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Aviad Abiri
, Vice President, Global Solution Design and Delivery, NICE Interaction Business Applications - NICE Systems
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Sondra Ahlén
, Principal VUI Consultant/Owner - SAVIC
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Michael Ahnemann
, Director, User Experience - Angel
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Rahul Akolkar
- IBM Research
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Mr. Almog Aley-Raz
, CEO - PerSay
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James F. Allen
, Author, Natural Language Understanding
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Fil Alleva
, Engineering GM, Speech @ Microsoft - Microsoft
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Joe Alwan
, AVOKE Analytics - Raytheon BBN Technologies
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Mr David Attwater
, Senior Scientist - Enterprise Integration Group
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Alexandra Auckland
, Voice Interaction Designer - Sotto Voce Consulting
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Paolo Baggia
, Director of International Standards - Loquendo
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Gopinath Bailur
, Practice Head - Speech and Self Service Applications - Servion Global Solutions Inc
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Larry Baldwin
, Manager, Voice Services - IBI Group
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Max Ball
, Director, Solutions Management - Genesys Telecommunications
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Srinivas Bangalore
, Principal Technical Staff Member - AT&T Labs -- Research
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James Barnett
, Director - Alcatel Lucent
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Dr. Homayoon Beigi
, President - Recognition Technologies, Inc.
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Cliff Bell
, Product Line Manager, Product Management - Genesys
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Barb Bleiler
, Manager, Provider Management, Commercial - WPS Health Insurance
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Jonathan Bloom
, Voice User Interface Designer - Jibo, Inc.
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Davide Bonardo
, Senior TTS Software Architect, Loquendo Technologies - Loquendo
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Dr. Ahmed Bouzid
, Co-founder & President - The Ubiquitous Voice Society
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Susan Boyce
, Principal User Experience Manager - Microsoft Tellme
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Vicki Broman
, Manager of User Interface and Research Teams, CTI and Speech Solutions - eLoyalty® a TeleTech Company
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Dan Burke
, Vice President - HP Autonomy
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Mike Burke
, VP Sales & Marketing - IR
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Dr. Daniel C Burnett
, President - StandardsPlay
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Jenny Burr
, Sr. Manager, Analytic Consulting - Convergys
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Michele A Burton
, Accessibility Analyst - SSB BART Group
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Howie Cahn
, Principal Speech Engineer - Verizon Business
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Janet Cahn
, Senior Speech Technology Consultant - Versay Solutions, LLC
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Vildan Cal Ozel
, IT Portfolio Manager - Global Bilgi
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Elaine Cascio
, Vice President - Vanguard Communications Corp
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Ellis 'Skip' Cave
- Independent Consultant
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Pranav Chadha
, Manager, Software Engineering - Versay
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Todd Chapin
, Principal VUI Designer - Performance Technology Partners, LLC
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Steve Chirokas
, Executive Director, Marketing - VoltDelta
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Anna Convery
, Chief Marketing Officer - ClickFox
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Paolo Coppo
, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development - Loquendo
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Vick Cox
, Consulting Systems Engineer - BNSF Railway
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Dr. Deborah Dahl
, Principal - Conversational Technologies
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Emily Selene de Rotstein
, Vice President, Sales and Marketing - Vocal Laboratories Inc.
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Martin C Dove
, Managing Director, Customer Interactive Solutions - Dimension Data
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Amy Downs
, Director, Customer Solutions - Voxeo, an Aspect Company
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Mahmoud Fahmy
, CEO and Chairman of IST Group - IST Networks
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Aaron Fisher
, Director of Speech Services - West Interactive
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Max Froumentin
, Program Manager - Web Foundation
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Kurt Fuqua
, CEO - Cambridge Mobile
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Charles Galles
, Principal Member, Technical Staff - AT&T
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Dr. Juan E. Gilbert
, Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor & Chairman, Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department - University of Florida
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Dr. Mazin Gilbert
, AVP of Technical Research - AT&T
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Kristie Goss-Flenord
, Consultant, Human Factors - Convergys
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Krishna Govindarajan
, Speech Science Global Discipline Leader, Professional Services - Nuance
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Michael Greene
, Social Worker
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Judi Halperin
, Principal Consultant and Team Lead, Global Speech Engineering - Avaya Inc.
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Tom Hanson
, Contact Center Solutions Lead - RightNow
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Mr. Steven M. Hoffberg
, Of Counsel - Tully Rinckey, PLLC
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Daniel Hong
, Research Director & VP - Forrester Research
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Dr. Qian Hu
, Chief Scientist of Speech Technology and AI - The MITRE Corporation
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Phillip Hunter
, Head of User Experience - Amazon Alexa Skills Kit
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Susan L. Hura PhD
, Principal - SpeechUsability
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Gilles Hurteau
, Project Manager - Nü Echo Inc.
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Kevin D. Husk
, Director of Customer Care Operations - Charter Communications
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Sunil Issar
, Director - VOZIQ
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Greg Johnston
, Senior IT Manager - IVR, Information Technologies - DISH Network
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Dr. Michael Johnston
, Lead Inventive Scientist - Interactions
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David Joiner
, Chief Technology Officer - Autonomy
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Dr. Lizanne Kaiser
, Sr. Principal Business Consultant - Genesys
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Ilene Kaminsky
, Sr. Director, New Market Development - Nuance
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Ms. Karen Kaushansky
, User Experience Strategist - Microsoft Tellme
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Russ Klein
, Vice President, Technology Research Group Director - Aberdeen Group
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Dave Koliner
, Sales Director - Performance Technology Partners, LLC
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Peter B Krogh
, Robot Experience Designer - Jibo
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Andrew Kun
, Associate Professor, UNH ECE Department - University of New Hampshire
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James A. Larson
, Vice President - Larson Technical Services
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Kathy Lee
, User Experience Researcher - Microsoft Tellme
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Peter Leppik
, President and CEO - Vocal Laboratories Inc.
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Ethan Levine
, Senior Consultant - Avaya Professional Services
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Rebecca Piorkowski Loose
, Voice User Interface Designer, Voice Technology Group - Cisco
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Weiye Ma
, Senior Speech Scientist - Telvent Worldwide
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Rob Marchand
, Senior Director, Product Management, Genesys Telecommunications - Alcatel Lucent
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Laura Marino
, Sr. Director of Product Management- Nuance On-Demand, Enterprise - Nuance
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Dr. Judith Markowitz
, President - J. Markowitz Consultants
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David C Martin
, Managing Principal/Portfolio Leader - Avaya
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Bob Matthews
, IVR Business Team Lead - CIGNA
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Dr. Valentine Matula
, Senior Director, Multimedia Research - Avaya
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Steve McElderry
, Product Line Manager - Cisco
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Jenni McKienzie
, Voice Interaction Designer - SpeechUsability
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Gregg M McMullen
, Director, Product Management, West Interactive - West Corp
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Fran McTernan
, Managing Principal - Avaya
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Dr. William Meisel
, President - TMA Associates
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Dr. Marie Meteer
, Director, Speech and NLP - Xtone
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Andy Middleton
, Technical Architect - Performance Technology Partners (PTP)
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Jim Milroy
, Human Factors Solutions Consultant - West Interactive Services
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Mike Monegan
, Vice President Product Management - Cyara
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Tim Moynihan
, Senior Analyst and Project Leader - Opus Research
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David Myron
, Editorial Director, CRM magazine - Information Today, Inc.
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Patrick Nguyen
, Chief Technology Officer - [24]7.ai
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Shannon L O'Connor
, Regional Vice President, Strategic Consulting, Witness Actionable Solutions - Verint Systems
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Eduardo Olvera
, Sr. Manager & Global Emerging Technology Lead, UI Design, Professional Services - Nuance
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Daniel O'Sullivan
, CEO - Gyst
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Karen Owens
, Senior User Experience Designer - LogicTree Corporation
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Mary Constance Parks
, Principal Experience Designer, Automation and Control Solutions - Honeywell
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Chris Passaretti
, Senior Programmer/Analyst - Cablevision Systems Corporation
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Dave Pelland
, Global Director, IVR Practice - Genesys
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Bryan Pellom
, Vice President, Speech Development - Rosetta Stone
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Mike Phillips
, Chief Technology Officer - Vlingo
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Roberto Pieraccini
, Director of Engineering - Google Switzerland
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Dr Melanie Polkosky
, Human Factors Psychologist/Consultant - IBM Corporation
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Bruce Pollock
, Vice President, Strategic Growth and Planning - West Interactive
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Bhuvana Ramabhadran
, Research Staff Member, Manager - IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
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Ken Rehor
, Voice Technology Group - Cisco
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Brigitte Mora Richardson
, Global Voice Control Technology/Speech Systems Lead Engineer, Electrical / Electronics Systems Engineering - Ford Motor Company
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Walter Rolandi Ph.D.
, Principal Usability Scientist - West Interactive
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Carlo Rosini
, Director of Customer Services, Retail Market - Poste Italiane S.p.A. (The Italian Postal Service)
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Alex Rudnicky
, Principal Systems Scientist, School of Computer Science - Carnegie Mellon University
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Terry Saeger
, Senior Vice President and General Manager - VoltDelta
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Steven Sands PMP
, Director of Business Development - Walsh Media
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Dr. Thomas Schalk
, Vice President, Voice Technology - Agero
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Johan Schalkwyk
, Manager, Mobile Speech Team - Google Cloud
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Jeff Schleuter
, Vice President, Marketing and Business Development - Nexidia, Inc.
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Todd Schmeer
, Director-Speech Application Services - VoltDelta
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K.W.'Bill' Scholz
, President - NewSpeech LLC
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Phil Shinn PhD
, CTO - ImmunityAnalytics
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Grant Shirk
, Director, Industry Solutions - Microsoft
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Dena Skrbina
, Director, Solutions Marketing - Nuance Communications
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Pete Slabek
, Voice Portal Operations Specialist - United Healthcare
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Ramón Solórzano Jr. Ph.D.
, Principal - Parasol Communication Services
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Tony Solpietro
, Manager Voice Implementations - RightNow Technologies
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Matt Storm
, Director, Americas Marketing - NICE Systems
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Dr. Elizabeth A. Strand
, Director of UX Strategy - Microsoft Tellme
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David Suendermann
, Principle Speech Scientist - Synchronoss
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Bernhard Suhm
, Director of Professional Services, AVOKE Call Experience Analytics Division - Raytheon BBN Technologies
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John Tallarico
, VP, Product Management - SoundBite Communications
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Mr. David L Thomson
, VP Speech Technology - CaptionCall
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Darla Tucker
, Director, Strategic Customer Solutions - Convergys
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Raj Tumuluri
, President - Openstream Inc.
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Julie Underdahl
, Senior User Interface Designer - Genesys
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Maryann Walsh Wolff
, Managing Partner - ProMark Solutions
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Keith Ward
, CTO - Product Support Solutions (PSS)
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Julia Webb
, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing - VoiceVault
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Jay Wilpon
, SVP, Natural Language Research - Interactions, LLC
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Mat Wilson
, Senior Software Developer - Speech Applications - Intelligent Mechatronic Systems (IMS)
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Dr. Silke Witt-Ehsani
, Vice President, VUI Design Center, Design Center - TuVox
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Emily Yellin
, Author of Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us
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Dan York
, Director of Conversations - Voxeo, an Aspect Company
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Dr. Moshe Yudkowsky
, President - Disaggregate Corporation
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Dr. Matthew Yuschik
, Executive Board Member - AVIOS
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Catherine Zhu
, Principal Consultant - SpeechUsability
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Enrico Zovato
, Chief TTS Researcher, Voice Technologies - Loquendo
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