[PCB_FORUM] Re: CDNLive! Conference
- From: george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 15:40:33 -0700
OK, to give the benefit of the doubt I looked over the two schedules and put
them in a spreadsheet.
Shall we break it down by hours / day?
+------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-------+
| Year | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Total |
+------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-------+
| 2004 | 16 | 1 | 4.75 | 3 | 8 | 32.75 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0.75 | 6.25 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
+------+-----+------+------+-----+-----+-------+
This does not include the Demo/Cadence night stuff, nor the User Group
stuff. It also does not include Front End or SpecctraQuest stuff, but does
include Specctra. As far as I can see, CDNLive! has roughly half of the PCB
Design content from the 2004 event. I have no way to compare costs, so
maybe the cost of CDNLive! is half of the cost of the ICUG conference to
make up for it.
Your comment about 24 Hours of tutorials in 2005 is interesting, considering
that only 2 tutorials have anything to do with PCB design, out of 17 total.
And BOTH are on Thursday afternoon so you have to sit thru Wednesday and
half of Thursday to attend one or the other.
I guess the new, improved, voted-on-by-nobody committee should be proud,
they did what Cadence wanted.
I for one am still waiting to be impressed.
--
George Patrick
Tektronix, Inc.
Central Engineering, PCB Design Group
P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-512
Beaverton, OR 97077-0001
Phone: 503-627-5272 Fax: 503-627-5587 <http://www.tektronix.com/>
http://www.tektronix.com <http://www.pcb-designer.com/>
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It's my opinion, not Tektronix'
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Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 20:32
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Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: CDNLive! Conference
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George,
I ran the numbers a couple times prior and after we built
this years schedule and it looks like we are close to the
PCB Content compared to last years ICU Conference.
Just for my sanity, I ran them again - twice to be sure :
ICU Conference (Sunday thru Thursday)
ICU PCB SIG 2004
Papers = 14.75 Hours
Roadmaps = 2.5 Hours
Tech Panels = 4 Hours
Tutorials = 32 Hours (All Day Sun. and Thurs.)
PCB SIG Business = .5
Cadence Tech Night (Demo Night) = 3 Hours
Vendor Fair = 3 Hours
CDNLive! Conference (Monday thru Thursday)
CDNLive! 2005 - SPB Co-Design
Papers = 12.75 Hours
Roadmaps = .75 Hour
Tech Panels = 2 Hours
Tutorials = 24 Hours (1/2 day Wed. / All Day Thurs.)
Design Expo (Vendor Fair) = 1.5 + 3 Hours
Cadence Tech Night (Demo Night) = 3 Hours
and "Meet the Developers (R&D)"
I agree with you, if you review the schedule there is more
IC Design content then in previous years but I don't believe
the PCB Design content was effected by this increase.
The Steering Committee and I are strongly committed in
making this conference a success for the user community
with rich technical content.
Michael Catrambone
UTStarcom, Inc.
Chairman
Cadence Designer Network
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