ISSCC 2012 Summary of Changes
Anantha P. Chandrakasan
ISSCC Conference and Executive Committee Chair
August 15, 2011
ISSCC 2011: Submitted and Accepted
800
680
700
637
600
638
582
578
500
669
655
461
434
400
Total submitted
352
302
303
300
312
315
Total accepted
322
291
233
231
200
159
163
157
1996
1997
1998
173
176
1999
2000
166
171
2001
2002
189
228
234
237
204
204
210
211
2009
2010
2011
124
100
0
1995
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Review: ISSCC 2011 Attendee Benefits

Continued reduction in conference expenses which
translated to attendee benefits

Reduction in early registration rates for second year
in a row:
 $695

(2009) → $640 (2010) → $595 (2011)
Adding value to attendees
New Industrial Demo Session
 New Plenary Round Table
 Coffee breaks and ice cream social
 Color handouts for tutorials, short courses and forums
 Continue hotel rebate ($100 rebate if staying at the Marriott
Marquis for 3 or more nights)


18 SSCS partial travel awards for students to attend
ISSCC
2011 Networking Events

ISSCC Reception
Monday evening (with snacks)
 Tuesday evening


Coffee Breaks
Monday afternoon break
Tuesday morning break
 Wednesday morning break


New: Ice-cream Social
 Tuesday

Afternoon
Author Interviews

Monday through Wednesday (starting at 5:15PM)

Women's Networking Reception- Monday

University Receptions

Monday and Tuesday Evenings
2011 Industrial Demo Session:
Huge Success !
Out of 18 candidate papers, 13 papers were invited
Congratulations to Hoi-Jun Yoo and Bill Bidermann
ISSCC 2012 Budget
4000
3796
3800
3494
ISSCC Paid
Attendance
3600
3400
3357
3305
3200
3000
2875
2800
2965
3564
3391
3035
2905
2982
2899
2750
2681
2665
2600
2600
2400
2329
2259
2200
2000
1800
2274
2213
1993
1952
1762
1837
1779
1699
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
.
87 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 000 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011
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B
19
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
12
20
• More optimization of travel, reduction in contractors,
cost reduction for publications and papers
process (more visibility into the finances)
• Goal: Reduce Expenses, add attendee benefits and reduce registration fees
Regular early member fee
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
$655
$695
$640
$595
$550
ISSCC 2012 Budget
ISSCC 2012 Attendance Sensitivity
2400
Budget
2200
2000
1800
1600
Surplus = $245k
1200
Income
Expense
Surplus
Linear (Income)
Linear (Expense)
Linear (Surplus)
1000
800
600
400
200
Paid Attendees
3,200
3,100
3,000
2,900
2,800
2,700
2,600
2,500
2,400
2,300
-200
2,200
0
2,100
$k
1400
ISSCC Financial Summary ($k)
Paid Attendees
2,665
2,982
2,600
2010 Act.
2011 Est.
2012 Bud.
1,587
1,725
1,397
Education
399
458
396
Publications
94
100
76
Other income
13
22
20
2,093
2,305
1,888
Travel
103
76
98
Contractors
129
122
114
Public & Press Relations
66
103
55
Papers Process
116
91
89
Publications
183
192
212
Planning operations
171
155
161
Conference operations
807
934
921
Overhead
26
16
22
External funding/reserves
-68
1
-30
1,533
1,691
1,643
560
614
245
Item
Registration
Total Income
Total Expenses
Surplus
Plans for ISSCC 2012

Further reduce registration fees (to $550)… third year in a row

Move back 4 plenary presentations (keep 35 minutes each) In 2013, we will go back to a plenary Panel (60th anniversary)

End the DAC/ISSCC design contest and collaboration with
DAC (driven by lack of enthusiasm from DAC)

New event: Academic Demo Session (ADS) – building on the
success of IDS
 Expand
the Industry Demo Session - IDS and ADS can accommodate
16 demos each (max 20)
 Color handout for IDS and ADS (1 page per demo) - similar to the
forums

New model for SRP – short presentation and poster session
(pre-publication issues cleared by with Meetings Committee)

Committee rotation: 4-5 years (bring back members no earlier
than 5 years)
Changes for ISSCC 2012

ISSCC Gift for 2012 – umbrella

SSCS Gift for ISSCC 2012 – Starbucks card

Bundle SSCS membership – SSCS members who attend ISSCC
2011 will get one free year of SSCS membership (for 2013) –
membership committee

Videos of demo sessions to be posted on the website

Regional committee DO NOT review papers in regional
committee meetings

October meeting shortened to 2 days for most members!
 Major
new initiative to streamline the press process : Alice Wang (Press
coordinator), Ken Smith (Press liaison)
 Eliminate abstract version of the advance program
 Modified session overview to be included in the digest

Explore webcast a the plenary session for ISSCC 2012???