Michael J. Fister and His Peers From Mentor Graphics and
Synopsys Take the Stage in 'EDA: This is Serious Business'
BOULDER, Colo., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The 41st Design Automation
Conference (DAC) confirmed today that Michael J. Fister, newly appointed chief
executive officer (CEO) of Cadence, will join Walden C. Rhines, CEO of Mentor
Graphics Corp. and Aart De Geus, CEO of Synopsys, on a panel discussing the
state of the electronic design automation industry. Mr. Fister was most
recently senior vice president at Intel Corporation and general manager of the
Enterprise Platforms Group, which designs, markets, and supports building
blocks for enterprise computing.
During "EDA: This is Serious Business," the three CEO panelists will
discuss how the EDA industry has come of age, and describe their visions for
the industry's future and its prospects for growth. The panel will field
questions from a group of six well-known industry watchers, ensuring a forum
for provocative discussion.
DAC will be held Monday, June 7, through Friday, June 11, at the San Diego
Convention Center in San Diego, Calif. Pre-conference registration has
closed. On-site registration at the San Diego Convention Center opens Sunday,
June 6, at 8:30 a.m. Conference registration is $410 for members of ACM or
IEEE and $525 for non-members. For more details, visit the DAC website
located at: http://www.dac.com. Or, contact DAC management at (800) 321-4573
if you have questions or need more information.
About DAC
DAC is the premier forum for the electronic design and design automation
industries to exchange information on products, methodologies, and processes.
Attended by more than 10,000 developers, designers, researchers, managers and
engineers from leading electronics companies and universities around the
world, DAC includes more than 200 exhibitors and offers a highly selective
technical program covering the electronics industry's hottest trends.
The conference is sponsored by the Association for Computing
Machinery/Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM/SIGDA), the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Circuits and Systems Society
(IEEE/CAS) and the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDA Consortium).
For more information, including registration, visit the DAC Web site at:
http://www.dac.com. Or, contact DAC management at (800) 321-4573.
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Relations for the 41st Design Automation Conference,
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