THE DEADLINE IS APPROACHING!!! SEND IN APPROX. A 75 WORD ABSTRACT WITH APPLICATION (see below) ON YOUR AREA OF EXPERTISE. IPC Designers Council 1st Annual Designer Learning Symposium 2001 Call for Papers Northbrook Hilton in Northbrook, IL July 16-21, 2001 If you are interested, All I need right now is a brief (but informative) (1) abstract for Review and (2) the application (see below) and (3) the willingness to commit. You may fax these to my attention at 847/509-9798 or email to [log in to unmask] You have plenty of time for the final paper. I don't need the final paper until middle of June [4 + page text (paper) & the power point (presentation)]. Technical Paper Presenters receive complementary registration and are automatically registered for the conference. This means you receive the same benefits of conference participants: comprehensive program proceedings, lunches and refreshments on both days, and admission to the conference: hands-on training, technical paper sessions, keynote, and the evening reception. Submit an abstract of your unpublished work detailing case histories, field data, new technologies or innovations or research and findings. Your abstract should summarize the problems and resolutions, methods used, results, and benefits to the industry. Only a limited number of papers will be accepted. If accepted, speakers should be prepared to give an approximate 30 minute, non-commercial, presentation with 5 to 10 minutes of questions & answers. The paper should detail all of the findings scoped in your abstract. Papers focused on a company's product will not be accepted. IF there is still room, abstracts will be accepted until May 7th. ALTHOUGH, If you are interested, Get your abstract in now! I apologize for the rush, but our brochure is graphics as we speak and I want to make sure I can get as many people recognized. You may visit us at www.ipcdesignerscouncil.org and click on "Designers Learning Symposium" for more information or feel free to contact me at any time with any questions or concerns. Thanks so much for your attention. I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience! Please keep in mind that these are just topic suggestions. Suggested Paper Topics: Schematic Capture - Engineering for the Designer - Designer's Involvement in Schematic Generation Routing Techniques - Hand Routing Tips - Auto Routing Tips Library - Development - Management - Land Patterns Assembly Concerns Testing - Future of PC Board and/or Assembly Testing with HDI - Design for Bare Board Testing - Design for Assembly Testing - Boundary Scan Placement - Relative to HDI - High Speed Design - Thermal Concerns Signal Analysis - Schematic Analysis - Board & System Analysis - Timing & Simulation Models Documentation - For Fabrication - For Assembly - Post Processing Miscellaneous - Front End Simulation - Prototyping - Other ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** Designer Learning Symposium 2001 CALL FOR PAPERS APPLICATION Northbrook Hilton in Northbrook, IL July 16-21, 2001 I am interested in: ___ Presenting a Paper ___ Attending the Designers Learning Symposium (Please send me more information when available.) ___IPC Member ___IPC Designers Council Member ___Nonmember Required Information: Name:____________________________________________ Title:________________________________ Company/Organization:________________________________________________ Address:________________________________________________ Mail Stop:______________________ City/State/Zip:________________________________________________________ Phone:________________________________________ Fax:____________________________________ E-mail_________________________________________________________________ Abstract Title:__________________________________________________________ In my opinion, this paper/presentation best falls under which suggested topic listed above: __________________________________________________________________ Please note that these are suggestions. If you have a paper outside of these topics, we greatly encourage you to submit your abstract. Please send in your abstract and, if prepared, a biography with this application. Submission Dates: Abstract: May 1, 2001 - BUT TO MAKE OUR PUBLICATION/BROCHURE - RESPOND ASAP Final Paper: June 25, 2001 Fax or mail this form, along with your abstract & biography to: Stephannie Caliendo, IPC Phone: 847-790-5302 2215 Sanders Road Fax: 847-509-9798 Northbrook, IL 60062 Email: [log in to unmask] For more information on the Designers Learning Symposium visit: www.ipcdesignerscouncil.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. 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