Off and running!
We're off and running with a great conference. To steal from TV Guide, here's a quick list of Cheers and Jeers:
Cheers for the industry forums -- all reports are that everyone who went really found these valuable. These sessions had very specific topics covered that were uniquely relevant to their industry. I ran the Utilities forum and it was a great, informal back-and-forth discussion between our two speakers and the others in the room.
Jeers for our keynote speaker, unfortunately. Brought in to talk about the "technofuture," unfortunately the buzz I heard from most attendees is that his message was a combination of dated and bizarre, like reading a book about the year 2000 problem. One person called his future of chip-implanted techno-humans "spooky." People got up to get coffee towards the end. Oof.
Cheers for the Birds of a Feather tables, a new concept this year. Over 50 tables in the lunch area set aside with a host and specific topics, ranging from "robust parsing" to "VUI Design" to "Championing speech in your organization." It also allowed the industry forum discussions to spill over into lunch so that those people could continue benefitting from the folks in their industry.
Jeers for the weather. With intermittent thunderstorms and all-too-typical humidity, good lord, is it hot and sticky in Boca Raton!
Cheers for our speakers. From the seasoned veterans (hi Dottie!) to the first-time speakers (hi Viktoria!), they all did a great job presenting on a vast variety of topics. I want to extend a special thank you to the analysts who participated in this year's sessions as well; I think they really added an air of credibility -- you know, so it's not just us Nuance folks telling everyone what we think.
Oh, and finally... cheers for the neck massage tables, the ice cream break, and all the Nuance staff running around making this happen!
Come up and say hi if you run into me on the yacht cruise tonight.
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