CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONIC PACKAGING Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society. The workshop dates are May 8-10, 1996 at Tamiment Resort and Conference Center in Tamiment, Pennsylvania. It is about an hour's drive from Newark Airport in the foothills of the Pocono Mountain Region. In accordance with IEEE Workshop rules, this is much more informal than a major conference. This means that no written document is required, no cameras are allowed, and the presenters cannot be recorded. These rules are intended to encourage an "off the record" technical interchange that should be a learning experience for all involved. There are no concurrent sessions so every attendee can see every presentation. Presentations are requested for the following five sessions: SESSION 1: Packaging Technology and Opportunities for Innovation SESSION 2: Present & Future Client and Small Server Systems SESSION 3: Networks and Communications Systems This session is related to telephony's convergence with computers and network systems. POSSIBLE SUBJECTS: Network system architectures and their packaging ramifications, LAN and WAN trends and packaging requirements, hardware description and requirements for data storage and switching nodes in global networks (backbones) such as Internet, requirements for combining voice and data in a single network, packaging for ATM systems, military networks, wireless networks (cellular systems), fibreoptics networks, set-top boxes, etc. Additional topics are welcome. POSSIBLE OVERVIEW PAPER: Future trends for networks, the need to handle voice and data simultaneously, multimedia requirements (e.g., video on demand), bandwidth needs and their implied impact upon packaging, etc. SESSION 4: Panel Discussion - Future of the Packaging Business SESSION 5: Large Server and Parallel Processor Systems The session chairs and workshop committee include experts from Alcatel, Digital Equipment Corporation, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, Interconnection Decision Consulting, Silicon Graphics, Toshiba, and Unisys. For more information please contact: Bryan Douglas, Applications and Technology Group Alcatel Network Systems 825 Security Row, Mail Stop 406-246 Richardson, TX 75081 tel +1 214 996 5945 fax +1 214 996 6867 email [log in to unmask] OR [log in to unmask]