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Future World Symposium Debates Financing Innovation in the Next Decade

Malcolm Penn, CEO of the global semiconductor industry analyst house Future Horizons, will chair the panel.

Starting on the 15th September at London's historic Lord's Cricket Ground, the two-day conference seeks to unveil the paths of global technological innovation throughout the next decade.

John Moor, VP of design innovation at the NMI said, "The costs associated with starting an IC company are increasing, and so too is the length of time it takes to see a return on that investment. This has meant many VC's are moving to later stage investments or vacated the semiconductor sector altogether.

"Start ups are vital to innovation in a great many sectors and the financing of this community is crucial. Are we about to see a new model for start ups that does not rely so heavily on VC backing or do we need to see some high profile successes to revitalise the interest of the VC's?"

Tickets and further Future World Symposium information is available on the FWS-2010 website. You can also follow Future World Symposium news announcements on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

The symposium has been organised by the NMI, the UK and Ireland's semiconductor industry trade association.

About the Future World Symposium
The Future World Symposium is a two day conference and showcase of international appeal where thought leaders and industrialists engage the connected, smart and electronically-enabled worlds of innovation, opportunity and challenge.

It seeks to explore the road ahead and during the event thought leaders, researchers and industrialists will help us see the digital opportunity through their eyes.

The event will be held at Lord's Cricket Ground on the 15th and 16th September 2010.

National Microelectronics Institute
John Moor
Tel: +44 (0)1506 401210
E-mail: info@nmi.org.uk
Web: www.nmi.org.uk
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Publitek Limited
Rob Ashwell
Tel: +44 (0)1225 470 000
E-mail: rob.ashwell@publitek.com
Web: www.publitek.com