CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE

Chairman: Dr. Hau Lee, Stanford University
Doug Andrey, Semiconductor Industry Association
Phil DeMarie, Altera
Lloyd Kaplan, iSuppli
Paul Katz, Arrow Electronics
Jim Gudrow, National Semiconductor
Lon Hudson, Ross Associates
Mike Kirschner, Design Chain Associates
Shoshanah Cohen, PRTM
Jane Dillner, Supply Dynamics
Greg Frazier, Avnet
Peggy Lewis, TQS
Keith Gitchel, Isilon Systems
Holly Evans, Electronic Industries Alliance

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

www.my-esm.com
Electronics Supply & Manufacturing provides global coverage of market trends, best practices and case studies, with action plans to help managers at OEMs and EMS providers across the electronics industry improve business performance. Electronics Supply & Manufacturing is a CMP Media publication.

CMP Media facilitates business relationships between buyers and sellers with an international portfolio of integrated marketing tools that help our customers reach decision-makers when they need their information throughout the product development and manufacturing process. Guided by principles of integrity, innovation and teamwork, we are a customer-focused and results-oriented business partner. CMP Media LLC is headquartered in Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com.

www.ism.ws
As the oldest and largest supply management institute in the world, the mission of the Institute for Supply Management^TM is to lead supply management. By executing and extending its mission through education, research, standards of excellence, influence building and information dissemination - including the renowned monthly ISM Report On Business® - ISM continues to extend the global impact of supply management. ISM's membership base includes more than 43,000 supply management professionals in 75 countries. Supply management professionals are responsible for trillions of dollars in the purchases of products and services annually.

Additional support for the program provided by the following ISM organizations: Supply Knowledge^TM, brought to you by the National Association of Purchasing Management - Silicon Valley, www.supplyknowledge.com and the ISM Electronics Group, www.ism.ws/sites/electronics.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE PROVIDER

www.isuppli.com
iSuppli Corporation, the global leader in electronics industry intelligence, provides a comphrensive suite of services for the EMS, OEMs, and supplier communities. Market Intelligence Services form the foundation of all iSuppli services providing critical information designed to enrich tactical decisions and strategic plans of electronic component suppliers and users. The actionable data provided by iSuppli Market Intelligence Services has won significant recognition within the electronics industry and iSuppli has become known as a primary analysis source for the national and industry trade press. In addition, iSuppli has been asked by the office of the Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Board to advise them on matters related to the health of the semiconductor industry. iSuppli and its wholly-owned subsidiary iSuppli/Stanford Resources employ the world's largest and most experienced staff of component, systems, and application market analysts.

CONFERENCE ENDORSERS

www.eia.org
The Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) is a national trade organization that includes the full spectrum of U.S. manufacturers, representing more than 80% of the $550 billion electronics industry. The Alliance is a partnership of electronic and high tech associations and companies whose mission is promoting the market development and competitiveness of the U.S. high-tech industry through domestic and international policy efforts. EIA, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, comprises more than 2,300 member companies whose products and services range from the smallest electronic components to the most complex systems used by defense, space, and industry, including the full range of consumer electronic products. The industry provides more than two million jobs for American workers.

www.era.org
The Electronics Representatives Association International (ERA) is the Chicago-based, 69-year-old international trade association comprised of professional field sales firms (manufacturers' representative) and manufacturers who outsource their field sales function to representatives. ERA's 800 representative firm members and 350 manufacturer members are located across North America as well as in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. To fulfill its primary mission to promote, protect and improve the professional field sales function, ERA produces many educational, management and marketing programs, services and publications. ERA also works closely with major trade shows, publications and other associations to advance the wellbeing of the electronics industry and the professionalism of its members.

www.rosettanet.org
RosettaNet is a non-profit consortium dedicated to the collaborative development and rapid deployment of open, Internet-based business standards that align processes within the global trading network. More than 500 multinational and regional companies in the information technology, electronic components, semiconductor manufacturing and telecommunications industries participate in RosettaNet's strategic standards and services development. Fortune 1000 companies worldwide have implemented RosettaNet standards, conducting B2B operations that value billions in annual revenues.

RosettaNet is one of the industry's most ambitious standards implementation efforts, reaching the Americas, Asia and Europe. To date, the consortium has established several regional affiliate organizations - in the Americas, China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan - giving a voice to various business economies seeking to adopt and influence RosettaNet's global standards. RosettaNet is a subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council, Inc.

www.sia-online.org
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is the premier trade association representing the U.S. microchip industry. SIA member companies comprise 90 percent of U.S. semiconductor production and employ a domestic workforce of more than 284,000. The SIA provides a forum for domestic semiconductor companies to work collectively to advance the competitiveness of the $102 billion U.S. chip industry. The latest documents on SIA issues (including Congressional letters, statistics, and policy papers) and more information is available at www.semichips.org/home.cfm.