Windows Hardware Engineering Conference

The Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) is the annual software and hardware developer-oriented trade show and business conference where Microsoft elaborates on its hardware plans for Microsoft Windows-compatible PCs. It commonly features speeches from people such as Bill Gates, and generally has several sponsors including Intel, AMD, ATI et al. [cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winhec/spons06.mspx|title=WinHEC 2006 Sponsors|accessdate=2006-09-02]

Audience

According to Microsoft, the WinHEC conference is aimed at:cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winhec/|title=WinHEC 2006: Windows Hardware Engineering Conference|accessdate=2006-09-02]
* Hardware engineers and hardware designers interested in hardware or Windows architecture.
* Driver developers and testers interested in the Windows Driver Foundation and other driver architecture and tools.
* Higher-ups including managers who want to know more about advances in technology and business strategies.

Events

* 2005 – Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, Washington. April 25-27, 2005. [cite web|url=https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/news/events/pastevents/|title=Trusted Computing group past events|accessdate=2006-09-02]
**Bill Gates gave a keynote speech on various topics including Windows "Longhorn" (known later as Windows Vista) and 64-bit computing.
* 2006 – Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, Washington. May 23-25, 2006. Attendance of more than 3,700.
**Microsoft announced the release of beta 2 of Windows Vista, Windows Server "Longhorn" and Microsoft Office 2007.
**The Free Software Foundation staged a protest outside the venue, wearing yellow hazmat suits and handing out pamphlets claiming that Microsoft products are "defective by design" because of the Digital Rights Management technologies included in them. [cite web
url=http://entertainment.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/23/2219219&from=rss
title=FSF launches anti-DRM campaign outside WinHEC 2006
date=May 23 2006
accessdate=2006-05-28
author=Bruce Byfield
publisher=NewsForge]
* 2007 – Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California. May 15-17, 2007.
* 2008 – Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, California. November 4-6, 2008.cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winhec/default.mspx|title=WinHEC 2008: Windows Hardware Engineering Conference|accessdate=2008-09-06]
** Will focus on the upcoming Windows 7.

References

External links

; Main
* [http://www.microsoft.com/winhec WinHEC Official Webpage] ; 2006
* [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/winhec/material.mspx Press materials from WinHEC 2006]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/winhec2006.aspx Online videos etc. from WinHEC 2006] ; 2005
* [http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winhec_2005.asp WinSuperSite show report for WinHEC 2005]
* [http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/04/26/winhec_2005/index.html WinHEC 2005: Microsoft's 64 Bit Promises]