The windows HEC conference is coming to Seattle (my home town yay) May 4-7 (I may attend)
The Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) brings the PC industry together each year to explore the future for the Windows platform.
Learn the roadmaps and trends for innovation with Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows code-named "Longhorn."
Explore implementation issues in technical seminars on foundation technologies.
Get step-by-step guidelines from Microsoft engineers for developing secure, high-performance Windows drivers.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winhec/default.mspx