Friday, June 10, 2011

48th DAC shows double digit increase in attendance

DAC 2011, SAN DIEGO, USA: Attendance at the 2011 Design Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to electronic design and design automation (EDA), showed a double digit increase in all categories, according to the 48th DAC Executive Committee (EC).

“We are very pleased to have exceeded our DAC 2011 goals for a well-attended, quality technical program coupled with increased networking opportunities for all attendees and vendors,” said Leon Stok, General Chair of the 48th DAC. “Poster sessions and evening events were packed; vendors tell us that there was good steady traffic on the show floor; and we all noticed that many tutorials and sessions were ‘standing room only.’”

“We had a very positive experience at DAC this year with an increase in booth traffic and solid quality meetings throughout the show,” said Vic Kulkarni, general manager and senior vice president at Apache Design Solutions.

Preliminary attendance figures for the 48th DAC break down as follows:
* Total full conference and exhibition: 1,746.
*Total exhibit-only attendees: 2,006 (up 13.5 percent compared to 2010).
* Booth staff: 2,598.
* Total attendees: 6,350.

Also, 204 companies exhibited on the conference floor in 2011, up from 193 in 2010. 29 of these companies were exhibiting at DAC for the first time. Exciting new networking opportunities abounded during the very well attended evening cocktail receptions and around poster sessions. A total of 400 registered tutorial attendees signed up for the new two-hour, short-course tutorial format.

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