An
Insider's Guide to the VoiceXML Forum Users Group Meeting
By
now you've most likely heard that the VoiceXML Forum
is holding its First Annual Users Group Meeting on
5 April 2001, at the San Jose DoubleTree hotel. If you've
already registered for the event, be sure to download
the final agenda
so you know exactly what's in store. For those of you
still debating whether to attend the Users Group Meeting,
this article is for you.
In
a nutshell, the purpose of the Users Group Meeting is
to get as many people with an interest, knowledge, or
curiosity of VoiceXML into the same physical space.
The intent is to create an open environment by which
the VoiceXML community can share issues, knowledge,
and information about one of the fastest growing technologies
in the telephony business. So whether you're an application
developer; platform or service vendor; technology consultant
or analyst; enterprise IT or call center manager; or
an executive, this is the meeting for you.
The
first annual Users Group Meeting features 15 presentations
by leaders in the VoiceXML community. Representatives
from many of the VoiceXML Forum's the Sponsor and Promoter
members will be presenting, including the Chairman of
the VoiceXML Forum Board of Directors, as well as representatives
from the W3C.
To
avoid having non-technical persons suffer through highly
technical presentations, and vice versa, the organizers
of the Users Group Meeting have created dual tracks
for the event: a technical track and an executive track
(see Figure 1). Having trouble determining which track
is best for you? Don't worry, since all of the presentations
will be made available to all registered attendees.
- Business
Opportunities Using VoiceXML
- The
Market Reading
- The
Mobile Internet
- A
Tour of VoiceXML 1.0
- Cost
Center Solutions Using VoiceXML
- Conformance
Activities
|
|
Figure
1: Presentations of the Dual Tracks at the VoiceXML
Forum Users Group Meeting
During
lunch, which is included in the admission fee, there
will be 10 or so "Birds of a Feather" sessions
run simultaneously, affording all attendees a chance
to intimately discuss with colleagues and industry experts
those topics of most interest to them. Again, these
sessions will be broken down according to technical
or executive interest level, assurance that you get
the information most pertinent to your needs.
Finally,
following the final presentations, there will be a three-hour
networking reception open to all registered attendees.
This forum is a chance for your to informally discuss
business and technical matters with your peers in the
VoiceXML community, as well as an opportunity to view
some of the products and services of the VoiceXML Promoters
and Sponsors.
For
more information on the First Annual VoiceXML Forum
Users Group Meeting, including registration information,
visit the event's Web page (http://www.voicexml.org/users_group.html).
Or contact Greg
Kohn, VoiceXML Forum Program Manager.
back
to the top
Copyright
© 2001 VoiceXML Forum. All rights reserved.
The VoiceXML Forum is a program of the
IEEE
Industry Standards and Technology Organization
(IEEE-ISTO).
|