Welcome from the general chair

On behalf of the entire IEDM committee, I would like to welcome you to the 2009 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting to be held December 7–9, 2009 in Baltimore, MD. The IEDM continues to be the world´s premier venue for presenting the latest breakthroughs and the broadest and best technical information in electronic device technologies. This year we have a strong collection of both contributed and invited papers that will be presented by industrial and academic leaders and students from around the world. Short summaries of each paper are available on the IEDM web site, which we encourage everyone to visit - http://www.ieee.org/conference/iedm. This year, we will be distributing an abbreviated digest at the meeting, along with electronic versions of the complete abstracts, to more effectively leverage modern electronic content distribution capabilities. The full digest will be available on the IEEE Xplore website and the DVD package offered by the IEEE Electron Devices Society after the conference.