throughout Russia since 2015, which subscribers will be millions of motorists in 2-3 years. Among GLONASS Joint-Stock Company ‘s objectives is the development, independently and as a part of joint ventures, of different segments of the in-vehicle navigation market: safety, insurance, information, payment and other services. What new opportunities does it open for the Russian market development in whole, for existing companies and for appearing new players? How to fulfill the ERA-GLONASS system’s high commercial potential? How to ensure the balance of state and business interests?

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The Russian market of navigation technology introduction is one of the most advanced ones on the global level. Over the last several years there have been a number of large projects, putting the industry in the list of the most advanced ones in domestic and global economies, implemented.

There was the ERA-GLONASS Project implanted that became a pioneer in the field of accident emergency response navigation systems. The similar projects will be implemented in counties — EAEU members, China, India, OAE and other show stable interest to it.
Russia worked out the satellite navigation competency portfolio that is acknowledged by leading actors of the technology. These competencies can be a foundation for exporting domestic technologies, though it takes a number of issues to be solved.

What are geographic and country priorities? Do we need a universal solution or localization for each market? What kind of partners can help start using GLONASS export potential successfully and promptly?

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The Indoor Positioning (Indoor-Navigation) is a perfect reason for discussion
We have gathered developers of solutions, platforms, manufacturers of equipment, cartography, and components suppliers. Those who are in the market for a long time — and those who are just starting.
• What technologies are more reliable in particular?
• Can the indoor navigation be organized without deploying an infrastructure? What new objectives does this new direction accomplish?
• What new opportunities does it open?
• What unexpected complications, on the first expression, occur while implementing projects?
• What is the state’s role in indoor navigation?
• Reviews, specific cases, technical details!

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Denis Gavrilov, CEO, LLC “Insurance Company “Nezavisimost”

Sergey Maslenkov, Director of research and development, Smart Insurance Consulting

The important issues, necessary to be discuss at the section, are: legal, organizational, financial and technical problems in creating RNIS; successful experience in creating RNIS, including creating commercial services; RNIS real effectiveness — as a tool to control transportation operations and to penalize passenger and cargo transportation offenders.

As a result of the section’s work we will summarize advanced experience of regions and investors in creating, introducing and using RNIS, identify the most critical issues, including legal, organizational and technical ones, make proposals for their solving.

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• issues of the coordination and system planning of legislative activities;
• unified terminology for navigation activities;
• powers and rights of federal and regional government authorities of the Russian Federation and their interaction in legislative activities;
• legal issues of using results of navigation activities;
• issues of developing requirements for devices and systems with the navigation function

Seminar Agenda

— issues of the coordination and system planning of legislative activities;
— unified terminology for navigation activities;
— powers and rights of federal and regional government authorities of the Russian Federation and their interaction in legislative activities;
— legal issues of using results of navigation activities;
— issues of developing requirements for devices and systems with the navigation function