• Which fleet tracking systems are winning market share and why?

• Trailer monitoring is big and getting bigger - can the trend continue or will it plateau? And if so when

• The latest technologies and demand forecasts for container and high value cargo monitoring services
  
• GPS handsets for mobile - worker monitoring - hit or miss?
  
• New market opportunities - from heavy equipment monitoring to your child's school buses!

Clem Driscoll, Founder and Managing Partner, C.J. Driscoll & Associates

Mark Licht, Partner, C.J. Driscoll & Associates

• Discover how the US Government's tightening security demands on the fleet and container industry will affect your business

• Government funding for road security is increasing. Find out where the money is flowing and how to get your share

• Towards an 'enabling communication infrastructure': Hear how Government and businesses are cooperating and the advantages your business will gain from full engagement
  
  
• Explore the latest CVT technologies such as RFID and GPS for improving the efficiency, safety and security of hazardous and high-value cargo

Joseph DeLorenzo, Hazardous Materials Safety and Security Specialist,Federal Motor CarrierSafety Administration
Helen Carbone, Principal Systems Engineer,City of Chicago
Moderator: Roger Dewey, Telit

Larry Osentoski MTS Technologies, Inc. - Advanced Systems Director;Connected Vehicle Trade Association (CVTA)Board of Directors

• Find out which State and Federal programs (planned and underway) will boost fleet management service and solution uptake:
  
  - Federal Highway Administration Value Pricing Pilot   Program
  - Mississippi Valley Freight Corridor Coalition
  - Transportation Operations Partners Forum
  
  
• Explore how value pricing driven by new telematics initiatives will affect your business model and how you'll need to adapt to win business advantage

Moderator: Scott McCormick, President,Connected Vehicle Trade Association
Barbara Wendling, Active Safety Policy Specialist, Planning Vehicle Compliance & Safety Affairs, Daimler Chrysler
Mikel Fritsch, Executive Director,Commercialization Center for Transportation Informatics
Dr. Todd Szymkowsi,  Facilitatorof the Midwest Traffic Operations Coalition Forum

Liang Downey, Automotive Marketing Manager, Wind River

The demise of Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS), the reduction in hardware and service costs, the increase in Fleet monitoring requirements [from expensive engine battery-equipped cabs, to trailers, flatbeds, reefer units, and other detachable vehicles etc]... Everything points to a real expansion in the demand for trailer tracking... or does it?

• Understand the critical factors you should be monitoring closely to ensure you aren't caught napping, including:
  
  - regulation
  - demand metrics
  - security trends
  - customer service levels

Brian Tucker, Telit

• Find out how you turn networks and data services into truly customer-centric, service-rich assets and control decision hubs

• Real-world examples of leading-edge services including: data mining, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), fleet modeling and optimization

• Practical solutions to the most common difficulties encountered in  building and operating a services model for asset monitoring and control

• Find out which supporting technologies, such as hardware, software and network infrastructure, will make your telematics offering hard to ignore

Joe Jesson, Chief Technologist,GE Asset Intelligence &
Charles Theurer, Information Scientist,GE Global Research Center

Harnessing the Secrets of OBDII, J1708/J1939 to Capture Real World ROI

Identifying and getting access to the right parameters has been an industry-wide plague that has prevented fleet owners from realizing the ROI that they demand. Discover what fleet managers and application service providers are using to add value to their solutions. Additional topics include:

• Reduce costs and downtime by offering remote diagnostics, preventative maintenance, and tools to monitor driver behavior
• Identify real world applications that drive immediate, dramatic ROI
• Understand the real world challenges in deploying OBDII-based services
• OBDII? How hard can it be? Is there more information there than meets the eye?
• "Specs" vs. guidelines vs. real world when implementing vehicle bus data

Mark Palmer, Sales Manager, B&B Electronics

• Learn how real-time, fleet-specific navigation functions are integrating with fleet business's existing systems such as onboard satellite, wireless links to PNDs and cell phones

• Explore the evolution and development of LBS (Location-Based Services): How it's being driven from federal GPS regulations and where  you can seize new business opportunities

• Understand how modern routing system can tackle the challenge of rising fuel costs and discuss whether this is could become the primary driver in CVT adoption

• Hear what developers of sophisticated mapping and routing systems are working on to deliver their next-generation offerings to the CVT market
  
  - Truck-specific map data
  - Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)
  

David Levy, Fleet & Logistics Segment Manager, Tele Atlas

Ross A. Caplan,  Sr. Partner Development Manager,  Embedded Solutions: M2M, Telemetry, Telematics, Sprint Nextel Corporation
Dr Egil Juliussen, Co-Founder & Principle Analyst, Telematics Research Group
Bill DeMarco, Senior Account Executive, NAVTEQ

• Hear from the user - the real business case for the bus parking system:
  
  - Testing and implementation phase issues
  - Cost calculation and Service Level Agreement (SLA)
  - ROI calculation
  - Driver-management issue

• Understand exactly how meter-level accuracy and GPS reports are harnessed by FleetPoint and used by BC Transit

• High-precision parking within the yard offers operational advantage. But how much difference can it make, really? Is your company missing a trick?

• Learn how the challenges associated with the wireless integration of maintenance data were identified. Which the technical solutions were used to overcome them
  
• Hear how FleetPoint approach the accurate and efficient monitoring of fuel usage on the road and within the yard
  

Chris Carver, CEO,FleetPoint
Chris Lythgo,  Project Manager,BC Transit

• The latest Frost & Sullivan research indicates that US commercial trucking is a $570+ billion business, employs 8.6 million people and moves 85 % of all freight in value terms! Hear how to increase your revenue by ensuring your CVT application permeates every inch of the market
  
  
• Opportunities for telematics in the commercial segment are ripe! Get the definitive segmentation of the freight monitoring market and find out where your niche is
  
  
• Be ahead of the game: Get exclusive access to Frost & Sullivan's latest fleet operators survey and find out what they use today, and the capabilities they will want tomorrow
  
  
• Understand the art of positioning commercial telematics to potential customers
  
  

Veerander Kaul, Program Director, Frost & Sullivan USA

There is a massive opportunity to get the best of both worlds from on board and off board interface standards for fleets. Volvo lays out its stance and active approach:

• Does your service provide "right-time" and not just "real-time" feedback to the vehicle? Hear how it can be done
  
  
• The Fleet Management Systems (FMS) standard - learn today how the only telematics standard in place is evolving
  
  
• Solve the wireless communication issue between stakeholders -  how Volvo provides seamless connectivity and information flow between trucks, drivers, haulers and customers
  
  
• Learn step-by-step how Volvo has gone about ensuring its offering is invaluable to fleets. From research through development to promotion 
  

It’s no secret that fuel prices continue to skyrocket. But, CVT services and solutions help in reducing fuel consumption costs and bring critical revenue dollars directly to the carriers’ bottom line. This factor alone is increasing the adoption of CVT by end users. Find out what services and solutions you need to offer to ensure your solution stands out in a crowd!

• Find out what new technologies and solutions
  carriers and end users are demanding for. See
  how your solution can aid with monitoring idle
  times and decreasing fuel costs

• Hear about the range of technologies and
  solutions end users have already implemented
  successfully to reduce fuel costs, including:
  - Use of on-board technologies
  - Idle management techniques and solutions
  - Technologies to monitor drivers’ working hours
  

Gary Holderby, Customer Service Manager, QUALCOMM

• Bringing value to field forces by equipping them for automation: How to leverage more business as companies move to handset tracking for employees on routes and deliveries
  
  
• Uncover the long-term role of the wireless handsets carried by the driver, and embedded systems. This battle has been raging for years, find out which will win finally
  
  
• Gain insight into the applications which best serve to maximize business for the end user, and how you can evolve with them
  
  
• Examine how rudimentary handset-based GPS tools are being turned into  full-service business solutions
  
  
• Keeping pace with your business & operation needs by moving towards a fixed mobile car phone solution
  
  
• Understanding the long-term legal implications of using handsets while driving: The trend towards banning the use of handsets in the US
  
  
• Find out which supporting technologies (hardware, software and network infrastructure) best serve to maximize business for the CV end-user
  
  
• Discover how fixed mobile car phones are emerging in verticals such as: utilities, fleet management, logistics, enterprises and more
  
  
• Discover the trend towards "Seamless Mobility:" Combining Audio, Entertainment, Information, Security, Safety and Data Services
  
  

Ira Gorelick, Sales Manager,Verizon

Eli Sasson, Regional Sales Manager, Motorola

Technical Workshop: Mobile Resource Management

Understanding End-to-End Mobile Resource Management

• Understand how on-demand, end-to-end Mobile Resource Management (MRM) solutions can optimize fleet operations

• Hear how MRM solutions can reduce fuel and other fleet operating costs through greater driver compliance, more efficient routing and improved vehicle maintenance

• Examine emerging MRM technology trends related to enhanced commercial driver and vehicle safety, diagnostics and accident avoidance and reconstruction

John Lankes, Vice President - Global Commercial Vehicles Marketing, @Road

• Expert tips on the partnership models that work for carriers, and a comprehensive overview of factors determining a carriers' partner choice
  
  
• Take advantage of Sprint's partnering roadmap - find out how it makes strategic vertical choices. . and how does it ensure the development and deployment of top-drawer solutions
  
  
• Identify the network which is best suited for your service or solution: GSM/ GPRS/ iden / CDMA / EVDO / Rev A
  

• High Speed Push-To-Talk - what are the opportunities, where is the payback for carriers?
  

Ross A. Caplan,  Sr. Partner Development Manager,  Embedded Solutions: M2M, Telemetry, Telematics, Sprint Nextel Corporation

• Which specific requirements of integrators, service providers and  operators are likely to influence the winning standard
  
  
• How can the value chain partner to reduce time to market using each standard
  
  
• Balance the arguments for and against all-embedded modules versus modular designs
  
  
• In-depth evaluation of wireless technology for CVT applications in the last twelve months - satellite vs. terrestrial vs. Bluetooth, etc.
  
  
• The future of satellite - get a full briefing on the satellite space today, and its outlook for tomorrow, including - launch forecasts, capability enhancements and next-generation systems
  

Scott Deyoe, Field Applications Engineer, Wavecom

Ira Gorelick, Sales Manager,Verizon

• Discover how telematics and wireless communication is finally gaining real traction in emerging verticals such as:
  
  - Farming
  - Manufacturing equipments
  - Automated Meter Reading (AMR)
  - Security and alarms
  - Utilities
  - Government

Moderator: Mike Sheldrick, C.J. Driscoll & Associates

Pete Wilson, Director - Mobile Applications, Aeris.Net