RIEGL announces the first sponsors, speakers and event news of its upcoming RIEGL LiDAR 2013 International User Conference held in Vienna, Austria, June 25-27.

RIEGL welcomes the first confirmed sponsors: Gold sponsors, Applanix and Trimble; Silver sponsors, AHM Airborne Hydromapping, Airborne Technologies, IGI, Diamond Airborne Sensing, Milan Geoservice, Schiebel, 3D Laser Mapping and TechNet; and Bronze sponsors, PointShape, Aveva, Certainty 3D, Kubit and PHOCAD.

World-class speakers will be presenting at the conference and there are still opportunities to present. First confirmed speakers include Dr. Ilya Rylskiy from Arkon (Russia), Alastair Jenkins from GeoDigital (Canada) and Martin Isenburg from rapidlasso (Germany). By submitting a presentation abstract to RIEGL LiDAR 2013, you can join a highly influential and informative group of speakers who provide invaluable real world application information.

At the user conference, RIEGL will be highlighting latest solutions and developments, offer best practice sessions and in-depth technical workshops, as well as a tour of the factory.

The user conference will offer exciting social events that will provide entertainment to all attendees as well as networking opportunities. These events will be the RIEGL LIDAR 2013 Gala Dinner at a spectacular surprise venue and a Casino Night on Tuesday. RIEGL will be offering an Airborne Technical Tour to visit with three Austrian RIEGL partners: Airborne Technologies, Schiebel and Diamond Aircraft.

For more information, visitwww.riegllidar.com.