Horn, Austria - February 15, 2013 - RIEGL proudly announces the first sponsors, speakers and event news of its upcoming RIEGL LIDAR 2013 International User Conference to be held in Vienna, Austria, June 25-27.

RIEGL is thrilled to welcome the first confirmed sponsors: as Gold sponsors, Applanix and Trimble, as Silver sponsors, AHM Airborne Hydromapping, Airborne Technologies, IGI, Diamond Airborne Sensing, Milan Geoservice, Schiebel, 3D Laser Mapping and TechNet, and as bronze sponsors, PointShape, Aveva, Certainty 3D, Kubit, and PHOCAD. Moreover we are happy to welcome many international media partners supporting the event. Further information at www.riegllidar.com.

World-class speakers will be presenting at the conference and there are still opportunities to present at RIEGL LIDAR 2013. First confirmed speakers include Dr. Ilya Rylskiy from Arkon (Russia), Alastair Jenkins from GeoDigital (Canada) and Martin Isenburg from rapidlasso (Germany), to name a few. 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.

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

With all of the exciting new developments for RIEGL LIDAR 2013 user conference, RIEGL looks forward to welcoming a large international audience in Vienna this June. More information at www.riegllidar.com

About RIEGL LMS
RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems is an Austrian based company specializing in research, development and production of terrestrial, mobile and airborne laser scanners and laser scanning systems. The combination of state-of-the-art hardware and appropriate, equally innovative RIEGL software packages results in powerful solutions for multiple fields of application. For more information, visit www.riegl.com