Despite the recent gloomy news about trade show attendance, it is clear that companies in our sector still believe that events are a great promotional vehicle. The organisers of DATE 2010, which will be held from 8th to 12th March in the Dresden Congress Centre, Germany, have announced a record number of submissions for the event, with 980 papers submitted for consideration. Hopefully this is a sign of confidence, not only in conferences and trade shows, but also in the likelihood of recovery for both the industry and the economy in general.

Tags: DATE, Germany, Shows and Events

François Gauthier has been named as Editor in Chief of the new publication Electroniques, which was formed by merging Electronique and Electronique International. His responsibilities start with the first issue of 2009, due to be published on 20th January.

At the same time, Pascal Coutance has been named Editor in Chief “délégué”, responsible for the development of the Electronique.biz website. Pascal has been charged with development of other online channels, such as mobile and introducing new advertising formats. Interesting he will also define a strategy for for new products that are either chargeable as premium content or reserved for magazine subscribers. We’re promised an updated site will be launched at the start of 2010.

It’s taken a little while to get these two editorial positions confirmed, although I don’t read anything into this delay. I am, however, interested that there are clear plans to put some kind of paywall around content on the web, and wonder how easily this can be done. By limiting people who can access content, you’re going to limit page – and therefore advertising – impressions, so any such move must be made with care, otherwise it could end up reducing, rather than increasing overall revenue. Keep checking back at www.NapierNews.eu for more information on how this project develops!

Tags: Advertising, DATE, Editors, Electronique, ElectroniqueS, ESE, France, Online, Print Publications

Future Horizons, organiser of the International Electronics Forum (IEF) has announced that the 2010 event will be held from 5th to 7th May 2010 in Dresden, Germany. With so much changing happening in the industry, and hopefully some solid signs of recovery, the 2010 event should be a great success.

Tags: DATE, Electronics, Future Horizons, Germany, Research, Shows and Events

The organisers of DATE 2010 have issued a call for panel proposals. Panels should discuss future trends, hot-topic technologies and business aspects of the embedded systems, embedded software, Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chip, EDA, ASIC, FPGA and IP. The organisers also promise that the panels combine invited academics and industry experts for a more controversial look at the electronic design research and marketplace. Submissions must be made via the DATE website by 6th September 2009. The show will be held from 8th-12th March 2010 at the ICC in Dresden, Germany.

Tags: Call for Papers, DATE, Germany, Shows and Events

Date have announced the following stats for registrations this year:

Conference: 1415 [Including Monday Tutorials & Friday Workshops]
Exhibition: 1039 [Visitors & Exhibitor Personnel - Not including Conference Attendees]
International Press: 12

This gives a total of 2466 registrations for the event. This isn’t a bad result, given the economy, although it falls way short of the optimistic predictions of 5000 visitors made back in February.

Tags: DATE, France, Shows and Events

This year Design, Automation & Test in Europe (DATE) will join with the ARTEMISIA Association to stage a joint conference to be held in Nice, France on 20th to 24th April 2009. , with the aim of achieving more than 5,000 attendees. This makes a lot of sense. Although focused conferences like DATE continue to attract high-quality delegates, the trade show industry remains fragile. Although there is by no means complete overlap, I’m sure that the synergies between DATE and ARTEMISIA will ensure the success of this joint venture.

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The organisers of DATE 09, which will be held in Nice, France, on 24th April 2009, have issued a call for papers for DSNOC’09, the Friday workshop on Diagnostic Services in Network-on-Chips Test, Debug, and On-Line Monitoring. Papers must be submitted by 10th February to Axel Jantsch, the Program Chair (axel@kth.se)

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Following on from the recent call for papers, the organisers of DATE09 have issued a call for proposals for themes and Chairpeople for the Friday workshops. For more information contact Professor Peter Cheung, Imperial College London.

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The conference programme for DATE 07, to be held in Nice, France from 16th to 20th April 07 is now available. Click here to view the programme and register for the conference.

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