WSTS Autumn 2018 Committee Meeting Scottsdale, USA
This site has all the information for your planning to participate in the next Committee Meeting. As time goes by, more and more information for your detailed travel planning and active participation will be provided on this site.
Date
12 to 15 November 2018
Venue
Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas
6333 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85250-5428
USA
Tel: +1-480-948-7750
Fax: +1-480-948-2232
Committee Meeting Participants
Each WSTS Member Company has one official representative in the Committee, who is expected to participate in the Committee Meeting (Business Meeting) and to assume his/her voting rights in the Business Meeting on Tuesday morning. Any other employee of a WSTS Member Company is invited to participate in all parts of the Committee Meeting (Business Meeting and Forecast Meeting). Participation in the Forecast Meeting is subject to the submission of a premeeting forecast.
Furthermore the representatives of the Semiconductor Industry Associations are invited to participate as observers. During your registration you will be required to declare in which role you will attend the meeting.
Certain detailed information such as the agenda, the list of participants etc. is only accessible to holders of WSTS user accounts and/or to registered participants. If you have registered but do not have a WSTS user account, you may login to this meeting web site (right upper corner) with your registration ID as user name and your last name as password.
Any non-member semiconductor company who has serious interest to join WSTS may send a participant to the Committee Meeting as observer. Such request is to be made to the WSTS Administrator.
Participation Fee and Hotel Cost
Participation Fee
The applicable rates are summarized in the table below.
Please observe the following deadlines:
05 September 2018 start of registration period.
21 September 2018 last day to benefit from discounted participation fee.
08 October 2018 last day to benefit from standard participation fee.
20 October 2018 last day for meeting registration or change of registration.
Participants who booked at the discounted participation fee (before or on 21 September), but who change any details of their registration after 22 September will have to pay the regular participation fee. Minor changes (change of room type, addition of supplementary information) will however not cause a reassessment of the participation fee.
| Registration Date | Fee per Day: Tuesday to Thursday |
Fee for whole Meeting |
| On or before 21 September | US$150 | US$400 |
| On or before 08 October | US$200 | US$550 |
| After 08 October | US$300 | US$750 |
In case of cancellation of the registration in whole or in part WSTS will retain US$100 per day or US$300 for the entire meeting.
Participation fees include a daily buffet lunch, a morning and afternoon break with coffee, tea and other refreshments as well as a dinner on Tuesday and Thursday. All dinners are also available to accompanying spouses free of charge.
Hotel Cost
All room rates include all applicable taxes. Check-in time is 04:00pm, check-out time is 12:00am.
| Room type | Single Use | Twin Use |
| Run of House | US$193.00 | US$193.00 |
The room rate includes 13.92% tax. Breakfast is not included. A buffet breakfast is available for US$28.00 including service fee and tax.
Internet access is available on a complimentary basis in the guest rooms.
Meeting Registration and Hotel Reservation
The registration period has ended. For changes of your regsitration please use the link provided on your confirmation email.
Tentative Agenda
Below is the tentative agenda. Daily allocation of topics is still subject to change.
| Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
| Monday, Nov 12 |
Executive Committee Meeting (Participation for EC Members only) | Board of Directors Meeting (Participation for Directors only) | BOD Dinner |
| Tuesday, Nov 13 |
Business Meeting, Macroeconomic World Review, Semi Industry Update | Enduse Presentations, SOC/IP Design Cost, Policy Overview-U.S. midterm election, New Member Session | Welcome Dinner |
| Wednesday, Nov 14 |
Discrete Power Semiconductors, GP and Application Specific Analog, Std Logic and Bipolar | Special Purpose Logic, MCU | No Program |
| Thursday, Nov 15 |
Discrete Small Signal, MPU, DSP, DRAM, SRAM, ROM, EPROM and OTHER Memories, FLASH Memories | Sensors and Actuators,Optoelectronics, Forecast Wrap-Up, Adjournment | Thursday Dinner |
We are expecting external speakers form IC Insight, IHS, Strategy Analytics, Semico Research and SIA on Tuesday
- Detailed Agenda for download - issue 14 November (Log in required)
- Agenda Business Meeting (Log in required)
Presentations for download (Acrobat format)
Downloads are available for meeting participants only on Tuesday, November 13th . PowerPoint versions will be provided after the meeting.
- 13 Tuesday presentations (Log in required)
- 14 Wednesday presentations (Log in required)
- 15 Thursday presentations (Log in required)
Planning Your Participation
If you participate in the meeting, a number of critical deadlines need to be observed. The planning calendar may be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this column or click here.
Active Participation
Contact the Vice Chairman of your region if you are willing to make a presentation or lead a session at the meeting.
The List of Active Participants, shows which topics are already assigned and which are still open (log in required).
Presenters should attentively read the "Guidelines for Presenters" .
Submission of Pre-Meeting Forecast
Participation in the Forecast Meeting is subject to the submission of a premeeting forecast. Schedule:
25 October 2018: issue of blank pre-meeting forecast file including Q3 2018 BB data
01 November 2218: submission of pre-meeting forecast to WSTS
04 November 2018: publication of pre-meeting average forecast to all participating companies
The following downloads are available for Forecast Program users only:
Forecast program user manual (Log in required)
How to submit the Scottsdale pre-meeting forecast (Log in required)
Travel and Transfer
Most participants from abroad will travel by air and arrive at Phoenix International Airport . Taxi cost to the hotel approx. $40, Uber would be closer to $25. No public transportaion from airport available,
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) website
Practical Hints and Useful Links
Visitor information Phoenix, Arizona
Tourist information Scottsdale Arizona
Electricity in the US is 110V 60Hz AC.
Time Zone: Scottsdale (MST) is 7hs behind UTC (UTC -07 hours) in November
List of Registered Participants
List of registered participants (this list is permanently updated whenever a registration is completed. You may also check the status of your own registration) For log in please use the temporary user data for the Scottsdale meeting, your permanent user account will not work.
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