\The Conference in fact saw well-attended technical training sessions and classes conducted by Indian and foreign experts from leading research and design facilities.  The workshops and seminars provided attendees access to leading vendors and live product demonstrations, gaining valuable insight into the most cutting edge technologies.

India is well on the global stage of the embedded systems industry. A joint study by the Indian Semiconductor Association and Frost & Sullivan has revealed that 81% of the jobs in semiconductor and electronics chip design are in Embedded space and this is set to become 86% by 2015.  The Indian semiconductor design industry is USD 4.6 bn in size of which embedded software is USD 3.7 bn”.  About 70% of the companies in embedded software space were Indian in origin and include such globally respected names as TCS, Ittiam, Satyam etc.  In this context the holding of the first ESC India has been timely, being held in Bangalore - the hub of electronic design in India.

Local design engineers and software developers need better access to critical, high quality, and unbiased engineering, design and technical information. According to the Indian Semiconductor Association, design starts in India are growing in both the number and complexity - from 280 in 2005 to a projected 2,173 in 2015, a CAGR of 20 percent. And semiconductor sales in India are forecasted to grow from $2.82 Billion in 2005 to $36.3 Billion by 2015 – a CAGR of 29.8 percent.