It's better than Bus&Board ... it's the new Critical Embedded Systems MediaFest 2008

The leading minds in Critical Embedded Systems gathered in Scottsdale, Arizona on May 4-6 for Critical Embedded Systems MediaFest 2008, the business and technology media event for the bus and board industry. Redesigned and streamlined from events in previous years, Critical Embedded Systems MediaFest 2008 focused exclusively on creating quality interaction between trade publication editors, analysts, and sponsors in a relaxed yet productive format.

Presentations delivered during Day 1 of the event - the market overview portion - are now available. Information from Day 2, the standards working group portion of the agenda, is available to VITA members only - see the list of working groups at the VITA Standards Organization page.

Event presentations (all files PDF)

VITA MediaFest Agenda and Introduction – Ray Alderman, Executive Director, VITA

Keeping COTS Real, Relevant and Responsive ... for the Next Generation – Doug Patterson, VP Sales & Marketing, Aitech Defense Systems

Future Challenges and Opportunities for Military Embedded Systems – Peter Cavill, GM, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms

Triple-Redundant Lock-Step Hardware Architecture for an In-Flight Application – Manfred Schmitz, CTO, MEN Mikro Elektronik GmbH

New Advances in I/O Interfaces (or the text script version) – Rob Kraft, VP Marketing, AdvancedIO Systems Inc.

Market Overview & Industry Analyst Perspective – Eric Heikkila, Project Director, Venture Development Corporation

The Embedded Computing Market – Steve Barry, President, Electronic Trend Publications

RapidIO: The Proven Interconnect Standard for Next Generation Critical Embedded Systems – Stephane Gagnon, Dir. Strategic Marketing, Tundra Semiconductor Corp.

Impact of Multicore Processors on Critical Embedded Systems – Randy Dean, VP Integrated Solutions, Mercury Computer Systems

Taking Advantage of New Technology Choices in Safety Critical Embedded GPUs – Mark Snyder, Director of Engineering, Quantum3D

Latest Software Radio Technology Unlocks New Military System Capabilities – Rodger Hosking, VP, Pentek Inc.

Technologies for Critical Embedded Markets – Paul Virgo, Director of Marketing, Emerson Network Power

Flexible I/O in a Rigid World – Thomas Nygaard, CTO, VMETRO

Update from Europe – Hermann Strass, VITA