Innovation: Key to Taiwan's lead in the global electronics industry
Taiwan is set to become an international R&D, manufacturing and operations center through "Challenge 2008 National Development Plan".

The Plan will focus on four key technologies: semiconductors, digital content, displays and biotechnology.

Inspire innovation at IIC-Taiwan
At IIC-Taiwan, industry visionaries from international and regional technology vendors inspire Taiwan's design innovators with the very latest design though and enabling technologies.

This is Asia-Pacific's hottest annual design forum.

IIC-Taiwan completes the technology innovation cycle by providing design engineers and technical managers with the most comprehensive platform for developing tomorrow's chip, board and system design.

IIC-Taiwan is part of the International IC series, comprising IIC-China in Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu. For the past 12 years, IIC-China has delivered the latest IC applications, embedded and EDA technologies to China's design engineers, technical and procurement managers.

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About Taipei World Trade Center
TWTC Exhibition Hall 2 was built to meet heavy demand for exhibition space at the main TWTC Exhibition Hall and was completed on November 26, 1999.

Hall 2 is located just a few minutes walk from the TWTC Exhibition Building, and is next to Taipei 101 and Vie Show Cinemas (formerly Warner Village) in the center of the Hsinyi Planned District.

TWTC Hall 2 is a suitable place for international exhibitions or large-scale local shows like Information Month, since Hall 2 can be flexibly matched with the main TWTC Exhibition Hall for joint-venue events.

TWTC Hall 2 has a total floor area of 9,972 sq. meters. Its main exhibition floor measures 6,706 sq. meters and it can accommodate 331 standard 3m x 3m booths. The specially constructed floor has a capacity to withstand 1,500 kg/sq.m.

The ceiling beams for Hall 2 stretch 43 meters. Aside from surpassing international standards they also hold the title of second widest unsupported ceiling span in the area.

Full range of services Hall 2 brings into play a complete package of modern services, including a VIP Room and 2 offices for show organizers. On the second floor is a meeting room and a 3rd floor restaurant can accommodate 300 diners. Next door is a convenient 2-storey 24-hour car parking lot with a capacity for 220 cars and 97 motorcycles.

About Global Sources
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company and a primary facilitator of two-way trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other key business segment facilitates trade from the world to Greater China using Chinese-language media.

The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 2 million products and more than 170,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 9 specialized trade shows which run 29 times a year across nine cities.

Suppliers receive more than 27 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online (http://www.globalsources.com) alone.

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