SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The International Data Corporation (IDC) Semiconductor research team today announced the major sponsors and speakers for its newly-launched SMART TECHnology World conference, which is scheduled for April 19-20, 2011 in San Francisco. Market and technology leaders in smart technology spanning a broad set of embedded system verticals, device markets, and ecosystems are set to deliver an exciting line up of presentations, panels, and interactive discussions on the future growth and outlook of the multi-billion unit market.
Major SMART TECHnology World conference sponsors are Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., and Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Additional sponsors will be announced over the coming week.
Conference highlights include:
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Insightful keynotes and track session presentations from:
- Intel's Ton Steenman, Vice President and General Manager, Embedded & Communications Group
- Freescale's Lisa Su, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Networking and Multimedia
- Microsoft's Kevin Dallas, General Manager, Windows Embedded Business
- General Motors' Byron Shaw, Managing Director, Advanced Technology
- Samsung's Ana Hunter, Vice President of Technology and Foundry Services
- Motorola Mobility's Omar Javaid, Vice President, Converged Solutions
- Sprint-Nextel's Tim Johnson, In-Vehicle Connectivity/Telematics
- Flextronics' EC Sykes, President Flextronics Industrial
- Texas Instruments' Deepu Talla, General Manager, OMAP Mobile Computing Business Unit
- InvenSense's Steven Nasiri, President and CEO
- Icera's Jim Finch, Vice President of Marketing
- Marketing Leader, Reynette Au, former VP Marketing and Alliances at Atheros and ARM
- IDC's Mario Morales, Program Vice President, Semiconductor and EMS Research
- Two days with four tracks: consumer & connectivity, automotive & industrial, enabling technologies, and manufacturing & supply chain
- New smart technology research findings from IDC: "Smart Tech Market Forecast and 2020 Vision"
- IDC analysts and intimate one-on-one discussions
- A panel and fireside chat discussion with some of the most innovative technology companies
- Vendors, technology providers, and investors coming together to engage with leading companies and learn about the next wave of devices and technologies
SMART TECHnology World is for decision makers – executive management, financial investors, business managers and end users of smart technology. The conference will be held on April 19-20, 2011 at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco. For more information about SMART TECHnology World, including a complete agenda and registration information, please visit http://www.smarttechnologyworld.com.
SMART TECHnology World Sponsors include:
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