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28 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I DECEMBER 2024 excludes commercialism and ensures a high level of technical content for the presenta- tions. Our technical program committee is targeting content with a high technical and scientific level. This pure, technically sci- entific approach is the differentiator from other events happening in Europe. We prefer presentations that haven't been published before, so that attendees see the content for the first time. Are the presentations in English? What does the program consist of? Yes, it's all English. We are open to engineers of all levels to academia and students, and we embrace diversity. We are seeking European participants as well as interested people from (L-R) Christoph Bornhorn, FED executive director, Hans-Peter Tranitz, IPC, and Dieter Muller, chairman of the FED board. around the globe. Our Day 1 pro- gram consists of two keynotes. One is focused on electronic design and AI utilization, and the other keynote is around sil- icon-to-systems development. We have two panels: One tackles AI in electronics, and the other focuses on regulations and sus- tainability. ese are big topics, especially in Europe. On Day 2, we have two tracks with 12 presentations, each in parallel. One track focuses on silicon-to-systems and design techniques, and the other is around design for excellence, soware, and tools. We've man- aged to engage professors from academia, top experts from research institutes, and companies that do a lot of research and development to help us set up a very attractive program. It is also worth mentioning that we have received far more presentation abstracts than we can cover at the conference. We needed to make some tough decisions. With the good abstracts submitted that we could not cover at the Vienna conference, we tried to find other homes for them, such as IPC or FED conferences. As a former conference chair, I know that having too many abstracts is a good problem to have. It sounds like you struck a chord with the industry.