DATE 2015 opens doors on March 09 at the Alpexpo Congress Centre, Grenoble, France
Feb 23, 2015 -- On Tuesday, the conference will be opened by the plenary keynote speakersGeneviève Fioraso, secrétaire d'Etat chargée de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (to be confirmed), EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Günther H. Oettingerto talk about European Microelectronics Strategy and Jean Marc Chery, Chief Operating Officer of STMicroelectronics, who will talk about ”ST technologies fully addressing Internet of Things applications from LP Digital to RF-CMOS, eNVM and sensors“.
On the same day, a keynote session sponsored by Mentor Graphics is organized during lunchtime. Moreover, the Executive Track offers a series of business panels discussing hot topics. Executive speakers fromcompanies leading the design and automation industry will address some of the complexity issues in electronics design and discuss about advanced technology challenges and opportunities.
The distinctive highlights of DATE 2015 are the two special days:
“Designing Electronics for the Internet of Things (IoT)” on Wednesday, and
“Designing Electronics for Medical Applications” on Thursday, each giving a comprehensive overview regarding both themes, ranging from innovations and applications of latest technologies to the analysis of upcoming electronic design automation (EDA) research challenges.
The
threekeynote speakers on Wednesday comprise Wolfgang Wahlster (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, DE) to talk about about“Industrie 4.0: From the Internet of Things to Cyber-Physical Production Systems”; AntunDomic (Synopsys, US) who will analyze “The Rise of IoT, and the Role of EDA” as well as Hannes Schwaderer(Intel GmbH, DE)who will highlight the “Market drivenchallenges of IoTdevices”.
On Thursday, the keynote speaker KristofferFamm (GlaxoSmithKline, GB) is going to talk about "Bioelectronic Medicines - Heralding in a New Therapeutic Approach”.
The full conference programme including 10 in-depth tutorials on March 09, the regular conferencefrom March 10 to 12, and ten parallel Friday Workshops on March 13,2015, is available at: http://www.date-conference.com/conference/event-overview
Exhibition
TheDATE 2015 Exhibition will run for three days from Tuesday, March 10 until Thursday, March 12, 2015, in the entrance foyer of the Alpexpocongress centre. The spacious area is directly connected to the session rooms and also hosts the coffee break and poster area.The exhibition again offers a comprehensive overview of commercial design and verification tools as well as abundant networking possibilities. It will feature suppliers of development tools and platforms for hardware and software development, showing a range of products from the front-end to back-end chip design through silicon test, manufacturing, andsystem architecture to embedded software implementation and networking.Moreover,
European Projects will be represented at a joint booth space in the heart of the exhibition area.
The full list of participating exhibitors and sponsors including their company profiles can be found at:
http://www.date-conference.com/exhibitors-sponsors
Exhibition Theatre features Hot Topics, best practice, panels and an Exhibition keynote
The Exhibition Theatre is located in Room LesDiguières, which is within the exhibition hall and affords easy access for exhibition visitors as well as for conference delegates. Attendees will profit from having an industry forum in the midst of Europe’s leading electronic systems design event.Like in previous years, selected open Special Conference Sessions will take place in the Exhibition Theatre. This includes an executive panel session (The Future of Electronics, Semiconductor, and Design in Europe) and three hot topic sessions (Design Methodologies for a Cyber-Physical Systems Approach to Personalized Medicine-on-a-Chip; The next generation of virtual prototyping: Ultra-fast yet accurate simulation of HW/SW systems; Monolithic 3D: A Path to Real 3D Integrated Chips).In seven special Exhibition Theatre sessions, the DATE 2015 exhibition will highlight an Exhibition Keynote from MathWorks, three Exhibition Panels (on FDSIO Technology, presented by STMicroelectronics and partners;on IP Management presented by Design&Reuse and a panel presented by MathWorks), two Best Practice sessions (on Interdisciplinary Research, presented by Cadence Academic Network; on Multi Project Wafers, presented by CMP and IMEC) and a Tutorial by MathWorks.
Entrance to the exhibition is free of charge. All exhibition programme sessions in the exhibition theatre can be attended with a free-of-charge exhibition visitor registration; a conference registration is not required.
Detailed information on the Exhibition Theatre sessions is available at:
http://www.date-conference.com/exhibition/exhibition-theatre
University Booth
Another hot-spot in the exhibition is the University Booth where the leading universities and research institutes will present their latest research results with hardware and software demonstrators.With various sessions and presentations running in parallel, the University Booth is a unique place showcasing a large number of innovations covering EDA, design and test which will shape and revolutionize the way we design products in the future.
Detailed information on the University Booth programme is available at:
http://www.date-conference.com/group/exhibition/u-booth
DATE 2015 will take place at the Alpexpo Congress Centre, Grenoble, France
The Alpexpo Congress Centre is located in close proximity to central Grenoble and provides a modern, well-equipped location for DATE. The city of Grenoble, which is surrounded by outstanding natural beauty of the Alps, has a strong economy linked to the research and innovation activities performed by leading national and international large companies such as STMicroelectronics, IBM, Schneider Electric, France Telecom, Thales, Hewlett Packard, Soitec, Xeroxand others with more than 38,000 people in micro and nano technologies (24,000) and 14,000 in embedded software. It is the second largest research centre in France with 15 research centres and universities (CEA-LETI – 1,700 researchers, TIMA, Verimag) and more than 100 startup companies located in the area in addition to 117 companies – 81% of which are SME’s. DATE is working closely with local industry to increase the visibility of the event and to maximize quality visitor attendance.
DATE Networking Event
As one of the main networking opportunities during the DATE week, the DATE Partystates a perfect occasion to meet friends and colleagues in a relaxed atmosphere while enjoying local amenities.It will take place on March 11, 2015, in the renowned “Musée de Grenoble” (Grenoble Museum). The museum features a unique collection of ancient, modern and contemporary art including major masterpieces of classical Flemish, Dutch, Italian and Spanish painting and all the great post-1945 contemporary art trends, right up to the most recent artworks of the 2000s. All conference delegates, exhibitors and their guests are invited to attend the event (entrance is only possible with a valid party ticket though).
For further information please visit:
www.date-conference.com
DATE 2015 Press Contacts
General Chair
Wolfgang Nebel, OFFIS, DE
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Programme Chair
David Atienza, EPFL, CH
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Press Chair
Fred Santamaria, DATE, FR
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Exhibition Theatre Chair
Jürgen Haase, edacentrum GmbH, DE
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Exhibition Chair & Local Liaison
Ahmed Jerraya, CEA-LETI, FR
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Conference Organization
Franziska Kremling, K.I.T. Group GmbH, DE
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phone: +49 351 4967 541
fax: +49 351 4956 116
