BUILD with Mapbox 2023 is just around the corner! On November 16, our annual virtual conference will bring together the developers, companies, and innovators of the Mapbox community to showcase how location technologies are changing the game across all industries.

Learn how to match the Mapbox platform capabilities, including the latest features launched this year, to the needs of your applications and business.

Get ready for BUILD with this year’s agenda and keep reading for highlights you won’t want to miss.

Craft a location strategy

Mapbox equips innovative developers and companies to build with location technologies. But how do the pieces all fit together? What makes for a winning strategy for how to apply location to a given industry or business?

Our 2023 keynote will share a practical framework for a location strategy, drawn from the experiences of diverse Mapbox customers. See how the pillars of the Mapbox platform combine to create value, from enriching strategic analysis, to improving engagement with stunning visuals, to activating location features that delight end-users. 

Join the AI debate

Sit down with a live panel of thought-leaders at the intersection of location and AI technologies to consider how AI will shape businesses’ location strategies in the years to come. Explore the transformative potential of applying AI in combination with geospatial applications, from map creation to navigation systems that learn in real-time. Listen in on how Mapbox and others are innovating in this space and find inspiration for your own experiments with AI and location.

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Get technical with applied product sessions

Whether you have been building with Mapbox for years or just days, the breakout sessions at BUILD 2023 will offer valuable insights into understanding the Mapbox platform and how to apply services from Mapbox Maps, Navigation, Search, and Data to your particular location strategy.

Join Mapbox product teams and engineers to discover how they are driving innovation within the Mapbox platform and in collaboration with Mapbox customers. Get insights into the latest features and new releases across the Mapbox product stack. With live Q&A time, ask top-of-mind questions and provide feedback directly to the builders behind Mapbox. 

Drive engagement with 3D Maps

Unpack why Mapbox Standard, the new core Mapbox map style, is transforming the landscape of digital maps for web and mobile. Go behind the scenes with cartographers and engineers who built Mapbox Standard to explore the technical and design decisions that shaped its development. 

See how companies are building with Mapbox Standard in industries from real estate, to travel, to mobility, and more. Leave with an understanding of how to build with Standard, how to customize it, and how to use it effectively to improve location context, enhance wayfinding, and make maps more engaging.

Stay on-time and on track with Mapbox Navigation

Join the Mapbox Navigation product team to explore new features that enhance logistics, routing, and the in-app user experience. Even if you’re not already building with Mapbox Navigation products, discover how their capabilities are relevant for your location strategy.

From advanced route planning, to large-scale travel time analysis, to customized turn-by-turn directions, let the Mapbox team showcase what is possible with the Mapbox Navigation SDK, Directions API, Matrix API, Isochrones API, and more. Discuss applications of new AI-powered navigation products, Mapbox for EV and MapGPT.

Get more value from enterprise data

Sit down with the leaders of Mapbox Search and Mapbox Data products to learn how to unlock new insights from existing data by joining it with location data. Understand new dimensions of customer behavior and business strategy using advanced location data offerings for boundaries, movement, traffic, and geocoding data. Then bring it all together with customized visualizations and sleek customer-facing location features that show off your location smarts.

Prepare for next-level maps on web and mobile

Map developers, start your engines! The new releases of Mapbox GL JS and Mapbox Maps SDKs are going to change how you build and deploy location features. Go under the hood with the Maps product team to understand how to use all the latest features. Build and maintain map styles more efficiently with the new styling structure of Mapbox Standard. Transform how you process and use raster data. See what the new versions of GL JS and Mapbox Maps SDKs have to offer and more, so you can leave inspired and ready to level up your map-making.

Connect with the Mapbox community

Over 4 million developers build with Mapbox, but often work in very different industries or modalities. At BUILD, discover the wider Mapbox community, build connections, and find new sources of inspiration. BUILD is not just about Mapbox technology; it's about the people building and innovating with it.

Don’t miss the ever-popular ‘Ask Me Anything’ sessions with the teams of Mapbox. Connect live with product experts, engineers, and technical support pros from Maps, Navigation, Search, and Data. This year also debuts an AMA about career opportunities and working at Mapbox.

See you at BUILD!

Get all the details of the BUILD with Mapbox 2023 agenda and make sure to RSVP for a spot to join live at https://www.mapbox.com/build.