Golden-i Partner Conference 2011!

November 17th, 2011

This week we have been blogging and tweeting about the build up to the Golden-i Partner Conference 2011, held in New York at the deSeversky Mansion on the Old Westbury Long Island campus of NYIT (New York Institute of Technology). Additionally, Emma has been tweeting about various parts of the event live from the conference itself.

What a success it’s been! The various presentations at the conference were fascinating, and everyone took knowledge and insight away with them! The conference included a humbling and inspiring talk from John C.C. Fan, CEO and Founder of Kopin Corporation (the company behind Golden-i). Talking about the history behind Kopin, John shared a very appropriate message to those gathered, all people who have invested in Golden-i: “Those who just play safe are just playing”.

As this blog covered earlier in the week, Ikanos had the opportunity to present at the conference, alongside the other prestigious speakers and leaders in industry. James and Dave presented on “Integration and Engineering Strategies for Golden-i”, talking about our involvement in the project and also what we can, and are bringing to Golden-i that is unique. Additionally, James and Dave took a Q&A session with Chris Parkinson, Software Manager for Golden-i, where delegates at the conference had the chance to ask questions about the unit from a technical perspective.

In addition to the daytime conference events, delegates were invited to the conference dinner. This was a wonderful event, and the winners of Golden-idea (the competition to find the greatest Golden-i use-case) were announced. The winner, a submission from Texas A&M, won $10,000! Second and third place were awarded a free Golden-i developer kit each!

The event was fantastic, and a resounding success all round. Now is the time to get involved in Golden-i… it really is the future of computing! Stay tuned to find out if Emma got everything she wanted in her New York shopping spree!