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be presented in partnership with the Euro-
pean Institute of Printed Circuits (EIPC).
For more information on the IPC
European Electronics Industry Executive
Summit, visit www.ipc.org/berlin-meetings
ipc to deliver pcB tutorial at sMT
or contact Ms. Alli Green, IPC industry
programs coordinator, at AlliGreen@ipc.org
eipc summer conference
Nürnberg 2009
IPC—Association Connecting Electron-
or +1 847-597-2879.
The EIPC Summer Conference will be
ics Industries® announces its European
held 18th & 19th June at the Hotel Eg-
representative, Lars Wallin, will present a
gerwirt in St. Michael, Austria. This year’s
tutorial in German at the System Integra-
theme is “cost-reduction through innova-
tion in Micro Electronics Exhibition and
tion.” In addition to management and
Conference on May 7, 2009 in Nürnberg,
technical sessions, the EIPC Summer Con-
Germany. Wallin will explain how IPC
sMTA announces co-located June
ference this year offers a bonus programme:
standards can be used to eliminate unnec-
events in Denmark
visit the AT&S PCB factory, the largest Eu-
essary and costly mistakes in printed board
The SMTA is organizing two co-located
ropean PCB fabricator, on 17th June and
manufacturing.
events focusing respectively on tin whiskers
IMEX Leiterplatten GmbH, the largest and
Quality and reliability are a growing
and counterfeit electronics parts issues,
most advanced European service provider
concern in electronics manufacturing,
to be held from 23rd-26th June 2009 at
in drilling, routing and measurement, on
especially because of new processes being
the Technical University of Denmark in
19th June. A coach will provide transporta-
developed for lead-free technology. Wallin
Lyngby.
tion for the company visits as part of the
notes that IPC standards can help a com-
The 3rd International Symposium on
conference program. www.eipc.org
pany develop and implement a stronger
Tin Whiskers runs June 23-24, 2009. It will
quality program.
cover case histories, theories of tin whisker
For more information on the tutorial,
growth, experiments and results, risk evalu-
visit Tutorial 18 at www.smt-exhibition.com.
ation methods, and risk mitigation strate-
gies. Attendees will be able to learn about
ipc european executive summit
the current state of knowledge enabling
negotiates challenges into opportu-
the development of improved and effective
qualification and mitigation procedures.
sMArT group electronics Technol-
nities
The first two symposia were organized by
ogy conference
Encouraging its members in the electron-
CALCE in US and Japan. www.smta.org/
SMART Group’s new-format conference,
ics industry to look beyond today’s stormy
education/education.cfm#tin-whiskers
exhibition and networking event, Elec-
environment, IPC—Association Connect-
The Symposium on Avoiding, Detect-
tronics Technology, will take place 30th
ing Electronics Industries® will host a
ing, and Preventing Counterfeit Electronic
September-1st October 2009 at the Ricoh
European Electronics Industry Executive
Arena. The event highlights new technol-
Summit in Berlin 27 th -28th April to
Parts runs June 25-26, 2009. It will be valu-
ogy developments in areas important to
help companies prepare for the economic
able to supply chain managers, component
the European electronics industry, such as
upturn and capitalize on growing industry
engineers, brand protection specialists,
reducing waste, improving reliability and
opportunities.
marketing and procurement policy makers,
increasing profit.
The two-day event will kick off with a
contracts management, security specialists
Marilyn Driscoll, one of the organisers
Government Relations & Regulatory Fo-
and other interested engineers. The focus
of the exhibition believes that ‘a conference
rum to discuss the proposed changes to the
is to provide relevant information to the
lead exhibition’ is the only way to guaran-
RoHS Directive and IPC efforts in regards
professionals that can be used for solving
tee exhibitors seeing the right audience.
to the impending changes, as well as other
problems today while planning for a differ-
The event is being organised by
laws and regulations with the power to af-
ent business and technology environment
SMART Group together with event
fect a company’s bottom line.
in the future. www.smta.org/education/
management partner M2 Events. A call for
The afternoon of 27 April will resume
education.cfm#counterfeit
papers for the conference is on the SMART
with a full program dedicated to EMS
These symposia are organized by SMTA
Group website.
management issues.
in conjunction with the Center for Ad-
For enquiries on the conference please
On 28 April, the IPC Executive Market
vanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) at
contact Tony Gordon, on 01494 465217 or
& Technology Forum Conference will
the University of Maryland, College Park,
info@smartgroup.org. For exhibition contact
bring together members from all segments
MD and the Centre for Electronic Corro-
Marilyn Driscoll on 01763 838554 or mari-
of the electronics supply chain to highlight
sion (CELCORR) and ATV-SEMAPP at
lyn@ElectronicsTechnology.co.uk.
areas of growth and how each link in the
the Technical University of Denmark.
chain can work together to realize these op-
portunities. This day-long conference will
50 – Global SMT & Packaging – March 2009 www.globalsmt.net
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