WSTS Spring 2018 Committee Meeting Vienna, Austria
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
21 to 24 May 2018
Venue
Radisson Blu Park Park Royal Palace Hotel Vienna
Schlossallee 8
A-1140 Wien / Vienna
Tel: +43 1 891100
Fax: +43 1 89110 9090
Email: info.parkroyalpalace.vienna@radissonblu.com
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:
01 March 2018 start of registration period.
18 March 2018 last day to benefit from discounted participation fee.
08 April 2018 last day to benefit from standard participation fee.
30 April 2018 last day for meeting registration or change of registration.
Participants who booked at the discounted participation fee (before or on 18 March), but who change any details of their registration after 19 March 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 18 March | US$150 | US$400 |
On or before 08 April | US$200 | US$550 |
After 08 April | 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 VAT and all applicable taxes.
Room type | Single Use | Twin Use |
Deluxe Room | €140.00 | €159.00 |
A daily complimentary buffet breakfast is included.
WiFi Internet access is available on a complimentary basis in the guest rooms.
Meeting Registration and Hotel Reservation
The registration period has ended.
Tentative Agenda
Below is the tentative agenda. Daily allocation of topics is still subject to change.
Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
Monday, May 21 |
Executive Committee Meeting (Participation for EC Members only) | Board of Directors Meeting (Participation for Directors only) | BOD Dinner |
Tuesday, May 22 |
Business Meeting, Macroeconomic World Review, Enduse Presentations | Enduse Presentations to be continued | Welcome Dinner |
Wednesday, May 23 |
Discrete Power Semiconductors, GP and Application Specific Analog, Std Logic and Bipolar | Special Purpose Logic, MCU | No Program |
Thursday, May 24 |
Discrete Small Signal, MPU, DSP, DRAM, SRAM, ROM, EPROM and OTHER Memories, FLASH Memories | Sensors and Actuators,Optoelectronics, Forecast Wrap-Up, Adjournment | Thursday Dinner |
- Detailed Agenda for download, issue 21 May (Log in required)
- Agenda Business Meeting 22 May 2018 UPDATE (Log in required)
Presentations for download (Acrobat format)
Downloads are available for meeting participants only on Tuesday, May 22th . PowerPoint versions will be provided after the meeting.
- 22 Tuesday presentations (Log in required)
- 23 Wednesday presentations (Log in required)
- 24 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, issue xx 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:
27 April, 2018: issue of blank pre-meeting forecast file including Q1 2018 BB data
08 May, 2018: submission of pre-meeting forecast to WSTS
11 May, 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 Vienna pre-meeting forecast (Log in required)
Travel and Transfer
Most participants from abroad will travel by air and arrive at Vienna International Airport . Transfer to the hotel will take approx. 30 minutes by taxi.
Vienna International Airport website
CAT City Airport Train
Map of hotel environment and access information
Practical Hints and Useful Links
Travelguide to Vienna
Electricity in Vienna is 220V 50Hz AC.
Time Zone: Vienna (CEST) is 2h ahead UTC (UTC +02 hours) in May.
Tip: Service charge is included in the bill but waiters will expect a 10% - 15% tip. However, tipping is left to your discretion.
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)