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40th iMAPS Packed with Activities
August 29, 2007 |Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
SAN JOSE The International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) will host the 40th International Symposium on Microelectronics, November 11-14, 2007, at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose. The event features prominent speakers, a technical program, professional development courses, and more.
The symposium begins on November 11th, with a series of professional development courses on electronics reliability and technical selling. A celebration the following night commemorates IMAPS' 40th year of bringing industry personnel together. The event concludes with the Advanced Technology Workshop on Integrated and Embedded Passives, on Thursday, November 15th.
Keynote presentations will be spread out over three days, beginning with Stephen M.R. Covey, on Tuesday, November 13. Covey is the founder and CEO of the consulting firm CoveyLink Worldwide, and author of "The SPEED of Trust," which stresses "trust, leadership, ethics, and high performance" in industry. Cisco vice president of product operations, Jim Miller, will deliver the second keynote. Miller specializes in new product introduction (NPI) and effective supply chains.
Dongkai Shangguan, Ph.D., vice president of assembly technology and platform realization with the corporate technology group at Flextronics is the final keynote speaker. Shangguan's accomplishments include several advanced degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Materials, two published books and more than 200 published papers and articles, and many contributions to associations within the microelectronics industry.
The technical program aims to inform attendees on topics within six tracks: RF and automotive, systems and design, materials, signal integrity, and advanced technology. Two sessions within the "systems and design" topic deal with issues surrounding lead-free assembly and materials. Wenning Liu of Pacific Northwest National Lab and Fred Barlow of the University of Idaho will chair the first of these sessions, which present papers on "lead-free attachment materials, compatible metallization, and the resulting impact on reliability." The second of these sessions, chaired by David Geiger of Flextronics and Patrick Story of Plexus, shift the focus from problems to solutions, giving attendees information on the future of lead-free alloys and potential applications. The IMAPS Symposium also goes beyond industry conferences and exhibition booths, giving attendees access to activities outside of the McEnery Convention Center. For instance, the 13th Annual IMAPS Golf Classic will take place at the Coyote Creek Golf Club in South San Jose, on Monday, November 12, 2007. IMAPS has also organized a companion program for those traveling with symposium attendees. This program includes a bus tour of the Monterey Peninsula, a visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and a full tour of the Santa Cruz area. For more information on the symposium, visit iMAPS' site