FSiC2024

Free Silicon Conference 2024
Genre	Free software and free hardware development conference
Location(s)	Paris, Sorbonne Université
Country	France
Website	wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC2024

The 2024 Free Silicon Conference (FSiC) will take place in Paris (Sorbonne) on June 19, 20, 21 2024 (Wednesday to Friday). This event will build on top of the past FSiC editions. The conference will connect experts and enthusiasts who want to build a complete Free and Open Source CAD ecosystem for designing analog and digital integrated circuits. The conference will cover the full spectrum of the design process, from system architecture, to layout and verification. After the daily talks, the discussion will continue until late in an informal and relaxed atmosphere.

News

January 15: submissions are open.

Submission

For proposing a talk, please submit a title and a short summary at fsic2024 'at' f-si.org. Topics are not restricted to the tentative program.

Participation

Participation to the conference is free of charge but the attendance must be reserved per email at fsic2024 'at' f-si.org. Details will be announced on this page and over the mastodon channel.

Organizing committee

Luca Alloatti

Libre hardware promoter

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1245-4179

‟Technology is political. I stand for defending free access to technology and the right for transparency.”

Gaëtan Cassiers

Hardware security researcher

https://perso.cassiersg.be

‟Free and transparent technology empowers people and protects fundamental freedoms.”

Constantin Gierczak-Galle

Student and enthousiast

‟Technology can be both Mankind's development and demise. Promoting the former while hindering the latter can only happen through decentralization, democratization and open collaboration.”

Matthias Köfferlein

FOSS EDA author

https://www.klayout.org

‟I am passionate about helping people with my technical skills. Coding EDA is like gardening to me: may it grow and feed people.”

Thomas Kramer

Skeptical technology enthusiast

https://libreda.org

‟I like to understand technology, to adapt and enhance it. Technology should not be mythical or owned by experts only, it needs to be comprehensible.”

Martin Schoeberl

Professor at DTU

https://www.imm.dtu.dk/~masca/

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Tentative program

Sustainability

This session is organized independently by Sorbonne Université. The program and the submission instructions are available here.

Local hosting committee

The event is hosted by Sorbonne Université and members of the LIP6 laboratory including Roselyne Chotin, Marie-Minerve Louerat and Franck Wajsbürt.

Donations

We are looking for sponsors to cover extra services at the conference, such as food and beverages. In case of interest, please write at fsic2024 'at' f-si.org.

Academic sponsors

Acknowledgements

This conference is funded by the EU HORIZON Coordination and Support Action GoIT project with ID number 101070669.