9.00 Commercial Vehicle Telematics - where do the opportunities lie?

• Telematics market outlook - from hype to real potential
• Opportunities for telematics in the commercial segment
• Applications that fleet operators use today and will want tomorrow 
• Positioning commercial telematics to potential customers

Thilo Koslowski , Lead Automotive Analyst and Vice President, Gartner G2

Followed by a short panel session moderated by Thilo Koslowski:

Brad Bishop, Business Development Manager Truck Electronics, International Trucks

Dan Jester, Director, MobileAria

Chris Carver , VP of Marketing, Telematics, CSI Wireless

9.45 How to increase your bottom line profits while increasing safety and client satisfaction

• What do Fleet Operators expect from in- vehicle technologies?
• Find out how low-cost telematics solutions and effective positioning strategies will help with successful market adoption of commercial vehicle telematics
• Growing your market share in the long-term: The partnerships that will increase your business now and beyond

Dan Harris, Product Manager - Truck PC, Delphi

11.00 Case study: General Motors and Gearworks

• Know the terrain: How big’s the market, and how does the landscape look right now for commercial telematics?
• Why did GM decide to offer this specific solution to it's customers?

• How both small and large fleets can benefit from wireless

Tim Cavanaugh, GM FCO Product Manager, General Motors

11.45 Telematics in Europe : Is Telematics just a ‘3D’ world - Diagnosing, Driving and Delivering?

• Lessons learnt so far – what’s different and what’s the same?
• What do European customers require from telematics?
• Find out if telematics is a truly global market opportunity

• Discover how portable devices can be safely integrated into the vehicle environment to enhance fleet communications
• Understand how innovative telematics connectivity solutions can bridge the lifecycle disparity between the consumer electronics and the automotive industry
• Learn how global legislation and customer demand drive the market for premium handsfree solutions
• Find out about new voice activated and location aware application offerings for portable devices
• Learn how to provide fleet management solutions with integrated portable devices
  

9.00 AVL / Track and Trace: Should telematics just be tracking and tracing?

• Industry consolidation: What changes are likely to occur?
• Improving service quality and competitiveness through AVL systems -how to leverage telematics products and services through AVL
• Learn how product flexibility allows for future enhancement by adding more services

Michael Tita, Business Development Executive, IBM

9.45 Which applications will drive the market?

• What products and applications are out there now - and working - and what do customers really want?
• Take a look at what emergency fleets are using and the impact telematics is having
• Discover how to provide inexpensive, scalable products and services that offer a quick ROI

Moderator: Egil Juliussen, Principal Analyst, Telematics Research Group, Inc.

Isidoros Skarlis, Senior Engineer, Mack Trucks

Jeff Lillig, Business Line Manager, Telematics, International Truck & Engine Corporation

11.00 Open standards: How far have we come with implementing?

The importance of creating open standards:

From scalability and ease of integration for fleet operators to new applications offerings and provision of new services to their customers

Dan Bandera, Program Director, Emerging Device Standards & Strategy, OSGi Alliance

David Aylward, Director, ComCARE Alliance

11.45 Homeland security: What action is the Government taking?

• What is the national strategy for protection?
• How Government regulations will effect the transportation of hazardous goods
• Hear what new initiatives are being planned at the federal, state and local levels

Moderator: Tom O 'Connor, Chief Executive, Commercial Telematics Group (UK)Tim Erickson, Program Manager, Washington State Department of Transportation

Bob Oenning, E 9-1-1 Unit Manager & E 9-1-1 State Coordinator, State Enhanced 9-1-1 Unit, Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division

Chief David Weigand, Commercial Trucking Operations + Coordinator of Law Enforcement Communities Terrorism Response, Illinois Commerce Commission Police

2.00 Panel: Weighing the costs and benefits of technology to enhance the safety and security of hazardous materials transport

• Strategies that provide a secure fleet environment and still retain a fast, reliable and competitive supply chain
• Can telematics increase fleet security of drivers, assets and cargo while saving time, effort and expense?
• How can telematics systems help fleets carry and track hazardous materials as well as react to emergency situations?
• What is the relationship of the hardware to homeland security and secure Freight Management Systems?

• Trailer, container and asset monitoring: what technologies will be used? RFID, GPS/satellite?

Moderator: David Aylward, Director, ComCARE Alliance

Marc Sands, VP and Division Counsel, Qualcomm

John Allen, HazMat Security, Battelle

Brad Bishop, Business Development Manager Truck Electronics, International Trucks

2.45 What’s happening in the wireless industry and what is the impact on commercial vehicle telematics?

• Which technologies are most suited for commercial vehicles? e.g. satellite vs. cellular, 802.11, bluetooth
• Broadband vs Narrowband - what information needs to be transmitted while in motion?
• With new broadband wireless data networks (e.g. GPRS, 1xRTT) offering the capability to support other telematic services, in addition to vehicle tracking and data messaging. What other telematic services are of interest to fleet operators? e.g. navigation, traffic, diagnostics
• The future plans for satellite communication – what are the plans for future satellites and next generation satellites
• How do Bluetooth and Wi-Fi fit into the future of commercial telematics?

Moderator: Brian Gratch, President, Gratch Associates

Joe Averkamp, Senior Director, Sprint PCS

John Stolte, EVP - Technology and Operations, Orbcomm

Mark Thompson, Sr. Account Manager - Telematics, Verizon Wireless

Mike McCammon, Executive Director, Bluetooth SIG

Dan Sullivan, Advanced System Manager, Boeing

3.30 Remote diagnostics: What does remote diagnostics really mean in terms of reducing costs, managing customers and all the benefits it's claiming to offer?

• Understand your data: How do you take data, and turn it into   information that can be used as knowledge?
• How remote diagnostics will reduce costs by quickly diagnosing problems
• Find out how remote diagnostics will help avoid vehicle stalls and unnecessary downtime
• How to use it   to manage the customer experience to increase customer satisfaction and gain repeat business

Moderator: Chris Carver , VP of Marketing, Telematics, CSI Wireless

Terri Hacker, Fleet Manager, COX Commincations

Jack Rozint , Strategic Business Unit Manager, Vetronix

James Sura, VP Telematics Sales, Nexiq Technologies

Joe Dandy, New Business Development, Cosworth Technology, Inc.

Conference Ends 4.30pm