NI-Week 2009 is almost here!

[Steve.J]

National Instruments annual user conference is only a few weeks away.  If you haven't attended in the past, NI-Week is an intensive conference consisting of technical tracks covering our new products, features, and applications along with exciting keynotes and lectures, a large and dynamic exhibit hall chock full of cool demonstrations by our engineering teams and partner companies, all topped off with fun events for networking and relaxing.  It is held each year in Austin (NI's home city) and we host over 3000 people - most of who are applying LabVIEW in their work as scientists or engineers.

For the biomedical community, we will have poster presentations and awards for the best life sciences applications, exhibitors like MoviMED who specialize in biomedical imaging and signal processing applications, and a great technical program covering a range of topics like robotics, machine vision, and embedded design (including FPGA programming and real-time systems).  Specific presentations that highlight biomedical applications include "LabVIEW and Neuroscience", describing an application for automating the preparation of brain slices for neuroscience research, and a session titled "How CompactRIO Can Teach Babies to Suck" which reviews the development process for a new pediatric medical instrument built using LabVIEW and CompactRIO, plus many others.

I hope to see you in Austin for this great annual event - I can guarantee that you will walk away with a new perspective on what can be done with our tools and technology and you will have fun in the process!

Steve