Hardware Podcasts

19: Bacon and Beer Event

Embedded.fm · 18 Sept 2013 · 46m

What this episode covers

Karen Field, General Manager of Design West and Editorial Director of EE Times at United Business Media, discusses the upcoming 2014 Design West conference and its call for abstracts. She explains the strategic shift from 'Embedded Systems Conference' to the broader 'Design West' umbrella to encompass emerging topics like Android and IoT, while maintaining core engineering fundamentals. Field outlines the benefits for speakers, including free attendance, networking opportunities, and resume building, and details the types of sessions sought, such as technical deep-dives and honest postmortems of failed projects.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
EE Times, United Business Media, Atmel, Medtronic
Products
Lilypad, Raspberry Pi, Android
Also
Design West, Embedded Systems Conference, Kickstarter

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