At-A-Glance
| Wednesday, June 20 | ||
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| 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM | Exhibit Floor Opens | Exhibit Floor |
| 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM | CONNECT2CAR by SAE | CE Week Conference Stage |
| 10:15 AM – 5:00 PM | Conference Program | CE Week Conference Stage |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Best in Show Ceremony | CE Week Conference Stage |
| 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | VIP Cocktail Reception | Exhibit Floor |
| 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Getgeeked/Consumer Advocates Join CE Week | Exhibit Floor |
| Thursday, June 21 | ||
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| 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM | CI Management Symposium – Invite Only | Lower Level Meeting Rooms of Jacob K. Javits Convention Center |
| 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM | CONNECT2CAR by SAE | CE Week Conference Stage |
| 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM | Exhibit Floor Opens | Exhibit Floor |
| 10:15 AM – 2:40 PM | Conference Program | CE Week Conference Stage |
Conference Program
| Wednesday, June 20 | ||
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| 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Personalization: Upgrading the Connected Car Automakers are delivering on the promise of a connected car. The aftermarket works to fulfill consumer’s desire to upgrade with technologies that make the vehicle safer. This panel will explore the challenges to keeping that technology up-to-date for the lifespan of the vehicle. | Moderator: Chris Cook, President, Mobile Electronics Association Panelists: Joe Caltabiano, Senior Business Develpoment Manager, Voxx Electronics John Waraniak, Vice President Vehicle Technology, SEMA |
| 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM | Connectivity to Support Vehicle Automation Automated vehicles are great. Their ability to improve safety and mobility is enhanced when the automated vehicle is also connected to smart cities and other connected vehicles. Questions we’ll consider during this session include: What steps are we taking to ensure connectivity? What can you do to support the cause? | Moderator: Suzanne Murtha, Vice President Connected and Automated Vehicles, AECOM Panelists: Cordell Schachter, CTO/CIO, NYC DoT Bob Rausch, Vice President, Transcore |
| 11:25 AM – 12:05 PM | Humans at Home: Creating the Digital Domicile It’s become almost trivial for companies to add smart voice integration to their products. But as every corner of the home gets automated, consumer expectations are rising to tasks such as surveillance, education and housework that are priming the pump for more sophisticated robotics. Industry experts will discuss the intersection of these quickly evolving technologies. | Moderator: Joe Osborne, Senior Editor Future plc (TechRadar) Panelists: Matthew Ng, VP of Product, igloohome Scott Chapps, Danny Isserles, Head of NYC HQ, Temi |
| 12:15 PM – 12:50 PM | Listening in the Living Room: How Smart Speakers are Striving to Be The Next Great Platform The last two years have seen hundreds of products integrate with home voice agents. Smart speaker sales are growing quickly despite concerns ranging from audio quality to privacy. Our panel will discuss the appeal and utility of these speakers today, how the addition of screens may change them, and whether they can become a dominant platform in the future. | Moderator: John Quain, Contributor, The New York Times & Contributing Editor, Tom’s Guide Panelists: Gary Schultz, Director, Business & Product Development, |
| 1:00 PM – 1:35 PM | From Apps to AI: How Smartphones Are Changing on the Inside and Out Each year, flagship smartphones tweak their screens and cameras. Meanwhile, mid-tier phones are becoming more capable of meeting many consumers’ needs. Now, vendors are trying to differentiate through the use of AI, but that can take many forms. We’ll looks at the state of the smartphone market and how the experience of using a central device in our lives will change. | Moderator: Jeremy Kaplan, Editor in Chief, Digital Trends Panelists: Jon Schniepp, SVP of Product Management, Republic Wireless Emmalee Brunt, Marketing Manager, Hitcase |
| 1:45 PM – 2:20 PM | Beyond the Phone: Extending Smart Mobility Outside the Home The smartphone’s push toward complete market saturation has tech companies searching for new ways to bring intelligence to consumers beyond the home in ways that the smartphone cannot. Smartwatches and other Wearables are augmenting the smartphone experience by bringing glanceable info to consumers wherever they are while innovative new forms of personal transportation are reinventing the urban commute. Our panel will discuss at how smartphones enable and complement these emerging consumer categories. | Moderator: Sascha Segan, Lead Analyst, PCMag.com Panelists: Ted Cardenas, Vice President of Marketing in the Car Electronics Division, Pioneer Electronics David Cannington, Co-founder & Executive SVP of Sales and Marketing, Nuheara |
| 2:30 PM – 3:05 PM | Rebooting Retail: Driving Customer Experiences After the Retailpocalypse The past year has seen retailers that were household names fade away. But as online shopping and home delivery options continue to grow, retailers still have options for driving an exciting in-store experience. Our panel will look at what’s working now and what’s on the horizon in driving a compelling omni-channel experience. | Moderator: Rob Stott, Editorial Director, Dealerscope Panelists: Sarah Flagg Meister, Manager of Hardware, Design and Technology Outreach, Indiegogo Tom Connolly, Vice President of Operations, Brookstone |
| 3:15 PM – 3:50 PM | From Stealth to Shelf: New Strategies for Consumer Tech Startup Success Today there is a wide range of options for new devices to take on the road to consumer sales. Crowdfunding campaigns are but one of the ways that many gadget companies raise money and awareness. However, very few companies can make the jump from even a successful campaign to long-term sales success. In this panel, we’ll look at common mistakes companies can avoid and discuss new avenues for companies that are looking to grow critical early sales. | Moderator: Robert Heiblim, Principal and Co-Founder, BlueSalve/RH Associates Panelists: Leon Temiz, Founder & CEO, Electronics Expo |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Connected Design & Houzz Present: “Trends Impacting Today’s Home Renovation Projects” & “Building Better Partnerships in a Design-Centric World” In this session, we will share research diving into trends on features, furnishings and motivations behind today’s renovations. This includes how homeowners plan their projects and what their key considerations are. Pros will come away with a deeper understanding of these factors, how they rank in consumer’s minds against more traditional considerations, and how those rankings vary by a consumer’s region, age, and type of renovation or construction project. These insights will help professionals both market to and communicate with clients and prospective clients more effectively. | Moderator: Lee A. Rotenberg, Founder, Ivy.co Panelists: Anastasia Harrison, Owner & Founding Partner, And Design LLC Stuart Narofsky, FAIA, Principal, Narofsky Architecture |
| Thursday, June 21 | ||
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| 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Understanding the Road to Zero Fatalities for the Autonomous Vehicle Accidents can happen on the road to safer driving. The goal for the future is to reduce accidents using technology to assist the driver. We’ll explore the timetable to autonomous vehicles, what it will mean for how drivers commute, and what opportunities such vehicles provide to reduce and eliminate accidents. This panel will focus on recent incidents of autonomous vehicles. It will provide a fresh look at the road to responsibility and the pathway to safe driving for autonomous vehicles. | Moderator: Tim Cavanaugh, Global Product Marketing Business Development Director, SAE International Panelists: Matthew Brach, Senior Managing Consultant, Engineering Systems Inc. Catherine McCullough, Founder, Executive Director, Intelligent Car Coalition |
| 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM | The Internet of Connected Vehicles As connectivity becomes more ubiquitous, all manner of devices are joining the cloud. The market has labelled this phenomenon the Internet of Things (IoT) and it includes everything from WiFi enabled toothbrushes to smart traffic lights. This session dive into how connected vehicles are changing the way that drivers and passengers are impacted by these new features and services and how brands are capitalizing on these new capabilities to collect better consumer insights, establish stronger loyalty and create new value streams. | Moderator:: Tim Cavanaugh, Global Product Marketing Business Development Director, SAE International Panelists: Neville Boston, CEO & Co-founder, Reviver Auto Mitch Dornich, Vice President Product, Connected Vehicle at SiriusXM Radio Inc. |
| 11:30 AM – 12:10 PM | 5G and the Internet of Things: How much? How fast? How soon? LTE was a watershed for enabling an explosion in mobile video as well as accelerating the mobile economy. 5G promises not just a game-changing speed increase for cellular networks, but better support for products that may need to go years without a battery change. Join our SuperSession as they discuss what 5G will mean to consumers and how it will change the nature of consumer electronics. | Moderator: Rob Pegoraro, Contributor, Yahoo Finance, USA Today, and others Panelists: Michael Dean, Managing Member, I Luv Wireless Inc. Frankie Smith, VP of Sales, SureCell |
| 12:20 PM – 1:00 PM | Mixed Reality: Creating New Worlds and Improving Ours Digital experiences are rapidly breaking out from beyond the borders of the screen, becoming interactive objects that can populate their worlds and our own. Taking mixed reality to the next level, however, requires moving past clunky headsets and extended sessions of holding up a phone. Join our panel to discuss one of the most exciting frontiers in consumer media as it takes hold of entertainment and gradually seeps into our everyday lives. | Moderator: Avram Piltch, Editor in Chief, Tom’s Hardware Panelists: Debra Davis, Managing Director, NKLS |
| 1:10 PM – 1:50 PM | Beyond 4K: Improving TV Quality in the Golden Age of Broadband Video After years of steady price drops, 4K TVs and HDR have become mainstream. As video services from HBO to Hulu invest billions in acquiring and producing content and consumers continue to cut the cord, TVs have a unique opportunity to serve as the center of entertainment– even as tablets and smartphones grow more popular as video consumption devices. | Moderator: Melissa Perenson, Technology Journalist Panelists: Tim Alessi, Sr. Director -Product Marketing, LG Electronics Robert Zohn, Founder & President, ValueElectronics.com |
| 2:00 PM – 2:40 PM | Privacy and Security: Knowing the Risks and Protecting from Threats At every turn, consumer data falls prey to hackers and sharing policies of which consumers have little understanding. The loss of privacy and risk of security have come to be accepted by many as a price of living in a digital world. But a host of software and services can help consumers fight back. Join us as our panel explores how to raise awareness of tools and behavior to keep private data secure. | Moderator: Robert Anthony, Editor, Stadium Circle Features Panelists: Danielle Michel, Founder, EyeTemp Anna Convery-Pelletier, Chief Marketing Officer, Radware |