TechInsights' ESC Silicon Valley 2009 Gets 'Thumbs Up' From Attendees, Electronics Industry ObserversPRNewswire More than 8,000 Electronics Community Members Attend North America's Largest Embedded Systems Event SAN FRANCISCO, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading technology events and educational program provider TechInsights today announced preliminary attendance figures and other success metrics for ESC Silicon Valley 2009 conference and expo held in San Jose, California March 30 - April 2 http://www.embedded.com/esc/sv. Highlights include:
"Given current economic conditions, we are extremely pleased with the ESC Silicon Valley 2009 attendance figures and the positive feedback we continue to get about the event's agenda, speakers, exhibits, educational sessions and support materials," said David Blaza, TechInsights' vice president of Events. "We set out to provide maximum value to ESC attendees and the overwhelmingly positive response indicates that we exceeded their expectations. We anticipate the same level of enthusiasm for upcoming ESC events in Boston, India, the UK and France before the end of the year." "ESC Silicon Valley has always been a great venue for electronics industry leaders and innovators who share common interests to connect and exchange ideas and the 2009 event was no exception," said venture capitalist and ESC panelist, David Epstein of Epstein Advisors. "As the industry struggles through the toughest part of this downturn and looks ahead to renewed growth, engineers and executives can rely on ESC's meaningful content and educational opportunities to keep apprised of important technical and industry developments." "There was a noticeable level of excitement on ESC 2009 expo floor," said Gilles Garcia, Director Corporate Marketing, AMCC. "As an exhibitor, we were able to connect directly with the right engineers & customers who could benefit from our new products and compelling reference designs. ESC definitely delivered for us."
"We were looking for a diverse audience of engineering professionals to introduce to our SNAP mesh network technology, and the Embedded Systems Conference was definitely the place to be," said Wade Patterson, CEO of Synapse Wireless. "We had an ideal forum to showcase our exciting new products and were very pleased with the quality and level of attendance." "The exhibit floor of ESC is like a farmer's market for programmers and electronics engineers," said Tom Starnes, processor analyst with market research firm Objective Analysis Equipment. "Designers can talk directly to the guys who make the chips, development tools, and applications software that they're going to use. It's a great place to shop for all three. The conference presentations show them how to make those selections or how to use the latest chips, tools, and software to make their product. It's just a great place to meet people who can help you solve your problems. And it's the one place engineers can go to keep up-to-date on industry developments." Upcoming ESC 2009 events: ESC Bangalore, India, July 22 - 24 www.embedded.com/esc/india ESC Boston, September 21 - 24 www.embedded.com/esc/boston ESC Farnborough, UK, October 6 - 8 http://esc-uk.techinsightsevents.com/ IP-ESC Grenoble, France, December 1 - 3 http://www.design-reuse.com/ipesc09/ About ESC (http://www.embedded.com/esc/sv) Held in key strategic technology development locations worldwide, the Embedded Systems Conference is the global electronics industry's leading event. With cutting edge product demonstrations, visionary speeches and hundreds of essential technical training classes and accreditation opportunities, ESC is the ideal venue for the design engineering community to learn, collaborate and recognize excellence. In addition, ESC Silicon Valley celebrates decades of unique local electronics industry culture, innovation and significant contributions to the global technology industry. About TechInsights (http://www.techinsights.com) TechInsights is the global leader in media, marketing, and professional services for the electronics industry. We deliver results for the "Creators of Technology" -- those key influencers and decision makers involved in the definition, development, protection, and commercialization of technology and related intellectual property. More than 1.1 million engineering professionals engage with our online brands -- EE Times, TechOnline, DesignLines, and Embedded.com -- monthly across Europe, India, Japan, Taiwan, mainland China and North America. As well, the technology community comes to our face-to-face events -- the Embedded Systems Conferences and Intellectual Property Symposia -- to share, learn, discuss, and advance the critical issues and challenges facing the electronics industry. Finally, for those clients with a specific technology, or intellectual property objective we engage on a custom basis through our TechInsights Professional Services team -- Portelligent, Sanguine Microelectronics, and Semiconductor Insights. TechInsights is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $1.6B. Related links:
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