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| Automotive Track |
| Tuesday, April 24th |
| 12:00 – 16:00 | Registration |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | Opening Session |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Welcome Drinks |
| 19:15 – 23:00 | Dinner |
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| Wednesday, April 25th |
| 7:45 – 8:45 | Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote: Living in a Speech-Enabled World | Michael Thompson, Nuance
Speech is making quite a splash in the mobile industry, as evidenced recently at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain and CTIA in the USA, respectively. There is growing, active participation among wireless carriers, device makers, content providers and automotive manufacturers to raise public mindshare for common spoken commands to dial, message, search, navigate and take command of their mobile resources. This session focuses on the growing fascination with the marriage between speech and mobility. |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | Convergence: But Where and What is Converging? | Chris Jones, Canalys
Applications, content, information and industries continue to converge in the mobile landscape. Whether music, local search, dynamic content, messaging or navigation, these services are undoubtedly coming together from a variety of sources. But convergence means complexity and possibly even unknown costs. This session will explore some of the trends in the mobile, navigation and automotive space, emphasizing areas where these industries are converging and what it means to the key constituents.
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| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | The Day After Tomorrow: Where is the Technology Taking Us? | Vlad Sejnoha, Nuance
Speech is here, and so is the content. But what about the services and the technology that will make this a great experience for everyone? From dizzying browser dependencies, the voice/data divide, and size and computing power device limitations, the industry faces a range of challenges in getting consumers the applications they want. This session explores the potential and will open your minds to the possibilities.
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| 12:00 – 12:45 | Mobile Navigation – In the Car or on the Phone? | Panel Discussion | Vincent Bagué, Tele Atlas | Roger Lanctot, TRG | Marc Alyari, Webraska | Moderator: Arnd Weil, Nuance
Mobile navigation has emerged as a killer application on mobile and portable devices, and in cars. An expert panel will present a number of views about in-car navigation versus phone-based navigation, as well as the role speech recognition plays in both use cases to facilitate destination entry, command and control and turn-by-turn direction delivery.
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| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:15 – 15:00 | The Optimal Speech User Interface - What Does it Look Like? | Dr. Silke Goronzy, Elektrobit
This session will discuss the unique requirements and challenges of speech-enabled navigation on a PND. What must be kept in mind when designing the speech user interface? It depends on the specific use cases of each device. Is speech just an additional interface? Is hands-free, eyes-free operation the ultimate goal?
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| 15:00 – 15:45 | Speech-Enabled European-Wide Navigation: Multiple Countries, Multiple Languages, Multiple Challenges | Customer Presentation
Europe has its unique challenges when implementing speech-enabled navigation. Crossing borders, multiple languages, complex and multiple pronunciations and difficult spellings can mean disaster. How can a speech-enabled navigation system help address these challenges and more?
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| 15:45 – 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:45 – 17:30 | Nuance Speech Technologies in Nokia Automotive Line-Fit Products: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow | Jürgen Sauer, Nokia
Speech-enabled telematics is on the move again? Speech technology in cars evolved from a hype to down to earth solution. Hands-free telephony became the No 1 feature. Now it’s time to look over the horizon and discuss what comes next. Is speech enabled in-car multi media via digital portable devices the next logical step? This session analyses the key requirements from car drivers and car manufacturers and describes how these are being implemented.
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| 17:30 – 18:15 | Connectivity and Integrated Wireless Technology in the Car | Eric Riyahi, Parrot
Telephone, navigation, infotainment – how do these different systems connect with each other? This presentation will analyze integrated versus stand-alone solutions and discuss the requirements towards an integrated voice user interface. |
| 18:15 – 18:30 | Closing Session |
| From 18:30 | Evening Entertainment |
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| Thursday, April 26th |
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Nuance Mobile Product Vision | Arnd Weil, Itay Riemer & Dan Valcour, Nuance
Nuance delivers a variety of speech technologies, products and applications that support mobile operators, car manufacturers, device manufacturers, content providers/owners and mobile navigation suppliers. This session will provide a first-hand view of the latest developments and innovations from the Nuance product development team. |
| 9:45 – 10:15 | Headsets in Mobile Communications & Entertainment: Accessories or Essentials? | Philip Vanhoutte, Plantronics
Whether in the car or whilst on the move, wireless headsets are increasingly ensuring that the “last inch” in rich communications, entertainment or command & control are an enjoyable experience. This session will cover what drives or hinders wireless headset adoption and how automotive stakeholders, handsets OEMs and service providers can leverage latest advances in “headgear” and speaker(phone) solutions. |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Name That Tune in One Word: the Ultimate User Interface to Your Media Player | Simon Hossell, Gracenote
The good news: The proliferation of media devices and new cars offering connections to your media player means we can all easily listen to our favorite music, whether in the car or on the street. Or can they? How can drivers, for example, search and scroll through thousands of tracks while driving? This session explores these challenges and approaches to song selection by voice as perhaps the only safe and user-friendly interface. |
| 10:45 – 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | It’s not just for Gen Y!! The Amazing Race, part deux
In October, we soundly beat the texting Guinness World record holder in the Amazing Race at Conversations in Orlando. In February, we amazed hundreds of challengers who tried to beat speech when searching, downloading and dictating in the Amazing Challenge at 3GSM in Barcelona. What's next? Join us for the next Amazing event -- live!
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| 12:00 – 12:30 | Time to Act: Elevate Your Customers Experience | Steve Chambers, Nuance |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| From 14:00 | Departures |
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