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UP Media Group Issues Call for Abstracts for PCB East 2008
September 25, 2007 |Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
UP Media Group Inc. (UPMG) has issued a call for abstracts for PCB East 2008, which will be held on May 11-16, 2008, at the Holiday Inn Select & Convention Center in Tinley Park, IL. A new location for the show, Tinley Park is about 25 miles south of downtown Chicago. The hotel is conveniently located just off I-80.PCB East annually provides attendees and vendors with a conference and exhibition focused on the design and fabrication of printed circuit boards (PCBs), high density interconnect (HDI) and other advanced circuits. The event is sponsored by Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture and Circuits Assembly magazines.The five-day conference program focuses on PCB engineering, design and fabrication. The conference is comprised of a three-day Technical Conference and a Professional Development Certificate program of one-day and two-day courses.PCB East 2008 also includes a two-day exhibition of top industry vendors to be held May 13 - 14.Papers and presentations of the following durations are sought for the Technical Conference:- 30-minute paper sessions- One-hour lectures, presentations or panel sessions- Two-hour workshops or panel sessions- Half-day (3.5 hour) seminars
Papers and presentations of the following durations are sought for a Professional Development Certificate program of in-depth courses:- One-day tutorials (7 hours of instruction)- Two-day tutorials (14 hours of instruction)For consideration, please email a course title, suggested course length, short description of the target audience ("who should attend"), 100- to 300-word abstract and speaker bio(s) to Ronda Faries (rfaries@upmediagroup.com) by November 15, 2007. Papers and presentations must be noncommercial in nature and should focus on technology, techniques or methodology rather than on a company's specific products.If selected for PCB East 2008, final papers and presentations will be due in March 2008. Technical conference papers and presentations are published in the conference proceedings and distributed to all conference attendees, exhibitors and speakers. (Submissions selected for the Professional Development Certificate program are not included in the proceedings.) Each speaker/presenter will receive a copy of the technical conference proceedings CD-ROM, a complimentary pass for the three-day technical conference, and complimentary admission to the two-day exhibition and other special events.Some suggested paper and presentation topics include (but are not limited to):- High speed, high frequency and signal integrity- Component placement- EMI/EMC analysis- Thermal analysis- Lead-free processes (especially how they affect design and fabrication)- RF and microwave design- Packaging design- Mixed-signal design - Area arrays- FPGA design and implementation- Embedded passives and active devices- Flexible circuitry- HDI design and technologies- PCB design/layout basics- Component library creation and management- Design for manufacture, test and assembly- Design (including analog, digital and power supplies)- PCB fabrication- Soldering - Surface finishes- Industry forecasts- Business and supply chain issuesFor more information, visit www.pcbeast.com.