Munich/Sindelfingen, The third Embedded Software Engineering Congress will take place this year from December 7 to 9. Visitors can expect around 40 exhibitors, 97 high-caliber presentations and 10 compact seminars. The event is organized by the trade magazine ELEKTRONIKPRAXIS from Vogel Business Media, Würzburg, and MicroConsult Microelectronics Consulting & Training GmbH, Munich. The program includes current special topics such as green software, agility and ISO 26262.



"The participants very quickly sensed that this was an event that was more like a family reunion than a stiff business meeting," commented Johann Wiesböck, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of "ELEKTRONIKPRAXIS", on the success of the ESE Congress: "What unites this family is the goal of developing good software."



Visitors can now obtain detailed information about speakers and content and register at www.ese-kongress.de. Early bird prices apply until October 29. (Twitter: twitter.com/esoftwarenews)


Up-to-date knowledge from modeling to testing and management

Experts from leading operating system and tool manufacturers, specialists from engineering offices, engineering service providers, experienced trainers, numerous representatives and professors from institutes and universities as well as development experts and project managers from the industry are involved in the 2010 program.



During the three days of the congress, which can be booked individually, participants will be able to update their knowledge on many topics: Architecture & Processes, Modeling, Implementation, Real-Time and RTOS, Open Source, Multicore, Safety-Critical Software Design, GUI Development, Modeling & Testing, Testing & Quality, Project Management and Management Knowledge.



Current topics include a series of lectures on energy-efficient software and presentations on agile process models. Developers from the automotive industry can also get up to speed with the new ISO 26262 standard for functional safety in a separate series of lectures. Speakers have been invited from TÜV Nord, Robert Bosch and the Technical University of Munich.



Keynote: Former Airbus manager on complex software systems

The 2010 keynote speech is entitled "Embedded systems in aviation: safety and integrity in the face of high complexity". Former Airbus manager Henning Butz will report on how aircraft construction is mastering the interoperability requirements of complex, dynamic systems and preparing for future challenges and opportunities. He thus provides inspiration and impetus for all those who want to make complex embedded systems "fly".



Elektronikpraxis is one of the leading trade magazines in the electronics industry and reports fortnightly on current events as well as new products, technologies and development processes. The target group is all professionals who develop, produce and sell electronics nationally or internationally. Specialists and managers receive useful content via the cross-media channels of the trade magazine, its special issues and reports, events and the online portal www.elektronikpraxis.de, which provide concrete solutions for everyday tasks. The parent company Vogel Business Media is one of Germany's leading providers of specialist information with around 100 specialist magazines and 60 websites as well as numerous international activities. Its headquarters are in Würzburg.