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| Monday, August 7, 2006 |
7:30 Birds of a Feather
VUI Design Issues
Issues Impacting Developers
Customer Service
Employee Productivity |
Erin Smith,
Senior Speech Analyst, Syntellect |

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Darla Tucker,
Senior Manager, Customer Apps, Intervoice |

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Jenny Burr,
Manager, Intervoice |

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8:30 Morning Keynote |
Paul English
The gethuman.com project has now attracted millions of consumers who share tips for getting through phone menus to reach actual humans in customer service. These consumers have spoken out with their biggest complaints and requests for automated customer service systems. How should leading customer service companies respond? Paul will discuss how technology and human-to-human support should best work together. After Paul’s talk he will be joined by a panel to discuss best ways to improve customer service.
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VOX 2006
Presented by Opus Research
10:00-5:30 |
For the fourth year, VOX assembles the top executives to define the future of managed services. Opus Research’s analysts join industry executives and infrastructure providers to explain how hosted and managed speech will merge customer care and service delivery. Hear and see the most advanced tools for application development, VoIP transport and life cycle management. |
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10:30 - Speech Synthesis and Emotion
Advanced Speech Technologies Symposium (ASTS) |
Monica Bisacca,
Project Manager, Loquendo |

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Ellen Eide,
Research Staff Member, IBM |

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10:30 - VUI Design Boot Camp
SpeechTEK University |
Erin Smith,
Senior Speech Analyst, Syntellect |

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Darla Tucker,
Senior Manager, Customer Apps, Intervoice |

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Jenny Burr,
Manager, Intervoice |

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10:30 - Advanced VoiceXML 2.0/2.1
SpeechTEK University |
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10:30 - Helping Constituents Find What They Want
Government Services Vertical Market Workshop |
Mark Brunner,
IT Supervisor, Missouri Department of Conservation; |

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Jose Cerda,
Project Manager, Teng for the City
of Chicago Dept. of Water |

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Jennifer Smith,
President, Verbatim, Inc. |

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10:30 - Improving Health Care Delivery Using Speech
Technologies
Healthcare Vertical Market Workshop |
Maureen Cusanelli,
Program Manager, Aetna
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Elisa Elderbaum,
Project Manager, Empire Medicare Services |

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Nick van Terheyden,
CMO, Philips Speech Recognition Systems |

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10:30 - Security Issues Impacting the Delivery of
Financial Services
Insurance and Financial Services Vertical Market
Workshop |
Dave Goganian,
VP – Participant Services, New York Life Investment Management &
Mario Medina,
IS Development Supervisor, New York Life Investment Management Retirement Plan Services |

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10:30 - Improving Worker Productivity With Speech
Technologies
Managing Goods & Services Vertical Market Workshop |
Steve Thibodeau,
Manager, Telecommunications, Energy East |

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Wade Meyfield,
President, Thermal Services, Inc. |
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10:30 - Help the Customer Find What They Need
When They Need It
Retail Vertical Market Workshop |
Elliot Cohen,
Director of Technology & Support, Canon ITS; |

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Joel Iverson,
Astral Brands |

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10:30 - Booking Your Travel Using Speech Technologies
Travel Vertical Market Workshop |
Bill Meisel,
President, TMAA |

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12:00 Afternoon Keynote |
Steve Chambers - Nuance
Steve Chambers leads the company’s global efforts. Recognized as one of the top executives in the speech industry, Steve has successfully applied his marketing and strategic leadership to a vision for mainstream speech applications and has helped position ScanSoft as the premier
provider of speech technologies, applications and solutions. He joined ScanSoft in August 2003 when the company acquired Speech Works, where he served as senior vice president of worldwide sales and chief marketing officer since 1999. Previously, Steve held chief marketing officer roles at Arbortext, Inc., VDOnet, and PictureTel Corporation. Prior to PictureTel, he was a consultant for a division of McKinsey Corporation. |
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1:30 Nuance Company Workshop |
De-mystifying Speech |
1:30 West Corporation Company Workshop |
Join the leading provider of outsourced communications solutions as we share case studies, best practices and lessons learned during 30-minute informative sessions on Deployment of Natural Language Speech Recognition Applications, Automated Notifications, Interactive Agent, and Next Generation
Customer Surveys.
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1:30 - Rule-based and Goal-oriented Dialog Design
Advanced Speech Technologies Symposium (ASTS) |
Luis Valles,
Chief Scientist, GyrusLogic |

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Roberto Pieraccini,
CTO, SpeechCycle |

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David Pelland,
Designer, Intervoice |

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1:30 - Innovative Uses of Speech Technologies
Government Services Vertical Market Workshop |
Rasmus Shermer,
Senior Consultant, The National IT- and Telecom Agency/The Ministry of Science, Technology
and Innovation of Denmark &
Jens Otto Kjaerum,
Department Manager, Prolog Development Center; DemandVoice |

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Suresh Gursahaney,
Chief Technology Officer MicroAutomation, Inc. |

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Rick Warner |

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1:30 - New Applications in Speech Technologies for
Healthcare
Healthcare Vertical Market Workshop |
Dr. Heidi Moore,
Research Scientist, Healthcare Technology Systems |

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John Jones,
Director, Technology Innovations
Group, Humana Military Healthcare |

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Jane Rudov,
VP, Transcend Services Inc. |

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Beth Lira |

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1:30 - Improving Self-Service Delivery of Financial Services
Insurance and Financial Services Vertical Market Workshop |
Bob Huxley,
VP N America Sales & Marketing, Fluency Voice Technology |

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1:30 - Automating Customer Service
Managing Goods & Services Vertical Market Workshop |
Laura Bramschriber,
Sr Marketing Manager, TuVox |

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Brian Maruyama,
Coordinator Customer Care Technologies, Nicor Gas |

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1:30 - How to Sell More Using Speech Technologies
Retail Vertical Market Workshop |
Tom Canello,
Call Center Director, International Speedway Corp. |

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1:30 - Improving Self-service Delivery with Speech Technologies
Travel Vertical Market Workshop |
Karla Morgan,
Delta |

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3:30 - Techniques for Processing Recorded Speech
Advanced Speech Technologies Symposium (ASTS) |
Mark Pfeiffer,
Director of Business Development Government Solutions, SAIL Labs |

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Ri Pierce-Grove,
Associate Analyst, Datamonitor |

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3:30 - Improved Productivity with Speech Technologies
Government Services Vertical Market Workshop |
Remus Siclovan,
Sr. Systems Analyst,
Health Net, Inc. |

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Elwyn Hull,
Telecommunications Director,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas |

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Janet Korgeski,
System Administrator,
Moses Taylor Hospital |

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3:30 - Mining Your Data With Speech Technologies
Healthcare Vertical Market Workshop |
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3:30 - New and Innovative Applications
Insurance and Financial Services Vertical Market
Workshop |
David Weis,
Managing Consultant,
MasterCard Worldwide |

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Stan Wall,
Manager, Voice Services, World Access |

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3:30 - Optimizing Your Supply Chain Management with
Speech Technologies
Managing Goods & Services Vertical Market Workshop |
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3:30 - New and Innovative Applications
Retail Vertical Market Workshop |
Olga García,
IVR Channel Development, Vodafone Spain |

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3:30 - New and Innovative Ways to Use Speech
Technologies
Travel Vertical Market Workshop |
Mark Steinweg,
Enterprise Contact Center Transformation Team Lead, Carlson Leisure Group; |

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| Tuesday, August 8, 2006 |
7:30 Birds of a Feather
Tools for Developers
Speech Application Development Training
Programming Languages
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8:30 Morning Keynote |
Richard Bray - Microsoft Unified Communications: The Next Wave of Integrated Speech Technology Applications Today, people are bombarded by too much communication in too many places. The wave of innovation is accelerating the unification of collaboration and communication tools and media. At Microsoft, we believe that software can deliver a unified communications experience that simplifies communication and gives people more control of how, where and when they communicate. In this session, you'll see and hear how software and solutions will allow people, teams and organizations to communicate anywhere, anytime, any place and on any device with an intuitive experience that brings all modes of communication - phone, email, instant messaging, Web conferencing - together into a compelling, unified solution. Identify the problems with getting users to accept these new technologies and how to motivate users to adopt these applications to improve productivity. |

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9:00 IBM Company Workshop |
Introduction to Multimodal Development with X+V Tools for Building and Deploying Standards-Based Applications
This session discusses the XHTML+Voice (X+V) markup language used in next generation Web services that combine visual and voice interaction, highlighting the toolkits available, and examples for building standards-based applications for a variety of platforms, from cellphones and tablets to set top boxes and vehicles.
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10:00 Verizon Business Company Workshop |
Migrating to IP
Discover the critical value of a “business-centric” approach to migration and a well-designed migration strategy. Gain awareness of how you
can leverage your existing TDM functionality to ensure a smooth migration. Understand the components of an IP infrastructure and how they can be deployed to create strategic advantage in the contact center.
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11:00 - Advanced Speech and NL Technology
Advanced Speech Technologies Symposium (ASTS) |
Joseph Maxwell,
COO, Parlance Corporation |

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Mazin Gilbert,
Director, AT&T Labs |

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11:00 - And Beyond... Applications for Speech in
Places You Never Thought!
SpeechTEK Track: Consumer Electronics & MM |
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11:00 - Life Cycle and Development Methodologies
SpeechTEK Track: Deploying Speech Applications |
Eddie Kaul,
VP Professional Services, Inference Communications |

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Phil Shinn,
Principle Consultant, Genesys
Telecommunications Laboratories |

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11:00 - The Customer Experience and Building Loyalty
SpeechTEK Track: Improving Customer Loyalty |
John Goodman,
Vice Chairman, TARP, Release the Profit of Interaction |

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Joellyn Sargent,
VP Marketing, Premiere Global Services |

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Tom Hsia,
General Manager – BD, Servion Global Solutions, Inc |

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Holger Stoltz,
VoiceObjects |

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11:00 - Protecting Your Business and Your Customers
SpeechTEK Track: Security & Biometrics |
Judith Markowitz,
President, J. Markowitz Consultants |

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Steve Chirokas,
Director, Business Development,
Convergys Corporation |

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Chuck Buffum,
President, Buffum Group |

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11:00 - Trends Impacting Speech Technologies
SpeechTEK Track: Strategic & Management Insights |
Mike Matthews,
Head of Product Marketing, Aculab |

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11:00 - Open Source Summit: What’s Available and
Why
SpeechTEK Track: Tools & Techniques |
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11:00 - Methodologies for Designing and Implementing
VUIs
SpeechTEK Track: VUI |
Raj Sharma
Software Engineer,
Verizon Business
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Nancy Gardner,
Senior Analyst,
Convergys Corporation |

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Blade Kotelly,
Director, VUI Design, Intervoice |

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| 12:30 Afternoon Keynote |
David Nahamoo - IBM
IBM has been at the forefront of speech technology for decades. Dr. David Nahamoo who oversees IBM’s research into speech technology will discuss how speech technology continues to break new ground. In this session, you will hear about some of the latest technology advances and how they apply to customers today. |
1:00 Verizon Business Company Workshop |
Beyond ROI - Speech as a Strategic Tool
Join Verizon Business and Tellme as we delve into the more lucrative side of speech. Explore numerous creative approaches to using speech as a marketing tool to reinforce branding, improve the caller experience, and increase cross-selling revenue opportunities.
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2:00 IBM Company Workshop |
WebSphere Voice Server
Take a deep dive into IBM WebSphere Voice Server. Join the IBM development team as they go into an in-depth technical discussion on WebSphere Voice Server. Gain insights into the innovative world of self-service speech.
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2:00 - Advanced Techniques for Improving User
Interaction
Advanced Speech Technologies Symposium (ASTS) |
Kim Patch,
President, Redstart Systems Inc. |

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Leo Chiu,
CTO & VP Engineering, Apptera Inc. |

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Daniel O’Sullivan,
President/CEO, Interactive Digital |

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Joe Alwan,
BBN |

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2:00 - In-Car Computing
SpeechTEK Track: Consumer Electronics & MM |
Volker Jantzen,
CEO, SVOX |
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Tom Schalk,
VP Voice Technology, ATX |

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Luisa Cordano,
Account Manager, Loquendo |

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2:00 - VoIP and Speech
SpeechTEK Track: Deploying Speech Applications |
Scott Wieder,
Director of Market Development, Cantata Technology; |

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Rob Marchand,
Senior Director, Product Management, Genesys Telecommuniction Laboratories |

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2:00 - Analyzing Your Customer Interactions
SpeechTEK Track: Improving Customer Loyalty |
Alex Massie,
ClickFox
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Vasudeva Akula,
Sr. Systems Analyst, Convergys Corporation |

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2:00 - Into the Future - Critical Trends in Speaker
Authentication
SpeechTEK Track: Security & Biometrics |
Ken Rehor,
Consultant |

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Dave Shoemaker,
SVP of Sales, VoiceVerified |

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2:00 - Hosted Speech: Is It Right for You?
SpeechTEK Track: Strategic & Management Insights |
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2:00 - Beyond VoiceXML: Metalanguages and More!
SpeechTEK Track: Tools & Techniques |
Dominique Boucher,
Lead Software Developer, Nu Echo Inc. |

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Ian Sutherland,
Consulting Member of Technical Staff, Oracle USA, Inc. |

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2:00 - Controlling Your Personas
SpeechTEK Track: VUI |
Barbara Hawkins- Scott,
Manager, MediaVoice Services, Syntellect |

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Tim Walsh,
President, Walsh Media |

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Amit Desai,
CTO, Voxify |

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4:00 Verizon Business Company Workshop |
Emerging Speech Technologies - Practical Applicaton
Join Verizon Business and Nuance as we explore practical applications of emerging speech technologies such as Natural Language, and Voice Authentication. Learn how you can use these technologies to produce tangible
business benefits."
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4:00 - Selected Topics in Dialog Processing
Advanced Speech Technologies Symposium (ASTS) |
Steve Springer,
Nuance |

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David Thomson,
SpeechPhone |

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4:00 - Devices
SpeechTEK Track: Consumer Electronics & MM |
Jordan Cohen,
CTO, VoiceSignal |

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Ewald C. Anderl,
CTO & Vice President,
Kirusa, Inc.
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4:00 - Protocols and Processes
SpeechTEK Track: Deploying Speech Applications |
Kris Hopkins,
CEO, Newfound
Communications, Inc. |

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Thom Ellenbecker,
Product Line Manager, Intel Telecom Software |

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Kyle Danielson,
Project Manager, LumenVox |

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4:00 - Putting the Customer Into Self Service
SpeechTEK : Improving Customer Loyalty |
Rosanne Dausilio, Ph.D.,
President, Human Technologies Global Inc. |

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Jonathan Bloom,
Nuance Communications |

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4:00 - Case Studies in Speaker Verification
SpeechTEK Track: Security & Biometrics |
Judith Markowitz,
President, J. Markowitz Consultants on behalf of Martin and Claudia Eckert |

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Raj Sharma,
Software Engineer, Verizon Business |

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4:00 - Going International with Speech
SpeechTEK Track: Strategic & Management Insights |
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4:00 - Service-oriented Architecture
SpeechTEK Track: Tools & Techniques |
Ted Bray,
Practice Leader, Avaya |

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Brian Garr,
WW Program Director for Contact Center Solutions, IBM Corporaton |

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Shelli Feigenbaum,
Leader, Product Marketing, Nortel |

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Holger Stoltze,
Voice Objects |

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4:00 - Tuning the VUI, Not Tuning the Parameters
SpeechTEK Track: VUI |
Fran McTernan,
Speech Operations Leader, Nortel |

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Baiju Mandalia,
Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Corporation |

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Alex Massie,
ClickFox |

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| Wednesday, August 9, 2006 |
7:30 Birds of a Feather
Latest Research Findings on Speech Technologies
Improving Customer Loyalty
Building Your Speech Technology Business
Improving Your Professional Services Capabilities |
Brent Metz ,
IBM Software Group |

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8:30 Morning Keynote |
Phil Lembert
Speech is a pervasive technology from interfacing with consumer electronics to providing customer service for contact centers to improving employee productivity. The question remains how will we use the technology and what can we do to make consumers embrace speech technologies? Phil Lempert has over 20 years of conducting consumer research and will present his ground breaking research on consumer and employee reactions and attitudes on speech technology. Phil is recognized nation wide as NBC’s Today Show consumer affairs expert. If you are wondering how your customers and employees want to use speech technology then this keynote will provide the definitive answer. At the conclusion of his talk, Phil will lead a panel discussion among industry executives and customers. |

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9:30 Cisco Systems Company Workshop |
World-class customer service organizations understand that effective, speech-based self-service can work wonders in balancing the challenges
between cost containment and improving customer service. But most organizations are only beginning to understand the impact of IP-based technologies on self-service. When you consider that most customer dissatisfaction today is with self-service systems based on inflexible TDM architectures, you begin to see real opportunity. Join us for this workshop where we’ll be joined by our world-class partners to discuss the ways that IP-based speech self-service is creating
competitive advantage. |
10:00 - Developing and Tuning Applications with MSS 2007
SpeechTEK Track: Tools & Techniques |
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10:30 Avaya Company Workshop |
Streamlining Business with Intelligent Communications
Attend this workshop to hear the latest in speech access and self-service communications strategies that are enabling businesses to dramatically streamline customer service response and improve operations agility.
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11:00 - You Decide: Speech Analytics
SpeechTEK Track: Are there Technologies Ready for
Primetime? |
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11:00 - Developing Multimodal Applications Using W3C
Languages
SpeechTEK Track: Consumer Electronics & MM |
Debbie Dahl,
Principal, Conversational
Technologies |

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Jim Barnett,
Technical Director, Aspect Software |

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Jim Larson,
Manager, Advanced Human I/O, Intel |

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Michael Johnston,
AT&T Labs Research |

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11:00 - Testing and Tracking
SpeechTEK Track: Deploying Speech Applications |
Jim Jenkins,
President & CEO, IQ Services |

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Bjorn Austraat,
Director, Solution Delivery, TuVox |

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Holger Stoltze,
VoiceObjects |

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11:00 - Building an Effective Self-service Strategy
SpeechTEK Track: Improving Customer Loyalty |
Tony Lorentzen,
Director of Consulting Services, Viecore, Inc; |

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Elaine Cascio,
VP, Vanguard Communications
Corporation, Microsoft |

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11:00 - Hear What the Analysts Have to Say
SpeechTEK Track: Strategic & Management Insights |
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11:00 - Usability as the Means to Balance
Enterprise and User Goals
SpeechTEK Track: VUI |
Lori Etheridge
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Kitty Morel,
Senior Manager, Verizon Business |

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Colin Schiller,
Business Development Manager, Cisco Systems |

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12:30 Afternoon Keynote |
Karl-Heinz Land - VoiceObjects
Karl-Heinz is founder and Chief Strategy Officer of VoiceObjects where he drives the company’s new business strategies. Prior to VoiceObjects, Karl-Heinz Land held several upper management positions at Microstrategy including General Manager and Vice-President of Sales for Central
and Eastern Europe. In 2000 lead a new voice business for Microstrategy which grew into Angel.com. Karl-Heinz Land also spent three years within BusinessObjects as Managing Director Germany, and played an integral part in driving BusinessObjects through their successful IPO. |
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2:00 - You Decide: Machine Translation
SpeechTEK Track: Are there Technologies Ready for
Primetime? |
Elka Popova,
Industry Manager, Frost & Sullivan |

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Jacquin Buchanan,
Director of Software Development, VoxTek International |

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2:00 - Overcoming Barriers To Multimodal Application
Deployment
SpeechTEK Track: Consumer Electronics & MM |
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2:00 - Call Routing
SpeechTEK Track: Deploying Speech Applications |
John Kirst,
VP World-Wide Sales & Business Development, TuVox |

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Michael Ahnemann,
Sr. User Experience Architect, Intervoice |

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Dave Claiborn,
IBM |

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2:00 - Integrating Other Self-service Channels
SpeechTEK Track: Improving Customer Loyalty |
John Donaldson,
VP, Sales & Business Development, ICT Group |

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2:00 - Mobilizing Your Workforce
SpeechTEK Track: Strategic & Management Insights |
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2:00 - Authoring Synthesized Speech (TTS)
SpeechTEK Track: Tools & Techniques |
Caroline Henton,
Founder & CTO, Talknowledgy |

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Paolo Baggia,
Director of International Standards, Loquendo |

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Dan Burnett |

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2:00 - Controversial Design Principles Start Time
SpeechTEK Track: VUI |
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3:45 - Video and Multimodal
SpeechTEK Track: Consumer Electronics & MM |
Michael Codini,
CTO, VoiceObjects; |
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David Skiba,
Research Scientist, Avaya |

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3:45 - Tips for Managing Speech Applications
SpeechTEK Track: Deploying Speech Applications |
Christoph Mosing,
Vice President of Professional Services, Envox Worldwide |

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Mark Stallings,
Senior Consulting, IBM Corporation |

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3:45 - Customer Segmentation in Self Service
SpeechTEK Track: Improving Customer Loyalty |
Caroline Leathem,
Head of Consulting, Fluency Voice Technology; |

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Linda Van Doren,
Consultant, Vanguard Communications Corporation; |

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Dottie Verkade,
Head of Service Innovations, Aetna |

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3:45 - Improving the Customer Experience With Speech
Technologies
SpeechTEK Track: Strategic & Management Insights |
Ron Owens,
VP of Professional Services, Intervoice |

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Tom Smith,
Sr. Manager, Verizon Business |

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Steve Walintschek,
Director of Analytics, T4G |

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3:45 - Reusable Software
SpeechTEK Track: Tools & Techniques |
Leah Eyler,
Business Consultant, Fluency Voice Technology |

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Will Becchina,
Nortel Multimedia Applications Business Development |

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4:00 - You Decide: Unifying Your Communications
SpeechTEK Track: Are there Technologies Ready for
Primetime? |
Theron Dodson,
Director of Sales & Marketing, Ascendent Systems |

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Vickie McGovern,
Director, Solutions Marketing, Cisco Systems |

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4:00 - Designing for Cultural Differences
SpeechTEK Track: VUI |
Eduardo Olvera,
Sr. Speech Analyst, Syntellect
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Jose Elizondo,
Manager, Multilanguage UI Design, Nuance Communications |

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Sue Ellen Reager,
CEO, @International Services, Inc. |

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| Thursday, August 10, 2006 |
| Thursday 8:30 - Sneak Preview: VoiceXML 3.0 |
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| Thursday 8:30 - CCXML |
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| Thursday 8:30 - Voice User Interface Design |
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Thursday 8:30 - VoIP Technology & Speech
Applications |
Andrew Hunt,
VP Engineering, Holly Connects |

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| Thursday 8:30 - IP Multimedia Subsystem IMS |
James Rafferty,
Senior Product Manager, Cantata Technology |
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) |

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IMS and Media Control |

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IMS Workshop- Summary |

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Keith Byerly |

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Monday 1:30 Nuance Company Workshop |
De-mystifying Speech
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Monday 1:30 West Corporation Company Workshop |
Join the leading provider of outsourced communications solutions as we share case studies, best practices and lessons learned during 30-minute informative sessions on Deployment of Natural Language Speech Recognition Applications, Automated Notifications, Interactive Agent, and Next Generation
Customer Surveys.
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Tuesday 9:00 IBM Company Workshop |
Introduction to Multimodal Development with X+V Tools for Building and Deploying Standards-Based Applications
This session discusses the XHTML+Voice (X+V) markup language used in next generation Web services that combine visual and voice interaction, highlighting the toolkits available, and examples for building standards-based applications for a variety of platforms, from cellphones and tablets to set top boxes and vehicles.
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Tuesday 2:00 IBM Company Workshop |
WebSphere Voice Server
Take a deep dive into IBM WebSphere Voice Server. Join the IBM development team as they go into an in-depth technical discussion on WebSphere Voice Server. Gain insights into the innovative world of self-service speech.
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Tuesday 10:00 Verizon Business Company Workshop |
Migrating to IP
Discover the critical value of a “business-centric” approach to migration and a well-designed migration strategy. Gain awareness of how you
can leverage your existing TDM functionality to ensure a smooth migration. Understand the components of an IP infrastructure and how they can be deployed to create strategic advantage in the contact center.
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Tuesday 1:00 Verizon Business Company Workshop |
Beyond ROI - Speech as a Strategic Tool
Join Verizon Business and Tellme as we delve into the more lucrative side of speech. Explore numerous creative approaches to using speech as a marketing tool to reinforce branding, improve the caller experience, and increase cross-selling revenue opportunities.
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Tuesday 4:00 Verizon Business Company Workshop |
Emerging Speech Technologies - Practical Applicaton
Join Verizon Business and Nuance as we explore practical applications of emerging speech technologies such as Natural Language, and Voice Authentication. Learn how you can use these technologies to produce tangible
business benefits."
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Wednesday 9:30 Cisco Systems Company Workshop |
World-class customer service organizations understand that effective, speech-based self-service can work wonders in balancing the challenges
between cost containment and improving customer service. But most organizations are only beginning to understand the impact of IP-based technologies on self-service. When you consider that most customer dissatisfaction today is with self-service systems based on inflexible TDM architectures, you begin to see real opportunity. Join us for this workshop where we’ll be joined by our world-class partners to discuss the ways that IP-based speech self-service is creating
competitive advantage.
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Wednesday 10:30 Avaya Company Workshop |
Streamlining Business with Intelligent Communications
Attend this workshop to hear the latest in speech access and self-service communications strategies that are enabling businesses to dramatically streamline customer service response and improve operations agility.
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Monday 10:30 - VUI Design Boot Camp
Moderator: Ron Owens |
Erin Smith,
Senior Speech Analyst, Syntellect |

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Darla Tucker,
Senior Manager, Customer Apps, Intervoice |

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Jenny Burr,
Manager, Intervoice |

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Monday 10:30 - Advanced VoiceXML 2.0/2.1 |
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Tuesday 2:00 - Voice Coaching Tutorial - Your Chance
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Thursday 8:30 - Sneak Preview: VoiceXML 3.0 |
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Thursday 8:30 - CCXML |
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Thursday 8:30 - Voice User Interface Design |
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Thursday 8:30 - VoIP Technology & Speech
Applications |
Andrew Hunt,
VP Engineering, Holly Connects |

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Thursday 8:30 - IP Multimedia Subsystem IMS |
James Rafferty,
Senior Product Manager,
Cantata Technology |
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IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) |

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IMS and Media Control |

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IMS Workshop- Summary |

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Keith Byerly |

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Thursday 8:30 - SOA |
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VOX 2006
Presented by Opus Research |
For the fourth year, VOX assembles the top executives to define the future of managed services. Opus Research’s analysts join industry executives and infrastructure providers to explain how hosted and managed speech will merge customer care and service delivery. Hear and see the most advanced tools for application development, VoIP transport and life cycle management.
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Advanced Speech Technologies
Symposium (ASTS)
Presented by AVIOS |
Monday 10:30 - Speech Synthesis and Emotion
Moderator: Bill Scholz |
Monica Bisacca,
Project Manager, Loquendo |

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Ellen Eide,
Research Staff Member, IBM |

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Monday 1:30 - Rule-based and Goal-oriented Dialog Design
Moderator: Bill Scholz
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Luis Valles,
Chief Scientist, GyrusLogic |

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Roberto Pieraccini,
CTO, SpeechCycle |

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David Pelland,
Designer, Intervoice |

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Monday 3:30 - Techniques for Processing Recorded Speech
Moderator: Tom Schalk
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Mark Pfeiffer,
Director of Business Development Government Solutions, SAIL Labs |

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Ri Pierce-Grove,
Associate Analyst, Datamonitor |

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Tuesday 11:00 - Advanced Speech and NL Technology
Moderator: Tom Schalk
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Joseph Maxwell,
COO, Parlance Corporation |

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Mazin Gilbert,
Director, AT&T Labs |

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Tuesday 2:00 - Advanced Techniques for Improving User Interaction
Moderator: Bill Scholz
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Kim Patch,
President, Redstart Systems Inc. |

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Leo Chiu,
CTO & VP Engineering, Apptera Inc. |

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Daniel O’Sullivan,
President/CEO, Interactive Digital |

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Joe Alwan,
BBN |

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Tuedsay 4:00 - Selected Topics in Dialog Processing
Moderator: Bill Scholz
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Steve Springer,
Nuance |

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David Thomson,
SpeechPhone |

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| Birds of a Feather |
Monday 7:30
VUI Design Issues
Issues Impacting Developers
Customer Service
Employee Productivity |
Erin Smith,
Senior Speech Analyst, Syntellect |

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Darla Tucker,
Senior Manager, Customer Apps, Intervoice |

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Jenny Burr,
Manager, Intervoice |

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Tuesday 7:30
Tools for Developers
Speech Application Development Training
Programming Languages
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Wednesday 7:30
Latest Research Findings on Speech Technologies
Improving Customer Loyalty
Building Your Speech Technology Business
Improving Your Professional Services Capabilities |
Brent Metz ,
IBM Software Group |

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