AVOIS-SpeechTEK Spring Conference and Expo Poised to Break Attendance Records.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SpeechTEK Spring 2004 LEXINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2004 Microsoft's Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. scheduled to keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work technology industry conference March 23-26. For many years the Applied Voice Input/Output Society (AVIOS AVIOS American Voice Input/Output Society ) annual conference was the only forum dedicated to practical applications of speech technology and was attended primarily by the professional organization's active membership. Today, with more and more organizations incorporating speech as an integral part of their competitive strategies, the AVOIS-SpeechTEK Spring Conference and Exposition has become the West Coast's premier event in voice communications. Hundreds of executives and key decision-makers are already pre-registered to attend AVIOS-SpeechTEK to hear Microsoft's Bill Gates and other leading figures in the industry talk about the latest developments and innovations in speech technology. AVIOS-SpeechTEK 2004 is on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955. of shattering attendance records as executives, developers, analysts, researchers and users and suppliers of speech products prepare to meet March 23-26 at the Moscone Center The Moscone Center is San Francisco, California's largest convention and exhibition complex. The complex consists of two main underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, Moscone North and Moscone South, as well the three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street. West/Metreon Complex in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . (www.speechtek.com) "Without question, this will be our largest event ever both in numbers of attendees and content of the conference," says AVIOS president Mark Randolph, director of technology planning and commercialism at Motorola. "The agenda is going to be very comprehensive with emphasis on actual deployments so attendees can learn first-hand how organizations are using speech effectively." Following a day of tutorials on March 23, Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft will deliver the opening keynote on Wednesday. Gates will present Microsoft's overall developer strategy and vision highlighting new developer and platform innovations including Microsoft Speech Server The Microsoft Speech Server is a product from Microsoft designed to allow the authoring and deployment of IVR applications incorporating Speech Recognition, Speech Synthesis and DTMF. and mobile device and wireless application development. Thursday and Friday keynotes will feature executives from leading speech companies and their customers discussing actual deployments. Chuck Berger, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Nuance and Stuart Patterson, president, ScanSoft will keynote on Thursday, March 25. Gary Cohen, general manager, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Pervasive Computing and Bob Ritchey, president, Intervoice will keynote on Friday, March 26. Dozens of tutorials, demonstrations and panels featuring over ninety speakers are organized in four tracks (Business, Deployment, Technology Insights, Mobility and Wireless) to enable attendees to tailor their experience to get the most out of the event. (Speaker list: http://www.speechtek.com/speakers/) The leading providers of speech strategies and solutions are participating in the SpeechTEK EXPO, Wednesday through Friday, March 24-26. (Exhibitor list: http://www.speechtek.com/profiles/) AVIOS-SpeechTEK Spring is co-located this year with FTP's VSLive conference (www.vslive.com/sf) and the Microsoft Mobile DevCon 2004 (www.microsoftmdc.com). Over 4,000 executives, developers and IT professionals are expected to attend the combined events. About SpeechTEK Launched in 1995, SpeechTEK Expositions and Educational Conferences are recognized worldwide as the industry's premier event focusing on products, services, applications, solutions and innovations for speech technologies. The annual trade show and educational conferences attract a global network of speech technology providers and enterprise network customers who are developing and implementing speech solutions. AVIOS-SpeechTEK Spring 2004 will be held at San Francisco's Moscone Center, March 23-26. SpeechTEK 2004 will be held the New York Marriott Marquis New York Marriott Marquis Times Square at 1531-1549 Broadway opened in 1985 and was designed by architect John Portman. It is located in the heart of Times Square at Broadway and 45th Street. , September 13-16. |
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