Good points. I continue my quest for information on the web.
Anyone live in San Fran? There's a conference to discuss portable consumer electronics applications, and a topic of conversation is battery storage. I noticed that Dr Ralph Brodd, Techncial Guru and Marketing Manager is a speaker. Glad to see VLNC is doing some exposure marketing to the industry trade groups. Also, I didn't notice any other small lithium ion battery company representative, cheifly, Ultralife. It's a virtual who's who among electronics companies. Here's a portion of the iteniary and the URL:
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PORTABLE COMPUTER COMPONENTS 1997
"The Best Meeting for Technical Content"
FOURTH ANNUAL SEMINAR AND EXHIBITS
May 20 - 22, 1997
Clarion Hotel
San Francisco Airport
Millbrae, California
Thursday, May 22
GP / Battery
9:00 - 9:30 GSP Components and the Importance of Software - Bill Dussell, Trimble Navigation Ltd.
9:30 - 10:00 Application of Location Awareness in a Mobile Environment - Kanwar Chadha, Sirf Technologies
10:00 - 10:15 BREAK
10:15 - 10:45 Computer Battery Trends 1996 - 2001 - Joel Tax, Santa Clara Consulting
10:45 - 11:15 Accurate Capacity Gauge Designs for Low Cost Applications - Dave Heacock,
Benchmarq Microelectronics
11:15 - 11:45 Further Performance Improvements in GP Batteries Nickel Metal Hydride - Jon Dunbar,
GP Batteries USA
11:45 - 1:30 LAST OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EXHIBITS / LUNCH
1:30 - 2:00 Lithium Ion Update - Joe Carcone, Sanyo
2:00 - 2:30 The Challenge of Portable Battery Power - Marc Juzkow, PolyStore
2:30 - 2:45 BREAK
2:45 - 3:15 Recent Advancements Enable Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery Design Options for Portable Devices -
Tim Cutler, AER
3:15 - 3:45 Polymer Batteries for Portable Applications - Dr. Ralph Brodd, Valence Technology
SEMINAR LEADERS
Kyle Baker, Platform Executive, Portable Products, Cirrus Logic
Dr. Ralph Brodd, Marketing Director, Valence Technology
Chet Brown, VP, Sales and Marketing, SyQuest
John Bryant, Director of Marketing, Atmel Corporation
Surendra Burman, Systems Engineer, ACD Division, Intel
Joe Carcone, VP Sales and Marketing, Sanyo
Kanwar Chadha, VP, Marketing and Sales, Sirf Technologies
Paul Chen, Product Manager, Technology Marketing, Geoworks
K.R. Cioffi, Senior Director of IC Development, Wireless Access
Tim Cutler, OEM Marketing Manager, AER Energy Resources
Vin D'Agostino, Program Manager, EXAR
Ray Duley, Senior Applications Engineer, Advanced Micro Devices
Jon Dunbar, Manager, Technical Support, GP Batteries USA
Bill Dussell, Director of Strategic Alliances, Trimble Navigation Ltd.
Ken Edwards, Market Development, Motorola
Tony Fadell, Chief Technical Officer, Philips
Gary Forni, Software Marketing Manager, Memory Division, Intel
Greg Goelz, VP, Sales and Marketing, O.R. Technologies
Dave Heacock, Manager, Product Marketing, Benchmarq
Marc Juskow, Marketing Manager, PolyStor Corporation
Vincent Luciano, Marketing Manager, Symbol Technologies
Leon Malmed, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, SanDisk
Chuck McLaughlin, McLaghlin Consulting Group
George Mayer, Director, Product Marketing, Iomega
Dr. Ronjon Nag, CEO, Lexicus Corp
Stuart Noyce, Director, Product Management, Unwired Planet
Bert Parekh, Director, Product Marketing, Fujitsu PC Corp.
Jim Porter, President, Disk/Trend
Narayna Purohit, Product Manager, Flash and SRAM, Mitsubishi Electronics
Sean Sheedy, Senior System Engineer, PCSI
Thomas Solomon, Technical Manager, NEC Technologies
Joel Tax, Partner, Santa Clara Consulting
Chapman Thompson, Market Development Engineer, Communication Semiconductor Solutions, Hewlett-Packard
Mark Throndson, Product Manager, Hitachi America Ltd.
Jim Valerio, Platform Marketing Manager, MHPG, Intel
Peter Wicher, Product Marketing Manager, Mobile Products, S3
Steve Williams, Business Segment Manager, Advanced RISC Machines
Dr. S.P. Wolsky, President, Ansum Enterprises, Inc.
Dr. Keming Yeh, President & CEO, ACTISYS Corporation
THE SEMINARprovides a comprehensive review of present and anticipated advances in portable computer,
handheld devices and communication systems. The focus is on architectures, processors, displays, storage, modems,
batteries, power management, wireless, connectivity, software and similar technologies important to system design
and performance.
WHO WILL BE REPRESENTED: Component and computer manufacturers, wireless, mobile, and portable device
system and hardware companies, software developers, battery companies, market researchers and others.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: R&D personnel, engineers, hardware and software designers, system integrators,
communications analysts, marketing groups and executives from interested companies. |
