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Free Silicon Conference 2025

Welcome

The 2025 Free Silicon Conference (FSiC) will take place in Frankfurt (Oder) on July 02 - 04 2025 (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.

To participate at the conference, both as speaker and as attendee please register via the registration form.

Participation Fee:

- for free-time contributors: free admission
- for affiliated students: early bird 160 € (till 16 May 2025), regular 200 €
- for professionals: early bird 340 € (till 16 May 2025), regular 400 €

If you would like to support the conference financially as a sponsor without exhibition space, with a contribution that exceeds the participation fee, please use the registration form.

If you want to be a sponsor and require an exhibitor area (Poster, Table, etc.), please contact us via E-mail to events(at)ihp-microelectronics.com

We look forward to welcoming you soon to FSiC 2025 at IHP.

Agenda

The full agenda and further information can be found here: FSiC 2025

Registration FSiC 2025

FSiC Registration

Participation Fee

- for free-time contributors: free admission
- for affiliated students: early bird 160 €, regular 200 €
- for professionals: early bird 340 €, regular 400 €

Address / Company Address
Invoice Address (if different)
Additional Information

Accommodation

Hotel City Residence Frankfurt Oder
Bahnhofstraße 11
15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Telefon: 0335 6642666
Fax: 0335 38712143
Email: info(at)hotel-city-residence.de

City Park Hotel                        
Frankfurt an der Oder GmbH
Lindenstraße 12                
15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Tel. 03 35 - 55 32 0
Fax:  03 35 - 55 32 605
Email: info(at)citypark-hotel.de

B&B Hotel Frankfurt (Oder)
Dresdner Platz 1
15232 Frankfurt (Oder)
Tel. 0335 40114680
Email: frankfurt-oder(at)hotelbb.com

The password for the hotel reservation is: FSIC 2025

How to find us

Sponsors

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Acknowledgements

This conference is co-funded by European Union through the Coordination and Support Action GoIT project with ID number 101070669. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or of the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.

It also received funding from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) under the NGI0 Commons Fund project. The NGI0 Commons Fund has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101135429.

Terms and Conditions

§ 1 Scope of application 
These General Terms and Conditions regulate the contractual relationship between the participant of congresses and conferences (hereinafter: event) and the IHP GmbH headquartered at Im Technologiepark 25, D 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), represented by the managing directors Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kahmen and Nicolas Hübener (hereinafter: IHP) as the event organizer. Deviating general terms and conditions of the participant do not apply.
 
 
§ 2 Registration 
The registration for participation at the event is performed online using the registration tool. The participant will receive a confirmation of participation that will contain the information provided by the participant in the course of the online registration. Errors made in the process can be indicated to IHP at any time via the e-mail-address events@ihp-microelectronics.com. 
 

§ 3 Remuneration 
(1)    The participation fee can be found on the registration form. The sum stated there includes the participation in the IHP event (if applicable, including documentation, refreshments, etc.). The sum includes any statutory value added tax incurred. The price does not include the participant’s travel costs, accommodations or expenses. 
(2)    The payment is to be made by bank transfer or credit card. Payment with cash or checks is not possible. 
(3)    IHP will send the participant an invoice for remuneration upon confirming the participation. The participation is confirmed and the contract is concluded after delivery of the invoice. The costs are due within 7 days after receipt of the invoice. 
(4)    Should the participant be in arrears with the payment, IHP is authorized to demand interest on arrears of 5% p.a. above the basic interest rate (Art. 247 Sec. 1 BGB – German Civil Code). Should IHP prove damages incurred over and above this sum, IHP may assert these. Similarly, the participant is authorized to show that no damages were incurred or that these were substantially lower than asserted by IHP. 
 

§ 4 Performance of the event; changes 
(1)    IHP is, subject to the following regulations, obligated to perform the event booked at the time, venue and with the personnel announced previously. 
(2)    IHP is permitted to relocate or reschedule the event, to have other speakers than those announced or to change the program. In case of a complete or partial relocation or curtailment of the event, the contract is considered to be concluded for the changed period should the participant fail to object within two weeks of the announcement. The price arranged will not be reduced. 
(3)    Should it not be possible to perform the event due to a force majeure or for due cause (e.g. illness of the speaker or too few participants), IHP may cancel the event and terminate the agreement. The participant will be informed of such immediately. In such a case the fees will be refunded. The participant has no claim to compensation for travel costs and accommodations or lost working time, unless such costs result from malicious intent or gross negligence on the part of IHP. Further claims on the part of the participant are excluded.  
 

§ 5 Withdrawal; Substitute Participant 
(1)    A cancellation of the conference registration is possible before the beginning of the event. The following terms and conditions apply to cancellations:
a    Cancellation free of charge is possible until the 18th of June 2025.
b    If the registration is cancelled at a later date, the entire participation fee will be due.
(2)    IHP will be happy to accept a substitute participant without additional costs after prior notification. 
(3)    Cancellation must be made in writing via E-mail to events@ihp-microelectronics.com. 
The receipt of the cancellation at the IHP counts for the adherence to the deadlines stated above.
(4)    Reimbursement of contributions is only possible via bank transfer. 
(5)    No donation receipts are issued by IHP.
 
 
§ 6 Liability 
(1)    IHP is liable only in cases of malicious intent or gross negligence on the part of IHP or its agents; this does not apply for damages resulting in death, bodily harm of health. 
(2)    In cases of minor negligence IHP is only liable for the violation of an obligation essential to the achievement of the contractual purpose (cardinal obligation). In such cases, liability is limited to the standard, contractual, foreseeable damages and the sum of the participant’s fees. 
(3)    IHP is not liable for the loss of objects brought to the events or for damages incurred when travelling to or from the venues. 
 

§ 7 Copyrights, images 
(1)    The documents are protected by copyright. The documents may only be used by the participant personally and may only be copied, published or forwarded to third parties, in whole or parts, with the prior written consent of the IHP. 
(2)    Recording of the event, e.g. audio or video, is to be clarified in advance.  
(3)    IHP and the Free Silicon Foundation are authorized to produce commercial images or video recordings of, at and in connection with the event, or to have such done and to use these, in particular, for marketing purposes. In recordings in which the participant has a right to their own image, the participant provides IHP and Free Silicon Foundation with the right to use the image without restrictions to time or space and at no cost. 

§ 8 Data protection 
IHP will use the personal data provided within the framework of the registration only for purposes of performing the event. In this context it may be necessary to provide this data to third parties. In particular in connection with the registration and invoicing of the participation fees. Furthermore, the personal data may be stored and used for the purpose of sending information about other similar events that may be of interest for the participant. This consent may be withdrawn at any time; the withdrawal of consent is to be made via Mail to events@ihp-microelectronics.com. 

§ 9 Right of Withdrawal for Consumers 
If the participant is a consumer within the sense of § 13 of the German Civil Code, the following shall apply: 
 
Cancellation Policy, Right of Withdrawal:

You have the right to revoke this contract within fourteen days without giving reasons.
The revocation period is fourteen days from the day of online registration.
To exercise the right of withdrawal, you must inform IHP GmbH via e-mail at events@ihp-microelectronics.com, with an unambiguous explanation of the decision to withdraw from this contract. In order to comply with the withdrawal period, it is sufficient that you send the notification of the exercise of the right of withdrawal prior to the expiration of the withdrawal period.
The revocation hast to be provided on the 18th of June 2025 latest. After this date IHP will start preparation and organization of the event. By acknowledging this cancellation policy, you expressly give your consent to IHP to start providing the aforementioned services before the end of the revocation period. 
Consequences of the withdrawal
If you withdraw from this agreement, we shall reimburse you immediately and no later than fourteen days from the date on which we receive notice of your withdrawal from this agreement for all payments we have received from you, including delivery charges (other than additional charges arising from your choice of a method of delivery other than the cheapest standard delivery offered by us), including any additional costs incurred by you as a result of your choice of such a method of delivery. For this refund we will use the same means of payment that you used for the original transaction, unless expressly agreed otherwise with you. In no event will you be charged for this refund.
End of information on the right of withdrawal

 
 
§ 10 Final provisions 
(1)    Ancillary agreements must be made in writing to be effective. This also applies for the altering of the requirement to make agreements in writing. 
(2)    Should a provision of these General Terms and Conditions be ineffective or become ineffective, this will not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions. A regulation corresponding to, appropriate for and permissible in terms of and for the purpose of the General Terms and Conditions will replace the ineffective provision. 
(3)    German law will apply with the exclusion of the UN Commercial Law. To the extent permissible by law, the jurisdiction is agreed to be Frankfurt an der Oder.
 

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