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PCB West 2007 Announces the "FREE Tuesday" Event Lineup
February 27, 2007 |Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
UP Media Group Inc. is pleased to announce this year's "FREE Tuesday" program of events at PCB Design Conference West 2007. The premier conference and exhibition for PCB engineering, design and manufacture professionals, PCB West 2007 is scheduled for March 25-30 at the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Santa ClaraConvention Center in Santa Clara, CA. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Held last year for the first time, "FREE Tuesday" was well attended and proved to be extremely popular with attendees and exhibitors alike. This year, "FREE Tuesday" will consist of a variety of educational and networking events that will begin at 8 am and end at 11 pm on Tuesday, March 27.
The day will begin with a keynote address presented by Henry Potts, vice president and general manager of the Systems Design Division at Mentor Graphics Corp. Potts' keynote, titled "Cross Currents: Where PCB Design Meets ICs and Hardware," will be held from 8 - 9 am in the SCCC Theater.
From 9 am - 12 pm, PCB West 2007 attendees will soak up tons of useful information provided by 13 free technical sessions. These sessions are open to all PCB West conference, exhibits-only, speaker and exhibitor badge holders. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. The current technical session line-up is as follows:
* 030 - A Spreadsheet-Based Solution for Capturing Today's Designs
* 031 - Team Collaboration Methodology for the Future PCB Designer
* 032 - Thermo-Mechanical Benefits of Carbon Composite Laminates Embedded in PCB and IC Substrates
* 034 - How to Design with Flex in Mind
* 035 - The Secret of Accelerated NPI
* 036 - Innovative Process for Fabricating HDI Vias Using Modified Conventional PCB Manufacturing Systems
* 037 - Separating Myth from Reality in Signal Integrity
* 038 - Layer Count Reduction Through Microelectronics
* 040 - Autorouting Highly Constrained PCB Designs
* 041 - Handling the New Lead-Free World
* 042 - IDF Process: Love/Hate Relationship
* 043 - Gigabit Serpentine with Maxwell
* 044 - What Really is Characteristic Impedance?
For session times, abstracts and speakers, visit www.pcbwest.com.
"FREE Tuesday" will continue as the two-day product and service exhibition begins. The show floor will be open from 12 noon - 7 pm. Several free exhibitor presentations will be held throughout the afternoon on the show floor. An updated list of Exhibitor Presentation will be posted online at www.pcbwest.comas presentations are scheduled with exhibitors.
"FREE Tuesday" will conclude with the Opening Night Networking Extravaganza, which boasts a full evening of networking opportunities. These include: Happy Hour on the show floor from 6 - 7 pm; Casino Night from 8 - 11 pm; and the Dawg House Lounge from 8 - 11 pm.
For more information about "Free Tuesday" or to register to attend this year's show, visit www.pcbwest.com.
PCB West 2007 also features a week-long conference that runs from March 25-30. It includes a Professional Development Certificate Program of in-depth two-day and one-day tutorials, and a 3-Day Technical Conference of over 26 short courses. For more on the conference, including course titles, abstracts and speakers, visit www.pcbwest.com.About PCB Design Conference West Produced annually in the Silicon Valley area by UP Media Group Inc., PCB Design Conference West is a showcase for emerging technologies used in the design and manufacture of PCBs, programmables, MCMs, HDI, flex and related technologies. PCB West is also the premier conference and exhibition for PCB engineering, design and manufacture professionals, featuring dozens of in-depth technical courses taught by industry experts. For additional information, visit www.pcbwest.com.
About UP Media Group Inc.Headquartered in Smyrna, GA, UP Media Group (www.upmediagroup.com) is a privately held company that specializes in magazine and newsletter publishing and in trade show and conference production. UPMG currently publishes two high-tech magazines, Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture (www.pcdandm.com) and Circuits Assembly (www.circuitsassembly.com), and one weekly high-tech e-mail newsletter, PCB UPdate (www.pcbupdate.com). UPMG produces two annual conferences for the PCB design and manufacture industries: PCB Design Conference West (www.pcbwest.com), which is held annually in the Silicon Valley area; and PCB Design Conference East (www.pcbeast.com), which is held annually in an East Coast location. UPMG also produces live and on-demand technical Webinars for electronics industry professionals (www.pcbshows.com/webinars).