Dear All, This is just a reminder to take advantage of the Early Bird Registration<http://epeps.ece.illinois.edu/registration.html> (discounted) fees for EPEPS-2011, which will end as of tomorrow (30th September). Also the Doubletree Hotel<http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/J/JOSE-DT-UAE-20111023/index.jhtml> in San Jose (the conference venue/hotel) is holding a block of rooms for conference attendees (at a discounted rate) only until tomorrow (Sept. 30). To take advantage of this, please make sure you reserve your room before Sept. 30, using the link here<http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/J/JOSE-DT-UAE-20111023/index.jhtml>. The hotel will release the rooms as of the end of the day tomorrow. Also a note that there are several conferences being held at the same time as EPEPS-2011, and hence getting a hotel room closer to the conference venue may become difficult if you don't take advantage of the blocked rooms for the conference. If you have already done so, please ignore this email. The program for the 20th Conference on Electronic Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems is posted on the Conference Program link at our website http://epeps.org<http://epeps.org/>. The conference is held during Oct. 23-26 in San Jose, California. This year's program<http://epeps.ece.illinois.edu/program.html> features multitude of exciting events, including: - 3 Keynote speeches,<http://epeps.ece.illinois.edu/keynote.html> - A half-day tutorial<http://epeps.ece.illinois.edu/tutorials.html> on Scattering and X-parameters - An embedded tutorial<http://epeps.ece.illinois.edu/tutorials.html> on full-wave characterization - Panel discussion<http://epeps.ece.illinois.edu/panel.html> by eminent experts on current/future challenges/directions for high-performance electronic packages and interconnects - Exhibitions by 14 leading industry vendors<http://epeps.ece.illinois.edu/exhibits.html> - 12 Technical sessions and a poster<https://conferences.ece.illinois.edu/review/program_table.asp?id&4&author=true> session featuring 70 technical papers/presentations on recent innovations and advances in the area of: signal integrity, power integrity, High-Speed Links, Advanced packages, Novel Interconnects, Advancements in Modeling/Simulation methodologies etc. - A special EPEPS@20<http://epeps.ece.illinois.edu/EPEPS@xxxxxxx> event celebrating the 20th successful year of EPEPS, an event that is organized and attended by the early pioneers of EPEPS highlighting the birth/growth/future of EPEPS taking the attendees in the nostalgic memory lanes, - Several social events<http://epeps.ece.illinois.edu/social_events.html> providing opportunity for networking, including a banquet, a welcome reception, an industry sponsored reception etc. The Early Bird Registration<http://epeps.ece.illinois.edu/registration.html> (discounted) is open until Friday, Sept. 30. The conference is held in Doubletree Hotel<http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/J/JOSE-DT-UAE-20111023/index.jhtml> in San Jose and is holding a block of rooms at a discounted rate for conference attendees. To take advantage of this make sure you reserve your room before Sept. 30, using the link here<http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/J/JOSE-DT-UAE-20111023/index.jhtml>. We look forward to seeing you in San Jose Sincerely, EPEPS Co-Chairs: Ram Achar, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Brian Young, Texas Instruments, Austin, USA Sent by Kara MacGregor ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu