ZigBee Alliance reveals training agenda for Developers' Conference at ESC

(Business News & Technology News, 20 Mar 2007)

The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in residential, commercial and industrial applications, today announced the agenda for the Third Annual ZigBee Developers' Conference in San Jose, California. Industry experts from 16 Alliance member companies will offer members and the general public an insider's look at the technology as well as a special preview of significant technology developments from the
Alliance.

The ZigBee Developers' Conference will be held at the McEnery Convention Center on April 3-5, 2007 in conjunction with the Embedded Systems Conference in Silicon Valley. The Conference is a three-day conference for developers interested in using ZigBee technology in their products. Lectures and training sessions are specifically designed to help companies get their products to market faster.

Conference attendees will be among the first to see and learn about the latest ZigBee features. Other benefits include:
- Discussions on new ZigBee initiatives with Alliance executives and learn about upcoming profiles, features and use cases
-Gaining mastery of new features found in ZigBee 2006 from software and hardware providers
- Learning how to dramatically reduce development time with a variety of detailed lectures on subjects ranging from "Antenna Considerations" to "ZigBee—Under the Hood"
- Becoming a Professional ZigBee Developer through learning what is available and who can help
- Receiving hands-on training from eight different ZigBee platforms providers using their integrated development environments
- Networking for new business opportunities and meet developers using ZigBee today

"The ZigBee Standard continues its popularity with nearly 45,000 downloads to date, and this Developers Conference is a must for any company developing ZigBee solutions," said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. "Because of its flexibility, ZigBee has applications for almost every industry and we will be revealing some new features at this year's Conference."

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