CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Fifth Annual New and Emerging Technologies for Surface Mounted Electronic Packaging Symposium Abstracts due June 15, 1998 The Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) invites you to submit a paper to the Fifth Annual New and Emerging Technologies for Surface Mounted Electronic Packaging Symposium at the Sheraton San Marcos Resort on November 16-17, Chandler, Arizona. Co-chaired by Don Banks of W.L. Gore & Associates, and Steve Greathouse of Intel Corp., this conference promises to continue to be the industry's premier forum on surface mount and related technologies for electronic manufacturing. Papers are sought on the following topics: HIGH DENSITY PACKAGING Ball grid array (BGA) Chip scale packaging (CSP) Flip chip Chip on board (COB) Flex circuitry MCM/FCP Thermal management Packaging case studies ADVANCED MATERIALS Lead-free solders Conductive adhesives Encapsulants Revolutionary IC packaging materials New fluxes and no-clean materials Underfill materials New surface finishes ADVANCED SMT MANUFACTURING Leading edge case studies Developments in assembly Process control (SPC) Design for manufacture (DFM) SOLDERING PROCESSES Solder jetting technologies Ultra fine pitch soldering Cleaning alternatives ADVANCED DESIGN/FABRICATION "Build-up" board technology Optical interconnect technology QUALITY AND RELIABILTY Board level reliability Failure analysis techniques Contact Carla Wolf at SMTA Headquarters (612-920-7682, [log in to unmask]) for a submission form. Abstracts are due June 15, 1998. Papers must comply with publication guidelines and be at least six double-spaced pages long (not to exceed fifteen pages). Oral presentations are limited to thirty minutes. Papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The Surface Mount Technology Association enables its nearly 4,000 members to achieve technological success in surface mount and companion technologies by providing education, training and access to knowledge. SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION Enabling members to achieve success in surface mount and companion technologies through education, training and access to knowledge. 5200 Willson Road, Suite 215, Edina, MN 55424-1343 612-920-7682 F 612-926-1819 [log in to unmask] www.smta.org ################################################################ 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 ################################################################