About edaForum

The edaForum is organized by edacentrum, Hannover, Germany.

Since 2002, the edacentrum's annual edaForum event brought together decision makers from industry and top-rated speakers from all over the world. It is organized by the edacentrum as part of its mission to overcome the design gap by collaborative actions of system and semiconductor companies, EDA vendors and research institutes.

This event will not only focus on technical challenges but also on business-related topics helping to optimize the return on your EDA investment. The invited speakers will present various topics within two business and technial sessions.

Bring your special problem to edaForum and meet with outstanding experts from the scientific community and executives from the EDA, system and microelectronics industry. Discuss with us the chances and possibilities of EDA. The edaForum, the associated exclusive social event and an exciting technical trip offer lots of opportunities in a relaxed atmosphere!

"edaForum was an exciting place to go: good talks, interesting people, valuable information and a lot of networking, in short: a very recommendable event - very important for the industry."
Hermann Eul,
Member of the Management Board, Executive Vice President
Head of Communication Business Group, Infineon Technologies AG
and Speaker of the General Keynote at edaForum07

"What I liked most at the edaForum 06 was the perfect organization and the value of participants: I found very stimulating the possibility of meeting in the same environment important customers, valuable competitors and the best software suppliers. Excellent organization in an impressive city."
Aldo Romano,
President and CEO of STMicroelectronics Italy and Speaker of the General Keynote at edaForum06

"It was a real pleasure to participate to edaForum05 as I had an opportunity for interaction with key people in our industry in a vibrant environment. I particularly appreciated the mix of technical and business content that the workshop offers; a combination that is hard to find in existing conferences and workshops."
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli,
Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley
and Speaker of the General Keynote at edaForum05

"edaForum05 was a revelation in terms of content and organization. The event provided an excellent mix of high quality technical content and up to the minute business issues coupled with the ability to share views with others striving to address the challenges of SoC Design. The knowledge and professionalism of the participants and speakers makes this forum a must for the events calendar"
Barry Dennington,
Vice President Philips Semiconductors, CTO SoC Design Technology

"edaForum05 is a well-organized conference with excellent speakers to highlight a mix of cutting-edge business and technical issues. I also found that it offers a great opportunity for networking."
Chandu Visweswariah,
Manager, Circuit & Interconnect Analysis, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center

“The 2004 edaForum was the first I‘ve attended, and I came away very impressed. The quality of the networking at this event was unmatched. The interaction among attendees was frank and extremely useful. Of the many conferences I regularly attend, I can‘t think of any which surpasses edaForum in establishing an active and sharing community of interest.”
Tom DeMarco,
Principal of The Atlantic Systems Guild.
and Speaker of the General Keynote at edaForum04

“The edaForum04’s program and the high caliber of individuals that attend make it a premier conference in the industry. Not only is the technical program world class, there is ample time allotted for informal discussions with peers representing companies throughout the semiconductor and electronics industries.”
Ronald Collett,
president and CEO, Numetrics Management Systems, Inc.

„Going to edaforum04 really surpassed my expectations. It is not only listing to top class speakers and discussing the most ur-gent problems of the design community, it is this fascinating mixture of technicical and business issues that makes it unique and attracts most interesting people. And it is an excellent place to meet with other executives facing the same challenges that I do.“
Lambert van den Hoven,
VP and General Manager, Philips Semiconductors.