Spread across all two days, the keynotes alone are reason enough to attend IDF. It's where the digital home, mobility, digital enterprise, and technology & research become real for you. And it's where your future opens up to multi-core processors and the platforms they enable, 64-bit computing, WiMAX wireless technology, and other next-generation technologies.

Keynote speakers for IDF this October include: .

Introduction John A. Antone Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group General Manager, Asia-Pacific John Antone will present a few opening remarks, welcoming attendees and officially commencing 2005 Fall Taipei IDF.

Opening / Vision Sean Maloney Executive Vice President General Manager, Mobility Group Intel is in the midst of a fundamental transition to a platform company. Listen to Executive Vice President Sean Maloney as he outlines the overall vision for the company and discusses market opportunities and trends such as the move to mobility, the retooling of the digital home, and the digital end to end enterprise. He will explain the significance of underlying technology trends such as the shift to multi-core and WiMAX that will enable great opportunities for the entire developer ecosystem. Don't miss out and join us for Sean's opening keynote, officially commencing the Fall'05 Taipei IDF event.

Mobility Shmuel (Mooly) Eden Vice President, Mobility Group General Manager, Mobile Platforms Group As your one-stop-shop for all things mobile, the Mobility keynote given by Industry expert Mooly Eden, Vice President and General Manager of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group, will address how Intel's innovation engine continues to bring you technologies for tomorrow. Intel's revolutionary Napa dual core mobile platform will enable new usage model opportunities with increased interaction between the mobile computing and the phone platforms. He will also articulate Intel's broadband wireless direction (including updates on WiFi*, WiMAX and UWB) that allow ever-increasing access to information, content, and people worldwide.

Enabling the Digital Lifestyle Donald J. MacDonald Vice President, Digital Home Group General Manager, Digital Home Group In his keynote, Vice President and General Manager of Intel's Digital Home Group, Don MacDonald, will discuss Intel's Vision, Technologies and Platforms that are accelerating the move towards an increasingly digital and networked consumer experience in and around the home. He will outline Intel's role in developing required standards in areas such as home networking and content protection. Don will also illustrate how Intel technologies and platforms spanning PC and CE industries provide developers a foundation for innovation on an unprecedented scale, enabling them to deliver solutions that will stimulate new consumer usage models and new users in the Digital Home arena.

Digital Enterprise Kirk Skaugen General Manager Server Platforms Group Marketing Kirk Skaugen, General Manager of Intel's Server Platforms Group Marketing, will describe how Intel's platform strategy will offer end-to-end value across the enterprise to large corporate IT and SMB customers. Kirk will address how Intel's latest technologies and innovations are being used to meet today's business demands and provide new levels of IT capabilities that enable a more productive workforce with a lower TCO. He will characterize tomorrow's desktop and server platforms based on multi-core processors, increased levels of manageability, and discuss Intel's low power CPU offerings. Kirk will also engage the attending developers & technology managers to complement and enhance Intel's offerings across the full Digital Enterprise scope of clients, servers, communications infrastructure and storage solutions

Technology and Research Shekhar Y. Borkar Intel Fellow, Corporate Technology Group Director, Microprocessor Technology Lab Join Shekhar Borkar, Intel Fellow and Director of the Corporate Technology Group's Microprocessor Technology Lab, as he charts the course to the future of computing and communications over the next decade. Building on his Platform 2015 vision, Shekhar will highlight further platform challenges and breakthrough solutions required to achieve more natural and human-centered experiences that will enhance and enrich the way we work and play. Attendees will hear about research efforts underway within Intel's worldwide laboratories to drastically increase platform capabilities while simplifying and enhancing their usefulness. Specifically, he will demonstrate new innovations in the areas of context-aware computing, network security, and energy-efficient platform solutions. Come learn how you can help create the digital future!