Forum features electronics industry senior figures: News from Future Horizons

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Future Horizons has revealed the programme for its 14th Annual International Electronics Forum, IEF2005, featuring some of the electronics industry's most senior figures. The event will take place at the Hilton Malta, Portomaso, Malta, from 1st to 3rd May 2005. The theme of this year's International Electronics Forum: 'Pursuing the global digital utopia', focuses on the challenges that electronics industry faces as it moves into the third wave of digitisation.

The third wave, defined as the period post 2000, demands interoperability, as the boundaries between the office, home and car become increasingly blurred, with virtually the whole population soon permanently connected to the Internet, both as employees and consumers.

'Digitisation is finally on the point of becoming pervasive, like electricity and telephones before it'.

'The opportunities offer boundless potential, but equally enormous are the challenges en route for the electronics industry', said Malcolm Penn, CEO, Future Horizons.

'Cost escalation, CMOS scaling - will it won't it, cycle-time pressures, complexity, and cyclicality of markets are all wreaking havoc with the industry balance sheet'.

Confirmed speakers include: John Boruch, President and COO, Amkor Technology (USA); Mark Pinto, Senior VP and CTO, Applied Materials (USA); Sir Robin Saxby, Chairman, ARM (Europe); Mike Fister, President and CEO, Cadence Design Systems (USA); Sumit Sadana, Senior VP Strategy, Freescale Semiconductor (USA); FRAM Akiki, Director Strategic Product Offerings, IBM (USA); Bill Campbell, Chief Executive Officer, MED (Europe); Wally Rhines, Chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics (USA); Hirokazu Hashimoto, Executive Vice President, NEC Electronics (Japan); Osamu Nishijima, Executive Officer, VP SC Company, Panasonic (Japan); Tasushi Akao, Deputy Executive GM, Renesas Technology (Japan); Tsugio Makimoto, Corporate Advisor, Sony Corporation (Japan); Andrea Cuomo, Executive VP Chief Strategy Officer, STM (Europe); Aart de Geus, Chairman and CEO, Synopsys (USA); Dennis Buss, VP Silicon Technology, Texas Instruments (USA); Susumu Kohyama, President and CEO, Toshiba Ceramics (Japan); and Robert Howe, Chief Executive Officer, Verum Consultants (Europe).

The International Electronics Forum offers an informal networking and debating environment at the highest possible level, plus the ability to step back from the daily thrust and grind to reflect on the broader industry issues with peers and likeminded people.

Places at the conference are available priced GBP 1895 for a single delegate or GBP 1695.00 group rate.

A forum brochure and registration details are available from the Future Horizons website.

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