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IN-CAR INFOTAINMENT

2:30pm - Panel discussion: The future of in-car content
  • Radio, Music, TV, Video, Film and Gaming- Hear expert opinions on what will work inside the vehicle
  • Internet to go - Will consumers need everything the web offers and how will they access and interface with it?
  • Get an in-depth look at consumers interface solutions both back and front seat
  • In-car sync- How to embrace the potential of portability to increase your market share
  • Overcoming the technical obstacles to deliver a "pimped" in-car entertainment experience – Bandwidth, interoperability, device limitations and more!

Moderator: Randy Giusto, Group Vice President, Mobility, Computing, and Consumer Markets, IDC

Hakan Kostepen, Product Planning and Strategy, Panasonic
Alan Beiagi, General Manager of Wireless, MapQuest

Ty Roberts, Chief Technology Officer, Gracenote

Andrew Stess, Vice President Consumer Electronics, AMG

 

3:15pm - Panel Discussion: Open Source and Specialized Device Platforms – Do We Need Both?

Industry experts discuss the need for open source and specialized platform strategies in this new age of consumer device interconnectivity.

  • Hear about evolving requirements for in-vehicle applications and how these are driving changes in the underlying technology infrastructure
  • Understand the impact of technology infrastructure changes from the perspective of the entire automotive ecosystem
  • Peer into the future of in-vehicle devices enabled by new connectivity and multimedia capabilities
  • Learn about new standards and how they may help drive flexible and durable platforms

 

Moderator: Leslie Mulligan, Automotive Solutions General Manager, Wind River

Kai Hackbarth, Chair of the OSGi Requirements Working Committee, OSGi Alliance

Scott McCormick, President, CVTA

Mike Bryars, Auto Business Unit Operations Manager, Freescale

Scott Wright, Manager Hard Disk Drives, Toshiba Storage Device Division

Larry Lehman, Principle Technologist, Wind River

 

4pm - 4:30pm - COFFEE BREAK

4:30pm - Panel Discussion: Digital rights management in the car

  • Hear what the key players are doing now to allow drivers to bring media in to the vehicle, anytime and anywhere
  • Learn how the telematics industry can work with content providers to find a win-win DRM solution
  • Discover whether DRM issues could restrict the potential of new digital media features such as bringing iPod video to the car
  • Gain insight into DRM standardization efforts and the remaining proprietary solutions – Which ones will survive the next 10 years?

Moderator: David McNamara, President, MTS LLC
Jack Lacy
, Senior Vice President of Standards, Intertrust
Wieland Holfelder, Vice President & CTO DaimlerChrysler REDNA, Inc.
Tim Nixon
, Cockpit Electrical Systems Engineering, Ford EESE
TC Wingrove, Senior Manager Product Marketing, Visteon

 

5:15pm - Panel Discussion: Bringing the digital home into the car

  • Learn how to successfully extend the digital entertainment experience into the vehicle
  • Gauge vital CE company strategies to fully infiltrate the automotive market
  • Discover what infrastructure and eco-systems will support the in-car digital experience
  • Realize how CE companies can accelerate OEM integration and compliment rapid lifecycles
  • Find out how flexible entertainment infrastructure will adapt to consumer trends, turnover and advances to improve users experience

Rob Pait, Director of Global CE Marketing and Strategy, Seagate

Velle Kolde, Product Manager, Microsoft ABU

Vijay Venkateswaran,Vice President, Services Development & Management, Mobile Satellite Ventures

 

 

 
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