Thanks to TADSummit sponsors TSG Global, Inc. and Strolid, Inc. for understanding the importance of truth (no BS) for customers
Here are the agenda for 22nd October and 23rd October. The focus is the truly innovative stuff in programmable communications.
Since its founding in 2013 TADSummit has a stated policy of no BS. https://tadsummit.com/2024/policy/.
This has a number of outcomes. We’ve always had innovators who lead their field presenting at TADSummit. Those whose insights are often drowned out by large vendor marketing. Those who attend TADSummit, and are able to adopt the insights get bought, as the large vendors can not.
Today, there is a yawning gap between vendors / service providers, and their customers. As an example, remember last year when Elon Musk railed against telcos stealing $60M from Twitter using SMS?
It’s actually some CPaaS companies. And the customers being stolen from include most of the large brands, e.g. Google, Microsoft, Amazon, large banks and financial institutions, etc. That theft has not stopped in 2024, its hundreds of millions.
At TADSummit, no BS means we focus on the truth. Which is unfortunately rare at the moment. The PSTN is in the worst state it’s ever been with robocalling and spam SMS. I’ll stop there and instead focus on all the uplift content in the TADSummit Agenda. All times are US East Coast, NYC time.
A few highlights from Day 1 are:
- Raj presented at the first TADSummit in Bangkok in 2013. He’s gone on to found Wootag, a video marketing company whose time has come in making all the video content we generate integrated and interactive with our businesses. We stay connected with friends.
- Last year Unifonic shared how they build moats for each of their countries of operation. Matteo will expand on that strategy.
- Daniel from Augnet will share how the curse of AIT can be stopped.
- Kevin will share a post quantum view of security in programmable communications.
- The event sponsors, STROLID and TSG Global will share their keynotes before and after lunch. These are can not miss presentations.
- We’ll hear from TADS regular Sebastian Schumann on their latest successes.
- We wrap up the day with what I consider to be the most interesting AI Agent on the market, VAPI.
Agenda: 22 October
08:00 Wootag’s Journey. Raj Sunder, Founder and CEO Wootag
08:30 Conquer the world or win the customer? A cross road moment for CPaaS players seeking to shore up investor confidence. Matteo Gatta, Founder GenNoor, ex-CEO BICS
09:00 The 20+ year Governance and Certification Gap in A2P SMS. When is it Going to End?. Daniel Gill, Founder and CEO Augnet
0930 Can a new foreign owned business even enter the US market for messaging? Alex Kinch, Wholesale telecommunications expert
10:00 Realizing the Benefits of Business Identity for Optimal Consumer Contact. Gerry Christensen, Head of Caller ID Reputation® Partnerships and Expert in Communications Identity and Trust
10:30 Is Security in Programmable Communications ready for the post Quantum Era? Kevin Graham, Mobile Technology and Cloud Communications Leader Mobile Engagement | A2P Messaging | Network APIs | CPAAS
11:00 Webio: Revolutionizing Debt Conversations with Conversation Intelligence. Paul Sweeney, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Webio
11:30 How Drachtio and Jambonz are changing the World of Programmable Telecoms. Dave Horton, Creator of jambonz, the open source voice gateway for CX/AI, and drachtio.org, the open source framework for SIP Server applications
SPONSOR KEYNOTE 12:00 Why TNID Matters. Noah Rafalko, Founder CEO TSG Global
12:30 LUNCH
SPONSOR KEYNOTE 13:00 The Rise and Rise of vCon. Thomas McCarthy-Howe, CTO STROLID, Innovating Automotive Conversations
13:30 SCITT and vCon AI governance for conversations, at scale. Steve Lasker, Director of Ecosystem DataTrails
14:00 Programmable Global Carrier Digital Services. Sebastian Schumann, Networks & Services International, Deutsche Telekom
14:30 Unified compliance for human and AI agents with Call Score. Surbhi Rathore, CEO & Co-Founder, Symbl.ai
15:00 By The Numbers. Alan Quayle, Founder TADSummit and TADHack, Independent Consultant, Focused on Reality not Marketing BS.
16:00 When are we going to get GPT4o (Her) in open source? Nikhil Gupta, Founder, CTO @ Vapi (YC W21)
Agenda: 23 October
08:00 Evolve or Get Left Behind, The Next Generation of CPaaS is Here. Dinesh Saparamadu, Founder and CEO, hSenid Mobile
08:30 Wadaro, how in-SIM software is revolutionizing telecoms. Robert Wakeling, Founder and CEO, Wadaro
09:00 Slash the Industry 4.0 Gordian Knot – Simplify Digital Transformation with Programmable Communications. Matthew D Smith, Chief Executive Officer, fieldcloud SAS
09:30 Understanding the Brands and their Messaging Needs. Holly ‘The SMS Queen’ Depies, SMS and Contact Center Technology Consultant.
10:00 Voice AI: Breaking Past the Bullshit. RJ Burnham, Founder & CEO at Consig AI.
10:30 Voxist’s Real Time Enterprise AI. Karel Bourgois, Founder & CEO Voxist, President Le Voice Lab, VP of Technology Hub France IA, Member of the AI Expert Panel Bibliothèques Sans Frontières · International Corporate and Administration Volunteer.
11:00 TADSummit Panel Discussion. Are LLMs about to disrupt enterprise SaaS (Software as a Service)? Karel Bourgois, Founder & CEO Voxist; Paul Sweeney, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Webio; Lyle Pratt, Vida.io Founder & CEO; Nikhil Gupta, Founder, CTO @ Vapi (YC W21); RJ Burnham, Founder & CEO at Consig AI
12:00 The Future of Business Messaging. Scott Warner, Business Consultant
12:30 LUNCH
13:00 Telephone Consumer Protection Act for the International Audience. Eric Troutman, Czar of the TCPA, Tsar of the TSR, Telecom Attorney, Partner Troutman Amin, LLP, Founder TCPAWorld.com, Founder and President R.E.A.C.H
13:30 The Truth of RoboCalling in the US. Alex Quilici, CEO @ YouMail
14:00 Vida Voice AI. Lyle Pratt, Vida.io Founder & CEO
14:30 A2P Revenue Assurance, Carriers Can Take Back Control! Ivan Maksic, Poacher Turned Gamekeeper
15:00 Using speech-to-speech models in conversational chatbots. Rob Pickering, Internet and Real Time Communication Software Expert, Innovator, Advisor, Investor.
