Telematics Services

Public Versus Private initiatives: eCall is inevitable but see who will win the race..

SBD have conducted extensive eCall-related research and their keynote presentation will offer you an independent analysis on both the public and private sector efforts to succeed with eCall in Europe.

• Understand the technical and political barriers preventing the roll-out of a public eCall service and hear what’s being done to overcome the barriers
• Hear which private eCall solutions are winning business with Europe’s vehicle manufacturers and understand how it’s being done
• Bulletproof strategies for success: Learn how your company can move forward with eCall and see how you can get your solutions and strategies right before your competitors do

David McClure, Telematics & ITS Director, SBD

Not-to-be-missed: See how Insurance Telematics is changing the face of the automotive insurance business

Insurance companies are sometimes viewed as providing a “necessary evil,” but if both the insurer and insured can begin to share information in a constructive manner by realising their mutual interests, the relationship can change and impact business-models dramatically…discover how

• Benefit from Octo Telematics’ real-world experiences: With a customer-base of over 650,000 customers through more than 35 insurance companies, Octo Telematics will teach you how to successfully enable telematics programs
• Unique opportunity to hear compelling insights from the retired CEO of UNIPOL insurance. He started the world’s largest insurance telematics program and will reveal some best kept business secrets to help you expand your offerings
• Learn why Usage Based Insurance (UBI), Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD), Pay Per Use (PPU), eCall, road charging, real time traffic solutions and other innovative programs are revolutionising the landscape of the OEM insurance business

Harald T. Trautsch, EVP Business Development & CMO, Octo Telematics
Carmelo De Marco, Board Advisor, Octo Telematics, General Manager, UNIPOL Assicurazioni (until 2007)

Brave new world: How to deliver localised digital technologies on a global basis

OEMs are adopting telematics technologies to deliver services in a variety of geographical markets. Simultaneously, governments across the world are legislating for the adoption of standard vehicle safety and security functions based on similar technologies. This session will show you how to deploy your offerings world-wide so that you can grow your enterprise successfully

• Step-by-step guide on how to roll-out complex telematics programmes that offer local services and solutions on an international scale
• Hear success stories about OEMs and partners who are delivering dynamic services globally and learn from their experiences
• Understand how to overcome some of the business and technical challenges associated with providing a variety of services globally

Peter Vyvyan-Robinson, Managing Director, GLOBALWATCH

Open telematics transmission protocol made practical

This session will explore the potential of an open telematics platform and will give you a crystal clear insight into both the technical and business advantages of deploying such a platform.

• Investigate how to achieve normalisation of data received from different sources in order to make your business model more robust
• Security of data transmission is key to the process phases of open telematics transmission protocol. Hear the secret behind achieving this
• Learn how you can successfully conduct data manipulation and filtering for your clients to enhance your business prospects

Moderator: Rainer Horn , Managing Partner, SpaceTec Capital Partners GmbH

Roberto Polli , Chief Information Officer, Altea
Christian Birle , Senior Line Manager Traffic Telematics, Vodafone

Kai Hackbarth , Product Manager, ProSyst Software  a member of OSGi
Insurer (Speaker & Company name to be announced soon!)

With rapid advances in telematics-related applications for the connected vehicle; TSPs such as HughesTelematics are building platforms to support not only traditional but also non-traditional roles. This session will focus on how to deploy innovative and cutting-edge services.

• Get the low-down on the latest non-traditional roles played by TSPs and see how your offerings need to evolve in order to attract more business: - aggregating services - integrating content - connecting devices - providing a conduit to third parties - assisting OEMs and Dealers with management of the vehicle and customer
• How can TSPs, OEMs, dealers and the value-chain work closely together to provide telematics services, navigation and infotainment and yet make the systems affordable for the end-user
• Analyse the critical factors which will help TSPs and their partners maintain their position in this rapidly changing industry
• Hear how automotive partnership models involving OEMs, service providers, suppliers and search engines are changing. Be the first to understand the implications and re-invent your strategies

Erik Goldman, President, Hughes Telematics

Get ready to hear about the new delivery model for Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD) insurance

Cobra and Coverbox will offer a unique insight into this innovative delivery model and show you a viable way to deliver mass market multiple telematics services.

• Discover the first stage in opening the PAYD insurance market to internal competition to ensure better pricing of individual policies and see how quickly you can understand and apply this very first stage
• See how a telematics platform can offer total interoperability with multiple service providers in order to leverage and extend its benefits and win-over more business
• Cobra and Coverbox will demonstrate how both the end-users’ and the insurers’ requirements can be met with success by adopting this unique model

Richard Cornish, Product Manager Smart Insurance, Cobra Wunelli
Paul Stacy, Managing Director, Coverbox

This session will explain the ground-breaking possibilities in GSM/UMTS based communication technologies. GPRS is the ubiquitous technology today but this session will focus on the exciting and challenging steps the industry is considering

• Get the low-down on which new services and features in network technology will bring added benefits to the OEMs and their service providers
• Service level agreements, dedicated organisational operations etc. are becoming important for the OEMs. Learn how mobile operators can live-up to the latest requirements in order to capture new customers and retain existing ones
• Understand which parameters OEMs really consider when choosing the right communication provider

Dan Martesson, Head of Telematics & Wholesale, Telenor

• Learn how to deliver reliable and robust multi-source traffic information
  successfully
• Hedge your bets on which location-aware content and services will rake-in the cash: traffic, weather, gas prices, parking space, news alerts and local search
• Take a look at map updates for different devices, understand the challenges and learn how to overcome them
• Get expert tips on how to offer concise and comprehensive pre-trip planning information in order to satisfy complex customer demands

Boris Wagner, Senior Sales Manager, Telematics Solutions, PTV