Monday, January 19, 2004

07:00 - 08:30 BREAKFAST
08:30 - 08:40 Opening of Bus&Board Conference - Introductions
08:40 - 09:30 Keynote - MIL/COTS Demand for Electronics
General Paul J. Kern, Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command
09:30 - 10:00 The Changing Face of the Embedded Military Computer Market
Pete Yeatman, Publisher, COTS Journal
10:00 - 10:30 BREAK
Market Analysts Overview
10:30 - 10:40 Warren Andrews, RTC Magazine
10:40 - 10:50 Jerry Krasner, Electronic Market Forecasters
10:50 - 11:00 John Metz, Metz International
11:00 - 11:10 Eric Gulliksen, Venture Development Corporation
11:10 - 11:20 Richard Caro, Sirraya, Inc.
11:20 - 12:00 Market Research Roundtable

12:00 - 01:30 LUNCH

01:30 - 02:00 PCI Express - Larry Chisvin, VP Marketing, PLX Technology
02:00 - 02:30 Advanced Switching - Rajeev Kumar, Pres. Adv. Switching Interconnect SIG
02:30 - 03:00 BREAK
03:00 - 03:40 RapidIO Update - Sam Fuller, President, RapidIO Trade Association
03:40 - 04:20 10 Gbit Ethernet - Brian Seemann, Xilinx Communication Technology
04:20 - 05:00 Fabrics Roundtable

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

07:00 - 08:30 BREAKFAST
08:30 - 08:35 Introductions
08:35 - 10:00 The PICMG Hour - Joe Pavlat
- PICMG Update, Dick Somes, PICMG
- Birth of the Multi-billion dollar Standard Telecom Platform Market, Chuck Byers, Lucent
- ATCA Interoperability, Chuck Byers
- Introduction to Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMC), Mark Summers, Intel

10:00 - 10:30 BREAK

10:30 - 12:15 The VITA Hour - Ray Alderman
10:30 - 10:45 - VITA Europe Update, Hermann Strass, VITA Europe
10:45 - 11:00 - VME Rennaisance Update, Jeff Harris, Motorola
11:00 - 11:15 - The TEMPE Chip, Rick O'Connor, Tundra Semiconductor
11:15 - 11:30 - The ALMA 2e Chip, Robert Negre, Thales Computers
11:30 - 11:45 - Introduction to Genesis VPX VME Silicon, Gaz Salihue, American Logic Machines
11:45 - 12:00 - Introduction to VMECore, Wade Peterson, Silicore
12:00 - 12:15 - VITA 46, Advanced Platforms, John Wemekamp, Dy 4 Systems

12:15 - 01:30 LUNCH

01:30 - 05:30 Sponsor/Editor Meetings
06:30 - 08:00 Industry Reception and Cocktail Hour
08:00 - 10:30 Industry Banquet and Awards