IEF 2008 Session 3: Infrastructure Changes
This session included two presentations: India—The Global Hub for Semiconductors & Electronics, by Jani Janakiraman, chairman, India Semiconductor Industry Association, and Automotive Electronics & New Technology Trends in Indian Automotive Industry, by VG (Vasuedo) Gujrathi, senior general manager, Electricals & Electronics, TATA Motors.
Read more...
The Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority sponsored this year's International Electronics Forum. In this video, Dr. Jihad Kiwan, Chief Technology Officer—Technology Investment & Education—Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, explains to an audience of attendees, editors and analysts the scope of this multi-billion dollar Dubai Government project to create a state-of-the-art center for advanced electronic design and development.
Dubai Circuit Design is a fully owned subsidiary Dubai Silicon Oasis. In this video, Syed Thameem, Project Manager/Tech Lead, explains what DCD is all about.
News from IEF
IEF 2008 Session 2: Driving the Changes
This session included three presentations: Electrification—A Chance for Automotive Electronics, by Valentine von Tils, vice president of platform development ASICs, Robert Bosch Corp.; Unified Communications: The Real Business Behind Web2.0, by Thomas Wiemers, vice president of strategic marketing, Siemens Communications; and Mobile Innovation: Improving Customer’s Quality Of Life, by Luigi Licciardi, executive VP, technology & operations, Telecom Italia.
IEF 2008 Session 1: Shifting Industry Paradigms
This session included three presentations: Present & Future Of Digital Technology by JJ (Junshi) Yamaguchi, executive vice president, NEC Electronics; Mobile Device Technical Challenges by Petri Liuha, laboratory director Computation Structures, Nokia Research Center; and The Other Barrier In Electronics: Applications by Kees Van Der Klauw, senior VP of Technology & Development, Philips Consumer Lifestyle.
International Electronics Forum (IEF) 2008: The Global Electronics Ecosystem—Revolution or Evolution
The 17th annual International Electronics Forum, held in Dubai, UAE, opened with a brief introduction and welcome by Malcolm Penn, Chairman and CEO of Future Horizons (www.futurehorizons.com). He began by thanking the Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) and H.H Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of DSOA, for their Forum support and sponsorship (for more on DSO, take a look at the videos we have on this site).
International Electronics Forum (IEF) 2008 Electronic Design's Editor-in-Chief Joe Desposito went a long way to catch the IEF. Catch up with him on his journey to Dubai, where IEF was held this year, and his impressions of the forum.
