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Presentation Topics

High-interest presentations discuss industry trends and include unique applications, uses of technology in non-traditional ways as well as implementations in new or less familiar markets. These often favor end-user perspectives and presenters, and vendor-neutral educational presentations that focus on real-life applications and case studies.

Embedded Tech Trends is a vendor- and technology-neutral forum for the critical and intelligent embedded computing industry. Presentations should not contain any marketing pitches. Speakers should not promote their own products, books, or businesses or those of a company which employs them. The only exception is where they have specifically been invited to discuss a specific topic, i.e. Industry Analyst on a report. Your presentation will be vetted for commercial materials.

Presentations will be audio and video recorded, posted at the Embedded Tech Trends website, and promoted on social media after the event.

Embedded Tech Trends follows the guidelines for presentations as utilized by TED conferences. Check this for suggestions on How to Make a Great Presentation.

Target Audience

Media members in attendance and their readership. They want material and ideas that they can use for their editorial in the coming year. Design engineers are the target audience for the majority of the media attending, so it’s important to discuss trends, technologies, and challenges facing design engineers in the embedded computing industry.

Topics

The agenda will cover many topics that are important to the critical and intelligent embedded computing industry today. If you have additional topics, please make a suggestion. Standards are a key part of what most sponsors do, so feel free to weave this aspect into presentations whenever appropriate.

The following is a broad list of topics to consider, and we recommend checking our YouTube channel for previous examples:

Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cooling and thermal management
  • Cybersecurity
  • FPGA technology
  • High performance embedded computing (HPEC)
  • Industrial IOT
  • Interconnections
  • Machine design
  • Optical backplane advancements
  • Power management
  • Quantum computing
  • Signal processing
  • Storage technology
  • Vision systems
Market Applications
  • Industrial automation
  • Defense and aerospace
  • Robotics
  • Transportation
  • Unmanned and autonomous
  • Space
Design & Development
  • System integration trends or challenges
  • MBSE & digital engineering
  • Operating system, firmware, middleware
Business Practices
  • Trends in operations, engineering, manufacturing
  • Business model challenges
  • Updates in manufacturing, processes, tools, regulations

Sponsor Notes

  • Sponsorship is required to conduct meetings with the media in attendance at the event.
  • Each sponsorship includes three passes to the event. Additional passes must be purchased in advance. A pass is required for everyone at the event.
  • We provide you with a briefing book for the media in attendance, so come prepared with news releases, new product announcements, and abstract ideas for each publication.
  • In addition to pre-scheduled afternoon slots, be sure to set up lunch and dinner meetings with specific editors.
  • Expect editors to conduct follow-up interviews and discussions after the forum and be sure to stay in contact with them.
  • Feel free to bring sample products, but there will not be a display area. You can show them during the media sessions or other meetings with the media.
  • Three promotional slides from your company, if provided, will be projected during breaks and your presentation. Slides are to be static with no animation, designed to support your company’s message and not distract audience members from your presentation. (Think of them as billboards) Due with final presentation in PowerPoint widescreen (16:9) format.

Presentation/Speaker Guidelines

  • Abstracts shall be submitted and approved by the Program Committee. The approved abstract will be posted as the description of the presentation on the Embedded Tech Trends website.
  • Presentations shall be no longer than 15 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions. No exceptions.
  • No podium will be provided. Wireless microphones, remote and confidence monitor will be used.
  • No commercial agendas, no product pitches. Exception: if you have been invited to discuss a specific topic, i.e. Industry Analyst on a report.
  • No company or product slides (except to make a point or example). Company information should be included in the promotional slides. Specific product information should be shared with editors during the media meetings.

Slide Deck Guidelines

  • Keep slides simple with limited words. Use graphics when possible. Recommended: no more than 10-15 slides.
  • Do not use builds or transitions in slides, as they impede our ability to provide post-production assets (PDFs, video, etc.).
  • You may use your own company template or one provided by Embedded Tech Trends.
  • No company introduction or background slides in the presentation; they will be deleted.
  • Submit presentations in PowerPoint widescreen (16:9) format and as a final PDF for posting to the website after the forum.
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