Project Voice X
Date and time
Location
1250 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE
1250 Miracle Strip Parkway Southeast
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Refund policy
Project Voice X
About this event
Project Voice is the #1 event for voice tech & conversational AI in America.
Presented by Amazon and Microsoft
The first voice/AI industry event to take place in months amidst the pandemic, Project Voice X will be an essential gathering of companies looking to lead voice technology and conversational AI, as well as those looking to integrate voice/AI into their offerings and operations.
Every talk will be transcribed by our friends at Deepgram, with insights and analysis provided by our friends at Cyrano.ai.
There are three hotels in very close proximity to the venue, all of which sit on the beach. Our preferred hotel is Hilton Garden Inn, but Four Points by Sheraton and a newly-renovated Holiday Inn Resort are also great options.
American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines all fly into the Destin / Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS), which is a brief 16 mile distance from the convention center. More options are available at the Pensacola International Airport (PNS), located just under an hour from the venue.
Getting to the Fort Walton Beach Convention Center - official Florida travel information
Project Voice X Conference Agenda
[ALL TIMES CENTRAL]
Sunday, October 24
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Opening Gathering - open to all attendees and families of attendees
Monday, October 25
9:00 AM
Welcome / Opening Keynote
Bradley Metrock (CEO, Project Voice; General Partner, Project Voice Capital Partners)
9:30 AM
Amazon Keynote
Jeff Blankenburg (Principal Technical Evangelist, Amazon Alexa)
10:10 AM
Say What You Mean: Navigating Critical Conversations
Scott Sandland (CEO, Cyrano.AI)
10:40 AM
Building The Future Of Voice
Scott Stephenson (CEO, Deepgram)
11:10 AM
The New Age Of Voice Commerce
Mike Zagorsek (Chief Operations Officer, SoundHound)
11:30 AM
Sparking The Future Of Conversation Design
Braden Ream (CEO, Voiceflow)
11:50 AM
Lunch
12:30 PM
NLP On The Edge: Voice, AI, and Hardware
Robert Daigle (Global AI and Innovation Leader, Lenovo)
Andi Huels (Head of AI, North America, Lenovo)
1:00 PM
What's Next For AI in the Contact Center
Art Coombs (CEO, KomBea)
1:25 PM
Creating Next-Generation Voice Experiences
Mike Hoesten (Senior Director, Skilled Creative)
1:40 PM
VOICE IN HEALTHCARE
Henry O'Connell (CEO, Canary Speech)
Dr. Yared Alemu (CEO, TQIntelligence)
2:10 PM
Sonic Branding in the Enterprise
Audrey Arbeeny (CEO, Audiobrain)
2:30 PM
Retail, Restaurants, and Travel
Shilp Agarwal (CEO, Blutag)
2:45 PM
The Evolution Of Conversational AI In The Car And Beyond
Shyamala Prayaga (Product Manager, Conversational AI, Ford Motor Company)
3:00 PM
The Importance of Testing with Voice Experiences and Conversational AI
John Kelvie (CEO, Bespoken)
3:15 PM
Accuracy Matters: Improving Speech Recognition Through Data Processes
Esteban Gorupicz (CEO, Atexto)
3:30 PM
Adjourn
4:30 PM
Party at The Gulf on Okaloosa Island
Sponsored by Voiceflow
Open to all attendees and attendee family members
Tuesday, October 26
9:30 AM
Microsoft Keynote
Eric Egland (Microsoft)
10:00 AM
Custom Voices, Spotify, and the In-Car Conversational AI Experience
Matt Muldoon (President, ReadSpeaker North America)
10:30 AM
Voice vs. Friction: Lessons Learned In Security & Authentication
Ben Cunningham (Director of Product Marketing, Pindrop)
11:00 AM
Conversation Design Case Studies
Emily Lonetto (Head of Growth, Voiceflow)
11:30 AM
Opportunities for Voice, Outside of Voice Assistants
Otto Soderlund (CEO, Speechly)
Collin Borns (Head of Business Development, Speechly)
11:50 AM
Lunch
12:30 PM
Interactive Audio Entertainment with Voice AI
Thomas Lindgren (Executive Chairman, Wanderword)
12:45 PM
Preservation of Culture and History with Conversational AI: Laleh Knowledge Lake and Google Assistant
Davar Ardalan (Founder, iVow.AI; Executive Producer of Audio, National Geographic)
1:00 PM
Multistyle, Multitone, Multilingual Natural Language Speech Synthesis
Fathy Yassa (CEO, Speechmorphing)
1:15 PM
The Case Against Sentiment Analysis for Natural Text
Shamoon Siddiqui (CTO, Betterleap)
1:30 PM
Voice in Education
Dottie Daniels (Northeastern University)
1:45 PM Adjourn
2:30 PM
Private Screening of DUNE
Sponsored by Deepgram
Visit Deepgram on site to receive your ticket (limited supply)
Wednesday, October 27
9:00 AM
Voice/AI Startup Pitches
Pitches by Selected Voice/AI Companies
- VoiceStar
- Arrivu
- U-Hertz
- Deken
- VoicePT
- Vital Group AI
- Tuzag
10:30 AM
Closing Keynote
Rucha Gokhale (Conversational AI Strategist & Chief of Staff, Deloitte)
11:15 AM
Prizes + Adjourn
1:00 PM
Project Voice X Golf Outing
Open to all attendees and attendee family members
Promo codes are available for non-profit employees, educators, and students:
- Use the promo code NONPROFIT to save 30% if you are a full-time employee of an IRS-recognized non-profit organization
- Use the promo code EDUCATOR to save 40% if you are a full-time educator at an accredited educational institution (K-12 or higher ed)
- Use the promo code STUDENT to save 50% if you are a full-time student at an accredited educational institution (K-12 or higher ed)