SPEAKER LINE-UP

Over 80 senior-level executives from world-leading organisations will be available at your disposal at Telematics Detroit 2008 (May 21-22, The Rock Financial Showplace, Novi, MI).  Their combined knowledge will give YOU the power to reach the land of watertight deals and blazing profits.

Here's our enviable list of chosen speakers who will present, analyse, debate, deliver and discuss key industry issues, opportunities and challenges to ensure our delegates take home fool-proof solutions and strategies: (If you want to find out more about each of the speakers then click on their names to read their biographies)

Robert Acker,
Senior VP of Marketing
Dash Navigation Inc.
David Acton,
BVice President
Connexis LLC
Jay Adams,
Marketing Manager
Delphi
Dr Suchith Anand,
Centre for Geospatial Science
University of Nottingham
Michelle Avary,
Lexus Link Manager
Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc
Clay Babcock,
Sr Director, Advanced Technologies
Magellan
Alan Beiagi,
General Manager of Wireless
MapQuest
Mike Bergman,
VP of New Digital Technologies
Kenwood
Joe Berry,
SYNC Product & Business Development
Ford Motor Company
Suhrid Bhatt,
Engineer - Electronics Research Laboratory
Volkswagen of America
John Bruggeman,
Chief Marketing Officer
Windriver
Michael Bryars,
Senior Manager Infotainment, Multimedia and Telematics Division
Freescale Semiconductor
Robert Bucciarelli,
Senior Program Manager of the North American Innovation Team
Visteon
Ross Caplan,
Senior Development Manager
Sprint Nextel Corp.
Paola Carrea,
Windows Auto & Consumer Electronics - Director
Magnetti Marelli
Rich Chutorash,
Director - Electronics
Johnson Controls Inc.
Antonio Damiano,
Telematics Full Multimedia Product Development Responsible
Magnetti Marelli
Fran Dance,
Telematics Business Development Manager
BMW NA
Roger Dewey,
President & CEO
Telit Wireless Solutions, Inc.
Clement Driscoll,
Founder and Managing Partner
C.J. Driscoll & Associates
Paul Drysch,
Vice President of Telematics
Aeris Communications
Scott Dunlap
Chairman of the Board, Founder & CEO
NearbyNow, Inc.
Bill Everett
Senior Product Manager
Progressive Insurance
Theodore Forebath,
Chief Strategist, Global Product Strategy & Architecture Practice
Wipro Technologies
Dirk Fruendt,
Robert Bosch LLC
Damon Gawley,
Real-Time Traffic Services Manager
BMW NA
Greg Geiselhart,
Marketing and Industry Relations,
WirelessCar
Keith Gelinas,
Vice President Sales and Marketing
The Morey Corporation
Erik Goldman,
President
Hughes Telematics
Stefan Gudmundsson,
Director, Product Management
Telit Wireless Solutions Inc
Kai Hackbarth,
Product Manager & Chair OSGi Requirements Committee
ProSyst Software GmbH
Harry Harris,
Senior Project Manager Telematics Infrastructure
Honda
Dieter Hoetzer,
Product Manager
Bosch
John Horn,
National Director
T-Mobile
Ralf Hug,
Vice President, Marketing
Navigon
Jonathon Husby,
VP of Automotive, Telematics and Transportation
Tele Atlas, Inc.
Diana Hwang,
Research Manager
IDC
Emad Isaac,
Chief Technology Office
Morey Corporation
Amit Jain,
VP
GE
Joe Jesson,
Chief Technologist
GE Asset Intelligence
Ben Johnson,
Director of Global Product Development, Service Tools & Education Products,
Delphi Product & Service Solutions
Egil Juliussen,
Principal Analyst
Telematics Research Group, Inc.
David Jumpa,
Senior VP Global Business Development
Airbiquity
Kris Kelkar,
President & CEO
Xirgo Technologies, LLC
Patrick Kennedy,
Senior Business Development Manager
MSN Direct
Susan Kevorkian,
Programme Director
Consumer Markets
IDC
Thilo Koslowski,
Vice President Automotive
Gartner
Hakan Kostepen,
Group Manager - Product Planning & Strategy
Panasonic
Tony Kraatz,
Manager
Alpine Electronics of America
Greg Krueger,
Traffic and Safety Engineer
Michigan Department of Transportation
Edward Kulperger,
Director, Personal Automotive and OEM
WebTech Wireless
Jack Lacy,
President and chair of the board
Coral Consortium
John Lankes,
Vice President Global Commercial Vehicle Markets
Trimble
Michael Lawless,
Product Manager
Yahoo! Maps
Kevin Link,
Vice President
Hughes Telematics
Jeff Littlejohn
Executive Vice President, Distribution Development
Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc.
Phil Magney,
Principal Analyst
Telematics Research Group
Scott Mccormick,
President
CVTA
Pat Mcgowan,
VP
Telvent Farradyne
Pete McLallen,
Manager, Diagnostics & Prognostics
MTS Technologies Inc
Dave Mcnamara Mts Llc,
President
Telcordia Technologies
Sean Meckley,
Market Research Analyst
Bluetooth SIG
Steve Millstein,
President & CEO
ATX Technologies
Bryan Mistele,
President and CEO
INRIX
Kevin Moran,
Director of ADAS Business Development
NAVTEQ
Gary Money,
Navigation Architect
Delphi Automotive
Debashis Mukherjee,
General Manager, Passenger Centric Applications
Wipro Technologies
Jim Nickolaou,
GM Active Vehicle Safety Controls & Autonomous Driving
General Motors
Tsuguo Nobe,
General Manager
Nissan
Staci Palmer,
Director, In-Vehicle Infotainment
Intel
John Peracchio,
Managing Member
Peracchio & Company, LLC
Andrew Poliak,
Automotive Segment Manager
QNX
Volker Politz,
Vice President Automotive Business Unit
Renesas Technology America, Inc.
Chris Purpura,
Senior Vice President of Marketing
Aeris Communications
Ty Roberts,
CTO and Co-founder
Gracenote
Rajiv Saxena,
Engineering Team Leader
Chrysler LLC
Mark Scalf,
SYNC Product & Business Development
Ford Motor Company
Ed Schmit,
Senior Mgr
AT & T
Christian Solomine,
Business Development Manager
WeatherBug
Clint Steiner,
Senior Manager OEM Automotive Sales
Garmin
Gary Streelman,
Manager, Advanced Program Development - Electronics & Safety
Delphi
Tom Taylor,
VP, Engineering Deveopment
Hughes Telematics
Mark Thompson,
Associate Director - Business Solutions
Verizon Wireless
Tiffany Treacy,
Vice - President, Map Products - Americas
NAVTEQ
Brian Tucker,
Senior Vice President, Global Product Management
Telit Wireless Solutions
Steve Underwood,
Director, Transportation and Information Systems Planning
Center for Automotive Research
Jan Urbahn,
Manager - ITS
BMW NA
Clint Wheelock,
VP & Chief Research Officer
ABI Research
T.C. Wingrove,
Senior Manager
North American Innovation
Visteon
Scott Wright,
Manager Hard Disk Drives
Toshiba Storage Device Division
John Young,
Product Marketing Manager
Airbiquity

To view the full conference agenda, visit:

http://www.telematicsupdate.com/detroit2008/conference_brochure.shtml

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