The IEEE CANDE Committee, a technical activity of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA), holds a yearly workshop to discuss advanced issues relevant to the CAD community. The workshop this year takes place in Monterey, CA from November 4-6, 2010. Mike Flynn, Maxeler Technologies Board Chairman, will present a talk on “Automating the Acceleration of Very Large Applications” in a session on “Looking Beyond EDA.”