Deadline: November 15, 2008

The International Engineering Consortium is pleased to announce this Call for Speaker Proposals for the 2009 DesignCon Business Forum and technical panels. Business Forum panels feature senior managers and executives addressing critical issues of concern to those responsible for managing the business of electronic design.

To submit a speaking proposal for a Business Forum or technical panel at DesignCon 2009, you may visit www.iec.org/events/spt/speakerLogin.asp and select DesignCon 2009. You must then select the session you wish to submit for from the drop-down menu of sessions. Session abstracts, including chair information, are available on the event Web site at www.designcon.com/2009/attendees/schedule.asp.

Speaking proposals may also be submitted directly from a session on our Web site. All speaker proposals need to be submitted using the speaker’s e-mail address in the registration proposal process. An e-mail is sent directly to the speaker confirming receipt of his proposal. Please do not submit using anyone else’s e-mail address other than that of the speaker. Contacts for a speaker may add their information later in the process, but not at registration of a speaker.

As with all IEC conferences, the session chairs make the final decision regarding who will speak on their panels for that particular session. If your proposal is selected, an automatic e-mail is sent from the submission system, followed by direct contact from the chairperson further confirming your participation.

Speaking proposals received early on in the process have a better chance of being selected (please note this is a supplemental tool for the chairs). If selected as a speaker on a panel, you will receive complimentary admittance to the conference. There is no sponsorship fee required to speak.

Thank you for your interest in participating at DesignCon 2009.