Workshop on Conversational Applications — Agenda

General information:

• Note that some presentations will contain material that is relevant to multiple sessions. Thus, material may be presented in an earlier session than the one in which it is discussed.
• Presentation time is strictly limited to 5 minutes to ensure sufficient time for questions and discussion at the end of each session.
• Please read the position papers before the workshop begins.
• During the discussion, new issues that are identified will be added to the "discussion list" which will be reviewed during the "Identify new languages and language extensions" session.
• Attendees will be asked to write detailed descriptions of issues during the conference. These descriptions will be inserted into the conference minutes.
• Breakfast and lunch will be served in the meeting room, Terrace Ballroom.

Friday, 18 June 2010

7:30-8:30 BREAKFAST

8:30-8:55  Session1: Welcome

Moderator:

Debbie Dahl

Scribe:

Kaz Ashimura

- Welcome and logistics — Raj Tumuluri, Openstream

- Welcome from the W3C — Kazuyuki Ashimura, W3C [ Slides ]

- Introduction to the workshop — Debbie Dahl, W3C Invited Expert

8:55-9:15  Session2: Introduction

Moderator:

Dan Burnett

Scribe:

Rahul Akolkar

Broad overview of architectural issues and use cases addressed in the papers. Our goal in this session is to develop a common framework for discussions throughout the remainder of the workshop.

- Overview of conversational applications — Kurt Fuqua, Cambridge Mobile

- The User Context: Aligning System and User Behavior — Kim Patch, Redstart Systems [ Paper, Slides ]

9:15-10:15  Session3: Lexical and morphological standards

Moderator:

Paolo Baggia

Scribe:

Kim Patch

- Information Transfer from Dialogue Response Generation to Speech Synthesis — Dan Burnett, Voxeo for Paul Bagshaw, France Telecom [ Paper ]

- Conversational Lexical Standards — Kurt Fuqua, Cambridge Mobile [ Paper ]

- ((not presented: Use of Part of Speech and morphological information for resolving multiple pronunciations in Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) for Indian Languages — Somnath Chandra, Dept. of Information Technology, Govt. of India/W3C India [ Paper ] ))

Example topics:

• What capabilities that are not covered by the PLS specification do we need for conversational systems?
• Do we need to enable morphological processing via new standards?

10:15-10:45 BREAK

10:45-12:00  Session4: Grammar, Semantics and Natural language processing

Moderator:

Rahul Akolkar

Scribe:

Debbie Dahl

- Extending SRGS to Support More Powerful and Expressive Grammars — Paolo Baggia, Loquendo / Debbie Dahl, Conversational Technologies / Jerry Carter, the Minerva Project [ Paper, Slides ]

- Conversational Syntax Requirements — Kurt Fuqua, Cambridge Mobile [ Paper ]

- Conversational Semantic Standards — Kurt Fuqua, Cambridge Mobile

Example topics:

• Is the SRGS/SISR framework broad enough to cover the range of utterances and their interpretation in a conversational system?
• Is EMMA sufficient to represent the interpretation?
• Is VoiceXML a viable option for writing conversational applications?

12:00-1:30 LUNCH

1:30-3:00  Session4 (continued): Grammar, Semantics and Natural language processing

Moderator:

Michael Johnston

Scribe:

Paolo Baggia

- The Future of Advanced Dialogue Applications — Simona Gandrabur, Nuance [ Paper ]

- Extension of SRGS and SISR — Raj Tumuluri, Openstream [ Paper ]

- Use Cases and Requirements for New Models of Human Language to Support Mobile Conversational Systems — Chiori Hori, NICT [ Paper ]

3:00-3:30 BREAK

3:30-5:00  Session5: Architectures and Dialog System Integration

Moderator:

David Nahamoo

Scribe:

Matt Womer

- Conversational Architecture Requirements — Kurt Fuqua, Cambridge Mobile [ Paper ]

- Beyond the Form Interpretation Algorithm — Rahul Akolkar, IBM [ Paper ]

- ((not presented: Asynchronous Microphone Upload — James Salsman, TalkNicer.com [ Paper ] ))

Example topics:

• How do all these capabilities fit together in a fully functioning system?
• Do we need additional standards to ensure efficient and complete communication?

5:00-5:30  Session6: Planning session for the topics for Day2

Moderator:

Dan Burnett

Scribe:

Kaz Ashimura

Determine how many (two/three) breakout sessions to be held on Day2.

What to discuss.

5:30 Day1 ends

Note. Scribes for June 18 submit their session summaries to Kazuyuki Ashimura

6:30-7:00 RECEPTION

7:00- DINNER

Saturday, 19 June 2010

7:30-8:30 BREAKFAST

8:30-10:30  Session7: Breakout sessions

We will split into 3 subgroups. Each group will need to select a scribe/spokesperson.

Each group is responsible for going through the use case templates from the paper presenters in its group. The group will write "candidate use cases" (issues/problem statements) based on questions 1 and 3 in each template. The group must manage its time to ensure that all use case templates are considered.

Before the break, the spokesperson will email their notes and the list of candidate use cases to Kaz for inclusion in the minutes.

Breakout session A

Scribe/Spokesperson:

TBD

Breakout session B

Scribe/Spokesperson:

TBD

Breakout session C

Scribe/Spokesperson:

TBD

10:30-11:00 BREAK

11:00-12:00  Session8: Reports from breakout sessions

Moderator:

Kurt Fuqua

Scribe:

Simona Gandrabur

In this session each group will report on its list of candidate use cases so the whole group can see and understand them.

We will consider any requests to combine similar use cases. Use cases will only be combined if both authors agree.

12:00-1:30 LUNCH

1:30-4:00  Session9: Prioritize use cases & identify potential new languages and language extensions

Moderator:

Dan Burnett

Scribe:

Kaz Ashimura/Simona Gandrabur/Debbie Dahl

Prioritize use cases.

For the top 3-5 use cases, identify potential new languages and language extensions.

- Goodbye — Kazuyuki Ashimura, W3C

4:00 Workshop ends

Note. Scribes for June 19 submit their session summaries to Kazuyuki Ashimura

The Call for Participation, the Logistics and the Presentation Guideline are also available on the W3C Web server.

James A. Larson, Deborah Dahl, Daniel C. Burnett and Kazuyuki Ashimura, Workshop Organizing Committee

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