SAN DIEGO,  Oct. 4 -- An Embedded Systems Pavilion has been added to next year's Del Mar Electronics Show. Technical papers and seminars will focus on embedded designs and products.

The annual trade fair will be held April 27-28, in San Diego.

"Embedded design is becoming one of the most important sectors of Southern California's high-tech industry today," said Ken Arnold president of HTE Corp. a local Southern California embedded RF developer. "As embedded applications continue to increase, new challenges and opportunities are emerging and a local venue like this provides a high value convenient way to stay on top of happenings in this growing segment."

The Del Mar Show (www.vts.com) will be colocated with Medcon Expo, a conference for design and manufacturing medical, bio and pharmaceutical devices.