Windows 7 Sessions At WinHEC and PDC Conferences

The updated agendas for the PDC and WinHEC conferences taking place this fall include a large number of sessions covering the Windows 7 operating system.

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Windows 7 made its appearance on the session list of WinHec 2008, the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference taking place in early November. The conference will cover the Windows 7 operating system extensively, and the sessions will be guidelines to designing hardware that takes advantage of the newtechnologies implemented in Windows 7.

Windows 7 can also be found on the agenda of the PDC 2008 conference that takes place from October 27 to 30, as the official website of the conference (MicrosoftPDC.com) puts it: "you can expect a lot more on Windows 7."

Five different sessions will cover Windows 7 at PDC: "Windows 7: Web Services in Native Code", " Extending Battery Life with Energy Efficient Applications", "Windows 7: Touch Computing", "Writing Your Application to Shine on Modern Graphics Hardware", "Developing for Microsoft Surface."

The WinHec conference has the following sessions this year:

Connected PCs and Devices

• Audio Design for Unified Communications
• Building a Communication Device in Windows 7
• Building a Windows Certified Electronic Picture Frame
• Common Driver Installation Errors and How to Diagnose Them
• Design Considerations for Building a Windows Home Server
• Discussion: Windows Home Server
• PC and Device IDs in Windows 7: What You Need to Know
• Plug and Play Basics
• Printer Driver Development Tools and Print Verifier
• USB Technology Update and Windows Strategy
• Windows 7 Device Experience Overview
• Windows 7 Logo Program and Design Considerations for Network Infrastructure Devices
• Windows Connect Now for Wireless Devices
• Windows Logo for Network Media Devices and the Role of DLNA
• Windows SideShow: Building Better Devices and PCs
• Core Platform & Fundamentals

Core Platform & Fundamentals

• Distributing Drivers on Windows Update
• Leveraging Solid-State Drives in Windows
• Making Drivers Available on Windows
• Network Power Management Fundamentals
• New Developments in the Storage Platform
• System Integrated Flash Storage
• UEFI Industry Momentum: The AMD Perspective
• Windows 7 Power Management Overview
• Windows Logo Program Future Strategy
• Enterprise Computing

Enterprise Computing

• BitLocker: Protecting Portable Data in Windows
• Directions for Virtualized I/O in Windows
• IPv6: Deploying the Foundation for Tomorrow
• Microsoft Data Center Transformation
• New Windows Server Logo Requirements and Programs
• Server and Domain Isolation: The Next Generation for Network Security
• Understanding the Performance Cost of Power Optimizations
• Windows Presentation Virtualization
• Windows Server Power Management Overview
• Windows Virtualization and Cluster Shared Volumes
• High Fidelity Graphics and Media

High Fidelity Graphics and Media

• DirectX: Core Graphics for Windows 7
• Discussion: Windows Media Center
• Display and Monitor Technologies
• Perspectives on the Windows TV Tuners Ecosystem
• Video Improvements in Windows 7
• Windows 7 Logo Program for TV Tuners and Remotes
• Working with the Windows 7 Graphics Architecture
• Mobile Computing

Mobile Computing

• Connecting Projectors and Using Docking Stations with Windows 7
• Multi-touch Designing and Testing for Logo Compliance
• Multi-touch Driver Development
• Multi-touch in Windows 7 Overview