NIC - Network Interface Card

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/NIC

ESC - Embedded System Conference

At first I had no clue what the acronym meant and the web site for the conference was of no help.  Then I saw that embedded was used in another acronym and I am pretty sure that this is what this means.

They has a nice track for Android (Linux).

http://esc-chicago.techinsightsevents.com/