Asset Management & Monitoring

The two-day mini conference will evaluate the asset management & monitoring market with case-studies and custom-made panels which will indicate what the key growth areas are to ensure you invest your efforts an money in the right direction.

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Day One - May 21st
14.15-15.00	How to overcome common hurdles to make commercial telematics solutions a success
	The industry may have proven the ROI endusers get from telematics services and solutions, but it is still trying to overcome hurdles. This debate will bring together key players from the value-chain to brain-storm solutions. Understand how technical systems talk to each other so that you can figure-out how your solutions need to evolve Hear why it is vital to have a communication standard in order to achieve real-time, seamless and robust two-way communications and data transfers Discuss how the ongoing battle between technology and practical applications will be resolved Emad Isaac, CTO, The Morey Corp Brian Foster, Marketing Manager, Caterpillar Joe Jesson, Chief Technologist, GE Mike Berube, Program Manager, Argon ST Brian Banister, Director IT, J.B. Hunt Walmart (TBC) Panel Host & Moderator: Keith Gelinas, Vice President Sales and Marketing, The Morey Corp
15.00-15.45	How to capture the lucrative vehicle diagnostics & monitoring market
	Interest in remote vehicle diagnostics services has tripled in the last five years according to industry analysts. Understand what this means for your company and how you can work this trend to your advantage. Why is remote diagnostics and remote upgrading getting increasingly important for OEMs The competition between companies providing diagnostics is quite high. How to raise the bar and better diagnostics services? Pete McLallen, Manager Diagnostics & Prognostics, MTS Technologies Inc. Joseph E. Jesson , Chief Technology Officer, GE Asset Intelligence Ben Johnson, Director of Global Product Development, Service Tools & Education Products, Delphi Product & Service Solutions Brian Tucker , Senior Vice President of Global Product Management, Telit Stefan Gudmundsson , Director of Product Management, Telit Moderator: Douglas Landaeta, Industry Consultant
15.45-16.15	Networking Coffee Break
16:15- 15:00	Pay as You Drive Insurance
	Car insurance providers today are seeking new and innovative ways to customize policies to policy holders, allowing for more personalized service. Machine-to-machine (M2M) technology is playing a key role in evolving the insurance landscape by enabling customizable insurance premiums based on individual driving data. In this session, the thought leader in usage-based insurance (UBI), Progressive Insurance, will discuss its innovative and patented UBI model and why the company chose to go wireless with the help of Xirgo Technologies and Telit Wireless Solutions. In addition, these three Telematics experts will discuss wireless M2M technology and its future in the evolving insurance industry. Speakers: Bill Everett , Senior Project Manager, Progressive Insurance Roger Dewey , President & CEO, Telit Kris Kelkar , President & CEO, Xirgo Technologies
17.30-19.30	Cocktails

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Day Two - May 22nd
13.30-14.15	How will the service providers’ power push and influence the asset management industry
	Service providers (SPs) continue to make strides in M2M through their own data-network offerings and also through partnerships with wireless carriers Hear how SPs are approaching the market today and how to leverage their initiatives to optimize networkconnectivity options Get an insight into how service providers are handling the infrastructure requirements unique to M2M What’s the latest way for SPs to package multiple technology components into applications to solve specific business problem John Lankes, Vice President Global Commercial Vehicle Marketing, Trimble Pete Wilson, Director of Mobile Applications, Aeris Communications Amit Jain, Vice President, Telematics Fleet Services, GE David Jumpa, Senior VP Global Business Development, Airbiquity Moderator: Douglas Landaeta, Industry Consultant
14.15-15.00	deCarta Session
	More info coming soon... Marc Prioleau, Vice President of marketing, deCarta
15:00- 15:45	Mobile Resource Management (MRM) Systems: Most up-to-date market overview
	The MRM market has been growing at 25% - 30% per year in the past years, according to C.J. Driscoll & Associates. Find out whether this growth rate will stagnate, plummet or escalate Be the first to hear which MRM market segments are showing the most growth forecasts and evaluate key reasons for this forecast Some MRM suppliers are achieving subscriber growth of 50%+ per year. Hear who these suppliers are and what's their secret to success Will the growth of handset-based MRM solutions keep pace with vehicle-installed solutions Clement Driscoll , Founder & Managing Partner, C.J. Driscoll & Associates
15.00-16.00	Networking Coffee Break
16.00-17.00	Round Tables Hall C

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