Project Voice 2021 Program
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Tuesday, April 13
[ALL TIMES EASTERN]
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4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
VIP Reception
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Wednesday, April 14
[ALL TIMES EASTERN]
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8:00 AM
Breakfast Available!
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9 AM
Project Voice 100 Begins (in person)
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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
CEO Briefing
--> Curated group of brief executive-level talks
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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
"Catalyst Match" Executive Meetings
--> Curated group of one-on-one 15-minute executive meetings
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NOON
Closing
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REGISTRATION FOR PROJECT VOICE WORLDWIDE (VIRTUAL) IS HERE
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Thursday, April 15
[ALL TIMES EASTERN]
10 AM - 10:10 AM Welcome and Announcement of Project Voice X (Bradley Metrock)
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM KEYNOTE: iVow.ai
Nikki McLay, Director of AI Partnerships
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Wanderword
Johan Stromberg, CEO
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM Cereproc
Paul Welham, CEO
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM DeepZen
Taylan Kamis, CEO
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Nuance
Eduardo Olvera, Director of Conversational Experience Design
Nirvana Tikku, Director of Research and Development
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM Kaizen Technologies
Ashok Krish, President
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Talkit
Shayan Kerai, CEO
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Speechly
Otto Soderlund, CEO
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM Skilled Creative
Brandon Kaplan, CEO
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM Cerence
Sanjay Dhawan, CEO
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM Dottie Daniels
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM EPB
J.Ed Marston, VP Marketing
12:30 PM - 12:40 PM Blutag
Shilp Agarwal, CEO
12:40 PM - 12:50 PM Constant Companion
Mark Gray, CEO
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM Helios
Dr. Gerwin Schalk, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer
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1:00 PM - 1:10 PM Google
Danny Bernstein, Managing Director, Partnerships for Google Assistant
1:10 PM - 1:20 PM WPP The Store
1:20 PM - 1:30 PM Bespoken
John Kelvie, CEO
Emerson Sklar, Chief Evangelist
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1:30 PM - 1:40 PM SoundHound
Mike Zagorsek, COO
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM Deborah Dahl
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Attn.Live
Ian Utile, CEO
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2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Canary Speech
Henry O'Connell, CEO
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Yaa Kumah-Crystal, Assistant Professor Biomedical Informatics
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Deloitte
Simon Kingaby, Manager Global Data & Analytics
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM Open Voice Network
Jon Stine, Executive Director
2:40 PM - 3 PM Virsix Games
Zai Ortiz, CEO
Friday, April 16
[ALL TIMES EASTERN]
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10:00 AM - 10:10 AM Welcome (Bradley Metrock)
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM Amazon
Jeff Blankenburg, Principal Technical Evangelist
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM Samsung
Roger Kibbe, Senior Developer Evangelist
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM City of Tullahoma
Thom Robinson, Executive Director TAEDC
Winston Brooks, Director of Community Development, City of Tullahoma
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM Earplay
Jon Myers, CEO
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Voicify
Jeff McMahon, CEO
11:10 AM - 11:20 AM Microsoft
Edward Un, Senior Program Manager, Text-To-Speech, AI Platform, Microsoft
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM RAIN Agency
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Audioburst
Gal Klein, CTO
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Audiobrain
Audrey Arbeeny, CEO
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM DefinedCrowd
Daniela Braga, CEO
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM An Hour With Mark Cuban
Half hour live interview, half hour audience Q&A
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