There are multiple options for panels at DAC: 

• Research Panels are organized as sessions within the technical conference program. Panels are intended to be of broad interest and attract a large audience. Panel topics should be interesting and timely, and the panels themselves should be engaging and informative. Each Research Panel is 90 or 120 minutes long.

• If you are interested in submitting a panel to one of our Engineering Tracks, please reach out to the specific Engineering Track Chair (in the Contact Information section of this page).

A good panel session explores a single high-level issue or question and includes representatives of differing viewpoints. Controversy is appropriate and encouraged. The topic should be relevant to multiple segments of DAC attendees. This year DAC has the following topic areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Design, EDA, and Systems. See the Submission Categories tab below for more information.

We encourage the submission of ideas and suggestions for panel topics. The DAC Panels Chair will make every effort to collaborate with the panel proposers to shape and refine the suggestions and to finalize the slate of panelists. Submitters of panel suggestions that are chosen for the conference will be recognized in the final conference program. All panels, panelists and moderators must receive final approval from the DAC Executive Committee, which takes into consideration the topics and the participants of all conference sessions to provide a diverse set of topics, participants and perspectives.

Note:  All panelist and moderators are required to register for the conference. 

Each submission will be evaluated by the Panels Chair, who may refine the proposals and the slate of speakers to better fit the conference program. The Panels Chair will then work with the proposers of accepted panel submissions to finalize them for inclusion in the program. Proposers of accepted panels will be acknowledged in the DAC program (online and in print) and in the DAC proceedings.