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Friday 1st December – QEII Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London, SW1P 3EE

Over 130 delegates attended The MapInfo Conference 2006 at the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster, London. The feedback this year has been fantastic. Some comments from satisfied delegates included:

‘I found the conference professionally run with some great speakers. Looking forward to hearing about next year’s event.’

‘Please thank the team for what has to have been one of the best conferences that I have attended in a very long time!’

‘Congratulations on a very successful event - I thoroughly enjoyed the day’

On analysis of the feedback forms we also found that:

Ranked Service	Percentage ranked "Good" or "Very Good"
Conference organisation on the day	100%
Venue	100%
Mix of Speakers/Subjects	92%
Catering	92%
Pre-conference organisation	91%
Value for money	82%
Quality of literature	75%
Quality of speakers	75%

Highlights of the day included keynote speeches from Sir Digby Jones, former director of the CBI and Mark Cattini, MapInfo CEO, Jonathan Reynolds, Director of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management, plus a full compliment of vertical presentations from customers and partners alike including, Debenhams plc, BT Exact and BT Retail, Orange, Deloitte, MicroStrategy Ltd, and TeleAtlas.

Thanks to all who participated and attended this event. We will be announcing the date and venue for next years MapInfo Conference early in the New Year.

Testimonials

“The £199 conference registration fee represented excellent value for money, and MapInfo are to be congratulated on establishing the event as a regular and well attended fixture in the conference calendar.”

“This annual Conference is now firmly established as the leading industry forum for analysts interested in cutting edge store location research...”

“The MapInfo Conference continues to offer a first class line up of retail and property speakers who provide useful insights into the benefits of using location intelligent research. It is my must-attend conference of the year.”

“A fantastic insight into how retailers are using location analysis in profitable decision making.”

“Excellent – the right balance of more conceptual and applications based topics”

“Very well organised – a good balance of speakers/topics. I found it very informative and it has certainly increased my awareness of different subject matters, e.g. site location/modelling activity which I can try and apply in our workplace.”

Previous delegates include representatives from:

Abbey, AF Blakemore, Alliance Pharmacy, Allied Irish Banks plc, Arco Ltd, Argos Limited, Asda Stores Ltd, B&Q plc, Bank of Ireland, Barclays Bank plc, Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council, BOC Ltd, Boden, Boots Group, Borders (UK) Ltd, Bradford & Bingley plc, Bromley Publications, BT Global Services, Camelot Group plc, Cancer Research UK, Carphone Warehouse, CB Richard Ellis, Cheltenham & Gloucester plc, Clarks International, Comet Group plc, Daimler Chrysler UK Ltd, Debenhams plc, Decathlon, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Demographic Decisions Ltd, Dominos Pizza Group Ltd, DSG International plc, DTZ Pieda Consulting, Eaton Securities Plc, EDS, Ernst and Young, Firm Property, First Choice Holidays & Flights Ltd, Fripp Sandeman & Partners Limited, Halfords Group Plc, HBOS plc, Homebase Ltd, Homecheck, Inter IKEA Systems S.A., JD Sports Plc, JJB Sports Plc, John Lewis Partnership plc, Jones Lang LaSalle, Kingfisher plc, Knight Frank, Kwik-Fit - Tyre Plus, Lend Lease Europe Limited, Littlewoods Gaming Limited, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, Lucy Locket Ltd, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, Marks & Spencer plc, Martin McColl (formerly TM Retail), Matalan plc, McDonalds Restaurants Ltd, Mendip Land Limited, Metro Cash & Carry International GmbH, Middlesex University Business School, Mitchells & Butlers, Muji, Musgrave Budgens Londis, Nationwide Building Society, O2 UK, Odeon UCI Group, Peel Holdings plc, Peugeot Motor Company plc, Post Office Limited, Premier Travel Inn, Property Market Analysis LLP, Prudential UK, Rank Group Gaming Division, Roger Tym & Partners, Royal Mail Holdings, Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, Save the Children, Savills (L & P) Ltd, Somerfield Stores Ltd, Specsavers Optical Superstores, St Andrews University, Steer Davies Gleave, Templeton College, Tesco Stores Limited, The British Land Corporation, The Chambers, The Co-operative Group, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, TK Maxx, UBS Global Asset Management, United Co-op, University of Rome, University of Southampton, University Of The West Of England, Waitrose Ltd, WHSmith Ltd

MapInfo Conference 2006 was sponsored by:

Microstrategy and TeleAtlas.