Finalists for 2010 Telematics Awards Revealed

30 Apr 2010

Finalists for the 2010 Telematics Awards have been revealed and can be viewed here: http://www.telematicsupdate.com/detroit/awards-index.shtml . Tickets for both the intimate awards ceremony and Telematics Detroit Conference & Expo are available at https://secure.telematicsupdate.com/detroit/register.htm.

Telematics Update has been conducting industry interviews, visit http://www.telematicsupdate.com/detroit/conference-interviews.shtml to checkout exclusives from:

*Martin Rosell, Managing Director, WirelessCar
*John Horn, National Director, T-Mobile
*Joe Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer & President, Pandora
*Alistair Adams, Business Development Manager, Nokia
*Partha Goswami, Technology Manager, Infotainment and Telematics & Lead Technology Planner for Chevy Volt Electric Car Program, General Motors
*Joseph Berry, CEO, JBJ Advisors (Former Chief Architect, Ford SYNC)
*Sheldon Drobot, Scientific Program Manager, NCAR
*Roger Jollis, Marketing Director and Business Segment Leader Automotive OEM business, Garmin
*Brian Droessler, Vice President of Strategy & Portfolio Infotainment and Connectivity Business Unit, Continental
*Gary Gale, Director of Engineering, Yahoo! Geo Technologies
*Michael Slattery, Consumer Innovation, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets

TU has also been busy with the microphone recording some great executive podcasts which can be listened to at http://www.telematicsupdate.com/detroit/conference-podcasts.shtml . Podcasts include:

*Doug VanDagens, Director of Connected Services, Ford Motor Company
*Pranish Kumar, the Group Program Manager for Windows Embedded Automotive, Microsoft
*Roger Jollis, Marketing Director and Business Segment Leader Automotive OEM business, Garmin
*Partha Goswami, Technology Manager, Infotainment and Telematics & Lead Technology Planner for Chevy Volt electric car program, General Motors
*Gary Gale, Director of Engineering, Yahoo! Geo Technologies
*Michael Slattery, Consumer Innovation, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets
*Fredrik Åkerlind, CMO, Telenor Connexion
*Jan Hellaker, VP Business Development & Government Programs, Volvo Technology
*Robin Harbage, C-Counsel Consultant, EMB America
*Jeff Curry, Head of Global Product Marketing, Better Place

Telematics Update hopes you enjoy reading/listening to all of this, and would love to know what you think of the content....

Also: If you're free on June 8 & 9, why not join the industry elite at Telematics Detroit? The last chance discount is expiring so there is no better time to register as over 450 executives are already busy networking and booking meetings online. Telematics Detroit is now only 5 weeks away so put June 8 & 9 in your diary and register via our secure site. You can secure your awards and conference tickets in one easy process at: https://secure.firstconf.com/auto/detroit/register.htm .

See you in Detroit this June!

Regards,

Rebecca Mantle
rmantle@telematicsupdate.com
detroit@telematicsupdate.com