CALIFORNIA CIRCUITS ASSOCIATION Electrical Test Workshop February 11, 1998 Irvine Marriott Irvine, California What better way to begin the new year than by attending the California Circuits Association Electrical Test Workshop to be held on February 11, 1998 at the Irvine Marriott in Irvine, CA. A Special Workshop: "Can PCB Electrical Test Keep Pace With The Industry?" This special workshop held on Wednesday, February 11, 1998 will feature a series of presentations from the developers of new testing solutions. Topics for the workshop are: enhanced CAM capabilities and equipment introductions, both current and pending; Test Economics: A look at the real costs of electrical test. Included in this session will be a comparison of in-house costs with out-sourcing costs; News from Asia and Europe: How is electrical testing being addressed in these markets? Who Should Attend this Workshop Test engineering personnel having responsibility to provide technical and cost-effective test methods for tomorrow's PCB test challenges. Operations management personnel who are responsible for deciding and/or approving their company's test strategies, whether obtaining and utilizing optimal test systems and/or employing the services of independent contract test services. Sales and marketing personnel who are interested in gaining competitive advantages via superior test options for their customers. Hotel Location and Reservations The meeting will take place at the Irvine Marriott, 18000 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, California 92612. Call the hotel to request accommodations (714) 553-0100. The CCA has a room block with a room rate of $155.00 single or double. You must mention the California Circuits Association to get the conference rate. Reservations must be confirmed by Wednesday, February 3, 1998. After that date, our room block will be handled on a space available basis only. Registration Information The cost of the Electrical Test Workshop is $175.00 per person for CCA members. This includes the Wednesday program, lunch and workshop book. For additional information call Dennis Maggi (714/730-4586). Electrical Test Workshop Agenda: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Keynote Jocelyn Lefebvre ViaSystems Technologies, Pointe Claire, PQ, Canada 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Advanced CAM and Electrical Test Systems Tom Guthrie, President Blue Granite Software, Inc., Brea, California 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Break 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Leading Edge Test Systems Auguste El-Kareh, Ph.D., President ALCEDO, Sunnyvale, California & Ed Amarillas Leading Edge Devices, Tustin, California 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Test Economics: Out-Sourcing vs. In-House Ray Cronin ECT/Circuitest, Inc., Hudson, New Hampshire 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Backpanel Testing, An Increasing Challenge Jim Axton Qualtech, Inc., Irvine, California 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Break 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Technical Developments in Other Markets: Asia and Europe Fred Karkalik, Principal KAR Technologies, Cupertino, California 4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks Please register me for: All prices stated are per person. To register for this conference or for more information please contact Dennis J. Maggi at (714) 730-4586 Test Workshop: Includes full-day Test Workshop, handbook, and lunch on Wednesday, February 11, 1998. Does not include conference registration. $175 for CCA members $195 for IPC members $225 for non-members Check our website http://www.calcircuits.org for the most up-to-date and complete information. ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################