Monday, May 23, 2016
                
                        
								
                                    
                                    Evolution of Intellectual Property Law & Patents
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Fight Robocalling, Spoofing, & Other Nefarious Deeds
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Understanding Visual IVR
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    You Don’t Have to Use a SLM to Improve Customer Experience
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    Delivering World-Class Customer Service: Lessons From the Mouse
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    Dimension Data Contact Center Benchmarking Report
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Town Hall Discussion: The Future of the Contact Center
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    New Age of Effective Voice User Experience Design
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    PANEL: The Changing World of Financial Service IVRs
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Bringing Down the Wall Between the Digital & Voice Worlds
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Solution Sessions
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    The Growing Role of Natural Language
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    AI, the Internet of Things and the CX of Tomorrow
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    PANEL: The Future of the Internet of Things
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Voice and the Internet of Things
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    PANEL: Business Opportunities Enabled by the Internet of Things
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Solution Sessions
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    PANEL: The Intelligent Assistant Landscape
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Research on Voice Assistant Adoption & Attitudes
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Techniques for the Multichannel Virtual Assistant Era
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    The Rise of Virtual Specialists
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Natural Language Understanding for Virtual Personal Assistants
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Solution Sessions
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    Challenges of Large-Scale Localization
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Designing Globally: How Do You Design for a Language You Don’t Speak?
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    PANEL: Technology To Prevent Cyber Fraud
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    PANEL: Advanced Security Implementation Techniques
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Best Practices for Reducing Call Center Identity Theft, Fraud, & Risk
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Solution Sessions
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                    
                            
                    
                        
                    
             
        
            
                Tuesday, May 24, 2016
                
                        
								
                                    
                                    Improving IVR Self-Service Using Speech Analytics
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Are Mobile Apps Making IVRs Extinct?
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Selecting Passphrases
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Talking With Wearables
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    Keynote Panel: Social Impact of Conversing Robots
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    Interactive Text Response—IVR Done Right
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Benefits of Multilayer Natural Language Processing
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Combining Artificial Intelligence With Human Intelligence
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    PANEL: Public Sector Use Cases for Virtual Agents
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Public Sector Case Studies
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                                        
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    Lightning Session: High-Resolution Analytics
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Big & Unstructured: Speech as the Next Big Data Frontier
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    The Ties That Bind Us: Multimodal Applications & Data
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    A/B Testing With User Feedback
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Virtual Assistant Case Studies
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    Dialogue Tuning Power-Ups
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    PANEL: The Impact of Tuning on Containment
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Keeping a Mature Natural Language Solution Business Relevant
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Tools for Voice Interaction Design
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Healthcare Case Studies
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    How Statistical Language Models Work
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Recent Enhancements to an Open Source Personal Assistant
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Customize Your Speech Application
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Improving Recognition Accuracy
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    IVR Case Studies
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                                        
                                    
                            
                    
                        
                    
             
        
            
                Wednesday, May 25, 2016
                
                        
								
                                    
                                    Emotional Intelligence-Driven Voice User Interface Design
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Challenges and Solutions of Identity & Voice
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    The Danger of Standards
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Overview of Speech Recognition Applications to Support Air Traffic Management
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    Driven to Distraction? Speech Technologies in the Automobile
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    New Applications for Using Voice, Part 1
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    New Applications for Using Voice, Part 2
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    How the Google Wallet App Leverages NLU
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Talking Toys: Technology & Outlook
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    The Art and Architecture of Focused Prompting
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Bridging the Gap to the Sci-Fi Promise
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Designing the Conversation
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    PANEL: The Future of Conversational User Interfaces
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    An Examination of Speech-Enabled Technologies in the Car
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Car Makers Challenge NHTSA Driver Distraction Guidelines
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Innovations in Monitoring Driver Attention
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    PANEL: Designing for Drivers
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
                    
                        
								
                                    
                                    FIDO & You: How FIDO Standards Enhance Security & Protect Against Threats
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                                
                                            
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    PANEL: The Future of Speech Standards
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    PANEL: The AVIxD Design Guidelines
                                
 
                                
                                        
                                    
                            
								
                                    
                                    Knowing What Not to Do