SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- An impressive list
of global technology influencers has been confirmed for ARM®
TechCon 2016. Speakers include Masayoshi
Son, Chairman and CEO of SoftBank, Simon Segars, the CEO of ARM, Mike Muller, ARM CTO and co-founder and
Raspberry Pi CEO, Eben Upton. Their
keynotes will offer valuable insights into current trends and
future opportunities that are driving the growth and roadmaps of
the ARM partnership.
TechCon is ARM's premier hardware engineering and software
developer event and it will once again return to the Santa Clara Convention Center from
October 25 – 27, 2016. Topics are
drawn from all across the industry with a particular focus on the
embedded compute sector, network and cloud infrastructure and the
Internet of Things (IoT).
"We are entering a new phase of growth acceleration as connected
technologies transition from field trials into mass deployments,"
said Simon Segars, CEO, ARM. "It is
vitally important that we collaborate as an industry to ensure
complex elements such as security are right from the start. ARM
TechCon 2016 provides a forum where the industry can come together
and look across the landscape of opportunity; from the device, to
the network, cloud and services as we jointly solve problems and
define what the next decade of technology should look like."
The keynote speakers include:
Masayoshi Son – CEO and
Chairman of the Board, SoftBank Group Corp.: ARM and
SoftBank: A Joint Vision of the Future
Tuesday, October 25, 09:30 –
10:15
In his first public appearance with ARM since the company's
historic acquisition, Masayoshi Son,
SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and CEO will discuss his professional
journey, the innovation that fuels his passion and his sweeping
vision of a happier, smarter and better connected world. Following
the keynote, Masayoshi Son and ARM
CEO Simon Segars will take the stage
together to talk about what lies ahead for the ARM and SoftBank
ecosystems.
Mike Muller – CTO, ARM:
Can Your Health Care Provider be Trusted?
Tuesday, October 25, 10:15 –
11:15
ARM co-founder and CTO Mike
Muller will share news about the new embedded hardware and
software technologies ARM will offer to unlock opportunity across
the IoT. Mike will also use the health care and medical sectors as
case studies for examining the challenges we have yet to solve as
we usher in a smarter, more connected world.
Simon Segars – CEO, ARM:
Partnership for Enhancing the Human Experience
Wednesday, October 26, 09:30 –
10:20
As the technology sector creates more intuitive and capable
hardware and software, a paradigm shift looms for our world and the
technology industry. ARM CEO Simon
Segars will discuss how this new system of interconnected
technologies is creating new value for society and business and how
the ARM ecosystem will drive the pace of entrepreneurial creativity
to enhance the human experience.
Eben Upton – Founder,
Raspberry Pi Foundation: Rasberry Pi: A Portrait in
Innovation
Wednesday, October 26, 13:30 –
14:20
It started with a dream to educate people all over the world
about computing and computer science with a low-cost compute
device... and Raspberry Pi was formed. Seven years later, Raspberry
Pi has sold more than ten million units and is bound for outer
space. In his keynote, founder Eben
Upton will share some of the lessons learned in this journey
and discuss plans for the future of the Raspberry Pi Foundation and
the Raspberry Pi device.
Charlie Miller – Senior
Security Engineer, Uber: Automotive Security: A Hacker's Eye
View
Thursday, October 27, 09:30 –
10:20
Charlie Miller, Senior Security
Engineer at Uber, takes a deep dive into automotive security,
current attacks and vulnerabilities, as well as looking toward the
future and the onset of autonomous vehicles. Hear candid calls to
action and highly distinctive insight into vehicle security from
this famed hacker's perspective.
Jon Masters – Chief ARM
Architect and Technical Lead for RHEL Server, Red Hat: The
Wonderful World of Open Source
Thursday, October 27, 16:30 –
17:00
Open Source is far more than just a development methodology. In
his keynote, Jon Masters, Chief ARM
Architect and Technical Lead for RHEL Server at Red Hat, explores
how collaborative, community-powered innovation is transforming the
modern world. Jon will share the people, stories and unique magic
that build the many Open Source technologies we rely upon every
day.
Additional Keynote Speakers Include:
- Jem Davis – ARM fellow, vice president of technology, Imaging
and Vision Group, ARM
- Dr Greg Yeric – ARM fellow
In addition to keynote speakers, the three day event includes
70+ hours of expert-led education, nine separate
conference tracks and access to more than 115 exhibiting
suppliers, providing attendees with a one-stop shop to source
all of their embedded solutions. To learn more about ARM TechCon
2016, please visit: http://www.armtechcon.com/
About ARM TechCon
ARM TechCon supports the collaboration between hardware
engineers and software developers, enabling them to work
synergistically to accelerate time-to-market and optimize ARM-based
designs. ARM TechCon delivers a comprehensive forum created to
further ignite the development and optimization of ARM-based
embedded innovations. ARM TechCon is organized by UBM Americas, a
part of UBM plc (UBM.L), an Events First marketing and
communications services business.
About UBM plc
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communications company. We help businesses do business, bringing
the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online and in
print. Our 5,000 staff in more than 20 countries are organized into
specialist teams which serve commercial and professional
communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work
effectively and efficiently.
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