ESC Boston's technical program includes 82 classes in eight tracks, covering a wide range of hardware and software topics. Two 90-minute classes of particular interest to
WindowsForDevices readers are being led by David Heil, Chief Engineer of CalAmp Solutions Corp.:
- Getting Started With Windows Mobile Application Development
- Writing Windows CE Device Drivers, From Principles to Practice
Key events include a keynote talk on "Improbable Research and the Ig Nobel Prizes," by Marc Abrahams, editor and co-founder of the science humor magazine
Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) and its web site; an industry address on "The Embedded Revolution," by Joe Jensen, General Manager of Marketing and Platform Programs for Intel's Communication and Infrastructure Group; and a live, unrehearsed "Get to the Point Panel" that "pits two opposing industry executives or pundits against each other," conference organizers say.
The new Disruption Zone area and its related activities aim to offer emerging companies access to influential electronics professionals. Disruption Zone exhibitors will receive turnkey exhibit space, print and online advertising, and a slot at a special invitation-only luncheon, where participants will have five minutes each to present their companies to an influential audience of venture capitalists, analysts, and media.
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