| Schedule at at Glance: | |
| Tuesday, February 8 | |
| 6:30PM-8:30PM — Interoperability Working Group - Pretest | |
| Wednesday, February 9 | |
| 7:30AM-8:30AM — Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00AM-9:00AM — Interoperability Registration | |
| 9:00AM-9:30AM — Welcome and Interoperability Instructions | |
| 9:30AM-1:00PM — Interoperability Testing (PlugFest IX) | |
| 1:00PM-2:00PM — Box Lunch, (Sponsor Needed) | |
| 2:00PM-6:00PM — Interoperability Testing (PlugFest IX) | |
| 4:00PM-4:30PM — Break | |
| 4:30PM-8:00PM — Interoperability Testing (PlugFest IX) | |
| Thursday, February 10 | |
| 7:00AM-8:00AM — Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00AM-10:00AM — Working
Group Battery Data |
8:00AM-10:00AM — Working
Group Software |
| 10:00AM-12:00PM — Working
Group SMBus - Part 1 |
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| 12:00PM-1:00PM — Lunch - Sponsored by O2Micro | |
| 1:00PM-2:00PM — Working
Group SMBus - Part 2 |
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| 2:00PM-2:30PM — Break | |
| 2:30PM -6:30PM — Working
Group Compatibility, Testing and Accuracy |
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| 8:00PM-10:00PM — Reception - USAR, A Semtech Company | |
| Friday, February 11 | |
| 7:00AM-8:00AM — Continental Breakfast | |
| 7:30AM-8:00AM — Registration | |
| 8:00AM-8:30AM — Welcome - John Milios, USAR, A Semtech Company | |
| 8:30AM-9:00AM — General
Session Keynote - To be Announced |
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| Track One SMBus on Various Platforms |
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| 9:00AM-10:30AM — Development of SMBus 2.0 Chuck Stancil, Compaq Dale Stolitzka, Analog Devices Steve Williams, Intel |
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| 10:30AM-11:30AM — Designing a Reliable Bus in Different Environments John Milios, USAR |
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| 11:30AM-12:00PM — Benefits of a SMBus Driver Dave Heacock, Texas Instruments |
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| 12:00PM-12:30PM — Current and Future Architectures for the SMBus Drivers Cliff Laney, Intel |
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| 12:30PM-1:30PM — Lunch sponsored by PowerSmart | |
| Track
2 Integrating SMBus and SBS with the Operating System |
Track
3 Accurate and Safe Smart Batteries |
| 1:30PM-2:00PM — Battery Drivers Future Directions Robert Dunstan, Intel |
1:30PM-2:00PM — Making Battery Accuracy Standards Dan Friel, PowerSmart |
| 2:00PM-2:30PM — Multiple OS Support of the SBS Jeff Rhodes, SoftTools |
2:00PM-2:30PM — New Challenges in Smart Battery Design Tadashi Okuto, Power-Assist |
| 2:30PM-3:00PM — SMBus CMI Implementation in ACPI BIOS Aleksandr Frid, Phoenix Tech |
2:30PM-3:00PM — New Challenges in Smart Battery Electronics Yoshinao Sano, Toshiba Battery |
| 3:00PM-3:30PM — Equipment and Methods for Testing Smart Batteries Henry Kim, Toyo Systems |
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| Track
4 Managing the Smart Battery System |
Track
5 Beyond Notebook Batteries |
| 3:30PM-4:00PM — New Architectures for the SBS and SBSM Clyde Adams III, USAR |
3:30PM-4:00PM — System Power Levels Stan Diehl, Portable Design Magazine |
| 4:00PM-4:30PM — Charging Rapidly, Accurately and Safely Jack Shyr, O2Micro |
4:00PM-4:30PM — Implementing a SBS in a Handheld System Neal Whitsett, Portable Instrumentation |
| 4:30PM-5:00PM — Break | |
| 5:00PM-6:00PM — General
Session OEM Experience in SBS Implementations Toshitsugo Mito, IBM Japan |
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| 6:00PM-6:30PM — General
Session The Smart Battery Market Development Hideo Takeshita, Institute of IT, Japan |
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| 6:30PM-7:00PM — General
Session Smart Battery System - What's Next? Takashi Furumura, Mitsubishi |
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| 7:00PM-7:30PM — General
Session Evolving the SBS Organization Michelle Chuaprasert, Intel |
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| 7:30PM-8:00PM — Summary and Closing | |
| 8:30PM-9:30PM — New Product Announcements | |
| Sunday, February 13 | |
| 10:00AM-2:00PM — Golf Tournament sponsored by USAR, A Semtech Company | |