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Conference Overview
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What is the Digital Car Conference & Exhibition?
The Digital Car Conference & Exhibition, sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), will focus on digital technology and the growing telematics industry, reflecting the common paths of the automotive, consumer electronics and computer industries. The theme for the first conference is Telematics: What Do People Really Want, an intriguing topic covering the application of wireless communication and navigation electronics to passenger cars.
What is Unique About Digital Car?
Digital Car technical presentations will be limited to 400 on-site attendees and 400 online attendees who will be PC wired for complete interaction with the presenters.
Who is Expected to Attend Digital Car?
More than 5,000 design engineers, automotive engineers, consumer electronics and aftermarket companies and consumers will visit the exhibit. Approximately 100 exhibitors from the consumer electronics, telecommunications and automotive industries will display at the inaugural event.
When will Digital Car be Held?
The first Digital Car Conference & Exposition will be held March 4-7, 2002 at Cobo Center in Detroit. It will be held in Detroit in odd-numbered years.
Why Hold a Conference on Telematics?
The meteoric rise of research in telematics has paralleled consumer expectations in the automobile marketplace. Consumers will expect many, if not all of the electronic conveniences of home in their automobiles in the near future. Intelligent vehicle technology has opened up a new breed of automotive engineering in the form of advanced electronics, computers and software applications. These systems, applied to the automobiles, will impact the vehicle of the future in the areas of communications, information, navigation, entertainment, safety, and security.
Session Matrix
| | Michigan Hall | Edgewater | W1-54 | O2-37 | O2-40 |
| Mon 3/4 | Exhibit
10:00am - 6:00pm | Media Interactive Technology Demonstration
3:00pm - 4:00pm | | | | | |
| Tues 3/5 | Exhibit
9:30am -7:00pm | Interactive Technologies Session - The Technologies
8:00am - 5:00pm | Exhibitor Technology Forum - Organized by Sun Microsystems
10:00am - 12:00pm | Merging Enterprise and Embedded Computing in the Automotive Industry - Organized by IBM
10:00am - 12:00pm | Keynote Luncheon
12:00pmW.S. "Ozzie" Osborne, IBM | Telematics Service Provider Perspectives - Organized by ITS America
8:30am - 12:00pm | Presentation - Bluetooth Technology in Automotive
10:30am - 12:00pm |
Workshop: Embedded Java Development for the Automotive Industry - Organized by IBM
2:00pm - 6:00pm | Linking the Telematics Value Chain - Organized by Sensoria
2:00pm - 5:00pm | Wireless is Invisible: Can You See the Money? - Organzied by Schaffnit Consulting
2:00pm - 5:00pm |
| Wed 3/6 | Exhibit
9:30am -6:00pm | Interactive Technologies Session - The Human Element
8:00am - 5:00pm | Exhibitor Technology Forum - Organized by Intel
10:00am - 12:00pm | Merging Enterprise and Embedded Computing in the Automotive Industry - Organized by IBM
10:00am - 12:00pm | Keynote Luncheon
12:00pmDr. Ricardo Martinez, Safety Intelligent Systems Corp. | Driving Consumer Demand: How to Build (and Bundle) What Your Market Wants to Buy - Organized by Dove Consulting
10:30am - 12:00pm | AIAG/SAE Joint Meeting
8:30am - 12:00pm |
Workshop: Embedded Java Development for the Automotive Industry - Organized by IBM
2:00pm - 6:00pm | Panel Discussions on Networking the Telematics Vehicle - Organized by AMI-C
2:00pm - 5:00pm | AIAG/SAE Joint Meeting
2:00pm - 5:00pm |
| Thurs 3/7 | Exhibit
9:30am - 6:00pm | Interactive Technologies Session - The Impact: Case Studies
8:00am - 5:00pm | Exhibitor Technology Forum - Organized by Logikos, Inc.
10:00am - 12:00pm | Merging Enterprise and Embedded Computing in the Automotive Industry - Organized by IBM
8:00am - 12:00pm | Keynote Luncheon
12:00pmDon Butler, OnStar | Enabling the Intelligent Vehicle Panel - Organized by ITS America
8:30am - 12:00pm | Presentation - Bluetooth Technology in Automotive
2:00pm - 3:30pm |
Workshop: Embedded Java Development for the Automotive Industry - Organized by IBM
2:00pm 6:00pm |
Registration Hours:
| Sunday, March 3 | 2:00pm-6:00pm |
| Monday, March 4 | 7:00am-6:00pm |
| Tuesday, March 5 | 7:00am-7:00pm |
| Wednesday, March 6 | 7:00am-6:00pm |
| Thursday, March 7 | 7:00am-6:00pm |
Exhibition Hours:
Michigan Hall
| Monday, March 4, 2002 | 10:00 am - 6:00 pm |
| Tuesday, March 5, 2002 | 9:30 am - 7:00 pm, Open to the Public 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
| Wednesday, March 6, 2002 | 9:30 am - 6:00 pm |
| Thursday, March 7, 2002 | 9:30 am - 6:00 pm |
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