An in-depth analysis of the consumer telematics market, with stats, facts and forecasts of the opportunities on the horizon

•  An update on the hottest telematics service offerings that gathering steam and the portable devices and applications that consumers cant get enough of and why?

•  Stay ahead of the game – find out what the key players in the industry are focussing on at the moment and what winning strategies are being adopted   

•  Understand the critical success factors which will position your business in good stead to maximise on the biggest opportunities in the consumer telematics market

Phil Magney, Co-founder and Principle Analyst, Telematics Research Group

PANEL DISCUSSION: Navigation industry stands poised awaiting directions…

The PND market has enjoyed a growth rate of around 80% in the US over the last few years, but now that navigation functions are increasingly available on cell phones, PND's and OEM embedded systems, what's next for navigation?  

•  How to bring money-spinning commercial applications such as advertising, real-time points of interest, traffic and local search functions into connected navigation

•  Learn how to stay connected when consumers need it most and provide a navigation system that works at all times!

•  Find out the long term evolution of the OEM-PND relationship in the US and establish a low-end vehicles specific strategy

•  Analyse OEM future price strategy using connectivity as a differentiator between PND and embedded solutions

Moderator: Mark Fitzgerald, Senior Automotive Analyst, Strategy Analytics

Steve Wollenberg , Co-founder of Dash and Consultant

Dr. Kal Mos , Engineering Director, Mercedes Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.

Clint Steiner, Senior Manager OEM Sales, Garmin

Duncan Bennett, Strategic Marketing Manager, Ramtron

An Evolving Ecosystem: How OEMs and Telematics Service Providers will deliver innovative services to vehicles on the move

The telematics market has been dominated by proprietary solutions. Now BMW, Connexis and WirelessCar are partnering to develop a new approach for delivering over-the-air (OTA) services to vehicle devices. This session will cover:

• Industry collaboration - a fresh approach at a critical time

• The impact of open interface specifications on mass market telematics

• Lessons learned from both the vehicle manufacturer and telematics service provider perspective

Dr. Eckhard Steinmeier, General Manager of BMW ConnectedDrive, BMW Group

Bruno Simon, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Connexis LLC

Martin Lundh, Product Manager, WirelessCar

PANEL DISCUSSION: The war in wireless… connectivity for the vehicle

There are big technological hurdles that need to be cleared in order to offer a seamless transfer of data to the vehicle and ultimately making real-time info a reality.

•  Explore the various flavours of wireless technologies bringing digital content into the vehicle and the doors in infotainment each standard opens up.

•  WiFi, cellular, FM, Satellite broadcast… identify the standard that all consumer portable devices can talk to

•  Get prepared for the impact the 700 MHz spectrum bid will have on the U.S. wireless market and infotainment

•  Discuss the business case for using Ultra-Wideband (UWB) in the vehicle to wirelessly connect multiple devices

•  Connectivity at speed – how does WiMax compare to the alternatives

Moderator: Tony Ioannidis, Principle, Booz Allen Hamilton

Fran Dance, Telematics Business Development Manager, BMW

Hakan Kostepen, Advanced Product Development, Panasonic

Joseph Averkamp, Vice President Business Development, ITS America

Krish Inbarajan, Manager - Strategy Planning & New Business Development, OnStar

Digital lifestyle impacts the vehicle - Plan ahead for upcoming devices and functionalities

As many innovative devices and new functional applications increasingly enter the market place… Will future vehicles be able to deal with increasing device complexity?

•  Establish a strategy that overcomes the differing OEM and Consumer Electronic design life cycles and enables integration of the latest devices that are hot off the production line!

•  How to ensure that all capabilities within a multifunctional device work effectively and safely when integrated into the vehicle

•  Understand what level of integration in the vehicle is sufficient to satisfy consumer expectations – when to embed and when to connect functionality?

Ton Steenman, Vice President, Digital Enterprise Group and General Manager, Embedded Comms & Processor Division, Intel

As the buzz on HD radio and its data delivery capabilities amplifies, find out what's in-store for in-car broadcast services?

•  A look at the varying OEM strategies and whether HD Radio will be installed mainstream

•  Find out what multitude of digital broadcast services and technologies are on the market and which is grabbing most market share

•  Analyse HD Radio and Satellite Radio and the scope for a co-existence

•  Get an insight on how traffic data has the potential to dominate the broadcast services market

Moderator: Phil Magney, Co-founder and Principle Analyst, Telematics Research Group

Stell Patsiokas , Executive Vice President of Engineering & Technology, XM Satellite Radio Inc

Len Konecny, Vice President, Business Development, Clear Channel Radio/Total Traffic Network

Joseph D'Angelo, Vice President Advanced Services, ibiquity Digital Corporation

Roundtable Discussions

•  OEM & Consumer Electronics Relationship

The evolving relationship between these two disparate industries in the US market

•  VII

Engaging the After Market Device and content providers in the VII program

•  Location Based Services

What will be the money spinning LBS for 2008 and beyond…

•  Traffic

How far away are we from delivering robust Real Time, Historic and Predictive traffic solutions?

•  HMI & the future of enabling technologies

The safe and user friendly enabling technologies that will integrate the latest consumer devices into the vehicle.

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PANEL DISCUSSION: The need for open Digital Rights Management for digital video

DRM faced its first battle with music downloads into the car, and now Steve Jobs is talking up Open- DRM. The new frontier of DRM issues begins…

• Hear what the key players are doing now to allow drivers to bring media into the vehicle, anytime and anywhere

• Discover whether DRM issues could restrict the potential of new digital media features such as bringing iPod video to the car

• Will the music industry listen to Steve Job’s call for Open-DRM and make this a reality?

Moderator: David A. McNamara, President, MTS LLC
David McLauchlan, Business Development Manager - Automotive, Microsoft
Ty Roberts, CTO and Co-founder, Gracenote
Louis A. Brugman, General Manager - Product Planning, Pioneer Automotive Technologies, Inc.
Philipp Wex, Senior Systems Engineer, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.

Jack Lacy, President, Coral Consortium

PANEL DISCUSSION: Make big bucks and fun functions in rear seat entertainment!

A look at the current and upcoming entertainment features in the vehicle which back seat passengers are itching to experience!

•  Find out about the exciting prospects of bringing full internet functionality into the vehicle and how this could impact rear seat entertainment demands

•  Understand how to get high definition video content into the vehicle and the impact this will have on other rear seat entertainment devices

•  The outlook for digital mobile terrestrial TV and incorporating this into the lives of rear seat passengers

Moderator: Mike Ippoliti, Research Director Telematics & Automotive , ABI Research

Jay Adams , Marketing Manager, Delphi

Willem Bulthuis, Vice President Automotive Sales & Marketing, NXP Semiconductors

Hakan Kostepen, Advanced Product Development, Panasonic

Scott D. Nelson, R&D Engineer, Honda R&D Americas, Inc.

*NEW SESSION* : Can Tier 1 Suppliers Keep Pace with Consumers?

The automotive supply chain is in flux. As more car manufacturers use software to differentiate their products and track to consumer trends, Tier 1 suppliers must respond by becoming better software integrators. At the same time, traditional Tier 1 companies must deal with increased competition from software vendors, many of whom are poised to graduate from Tier 2 to Tier 1 status.

Andrew Poliak explores the changing roles in the supply chain and discusses with Rich Chutorash of Johnson Controls, a major Tier 1 supplier, how Tier 1's must adapt their business models to succeed.

•  The growing role of software with the Automotive OEMs

•  The growing role of software integration expertise at the Tier 1 suppliers

•  The increasing sophistication of user interfaces (UIs) and the challenge of accomplishing UI development cycle

•  The challenges of achieving true integration with consumer devices and customer support services

Rich Chutorash, Global Electronics Product Director - Advanced Portfolio Management, Johnson Controls

Andrew Poliak, Automotive Segment Manager, QNX