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- Stereoscopic 3D
- Gesture Recognition
- High Performance Computing
- Computer Vision
- Cloud Computing
- Video Processing
- Imaging
- Medical Imaging and Visualization
- …and more
Emerging Companies Summit Schedule (Subject to Change)
| Tues 9/21 | Wed 9/22 | Thur 9/23 | |
| 9:00 AM | Opening Keynote |
Day 2 Keynote | ECS Fireside Chat with Jensen - Co-Founder & CEO, NVIDIA |
| 10:00 AM | ECS Opening with Jeff Herbst, VP of Business Development, NVIDIA | ECS CEO on Stage featuring Aqumin, RTT, and Scalable Display | |
| 11:00 AM | ECS Rehearsals | CEO on Stage featuring Elemental Technologies, Geomerics, and Milabra | ECS CEO on Stage featuring EDGE3, ICD, and Universal Robotics |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch/Exhibits Networking |
Lunch/Exhibits Networking |
Lunch/Exhibits Networking |
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| 2:00 PM | ECS Rehearsals | ECS CEO on Stage featuring Allegorithmic SAS, Bunkspeed, and miGenius | Panel: The "New Normal" For Building Emerging Companies Based On Disruptive Technologies |
| 3:00 PM | ECS Rehearsals | Panel: GPUs for Computer Vision | ECS CEO on Stage featuring Natural Motion, OptiTex, and Useful Progress |
| 4:00 PM | ECS Rehearsals | ECS CEO on Stage featuring Cooliris, Jedox Business Intelligence, and Playcast | ECS CEO on Stage featuring Cinnafilm, Perceptive Pixel, and Total Immersion |
| 5:00 PM | ECS Rehearsals | ECS CEO on Stage featuring Empulse, Rocketick, and Softkinetic | Closing Keynote & Reception |
| 6:00 PM | Happy Hour/ Exhibits/Networking |
Happy Hour/ Exhibits/ Networking |
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| 7:00 PM |
New Format
This year, we are introducing a new program called “CEO on Stage,” which invites the heads of a select group of startups exhibiting at the GPU Technology Conference to present on stage in the Emerging Companies Summit plenary sessions. In a lively and fast-paced exchange, CEOs will each have 8 minutes to introduce their companies and 8 minutes to interact with a panel of industry analysts, investors and technology leaders. Representatives of Adobe, Google, Barclays Capital, UBS, Page Mill Ventures, Microsoft, Sony, and more have already registered for the full conference.
These companies will be selected by an advisory committee that includes:
- Jon Peddie, President, Jon Peddie Research
- Drew Lanza, Partner, Morgenthaler Ventures
- Franck Diard, Chief Software Architect, NVIDIA
In addition to presentations from exciting new companies, ECS 2010 will feature several panel discussions. They include:
| • | Computer Vision on GPUs Covering facial, gesture, human motion, and biometrics recognition; augmented reality; and robotic computing. |
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| Moderated by: Panelists: |
Jon Peddie, President at Jon Peddie Research Joe Stam, NVIDIA Yoram Yaacovi, Microsoft Israel, R&D Center Sam Cox, Milabra Janko Mrsic-Flogel, Mirriad Tom Dean, Google Inc. |
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| • | The 'New Normal' for Building Emerging Companies Based on Disruptive Technologies | |
| Moderated by: Panelists: |
Jeff Herbst, VP of Business Development at NVIDIA Garrett Herbert, Deloitte & Touche LLP Bill Frauenhofer, Citigroup Global Markets Andrew T. Sheehan, Sutter Hill Ventures Eric Jensen, Cooley LLP |
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| • | Fireside Chat with Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO and co-founder | |
| Moderated by: | Quentin Hardy, national editor at Forbes magazine. | |
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The GPU Ventures Program is a global initiative whose aim is to identify, support and invest in early stage companies leveraging the GPU for visual and other computing applications. Visit the GPU Venture Zone for more information.
