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

Rockin Tacos

Monday, October 25

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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

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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

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2:30 PM

Private Screening of DUNE

Sponsored by Deepgram

Visit Deepgram on site to receive your ticket (limited supply)

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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)