Link to the conference:  http://cmp.imag.fr/conferences/ewme2012/

Microelectronic education in emerging economies – led by Prof Srinivas Mandalika (BITS Pilani, India) and Prof Andrzej Rucinski (University of New Hampshire) —

The  session aims to present the heritage, state of the art, and development strategies of microelectronics education in emerging  countries ranging from former Soviet Union territory, Asia, South  America, and Africa. Most of new semiconductor foundries are being  constructed in Asia and the contribution of China and India to global economy is well known:

http://cmp.imag.fr/conferences/ewme2012/SpecialSessions.php