Take advantage of the variety of Free Sponsored Sessions presented by industry heavy weights. 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 that 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, October 28th
Wednesday, October 29th
Tuesday, October 28th

Discover Windows Embedded CE technologies, tools and roadmaps
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Kurt Kennet (n)
Times: 10:15 - 11:15 am
Develop the next generation of Windows Embedded CE applications using Visual Studio and .Net or native code
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Mike Hall (Senior Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corp.)
Times: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Secure Connectivity and Rich User Interfaces define .NET Micro Framework Version 3.0
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Colin Miller (Microsoft)
Times: 12:45 -1:45 pm
Introduction to Windows Embedded Standard & Roadmap
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Tom Xanthos (Microsoft)
Times: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Using Write Filters to build reliable devices
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Joe Ayala (Microsoft), Chesong Lee (Microsoft)
Times: 3:15 - 4:15 pm
Building connected and distributed systems using Windows Embedded
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Mike Hall (Senior Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corp.)
Times: 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Windows Embedded Standard- Developer Considerations From Image Inception To Deployment
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Walt Perry (Presales Engineer, Microsoft Corp.)
Times: 5:45 - 6:45 pm

Video, what factors will affect your system selection?
Room: 111
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Chris Wojslaw (Product Marketing Manager, AMD)
Times: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Unleashing NXP's Cortex-M3 based LPC1000 Family
Room: 203
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Rob Cosaro (Systems, Applications & Architecture Manager, NXP
Times: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Cortex connected - LPC1000 peripherals
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Rob Cosaro (Systems, Applications & Architecture Manager, NXP Semiconductors)
Times: 3:45 -5:15 pm

Second Generation MicroTCA - true cost savings with flexibility
Room: 107
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Hank Heneghan (Director of Product Management, Performance Technologies)
Times: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

MACsec Security: Building Standards-Compliant Products for Secure LAN/MAN Networking
Room: 110
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Steve Singer (Worldwide Systems Engineering Manager, Mobile & Network Security Solutions, SafeNet, Inc.)
Times: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Better Code Quality through Automated Development
Room: 107
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Sergei Sokolov (General Manager, Parasoft Corporation)
Times: 1:45 - 3:15 pm

Digital Power Electronics Benefit with New 32-bit Microcontrollers
Room: 110
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Keith Ogboenyiya (TMS320C2000™ Microcontroller Manager, Texas Instruments)
Times: 1:45 - 3:15 pm

Source Code Analysis In An Agile World
Room: 110
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Gwyn Fisher (CTO, Klocwork)
Times: 3:45 - 5:15 pm

AVR321 UC3: Redefining 32-bit Microcontroller Performance and Low Power
Room: 205
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Jesse Hunter (Technical Marketing Engineer, Atmel Corporation)
Times: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
XMEGA AVR: A New Reference for 8/16-bit Microcontrollers
Room: 205
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Jesse Hunter (Technical Marketing Engineer, Atmel Corporation)
Times: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Micrium RTOS and Middleware products for Atmel’s ARM9 Embedded MPUs
Room: 205
Hynes Convention Center
Speakers: Jean Labrosse (President, Micrium), Christian Legare (Vice President, Micrium)
Times: 3:00 - 5:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Sessions - New class every hour. For class details and to register for Microchip training, visit: http://www.microchip.com/esc.
Motor Control Solutions
Booth: 201
Times: 11:00am - 12:00pm
USB Solutions
Booth: 201
Times: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
RF – ZigBee® and MiWi™ Solutions
Booth: 201
Times: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Ethernet Solutions
Booth: 201
Times: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
UNI/O® Bus: One I/O Bus Interface
Booth: 201
Times: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Introduction to 32-bit Microcontrollers
Booth: 201
Times: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Human Interface Solutions (Capacitive Touch Sense and Graphics)
Booth: 201
Times: 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Introduction to Digital Power Converter Design Using the dsPIC® SMPS Family of Digital Signal Controllers
Booth: 201
Times: 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Wednesday, October 29th

Debugging Windows Embedded CE kernel and applications
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Travis Hobrla (Software Design Engineer, Microsoft)
Times: 8:30 - 9:30 am
Windows Embedded Standard: Remote Debugging
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Preston VanderWeyst (Microsoft)
Times: 9:45 - 10:45 am
Leveraging the Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) in an embedded Environment
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Nick Jayawadarna (Microsoft)
Times: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Servicing devices and Integrating System Center Products with Windows Embedded Standard
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Parag Garg (SW Eng, NXP)
Times: 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Building Real time systems with Windows Embedded CE
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Kurt Kennet (n)
Times: 3:15 - 4:15pm
Deep Dive into the build process of Windows Embedded CE
Room: 108
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Olivier Bloch (n)
Times: 4:30 - 5:30 pm

Using Platform Solutions to Design, Develop, and Differentiate Your Embedded Device
Room: 107
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Dave Kittinger (Application Engineer Manager, Mentor Graphics)
Times: 8:30 - 10:00 am

Cryptographic Security Measures for Femtocell Access Points
Room: 203
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Bart Stevens (Dir. Product Management, Mobile and Networking Hardware Security Solutions, SafeNet, Inc.)
Times: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Energy Harvesting Embedded Systems Using the MSP430 MCU
Room: 107
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Adrian Valenzuela (Product Marketing Engineer, Texas Instruments)
Times: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

AVR321 UC3: Redefining 32-bit Microcontroller Performance and Low Power
Room: 205
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Jesse Hunter (Technical Marketing Engineer, Atmel Corporation)
Times: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
XMEGA AVR: A New Reference for 8/16-bit Microcontrollers
Room: 205
Hynes Convention Center
Speaker: Jesse Hunter (Technical Marketing Engineer, Atmel Corporation)
Times: 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Sessions - New class every hour. For class details and to register for Microchip training, visit: http://www.microchip.com/esc.
Introduction to 32-bit Microcontrollers
Booth: 201
Times: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Human Interface Solutions (Capacitive Touch Sense and Graphics)
Booth: 201
Times: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Ethernet Solutions
Booth: 201
Times: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
USB Solutions
Booth: 201
Times: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
RF – ZigBee® and MiWi™ Solutions
Booth: 201
Times: 3:00 - 4:00 pm