Registration is open for the 2013 Flash Memory Summit, to be held August 13-15 in Santa Clara, CA; the Conference Concepts were announced today. The annual event brings together top flash memory technologists and business leaders to discuss technical advances, applications, vertical markets, and emerging trends.
"We have seen a greatly increased level of enthusiasm from speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, and attendees for this year's event," said Lance Leventhal, Program Chairperson. "We look forward to new topics and new approaches that will provide participants with the information they need about this fast-changing area."
The conference will host more than 250 distinguished program participants, including leaders in technology, marketing and business, plus analysts, press, and consultants. Prominent keynote speakers include Jason Taylor of Facebook, Gary Gentryof of Seagate, CEO Rado Danilak of Skyera, Rob Crooke of Intel, Ed Doller of Micron, Gary Huff of LSI, Zahid Hussain of EMC, Kushagra Vaid of Microsoft, CEO Scott Dietzen of Pure Storage, and CEO Don Basile of Violin Memory.
Major topics for this year's Summit include:
- NVMe and PCIe SSDs
- Enterprise SSDs/SSD Technology
- Flash below 20 nm.
- Controllers
- Error-correcting codes
- Application acceleration with SSDs
The Summit will also feature a beer and pizza session where attendees can ask questions of experts on specific topics, a market research session with leading analysts, and a VC Forum with top VCs discussing entrepreneurial opportunities.
