Sponsored Sessions
Take advantage of the variety of FREE SPONSORED SESSIONS presented by industry heavyweights. Open to ALL attendees, the sponsored sessions grant you in-depth hands-on solutions to specific design challenges. These aren’t product pitches or cleverly disguised marketing ploys; this is the “real stuff” that engineers want and need to get their jobs done.
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Please note: you can select your FREE SPONSORED SESSIONS during the Registration Process once you have selected an event Registration Package online. On-site, sessions will be open to ALL attendees and pre-registration does not guarantee a space in the session.
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| Tuesday, April 27 | |
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What it takes to build a device using Android Moderator: Rich Nass, Editor, EE Times Group Times: 11:00am - 12:00pm Room: Winchester Room, Hilton Hotel |
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FPGA-based DSP Design Workshop: Simplifying FPGA Signal Processing Design Speaker: Tom Hill, DSP Technical Marketing, Xilnx Times: 11:00am – 12:30pm Room: N |
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Introduction to Application Development on Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 Speaker: Olivier Bloch, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Times: 11:30am – 12:45pm Room: B2 |
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Windows Embedded Standard 7 Overview Speaker: Shabnam Erfani, Sr. Program Manager Lead, Microsoft Times: 11:30am – 12:45pm Room: B3 |
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STM8L Ultra-Low-Power 8-bit MCU Seminar Speaker: Nicholas Fillon, FAE, STMicroelectronics Times: 11:30am – 6:30pm Room: M |
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Ethernet Solutions Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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How to create your next killer product using Android Speaker: Info Coming Soon Times: 12:30pm - 1:15pm Room: Winchester Room, Hilton Hotel |
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Using Android to create tomorrow’s “must-haves” eBook eReader designs Speaker: Info Coming Soon Times: 12:30pm - 1:15pm Room: Winchester Room, Hilton Hotel |
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Power and System Management Using ARM® Cortex™-M3, FPGA and Programmable Analog in a Single Chip Speakers: Wendy Lockhart, Sr. Manager Design Solutions Mark Overgaard, President, Pigeon Point Systems Times: 12:45pm – 1:45pm Room: B4 |
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Vinculum VNC2 Leading Edge System on Chip Embedded Controller Speakers: John Hyde, Consultant, USB Design By Example Gurinder Singh, Sr. Field Applications Engineer, FTDI Ltd. Times: 12:45pm – 1:45pm Room: D |
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Human Interface Solutions (Touch Sense and Graphics) Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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Achieving Real-Time Performance with Windows Embedded CE Speaker: Dave Stewart, Director of Software Engineering, InHand Electronics Times: 1:00pm – 2:15pm Room: B2 |
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Windows Embedded Standard 7 Development Tools Speaker: Randy Rockinson, Program Manager, Microsoft Times: 1:00pm – 2:15pm Room: B3 |
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Cortex-M0 LPC1100 Hands-On With Free LPCXpresso Tool Speakers: To Be Announced Shortly Times: 1:00pm - 2:45pm Room: B1 |
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FPGA-based DSP Design Workshop: Simplifying FPGA Signal Processing Design Speaker: Tom Hill, DSP Technical Marketing, Xilnx Times: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Room: N |
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Implementing High Precision Motor Control Using ARM Cortex-M3, FPGA and Programmable Analog in a Single Chip Speakers: Wendy Lockhart, Sr. Manager Design Solutions Brad Landseadel, Power & Control Design, Inc. Times: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Room: B4 |
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Pinpointing Product Quality and Reliability Issues across the Product Lifecycle with In-System Diagnostics Speaker: Joe Skazinski, President, Kozio Times: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Room: D |
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USB Solutions Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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Opportunities and challenges of expanding Android into embedded applications Speaker: Info Coming Soon Times: 2:30pm - 3:15pm Room: Winchester Room, Hilton Hotel |
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Building Richer User Experiences with Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3 Speaker: Dion Hutchings, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Times: 2:30pm – 3:45pm Room: B2 |
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Windows Embedded Standard 7 Componentization – “The OS Building Blocks” Speaker: Sarah Ali, Program Manager Lead, Microsoft Times: 2:30pm – 3:45pm Room: B3 |
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Multicore Demystified Speaker: Mark Hermeling, Seniorr Product Manager, Wind River Times: 2:30pm – 7:00pm Room: L |
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Digital Power Solutions Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 3:00pm – 4:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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Cortex-M High Performance and DSP Applications With Free mbed Tool Speakers: To Be Announced Shortly Times: 3:00pm - 4:45pm Room: B1 |
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FPGA-based DSP Design Workshop: Simplifying FPGA Signal Processing Design Speaker: Tom Hill, DSP Technical Marketing, Xilnx Times: 3:00pm - 4:30pm Room: N |
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Implementing ARM Cortex-M3, FPGA and Programmable Analog in a Single Chip Speakers: Wendy Lockhart, Sr. Manager Design Solutions Tim McCarthy, Worldwide Training Manager Times: 3:15pm – 4:45pm Room: B4 |
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Robotics System Design: A Hotbed of Embedded Frustrations Speaker: Shelley Gretlein, Product Marketing Manager, National Instruments Times: 3:15pm – 4:45pm Room: D |
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Designing for Low Power Applications Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 4:00pm – 5:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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Top 10 Windows Embedded CE Do’s and Don’ts Speaker: Kurt Kennett, Senior Software Developer, Microsoft Times: 4:00pm – 5:15pm Room: B2 |
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Windows Embedded Standard 7 Deployment and Servicing Speaker: Parag Garg, Program Manager, Microsoft Times: 4:00pm – 5:15pm Room: B3 |
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RF – ZigBee® and MiWi™ Solutions Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 5:00pm – 6:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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FPGA-based DSP Design Workshop: Simplifying FPGA Signal Processing Design Speaker: Tom Hill, DSP Technical Marketing, Xilnx Times: 5:00pm - 6:30pm Room: N |
| Wednesday, April 28 | |
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Agile Development of Safety Critical Systems Speaker: Bruce Douglass, Chief Evangelist, IBM Times: 10:30am - 11:30am Room: M |
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FPGA-based Embedded Processing Design Workshop: For Software Engineers Speaker: Navanee Sundaramoorthy, Platform Solutions, Xilinx Times: 11:00am - 12:30pm Room: N |
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Static Analysis: A False Sense of Security? Speaker: Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech Times: 11:30am – 12:45pm Room: B4 |
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Building and Optimizing Silverlight for Windows Embedded Applications Speaker: Nick McCarty, Software Engineer, Adeneo Times: 11:30am – 12:45pm Room: B2 |
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Using Write Filters on Windows Embedded Standard 7 Speaker: Abdelkader Bahgat, Sr. Program Manager, Microsoft Times: 11:30am – 12:45pm Room: B3 |
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Increasing Software Debug Productivity using System Prototype Speaker: Frank Schirrmeister, Director, Product Marketing, Synopsys Times: 11:30pm – 12:30pm Room: D |
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Motor Control Solutions Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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Demonstrating Micrium OS-III™ and µc/Probe™ on an ARM Cortex-M3 Based Device with Ethernet Speakers: Jean Labrosse, Micrium Wendy Lockhart, Actel Corporation Times: 12:45pm – 1:45pm Room: B4 |
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Agile with the Right Tools can Maximize Developer Productivity Speaker: Gwyn Fisher, CTO, Klocwork Times: 12:45pm – 1:45pm Room: D |
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Systems & Software Product Lines - Driving new value Speaker: Martin Bakal, Market Manager, Systems Modeling, SPL, Testing, and Multi-core, IBM Times: 1:00pm - 2:00pm Room: M |
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RF – ZigBee® and MiWi™ Solutions Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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Silverlight Light for Windows Embedded – Key Concepts & Tools Speaker: Ritwik Tewari, Microsoft Times: 1:00pm – 2:15pm Room: B2 |
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Explore the Multimedia Potential of Windows Embedded Standard 2011 Speaker: Preston VanderWeyst, Software Design Engineer, Microsoft Times: 1:00pm – 2:15pm Room: B3 |
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Cortex-M0 LPC1100 Hands-On With Free LPCXpresso Tool Speakers: To Be Announced Shortly Times: 1:00pm - 2:45pm Room: B1 |
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FPGA-based Embedded Processing Design Workshop: For Software Engineers Speaker: Navanee Sundaramoorthy, Platform Solutions, Xilinx Times: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Room: N |
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Maximize performance and increase security of an ARM Cortex-M3 based embedded system with on-chip FPGA Speakers: Rajiv Nema, Actel Corporation Andrew Frame, ARM Times: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Room: B4 |
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QorIQ: Freescale’s Next Generation, Application-Centric Multicore Architecture Speaker: Preet Virk, Director, Global Network Segment Marketing, Freescale Times: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Room: D |
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Validation of Medical Device Software Using MDD Speaker: Paul Urban Times: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Room: M |
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Designing for Low Power Applications Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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Low Cost TMS320VC5505 eZDSP USB Stick Development Tool Speakers: Mark McKeown, DSP Applications Team, Texas Instruments Times: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Room: L |
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Build your own Shell for Windows Embedded CE Speaker: Kurt Kennett, Senior Software Developer, Microsoft Times: 2:30pm – 3:45pm Room: B2 |
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Migrating Your Application from Windows Embedded Standard 2009 to 7 Speaker: Joe Broxson, Senior Embedded Engineer, Microsoft Times: 2:30pm – 3:45pm Room: B3 |
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The Future of Embedded - Intelligent, Instrumented and Interconnected Speaker: Greg Gorman, Program Director for Systems Engineering Product Delivery, IBM Times: 3:00pm - 4:00pm Room: M |
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Human Interface Solutions (Touch Sense and Graphics) Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 3:00pm – 4:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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Cortex-M High Performance and DSP Applications With Free mbed Tool Speakers: To Be Announced Shortly Times: 3:00pm - 4:45pm Room: B1 |
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FPGA-based Embedded Processing Design Workshop: For Software Engineers Speaker: Navanee Sundaramoorthy, Platform Solutions, Xilinx Times: 3:00pm - 4:30pm Room: N |
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Implementing ARM Cortex-M3, FPGA and Programmable Analog in a Single Chip Speakers: Wendy Lockhart Sr. Manager Design Solutions Tim McCarthy Worldwide Training Manager Times: 3:15pm – 4:45pm Room: B4 |
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Workshop: Accelerating Designs with Multicore DSP Speaker: Travis Scheckel, Platform Software Manager, Multicore & Media Infrastucture, Texas Instruments Times: 3:15pm – 4:15pm Room: L |
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Ethernet Solutions Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 4:00pm – 5:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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Connected Experiences with Windows Embedded CE Speaker: Dion Hutchings, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Times: 4:00pm – 5:15pm Room: B2 |
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Software Development: the key to multicore success Speaker: Martin Bakal, Market Manager, Systems Modeling, SPL, Testing, and Multi-core, IBM Times: 4:30pm - 5:30pm Room: M |
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Community Creation for Embedded Multicore Processors & Applications Moderator: Tom Flanagan, Director, Technical Strategy, Texas Instruments Speakers: Sven Brehmer, President & CEO, PolyCore Software Anthony Green, Principal Solutions Architect, RedHat Conny Öhult, Director, Product Management, Enea Mark Mitchell, Chief Sourcerer, CodeSourcery Olaf Soentgen, Senior Engineer, NashTech Times: 4:30pm – 5:30pm Room: D |
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FPGA-based Embedded Processing Design Workshop: For Software Engineers Speaker: Navanee Sundaramoorthy, Platform Solutions, Xilinx Times: 5:00pm - 6:30pm Room: N |
| Thursday, April 29 | |
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FPGA-based Embedded Processing Design Workshop: For Hardware Engineers Speaker: Navanee Sundaramoorthy, Platform Solutions, Xilinx Times: 10:00am - 11:30am Room: N |
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Motor Control Solutions Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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FPGA-based Embedded Processing Design Workshop: For Hardware Engineers Speaker: Navanee Sundaramoorthy, Platform Solutions, Xilinx Times: 12:00pm - 1:30pm Room: N |
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USB Solutions Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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Cortex-M0 LPC1100 Hands-on With Free LPCXpresso Tool Speakers: Ken Dwyer, Applications Engineering Manager, NXP Semiconductors David Donley, Sr. Field Applications Engineer, NXP Semiconductors Times: 1:00pm - 2:45pm Room: B1 |
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Digital Power Solutions Speaker: Sr. Technical Training Engineer, Microchip Technology Inc. Times: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Room: Booth 1116 |
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FPGA-based Embedded Processing Design Workshop: For Hardware Engineers Speaker: Navanee Sundaramoorthy, Platform Solutions, Xilinx Times: 2:00pm - 3:30pm Room: N |
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ESC Silicon Valley
April 26-29, 2010
McEnery Convention Center
San Jose, CA
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June 8-9, 2010
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Chicago, IL
ESC India
July 21–23, 2010
NIMHANS Convention Center
Bangalore, India
ESC Boston
September 20-23, 2010
Hynes Convention Center
Boston, MA
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October 20-21, 2010
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