This fall, Bits&Chips will organize Bits&Chips 2009 Embedded Systemen, the eighth edition of its annual conference on embedded systems and software. On Thursday, November 12th, the place to be is again the Evoluon in Eindhoven. The programme in the Netherlands is organized in cooperation with the Embedded Systems Institute. It will offer parallel tracks with contributions from the academic world as well as from the industry. Management topicInnovating in time of crisis