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EDAC To Educate on Critical Software Export Regulations

After a long hiatus, the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDAC) export committee is back with important information on worldwide regulations and their impact on individual engineers and EDA-IP companies.

This short interview highlights just a few of the ways in which export regulations affect EDA companies, their customers, and even the entire industry. Here are the key take-aways from this pre-seminar interview between Sean O’Kane and Larry Disenhof, Cadence’s Group Director, Export Compliance and Government Relations, and Chairman of the EDAC Export Committee.

Highlights:

› Disenhof discusses the cautionary tale of an engineer named Sixing Liu, a permanent US resident, who was caught carrying sensitive company data on his laptop during a flight to China. The seminar will discuss how companies can keep themselves out of trouble even if their employees make serious export mistakes.

› All US exports of EDA software and services are controlled under the Export Administration Regulations.  New lobbying efforts in Washington will be needed to ensure that EDA technology remains unrestricted. This seminar will bring people up to speed on the direction of these latest lobbying efforts, why support is needed, and how it will impact individuals, businesses, and their customers.

The seminar is open to all EDAC members. If you’re not a member, you can join by simply applying at www.edac.org.

Watch the seminar online or on location – details below:
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Reception: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Seminar: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: EDA Consortium, 3081 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95134