General Infomation DATE AND LOCATION The 2004 Symposium on VLSI Technology and the 2004 Symposium on VLSI Circuits will be held on June 15-17 and June 17-19, 2004 respectively. The Technology Short Course will be held on June 14. The Circuits Short Course will be held on June 16. All the meetings will be held at Hilton Hawaiian Village, 2005 Kalia Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815-1999 USA. TECHNICAL PROGRAMS AND SOCIAL EVENTS Date Morning and Afternoon Evening Monday, June 14  VLSI Technology Short Course  Reception Tuesday, June 15  Symposium on VLSI Technology  Banquet Wednesday, June 16  Symposium on VLSI Technology  Rump Sessions  VLSI Circuits Short Course  Reception Thursday, June 17  Symposium on VLSI Technology    Symposium on VLSI Circuits  Rump Sessions Friday, June 18  Symposium on VLSI Circuits  Banquet Saturday, June 19  Symposium on VLSI Circuits (Morning)   To encourage open discussion of technical information, cameras, tape recorders etc. will not be allowed in any sessions. REGISTRATION DESK The technical digest and registration materials will be distributed at the registration desk in the Palace Lounge Lobby in the Tapa Tower. The registration desk will be open as follows: Symposium on VLSI Technology Sunday, June 13 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Monday, June 14 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 15 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 16 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Thursday, June 17 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Symposium on VLSI Circuits Tuesday, June 15 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 16 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Thursday, June 17 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Friday, June 18 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Saturday, June 19 7:30 a.m.-12:30 noon MESSAGE Please check the message board periodically. It will be located near the registration desk. Please advise those who wish to reach you during the day to phone the Hilton Hawaiian Village operator (+808-949-4321) and request the registration desk for the VLSI Symposia . VISA REQUIREMENT All foreign participants must have a valid passport. We would like to advise all participants, who may be required to apply for a VISA, that the application process requires time. Please contact the nearest US embassy as soon as possible. TRAVEL EXPENSE SUPPORT Requests for partial travel expense support for students who are presenting papers should be sent to Secretariat USA (see below for address) no later than April 26, 2004. Sponsors IEEE Electron Devices Society Japan Society of Applied Physics Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Secretariat USA Japan Widerkehr and Associates 16220 S. Frederick Ave., Suite 312 Gaithersburg, MD 20877, USA Tel: +301-527-0900 ext. 103 Fax: +301-527-0994 E-mail: vlsi@vlsisymposium.org c/o Business Center for Academic Societies Japan 5-16-9 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8622, Japan Tel: +81-3-5814-5800 Fax: +81-3-5814-5823 E-mail: vlsisymp@bcasj.or.jp