September 29, 2026
Submission site open
The purpose of the Exhibitor Forum is to present content on the exhibit floor that is interesting to both the technical and business audiences that attend DAC. The Exhibitor Forum submissions are only open to current DAC exhibiting companies.
The Exhibitor Forum offers vendors and service providers with a venue to deliver technical deep-dives that are open to both Exhibits and Technical Program attendees. It is a great opportunity to showcase underlying technologies or use cases to a large audience outside the confines of an exhibit space. Presentations should focus on technical challenges, underpinning technologies, and distinctive technical features. Those with sales focus will not be accepted.
Sessions will include topics at the forefront of electronic design and follow DAC’s topics areas as well as focused vertical markets:
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Design
Electronic Design Automation
Security
Systems
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Aerospace and Defense
Automotive
Consumer
Data Center
Industrial
Wireless Communications
Wired Communications
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Chiplet
Cloud
Low Power
Each Exhibitor Forum session is 30 minutes and there is no limit to the number of submissions per vendor.
Accepted Exhibit Forum presentations will require a sponsored presentation fee of $4,950. This fee includes a complete audio-visual setup, an excel of the badge scans for your presentation, and a professionally recorded video of your presentation that is posted to the DACtv channel on YouTube.
The sponsored presentation fee will be invoiced to the exhibiting company upon acceptance of a proposal.
Once accepted, time slots will be assigned by DAC.
Exhibitor Forum attendees will have their badges scanned at each presentation. Each presenting company will be provided with their session attendee scans two weeks after the close of the conference.
Presentations will be video recorded with the permission of the presenting company. Each presenting company will have access to the video via YouTube four weeks after DAC.
Timeline
February 15, 2027
Submission deadline
5:00PM (PST)
March 8, 2027
Notification Acceptance/Rejection
April 10, 2027
Final abstract deadline
April 10, 2027
Registration Deadline
May 1, 2027
A/V Form Due
May 29, 2027
Draft Slides Deadline
June 1, 2027
Slide Feedback Notification
June 11, 2027
Final Slides Due
Submission Requirements
Your session information will be submitted via a web form (an abstract of no more than 250 words). Do not submit company-confidential information.
Presentations
The presenter’s name, presentation title, and abstract will appear in the online DAC program exactly as you enter it in the submission site. Presenters must be a member of the participating exhibiting company that is presenting in the Forum.
If an exhibitor would like to submit a panel suggestion to the exhibitor forum please contact the Special Program’s Chair for submission guidelines and submission approval.
Review Criteria
Exhibitor Forum presentations must be associated with a DAC industry exhibit booth.
Exhibitor Forum proposals are reviewed by experts and are evaluated on the following criteria:
Alignment of content to the topic areas listed above and the DAC conference theme,
Demonstrated or potential impact on the design automation industry
Newness
Relevance of presented innovation(s)
The first two points of criteria are valued at 30 points each. The second two are valued at 20 points each. A perfect submission would receive 100 points total.
All other factors, including order of submissions, will have no bearing on acceptance. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Submission Selections
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Please select up to two of the following Topic Areas:
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Security
Design
Systems
Electronic Design Automation
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Please select up to three of the following Keywords:
AI and Machine Learning
Low Power
Architecture & System Design
Logic & High-level Synthesis
Chiplets, Interconnects and 3D Integration
Manufacturing and Process
Circuits and Technology
Physical Design
Cloud Computing, Compute/Storage Infrastructure
Quantum Computing
Design Technology Co-optimization
Safety & Reliability
Embedded Systems and IoT
Security & Privacy
Emerging Technologies
Test and Design for Test (DFT)
FPGA Systems
Verification & Validation
Formal/Static Methods
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If a submission will be relevant to a specific industry or industries, one or more of the following industries may be selected:
Aerospace and Defense
Industrial
Automotive
Wireless Communications
Consumer
Wired Communications
Data Center
Review Process and Selection
Submissions are reviewed by Exhibits manager, Publicity Chair and Special Programs Chair. Selections are presented to the DAC EC for review and approval.
Submitted content will be presented to the EC for approval by mid-February prior to or at the EC Winter meeting.
Submitters are notified of acceptance by March 8, 2027.
Once the submission is accepted and notifications have been received. The submission exhibitor will be invoiced for the Exhibit Forum presentation fee of
Guidelines for Accepted Presentations
Presentations must be submitted in PDF in 16:9 aspect ratio (slides can be created in Powerpoint but should be saved as .pdf to submit)
Total number of slides must be 12 or fewer (including title slide)
Company logo may only appear on title slide
Intro slide should clearly state the topic being addressed
Slides should be used to frame the discussion – presenters are encouraged to minimize the amount of content on the slides and focus on providing details via discussion
Presentation should be 30 minutes maximum to allow for 15 minutes of audience Q&A after the presentation
Important - ensure that you have the necessary legal, trademark, copyright, and/or organizational approval needed to submit your presentation. Take appropriate steps to get this approval early, as the submissions deadline cannot be extended.
NO changes to presenter, presentation title or abstract after April 10, 2027.