1. 1/5 VLSI-SOC 2013 in ISTANBUL by H. Fatih Ugurdag, L. Miguel Silveira

2. 2/5  Istanbul  Venue  Status Program  Next steps VLSI-SoC 2013

3. 3/5 Istanbul sights

4. 4/5 Hagia Sophia 4

5. 5/5 Novotel Zeytinburnu (Olive Point ) Single Occ. 115 Eu (incl. Bfast+Internet+VAT) Double Occ. 130 Eu All rooms with sea view Up to 80 rooms guaranteed Right next to Hotel Ibis which has more rooms at cheaper prices Taxi: Airport 10 Eu City Center 15 Eu Free shuttle to City Center (Old City and Taksim) every hour

6. 6/5 3G3G Novotel OzU Asia Europe 5km Old City BCBC C

7. 7/5  229 paper submissions received  Reviews on their way (294 entered as of May 26)  IEEE MOU and sponsorship finalized  Verbal commitment from 2 gold sponsors: Dialog Semiconductor, Ericsson  Verbal commitment from 1 silver sponsor: Synopsys  PhD Forum CfP ready for distribution  Ricardo Reis committed 4500 Euros to PhD Forum as the new IFIP TC10 Chair Done since DATE in Grenoble

8. 8/5  Conference advertised at ARITH in Austin and DTIS in Abu Dhabi  3 Special Session proposals received  2 Embedded Tutorial proposals received  Received a commitment from Dr. Necip Sayıner for a keynote speech (CEO of Intersil and former CEO of Silicon Labs)  4 candidates so far for the 2 other keynotes  Contract finalized with the event org. firm Done – cont’d

9. 9/5  Europe 26%  Middle East 25%  North America14%  Far East14%  South Asia10%  Russia and neighbors5%  Other6% Demographics of the 699 paper authors

10. 10/5  12 topics  Between 7 and 9 members per topic, including 2 co-chairs  Total of 99 TPC members, including topic chairs & co-chairs  Reviews still undergoing; strict deadline today  Target number of sessions, embedded tutorials, etc will be defined in the next few days TPC

11. 11/5  Accept. rate for regular papers and posters needed  PhD Forum papers need to be solicited and received  Special Sessions need to be finalized  Embedded Tutorials need to be finalized  Keynotes need to be finalized  Panels, if any, need to be finalized  ACM-SIGDA sponsorship needs to be finalized  Contracts to be signed with gold and silver sponsors  Payu.com contract needs to be signed  Need to finalize the social program In Progress