November 13-14, 2012, IBM Watson Research Center
1101 Kitchawan Road, Route 134, Yorktown Heights, New York 10589
IBM announces the fourteenth IBM Technology Symposium to be held on November 13 and 14, 2012 (1 1/2 days), at the IBM Watson Research Center auditorium, in Yorktown Heights, New York. The theme for this year’s symposium is “Innovative Technologies for 2015 and Beyond." The purpose of the Symposium is to have a technical interchange between IBM and its suppliers and clients on topics related to energy efficiency, high-current power conversion, interconnect, packaging, mechanical, and thermal solutions. Topics of interest include power density improvements in AC/DC and DC/DC converters, server power efficiency improvements, efficient server power architectures, server reliability and availability requirements, server power management, high current and low inductance interconnect, packaging, reliability, lead-free solder process, anti-smoke design considerations, and components which facilitate these designs. Contact Rick Fishbune at (507) 253-4425, or E-mail at 
platform@us.ibm.com for information on how to submit papers for this Symposium.
This year, the keynote address will be presented by Bob Murphy, IBM Vice President Integrated Supply Chain, Global Hardware Execution, and John Acocella, IBM Vice President Systems Technology Group, Enterprise Systems and Technology Development. IBM Engineering is encouraging industry to participate with IBM in the Symposium.
Table of contents
| Attendees must be pre-registered to participate in this year’s event. In order to register for the event, please complete the following form and submit it to platform@us.ibm.com. Please register early. The last day to register for the Symposium is November 2, 2012.  IBM symposium enrollments.xls (37 KB) |
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| Deadline for abstract submissions | August 28, 2012 |
| IBM notification of selected papers | September 18, 2012 |
| Due date for symposium handout papers/presentations | November 2, 2012 |
| Due date for final presentation sent to platform@us.ibm.com |
November 2, 2012 |
Lodging - Near IBM Watson Research Center
There are several hotels near the IBM Watson Research Center:
- Comfort Inn and Suites
20 Saw Mill River Road
Hawthorne, NY 10532
(914) 592-8600
9.6 miles to IBM - Crowne Plaza
66 Hale Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
(800) 752-4672 / (914) 682-0050
17.3 miles from IBM - Holiday Inn
1 Holiday Inn Drive
Mount Kisco, NY 10549-1098
(888) 452-5771 / (914) 241-2600
5.5 miles from IBM - Hyatt House White Plains
101 Corporate Park Drive
White Plains, NY 10604
(866) 974-9288 / (914) 251-9700
18.8 miles from IBM - Marriott Courtyard
475 White Plains Road
Tarrytown, NY 10591
(800) 321-2211 / (914) 631-1122
14.3 miles from IBM - Marriott Westchester
670 White Plains Road
Tarrytown, NY 10591-4945
(800) 228-9290 / (914) 631-2200
13.8 miles from IBM - Marriott Residence Inn Westchester
5 Barker Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
(800) 331-3131 / (914) 761-7700
16.4 miles from IBM - Marriott Renaissance Westchester
80 W. Red Oak Lane
White Plains, NY 10604
(800) 468-3571 / (914) 694-5400
20.6 miles from IBM - Sheraton Tarrytown
600 White Plains Road
Tarrytown, NY 10591
(800) 325-3535 / (914) 332-7900
14 miles from IBM - Tarrytown House Estate and Conference Center
49 East Sunnyside Lane
Tarrytown, NY 10591
(800) 553-8118 / (914) 591-8200
16.3 miles from IBM
Note: IBM does not endorse nor support any of the external sites/businesses listed here.
Directions and Yorktown site map
IBM Address:
1101 Kitchawan Road
Route 134
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
IBM Watson Research Center Receptionist: (914) 945-1614
Upper and Eastern New England
- Route I-84 west to Route I-684 south.
- Get off at exit 6.
- Go west on Route 35 to Route 100 south.
- Take Route 134 west 2.5 miles.
- IBM is on the left.
New Haven and Connecticut Shores
- Take Merritt Parkway (Route 15) or the New England Thruway (Route I-95) west to Route I-287 west.
- Get off at Exit 3 and go north on the Sprain Brook Parkway, which merges into the Taconic State Parkway north.
- Get off at the Ossining/Route 134 exit.
- Turn right, and proceed east on Route 134 several hundred yards.
- IBM is on the right.
New Jersey
- Take New York State Thruway (Route I-87) east across the Tappan Zee Bridge.
- Follow signs to the Saw Mill Parkway north.
- Proceed north on Saw Mill River Parkway to Taconic State Parkway north.
- Exit at the Ossining/Route 134 exit.
- Turn right, and proceed east on Route 134 several hundred yards.
- IBM is on the right.
Upstate New York
- Take Route I-84 east across the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge to Exit 16-S, Taconic State Parkway south.
- Get off at Route 134 east exit.
- Turn right, and proceed east on Route 134 several hundred yards.
- IBM is on the right.
New York City (Manhattan)
- Take the Henry Hudson Parkway north, which becomes the Saw Mill River parkway north.
- Take the Taconic State Parkway exit.
- Go north on the Taconic State Parkway, and get off at the Ossining/Route 134 exit.
- Turn right, and proceed east on Route 134 several hundred yards.
- IBM is on the right.
John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Drive north on the Van Wyck Expressway to the Whitestone Expressway.
- Continue north across the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge to the Hutchinson River Parkway north.
- Take the Cross County Parkway exit, and proceed west to the Bronx River Parkway.
- Go north on the Bronx River Parkway to the Sprain Brook Parkway north, which merges into the Taconic State Parkway north.
- Continue north to the Ossining/Route 134 exit.
- Turn right onto Route 134 east and proceed several hundred yards.
- IBM is on the right.
LaGuardia Airport
- Drive east on the Grand Central Parkway.
- Drive north on the Whitestone Expressway.
- Continue north across the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge.
- Continue with instructions from John F. Kennedy International Airport, above.
Newark International Airport
- Drive north on the New Jersey Turnpike (Route I-95).
- Stay in local lanes, and take exit 72 for the Palisades Interstate Parkway.
- Drive north on the Palisades Interstate Parkway to the New York State Thruway, Route I-87 east.
- Cross the Tappan Zee Bridge.
- Continue with instructions from New Jersey above.
Stewart International Airport
- Take Route 207 east to Route I-84 east across the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge.
- Take exit 16-S to the Taconic State Parkway south.
- Continue with the instructions from upstate New York, above.
Westchester County Airport
- Go right on Route 120 north.
- Turn left where Route 120 merges with Route 133.
- Continue on Route 120.
- Cross Route 100,and continue straight onto Shingle House Road to Pines Bridge Road.
- Turn right, and proceed several hundred yards.
- IBM is on the left.
Current and past agendas
- 2012 IBM Technology Symposium agenda (18KB)
- 2011 Power Technology Symposium agenda (16KB)
- 2009 Power and Cooling Technology Symposium agenda (15KB)
- 2008 Power and Cooling Technology Symposium agenda (15KB)
- 2007 Power and Cooling Technology Symposium agenda (13KB)
- 2006 Power and Cooling Technology Symposium agenda (86KB)
- 2005 Power and Cooling Technology Symposium agenda (13KB)
- 2004 IBM Platform Technology Symposium agenda (69KB)
Presentations
- 1 - 2012 Symposium presentation finance review - Murphy (1270KB)
- 2 - Presentation not available for posting
- 3 - Presentation not available for posting
- 4 - 2012 Symposium System x update (1243KB)
- 5 - 2012 IBM Technology Symposium (822KB)
- 6 - 2012 IBM Symposium TI Rais Miftakhutdinov and John Stevens - November 8 (442KB)
- 7 - 2012 IBM Technology Symposium - Flextronix - November 13 (2796KB)
- 8 - 2012 Symposium - A new redundancy strategy for high-availability power systems - Covi (3835KB)
- 9 - 2012 Symposium - Source-sense packages for high-voltage Mosfets (577KB)
- 10 - 2012 IBM Pplatform Technology Symposium - final (918KB)
- 11 - 2012 Platform Symposium - EM - Wassick (2017KB)
- 12 - 2012 IBM Symposium - Effect of cooling rate on solder joint reliability of SAC solder alloys (1921KB)
- 13 - 2012 IBM Symposium - Shinko (1394KB)
- 14 - Presentation not available for posting
- 15 - 2012 Symposium - VR12p5 and DDR4 comparison (930KB)
- 16 - 2012 IBM Symposium - Two-stage buck converter study (8491KB)
- 17 - 2012 IBM Symposium - Beat (1356KB)
- 18 - 2012 IBM Technology Symposium (3979KB)
- 19 - 2012 Symposium - Panel discussion (118KB)
Questions/feedback
If you have any questions or would like to provide feedback, please contact Rick Fishbune at (507) 253-4425 or at platform@us.ibm.com.