While strong images of the western cowboy culture, ranching, and the oil business remain, there exists a complex and sophisticated side to Texas, particularly in ultra-modern Dallas. The city of Dallas and the surrounding area has a tremendous technology base of companies that are deeply involved with leading edge power electronics in systems, business and technology. This includes a large contingent of organizations involved in semiconductors, contract design, contract manufacturing, electronic components, telecommunications, logistics, electronics distribution as well as world class universities. Dallas as the 9th largest city in the United States features both a large indigenous base of power electronics component suppliers as well as a large number of OEM users and power electronics customers in proximity to the conference.

Consider the extensive galleries and permanent exhibits the Dallas Museum of Art, one of only two museums in the United States that hosted the "Splendors of Chinas Forbidden City" exhibit earlier this year. The city features the impressive Nasher Sculpture Center, the newest jewel in an extensive urban arts district. Designed by architect Renzo Piano, the center showcases one of the world's foremost, privately owned collections of modern and contemporary art. The new Latino Cultural Center serves as a vocal point for the cities 800,000 strong Hispanic community and a catalyst for the preservation, development and promotion of Latino and Hispanic art underscoring this cities diverse population from all over the world. Dallas has major arts, music, ethnic and culinary festivals on their extensive list of year round activities. City Arts includes concerts, multicultural performances, food artist demonstration and museum exhibits. Savor Dallas, a celebration of food, wine and spirits, brings together world famous chefs and vintners with the cultural institutions in the arts districts. Dallas redefines and underscores the concept that everything in Texas is measured on a large scale.

For more information on Dallas please visit the Web sites of the Exploreist (20 BEST Things to do in Dallas Texas), (www.dallasfortworthtexas.com not valid - the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Visitors Bureau), Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau and the superb and recently totally refurbished, expanded and redecorated Hyatt Regency Dallas