DVCon U.S. 2021 Announces Stuart Sutherland Best Paper & Best Poster Winners, Attendance Numbers
March 09, 2021 10:30 ET | Source: DVCon U.S. DVCon U.S. Louisville, Colorado, UNITED STATES
GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The 2021 virtual Design and Verification Conference and Exhibition U.S. (DVCon U.S.), sponsored by Accellera Systems Initiative (Accellera), concluded its 33rd annual event last week. The 2021 Stuart Sutherland Best Paper and Poster winners, as voted on by attendees, were announced during a presentation at the close of day three of the program on Wednesday, March 3.
Overall attendance for DVCon U.S., including the free keynote, panel, UVM Birds-of-a-Feather and exhibit-only attendees and all-access technical conference attendees, was 1,329.
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california may be a trail blazer once again. in 1996 the state was the first to legalize marijuana for medicinal use. well, in november california voters will decide on prop 19. and that would legalize marijuana for recreational yuus. and it could prove to save some say california s crippling budget deficits. earlier i talked about the impact of this industry with jeff wilcox, he s the director of agrimet. he commissioned a study to show how much revenue and how much jobs a single marijuana facility could generate. if you look at how cannabis is managed in our society, i think we can do a much better job. it sounds like yours is primarily an economic argument. fair to stay? when i looked around the city of oakland and the current
i m a pragmatist. i think we should manage it better. as a patriot, i think there s a better way for the society. and you think, mr. wilcox, just to wrap it up, you think it would expand, i guess, the potential users out there. plenty of people out there smoke marijuana. they get their hands on it, even though it s illegal for recreational use, if it becomes legal, how much is it going to expand the number of people who want the stuff? i don t think it will expand it. if you want et now, you can get it. the only question now are you going to buy it through criminals or a licensed regulated facility? we will have much more here on cnn all next week as we continue to take a closer look at this proposition 19 which could change the landscape in california and also across the nation about the legalized use of marijuana for recreational purposes. we ll have a series of reports. again, stick with cnn for that next week. also people around the world
better. as a patriot, i think there s a better way for our society. and you absolutely think, mr. wilcox, just to wrap it up. you think it would expand, i guess, the potential users out there? people out there, plenty of this country smoking marijuana, get their hands on it even though it s illegal for recreational use. if it becomes legal, how much is it going to expand, possibly, the number of people who want the stuff? i don t think it will expand. because if you want it now, you can get it. you ve always been able to do that in our society. the only question now, are you going to buy it through criminals or a licensed regul e regulated facility. jeff wilcox, potentially a drug dealer out there, a legal drug dealer after the election day. mr. wilcox, we do appreciate you being here. fascinating story, fascinating debate. we appreciate your time this morning. thank you. all right. got a little test for our viewers, as well. giving you pop quizzes this morning. got a marijua