This is the first Indian semiconductor industry business summit aimed at looking into the future of the Indian semiconductor industry, its growth potential and development. The principle theme for the summit is 'The triple play of design, software and manufacturing: a new paradigm for semiconductors.'

The conference seeks to address business leaders, market analysts, government officials, investors, human resource managers, marketing and business development heads, media and academia. Speakers at the summit include CEOs, CTOs and global leaders from the industry such as Ted Vucurevich, Cadence Design Systems Inc.; Ulf Schneider Infineon Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd; Dr. Biswadip Mitra, Texas Instruments (India) Pvt. Ltd.; and Vahid Manian, Broadcom Inc. among others.

The success stories of the semiconductor fabricators in countries such as Taiwan, Singapore and China will be showcased as case studies and a panel of venture capitalists will discuss the evolving business models in this industry.

The sessions will focus on how the interdependence of the three processes (design, software and manufacturing) will bring about fundamental shifts in business models, technology directions and collaborative strategies in semiconductors. This theme is especially relevant to India as the country gears up to bring about paradigm shift leveraging its competence in software, semiconductor design and developments in the manufacturing industry.

Poornima Shenoy, president, India Semiconductor Association, said, "The summit opens a window to the opportunities that await India in the global semiconductor industry. It is an opportunity to interact with peers in the industry as well as meet global visionaries who will provide business direction to our sector in this region."

Headquartered in Bangalore, ISA is a representing body of the Indian semiconductor industry and was established in 2004. ISA's mandate is to building global awareness for the Indian semiconductor industry and creating productive interaction between semiconductor product and services companies, government, academia, venture capitalists and industry bodies. It has strategic partnerships with global bodies like FSA, JEDEC, TSoCC and VSI.