April 24, 2012 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is hosting its annual user conference CDNLive! EMEA from May 14 to 16 at the Dolce Hotel in Munich/ Unterschleissheim. The series of worldwide CDNLive! user conferences brings together Cadence technology users, developers, and industry experts who are shaping the future of the electronics industry.

The conference will focus on sharing fresh ideas and best practices that address all aspects of design and IP creation, integration, and verification. Attendees of CDNLive! EMEA will benefit from exploring new techniques for realizing advanced silicon, SOC, and systems.

On Tuesday, May 15, the conference will start with a keynote presentation by Lip-Bu Tan, President and CEO at Cadence, followed by an industry keynote by IMEC's CEO Luc Van den hove. During the event, attendees will be able to choose from a wide range of user-presented technical papers, live demonstrations of the latest features and capabilities in Cadence products, as well as have the opportunity to network with their peers.

For the fifth time at the EMEA conference, the Cadence Academic Network will host an academic track providing a forum to present outstanding work in education and research from groups or universities. The Network was launched in 2007 to promote the proliferation of leading-edge technologies and methodologies at universities renowned for their engineering and design excellence. The academic track is fully integrated into the CDNLive! user conference, and all accepted submissions will be listed in the CDNLive! program.

In addition to the keynotes and user-presented technical papers, companies such as GlobalFoundries, TSMC, and Samsung will be exhibiting this year at the Designer Expo.