Sensors Expo & Conference Wraps Successful 20th Year; Event Showcases New Exhibitors, Prominent Keynote Speakers and Best of Sensors Expo Awards; Next Year's Event to Take Place June 11-13, 2007 in Chicago.NEWTON, Mass. -- Questex Media Group, Inc. today announced a successful close to the 20th Sensors Expo & Conference. The event, which took place at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center is a convention center for Rosemont, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Built in 1975, the center has exhibition space of 840,000 sq ft (0 m). in Rosemont, IL from June 5-7, is the leading event in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. focused exclusively on sensors and sensor-integrated systems. This year's event drew more than 3,000 attendees and nearly 200 exhibitors. "We're thrilled that the expo and conference is still growing after 20 years," commented Debra Brown, event director of Sensors Expo & Conference. "We look forward to continuing our momentum and producing a successful and exciting show again next year." The event's milestone was marked by three distinguished keynote speakers -- Gentry Lee of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. (JPL (language) JPL - JAM Programming Language. ), who presented "The Infinite Possibilities of the 21st Century"; Dr. Robert (Bob) M. Metcalfe, who invented the Ethernet and founded 3Com, presented "The Future of Embedded Networking"; and Sebastian Thrun Sebastian Thrun (born 1967 in Solingen, Germany) is a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University and director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL). , associate professor of computer science and director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (body, education) Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory - (SAIL) /sayl/, not /S-A-I-L/ An important site in the early development of LISP; with the MIT AI Lab, BBN, CMU, XEROX PARC, and the Unix community, one of the major wellsprings of technical innovation and (SAIL), presented "Winning the DARPA Grand Challenge The DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for driverless cars, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the central research organization of the United States Department of Defense. : A Robot Race through the Mojave Desert Mojave or Mohave Desert, c.15,000 sq mi (38,850 sq km), region of low, barren mountains and flat valleys, 2,000 to 5,000 ft (610–1,524 m) high, S Calif.; part of the Great Basin of the United States. ." The Sensors Magazine's Best of Sensors Expo Awards were presented to exhibitors whose new product submissions were judged on distinctiveness in the marketplace, potential to change the way people work and whether the product serves a real need. Best of Sensors Expo gold award winners include: --Aichi Steel G2 (G-Square) Motion Sensor --Crossbow MoteWorks MWS MWS Millennium Wave Securities, LLC MWS Michael W. Smith (singer) MWS Muckle-Wells Syndrome MWS Missile Warning System MWS Modular Weapon System MWS Multimedia Wireless System MWS Marden-Walker Syndrome 200A --Melexis MLX MLX Master Electrician (theatrical terminology) MLX Multiple Listing Exchange (real estate) 90316 Rotary Position Sensor IC --Solidica Chorus Sensor model 117 The 2007 Sensors Expo & Conference will take place at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL from June 11-13. For information on exhibit and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Debra Brown at 617.219.8368 or dbrown@questex.com. For more information, visit www.sensorsexpo.com. About Questex Media Group, Inc. Sensors Expo & Conference is produced by Questex Media Group, Inc. (www.questex.com), a global, diversified business-to-business integrated media provider, headquartered in Newton, MA. Questex serves multiple industries including technology, beauty, travel, hospitality, leisure, home entertainment, industrial and specialty services through a range of well-established, market-leading publications, events, interactive media and integrated marketing services. The company's properties include 23 trade publications, 50 websites, 25 conferences and tradeshows. Questex has more than 400 employees in offices throughout North America, South America, Asia and Europe. About Sensors Expo & Conference Sensors Expo & Conference is the leading sensor event in North America exclusively focusing on sensors and sensor-integrated systems. The conference program is dedicated to exploring the most up-to-date innovations in sensor technology including physical sensors, sensor networks, biosensors, MEMS/nanotechnology, instrumentation & controls, intelligent systems, machine-to-machine communication, wireless sensing and IT technology. Sensors Expo & Conference identifies cutting-edge trends, explores them in an information-packed conference program and reflects those trends throughout the exhibit floor with new product announcements, application presentations, technology focused tours, and a showcase of hundreds of products and services. |
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