> I've also heard that DesignCon 2009's attendance was also equally down by
> roughly 40% this year, but that's just estimates I heard from people who
> went to it; NOT from any official DesignCon people.
>
>     - from http://www.deepchip.com/wiretap/090406.html


From: Katie Post <kpost=user domain=iec.org>

Hi, John,

I saw that you were looking for official numbers on DesignCon 2009.  I'm the
Coms Coordinator at the IEC.  I'm happy to pass along our post-show reports.

DesignCon 2009 demographics -

                VPs and above :  : ########### 17%
       Directors and Managers :  : ########################### 40%
      Engineers and Designers :  : ############################# 43%


           Design Engineering :  : ############################# 44%
       Engineering Management :  : ############## 21%
          Sales and Marketing :  : ############### 22%
              R&D Engineering :  : #### 6%
                    Education :  : # 1%
                        other :  : #### 6%


               Semiconductors :  : ########################### 41%
       Computers, SW, periph. :  : ######### 13%
                   Consulting :  : ######### 13%
         Test and Measurement :  : ####### 10%
               Communications :  : #### 6%
            Auto and Consumer :  : #### 6%
                     Mil-Aero :  : # 2%
                        other :  : 10%


Overall DesignCon attendance -

      2007 :  : ################################################### 5,048
      2008 :  : #################################################### 5,186
      2009 :  : ################################################## 4,945

The rumor that the DesignCon 2009 attendance was "down 40%" was incorrect.
In truth, it was only down a flat 4.6% out of approximately 5,000 attendees.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

    - Katie Post
      International Engineering Consortium (IEC)      Chicago, IL