Freescale to host fifth annual Technology Forum in India

BANGALORE, INDIA: Freescale will host its annual Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) India at Hotel Leela Palace, Bangalore, on September 2–3, 2009. Registration is now open at www.freescale.com/ftf.

Freescale Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rich Beyer will present the opening keynote address at FTF India. Dr. Anil Menon, President, Globalization and Intelligent Urbanization at Cisco, and Sanjay Nayak, CEO at Tejas Networks, will deliver guest keynote addresses. Henri Richard, Senior Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Freescale and Vivek Mohindra, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Transformation at Freescale, will also speak.

FTF India 2009 will include more than 50 hours of technical training sessions organized into six tracks: Automotive, Consumer, Industrial, Networking and Enabling Technologies. The event will also feature approximately 22 demonstrations on new technologies from Freescale and its partners.

In its fifth consecutive year, FTF India will bring together professionals and developers focused on embedded solutions for the automotive, networking, consumer, industrial, and medical electronics sectors, across the semiconductor ecosystem, under one roof, to create a unique, energizing and inspiring environment of innovation and collaboration.

“Innovation is the need of the hour as companies across the globe brave the challenges presented by the current economic scenario,” said Ganesh Guruswamy, Vice President and Country Manager, Freescale Semiconductor India Pvt. Ltd.

“India is a strategically important region for Freescale and organizing Freescale Technology Forum during these times demonstrates our continued commitment to the Indian ecosystem. FTF focuses on providing developers with insights into future embedded technologies for various sectors. Through this illustrious forum, it has been our endeavour to influence and foster innovation by showcasing ground-breaking technologies that transform our lives”

Global Sponsors of FTF 2009
· Global Platinum Sponsors: Microsoft Windows Embedded, MontaVista Software, Wind River Systems.
· Global Gold Sponsors: Arrow Electronics, Future Electronics, Green Hills Software.