Qt World Summit 2018 Features Customer Keynotes from HARMAN; Yuneec Drones; Esri; Mentor, a Siemens Business; and More
The Largest Annual Event for the Qt Community to Showcase Industry and Customer Use Cases Ranging from Digital Cockpits in Autonomous Cars to Real-time Patient Care in Hospitals
BOSTON, Oct. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On October 29-30 in Boston, the Qt Company (HEX: QTCOM) will host the , the 15th annual gathering of the Qt ecosystem. This year’s event will feature customer keynotes from leading brands such as HARMAN, Yuneec Drones, Esri, and Siemens’ Mentor Graphics, as well as industry and customer demos from Ford Motors and MedAcuity, ICS and KDAB. The presentations will focus on a wide variety of highly compelling and relevant projects, including a simulation of an FDA Class III large volume infusion pump, the safety benefits of a high-tech automotive instrument cluster, and the development and production of immersive user interfaces for drone technologies.
Qt experts from across the globe will share insights into Qt’s technology and vibrant ecosystem, as well as best practices and new ways of working. These experts will also explain how Qt can help organizations achieve a superior user experience and a faster time-to-market with tools that make work fun and easy for both designers and developers.
Following is a sampling of the marquee Qt customers that will present at Qt World Summit 2018:
- Esri: Euan Cameron, CTO, Runtime and Applications Group
- “Working together to build great products for developers”
- “Working together to build great products for developers”
- HARMAN: Rashmi Rao, Senior Director, Advanced Engineering
- “Age of Autonomy: UX as a tool for Human-Machine Collaboration”
- “Age of Autonomy: UX as a tool for Human-Machine Collaboration”
- Mentor, a Siemens Business: David Johnsen, Staff Engineer
- “Conform and Standout with a Branded Look and Feel”
- “Conform and Standout with a Branded Look and Feel”
- Yuneec Drones: Paul Chen, Global Software Product Director
- “Flying drones autonomously: The future of mission planning”
Attendees are invited to attend 26 afternoon sessions, which will cover topics such as designer and developer workflows, tooling, 2D and 3D graphics creation, and medical software development. The sessions are hosted and presented by Qt customers, partners and Qt’s R&D experts.
The event will feature a presentation area with impressive, industry-leading customer and Qt use case demonstrations, including Live Patient Monitoring by Witekio and an Embedded Infusion Pump display by Green Hills Software. Additionally, KDAB will host their nanoQuill interactive wall (#color4cancer), where participants can support Quantitative Imaging Systems in their cancer research.
Qt World Summit is the biggest Qt event of the year. This year, Qt is extending the Qt World Summit to two conferences across North America and Europe: Qt World Summit Boston will take place from October 29-30, 2018 at the Westin Boston Waterfront, and Qt World Summit Berlin will take place from December 5-6, 2018 at the Berlin Congress Center.
For more information regarding the event's speakers, locations and agenda, please visit:
About The Qt Company
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