More than 70 conference sessions will delve into important design topics including UML, TCP/IP networking, Linux/Open Source, real-time development, and high availability design. "These sessions will focus on delivering the technical insight necessary to make embedded system designs stronger, faster, and more reliable," according to the event's organizers. "Each class and tutorial provides practical answers to the toughest questions, and teaches skills and techniques that can be implemented immediately."

Keynote -- "Keeping Your Job Onshore"

On Tuesday, September 14, Dan Saks, writer for Embedded Systems Programming and C++ guru, will deliver the keynote. He will address how software developers can make themselves more valuable in the marketplace amid the trend toward off-shoring.

Embedded Security Seminar

Co-located with ESC this year is the Embedded Security Seminar offering a three-day technical program covering various security, encryption, and trusted computing issues, standards, and practices. The three-day Embedded Security Seminar will take place Sep. 13-15 and will feature full-day tutorials on Monday by the Trusted Computing Group and technical staff from Atmel, IBM, Intel, and Safenet, as well as a series of classes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Kevin Ashton, co-founder of MIT's Auto-ID Center and vice president of ThingMagic, a development firm specializing in embedded intelligence technologies will present the Tuesday evening keynote. Attendees can register for the Embedded Security Seminar individually, or together with the Embedded Systems Conference Boston.

Further info

Further information on the ESC Boston conference program is here