
AVIOS
Conversational Interaction
Conference
CONNECTING WITH COMPUTERS - SPEECH, TEXT OR BOTH?
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Benefits of sponsoring the conference
Interacting effectively with computers using human language—speech or text—has long been a challenge. Most experts believed doing so would be a critical advance in user interfaces with computers, comparable in impact to the Graphical User Interface.
Today, computer power and the technology supporting areas such as speech recognition and natural language understanding have crossed the threshold. Signal your part in this key evolution of the user interface.
Companies need help with—
This conference discusses how companies can get that help with this transition.
If you can help them, let them know by being a sponsor!
Search
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Helping companies connect through the major digital personal assistants
Integration
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Make it work with existing software (e.g., database or IVR software)
Platforms
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The hardware/software/networking solutions that make the applications flow
Core technology
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Basic language technology supporting applications, including toolkits
Customer service
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Telephone service
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Chatbots on web sites
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Company digital assistant apps
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Providing answers, not more web sites or a frustrating list of option followed by more options
Get full value by signing up early and getting the value of publicity leading up to the conference, as well as high visibility at the conference itself, including talks if qualified proposals are received early. (With only one track and two days, talks won’t get lost in an overlarge program!) Get publicity when the web site is visited before and for a period after the conference. (We'll have updated content that attracts visitors.) Get credit in most email blasts and all press releases. And, of course, you will be a major presence at the conference itself.
Contact:
Peggie Johnson (peggie@avios.org) for detailed sponsorship benefits and options and prices.
Three levels of Sponsorship: Gold, Silver, and Supporting
Both Gold and Silver include:
Publicity before the conference
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Prominent display on home page of conference web site, with link to company web site
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Prominent credit in most email promotions of the conference, with links to your web site
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Clearly connecting your company to this major trend
Publicity during the conference
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Listed by category in sign at conference registration desk
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Prominently displayed by category in conference program
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Thanks in conference welcome address, with slide including logos
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At least one talk during the conference, if desired
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Brochures or flyers at registration desk for attendees to take
Contact information for attendees
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Email addresses of attendees and speakers provided after the conference
Free full conference attendance
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For speakers, panel participants, and one additional company representative
Links to a relevant article you provide
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A link to a relevant article or white paper you provide on For More Information page of the conference web site.
Additional benefits of Gold level:
Publicity before and during the conference
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More prominent placement than Silver sponsors on web site and email promotions
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Inclusion of a company representative in a keynote panel (in addition to a talk in other sessions)
Credited as sponsor of the reception at the end of the first conference day
Free full conference attendance
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For speakers, panel participants, and two additional company representatives (one more than Silver level)
Links to relevant articles you provide
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A link to two relevant articles or white papers you provide on For More Information page of the conference
Supporting sponsors
Supporting sponsors logos are listed on the web site with links to company web sites as supporting sponsors and listed on signs and in the conference program at the conference. The intent is to provide a lower-cost alternative for companies that want to be clearly identified with this trend.