Test developer conference celebrates 10th anniversary

This year’s international conference will be held in both the United States and Asia with events at the Paradise Point Resort & Spa in San Diego, California, on May 10-11 and – for the first time – in Hsinchu, Taiwan, at the Sheraton Hotel on May 18.

The VOICE 2016 technical program will feature Advantest customers, partners and employees from around the world sharing their insights and best practices. The number of submitted and accepted papers reached new highs this year, and is reflected in the comprehensive and expanded schedule of technical presentations, which also includes an increase in those related to system-on-chip (SoC) test.

Technical sessions will cover hot, timely topics in the automatic test equipment (ATE) industry, hardware design and integration, improving throughput, reducing time to market, new hardware and software test solutions, test methodologies, device-specific testing and – for the first time – a product engineering track.

Additional topics will be spotlighted in technical kiosks staffed by Advantest R&D engineers, industry experts and technologists from supplier companies.

In addition to the strong technical content, VOICE 2016 will include a dynamic keynote speaker each morning.

The San Diego event’s opening day will feature a talk by the industry visionary who presented the first-ever VOICE keynote in 2006; Michael Campbell, senior vice president of engineering for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, will discuss “Technologies & Trends Driving the Internet of Things.”

The second day’s keynote speaker will be Yossi Ghinsberg, an international best-selling author whose exhilarating true story of survival in the Amazon jungle soon will be the subject of a Hollywood movie.

In Taiwan, Colley Hwang, president of the international information source Digitimes and former head of the Institute for Information Industry’s Market Intelligence Center, will deliver a keynote entitled “Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for the Asian Semiconductor Industry.”

A new VOICE Mobile App, available for both the San Diego and Taiwan venues, will make it easy for attendees to connect before and during the events and to access conference highlights, agendas, session details, maps, technology kiosk information and more. Participants also can interact with other VOICE attendees, share photos, check in for the various conference activities and learn more about event sponsors and industry supporters.

Opportunities for face-to-face interaction will be available in various networking activities, including a special 10^th anniversary celebration event on May 10 at the iconic USS Midway in San Diego. In addition, a Partners’ Expo will be held in both San Diego and Taiwan for sponsors to showcase their advanced solutions related to semiconductor testing.

“To celebrate our 10^th anniversary, we wanted this year’s VOICE to be the best ever and the response has been outstanding,” said Judy Davies, ambassador for the VOICE 2016 Developer Conference and vice president of Global Marketing Communications at Advantest. “I want to thank our sponsors, industry supporters and VOICE board members for helping to make 2016 a record year for this annual industry gathering. We invite all of our users and partners to join us in San Diego, Taiwan or both locations for a truly memorable VOICE