May/June, 2012
www.us-tech.com
APEX 2013 Issues Call for Papers
Bannockburn, IL — IPC — Associa - tion Connecting Electronics Indus - tries® invites researchers, academics, technical experts and industry lead- ers to submit abstracts for the 2013 IPC APEX EXPO® to be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif. The technical confer- ence will be held February 19-21, 2013, and the professional develop- ment courses will be February 17-18 and February 21, 2013. The world’s premier conference
and exhibition for the electronic interconnect industry, IPC APEX EXPO provides presenters and their companies with a notable and cost- effective opportunity to promote their expertise and gain visibility with key engineers, managers and executives from all segments of the industry worldwide. To recognize exceptional achievement, awards will be presented for “Best U.S. Paper” for U.S. authors and the “Best International Paper” for authors from outside the United States. Expert presentations are being
sought on all relevant design, PCB fabrication and electronics manufac- turing topics. Submissions dealing with lead-free processing, repair and reliability, high-speed PCB laminates and new research in growing areas such as green technology and printed electronics are especially encour -
aged.In addition, course proposals are
IEEE Smart- GridComm 2012, Taiwan
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action Pricing,” “Real-Time Vehicle- to-Grid Control Algorithms,” “Joint Cyber Attack Detection & State Recovery” and “Efficient & Versatile Energy Control Systems for Home Energy Management”. Commencing on Monday,
November 5, IEEE SmartGridComm 2012 will host a full day of workshops and tutorials and then proceed with a comprehensive agenda of presenta- tions devoted to topics such as power line communication advances for in- home, in-vehicle and smart grid applications; methods for resolving balancing, stability and reliability issues in intelligent grid structures; and the development of novel archi- tectures and networking paradigms aimed at enhancing the real-time control, agility, asset utilization and security of international smart grids. Other conference highlights
include the “Student Video Contest,” which invites students to submit one- to three-minute videos offering origi- nal viewpoints on innovative smart grid concepts and benefits. Last year’s honorees were titled “Making the Smart Grid Smarter with Social Media,” “In Preparing for the Future of Electric Systems” and “Power Smart G Phones.” Contact: Heather Ann Sweeney,
IEEE Communications Society, % 212-705-8938
E-mail:
h.sweeney@comsoc.org Web:
www.ieee-smartgridcomm.org//2012
EXPERTISE, SOLUTIONS, IDEAS
and TOOLS to solve your challenges in electronics manufacturing!
solicited from individuals interested in presenting half-day professional development courses on printed board design and manufacturing as well as electronics assembly processes and materials. Reimbursement for travel expenses and an honorarium are offered to course instructors. Contact: Greg Munie, IPC con-
ference director, (
GregMunie@ipc.org) or Toya Richardson, IPC technical programs coordinator,
(
ToyaRichardson@ipc.org) or % 847-597-2825.
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Enormous Business Synergy Hanover, Germany — “With more than seven million business meet- ings, CeBIT remains the world’s uncontested leader for efficiently generating new business,” declared a satisfied Deutsche Messe Board Member Ernst Raue. A total of 4,240 companies from
70 countries took part in CeBIT. which hosted a total of 312,000 visi- tors from 110 countries. Leading topics, in addition to IT
security: the cloud computing growth market, 3D, smart mobility, and
intelligent networking in every area of life, including government and administration, traffic planning and logistics, healthcare management. Companies such as Google,
Facebook, XING and
monster.de took part in the show. Over a period of four days there were more than 70 live broadcasts with over 100 high-caliber experts talking about groundbreaking developments in the ICT sector. For more details: http://after-
show.cebit.de/fileadmin/PDF/asr201 2_en.pdf
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Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center Schaumburg, Illinois
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