Best Presentation Award

Best Presentation Award

The Best Presentation Award celebrates Siemens EDA customers who demonstrate our commitment to addressing today’s challenges and driving innovation for the future.

Eligibility

• Open to any Siemens EDA customer presenting at User2User North America or User2User Europe.

Voting Process

• Attendees will vote onsite for their favorite presentations after the final track session.
• Voting will remain open for 30 minutes.
• The top three presentations in each region will receive awards, based on a formula that normalizes session attendance. In the event of a tie, the steering committee will review onsite.

Award Announcement & Prizes

• Winners will be announced during the final networking event at each event.
• Awards will be granted via VISA gift card and mailed after the event to allow for accounting and eligibility confirmation.
• Each winner will also receive a certificate onsite.

Award Amounts

• 1st Place: $500
• 2nd Place: $250
• 3rd Place: $150

Important Note
Award recipients are responsible for ensuring acceptance complies with their organization’s policies.

Previous Best Presentation Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2025 User2User North America Best Presentation award winners.

1st Place - A wealth of cloud solutions for EDA: Perspectives from two cloud customers
Dustin Williams Principal CAD Engineer, Rivos Inc.
Guntram Wolski Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Tsavorite Scalable Intelligence

2nd Place - Tessent SSN-based features for silicon debug and failure analysis
Rakesh Kinger Senior DFT Productization Manager, Google

3rd Place - Microsoft Untimed C++HLS – Level Up
Robert Havlik Principal Design Engineer, Microsoft

Thank you to all presenters. We look forward to 2026 conference submissions for both User2User North America and User2User Europe.