Voice of the Car Summit revs up

TUESDAY – APRIL 7

8:00 AM  Registration

8:50 AM Welcome

Bradley Metrock (Host, This Week In Voice; Executive Producer, Voice of the Car Summit)

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9:00 AM – 9:30 AM OPENING KEYNOTE

How Mercedes Benz Is Embracing Voice In Cars

Robert Bruchhardt (Senior Software Engineer, Mercedes Benz R&D North America)

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9:30 AM  – 10:00 AM

Google Assistant In The Modern Connected Car

The Google Assistant Team​

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10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Coffee / Networking / Review of Exhibits

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10:30 AM – 10:50 AM Lessons Learned From Echo Auto: How Consumers Are Using Alexa In The Modern Automobile

Arianne Walker (Chief Evangelist, Alexa Auto)

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10:50 AM – 11:10 AM The Importance Of Audio Quality In The Modern Connected Car: A Case Study

Luis Arango (West Coast Account Manager, HEAD Acoustics)

11:10 AM – 11:40 AM Conversational AI In The Automobile

Katie McMahon (VP and General Manager, SoundHound Inc.)

11:40 AM – NOON The Future of Car Voice Personalization

Roy Baharav (CEO and Co-Founder, Hi Auto)

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NOON – 12:45 PM Lunch Keynote

Making Your Voice Heard In The Car: Parsing Multiple Voices And Multiple Devices

Dani Cherkassky (CEO, Kardome)

12:45 PM – 1:10 PM Networking / Review of Exhibits

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1:10 PM – 1:35 PM Testing and Monitoring in the Connected Car

Emerson Sklar (Chief Evangelist, Bespoken); John Kelvie (CEO, Bespoken)

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1:35 PM – 2:00 PM Voice-Based Avatars In Cars: A Study

Mahesh Ramasubramanian (CEO, Loom.ai)

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2:00 PM – 2:20 PM

Re-Inventing Navigation: Three Little Words Change Everything

Tom Blaksley (Voice Partnerships, what3words)

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2:20 PM – 2:50 PM Coffee / Networking / Review of Exhibits

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2:50 PM – 3:10 PM Audio Curation In The Car

Rachel Batish (VP of Product Strategy, Audioburst)

3:10 PM – 3:30 PM

Speaking In Tongues: Bringing 36 Languages To The Modern Connected Car

David Colleen (CEO/Founder, SapientX)

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3:30 PM – 3:50 PM Implications For Audio Content In The Car: 2020 And Beyond

Michele Laven (President of Strategic Partnerships, iHeartMedia)

John Vermeer (SVP, Business Development and Partnerships, iHeartMedia)

3:50 PM – 4:30 PM DAY 1 CLOSING KEYNOTE

Head Acoustics

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4:30 PM – 5:30 PM NETWORKING RECEPTION

Sponsored By Google Assistant

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WEDNESDAY – APRIL 8

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8:00 AM  Registration

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM DAY 2 OPENING KEYNOTE

Prateek Kathpal​ (Chief Technology Officer, Cerence)

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9:30 AM – 9:50 AM Building Brand Loyalty In The Modern Connected Car

Perry Tell (Senior Vice President, North America, Potato)

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9:50 AM – 10:10 AM Prototyping Voice Experiences For Vehicles

Obaid Ahmed (CEO, Botmock)

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10:10 AM – 10:40 AM Coffee / Networking / Review of Exhibits

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10:40 AM – 11:10 AM The Tail That Wags the Dog: Train VUI To Understand The Way We Actually Talk

David Code (AI/Machine Learning, LinkedIn)

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11:10 AM – 11:45 AM CLOSING FIRESIDE CHAT

Noah Clemons (Senior Staff, Developer Technical Consulting, Intel)