UBM Electronics Brings Together Four Popular Industry Conferences to Form DesignDays in Boston, September 26-29, 2011

Embedded Systems, Chip, Board and Medical Electronics Engineering Communities Unite at ESC Boston, DesignCon East, DesignMED and Designing with LEDs

Jul 20, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Electronics, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, today unveiled the agenda for DesignDays – a new event being held September 26-29, 2011 at Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts.  The most comprehensive educational event for embedded systems, chip, board and medical electronics engineers, DesignDays combines four popular UBM events (ESC Boston, DesignCon East, DesignMED and Designing with LEDs) in one venue, giving electronics industry engineers a broad and deep educational and networking experience.

DesignDays presents products, training and education for EE's in the following forums:

ESC Boston – Learn Today. Design Tomorrow.  The premier embedded systems event for engineers, designers, architects, technologists and suppliers to learn, discover and compare new technologies and products, and get hands-on training and solutions to their design challenges.

DesignCon – Created by engineers for engineers and widely recognized as the preeminent chip, board and systems design event, where "chipheads" connect and discover content that challenges and guides the industry's design practices.

DesignMED – Brings together designers and developers of medical electronic devices to network with experts, get questions answered, explore a medical design exhibit area and attend sessions covering medical electronics design and regulatory issues.

EDN's Designing with LEDs – Addresses the technology design aspects of high-brightness LEDs and provides unparalleled connections and education from the most forward-thinking minds in electronics LED design.

"DesignDays is an ideal event for electronics engineers from multiple disciplines looking to optimize the time they spend getting educated and gathering product knowledge," said David Blaza, vice president, UBM Electronics. "DesignDays combines four world-class events into one unique experience created specifically for EE's."

About UBM Electronics

UBM Electronics is the global leader in media and marketing solutions for the electronics industry.  UBM Electronics delivers results for the key influencers and decision makers involved in the design, development and commercialization of technology through its market leading brands, peer communities and professional education services.   More than 2.2 million engineering professionals engage with UBM Electronics brands which include EE Times, EDN, EDN China, EDN Asia, EDN Japan, Design News and Test & Measurement World, TechOnline, Designlines and Embedded.com across the globe to accelerate technology sales. The international electronics community gathers at UBM Electronics market leading events such as the Embedded Systems Conferences, DesignCon and ARM Technology Conference to share, learn, discuss, and advance the critical issues and challenges facing the electronics industry. Additionally, UBM Electronics provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation marketing, integrated media, custom solutions and research.  UBM Electronics is part of UBM (UBM.L) a global provider of media and information services for professional B2B communities and markets.

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Felicia Hamerman
Vice President, Marketing, UBM Electronics
516.562.5652
felicia.hamerman@ubm.com

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