General Keynote

Aldo Romano President and CEO of STMicroelectronics Italy The Innovation Process in the Semiconductor Industry: The Example of STMicroelectronics

Friday Keynote

Moshe Gavrielov Executive Vice President and General Manager Verification Division Cadence Design Systems, Inc. System Verification: THE Enterprise Level Development Problem

The event did not only focus on technical challenges but also on business-related topics helping to optimize the return on your EDA investment. The invited speakers presented various topics within the sessions entitled:

• Technical Session I: ”Nothing else Matters – Reliable Systems Don't Come for Free”
• Business Session I: ”The Times They are a-Changin' – Chip Business is System Business”
• Technical Session II: ”The Show Must Go On – New Technologies beyond CMOS”
• Business Session II: ”With a Little Help from my Friends – Leadership Means Partnership”

Speakers in the sessions:

Barry Dennington, NXP Semiconductors
Moshe Gavrielov, Cadence Design Systems
Georg Georgakos, Infineon Technologies AG
Thomas Harms, Infineon Technologies AG
Wayne Howell, IBM
Joachim Kunkel, Synopsys
Stefan Lottholz, Bosch
Paolo Lugli, Technical University of Munich
Michael Müller, IBM
Wolfgang Porod, University of Notre Dame
Henning Riechert, Quimonda
Sean Redmond, Cadence Design Systems
Aldo Romano, STMicroelectronics
Gerd Teepe, AMD
Johannes Windeln, IBM
Christian Wolff, Infineon Technologies AG