42nd Design Automation Conference Names Exhibitor Liaison Committee.

BOULDER, Colo. -- Exhibitor Liaison Committee Represents Electronic Design Automation, Semiconductor Industries in DAC Planning

The Design Automation Conference (DAC), the electronic design automation (EDA) industry's premier event, today announced the new Exhibitor Liaison Committee (ELC) for the 42nd DAC to be held in Anaheim, Calif., June 13-17, 2005. The ELC comprises primarily DAC exhibitor representatives and conference executive committee members who advise the DAC Executive Committee on exhibitor-related issues.

The committee's role is to facilitate communication between the DAC management and executive committee and the exhibitors, allowing exhibitors an opportunity to provide feedback and make suggestions to help build on the value and success of DAC to EDA vendors and conference attendees. The committee reviews all areas of the conference, including operations, program and exhibits. Over the years, the ELC has been instrumental in guiding significant changes through the years, including the adoption of combined booth / demo suite space implemented in 2003.

Chairing this year's ELC is the EDA Industry Chair, Limor Fix of Intel. Other members include: Jana Burke, Mentor Graphics; Donna Castillo, Cadence Design Systems; Ric Chope, Verisity Design; Larry Eberle, Synopsys; Tom Minot; Steve Pollock, Beach Solutions; Gabe Moretti, EDN Reed Business; Mindy Powers, CoWare; and Dave Reed, Blaze DFM. Also participating are Michelle Clancy, Cayenne Communications, and this year's DAC Executive Committee Chair, William H. Joyner, Jr., IBM Corp. / SRC and other members of the DAC Executive Committee, including Nanette Collins, Nanette V. Collins Marketing & Public Relations and Lee Wood, MP Associates. Contact information for each ELC member can be found on http://www.dac.com/42nd/42elc.html.

"Our role as the ELC is to provide feedback and direction that supports DAC's long-standing tradition as the key annual conference serving the electronics design community," said Limor Fix, DAC Exhibitor Liaison Committee chair. "By working together and with the DAC Executive Committee, we can continue to impact the ongoing success of this conference which is so critical to our global design community."

About DAC

DAC is the annual event where the electronics design community meets for a week-long forum of information exchange on management practices, products, methodologies and processes. Attended by more than 10,500 developers, designers, researchers, managers and engineers from leading electronics companies and universities worldwide, it offers a robust technical program covering the industry's hottest trends. Its vibrant exhibit floor includes more than 225 companies, many of whom are startups just introducing their first products. The conference is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM/SIGDA), the Circuits and Systems Society and Computer Aided Network Design Technical Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE/CASS/CANDE) and the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDA Consortium). More details about DAC are found at: www.dac.com.