Jun 29, 2011 SMTA and CALCE @ University of Maryland are pleased to announce the west coast venue for the Symposium on Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Electronic Supply Chain. The program will be held December 6-8, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Anaheim Resort in Anaheim, California. Abstracts are now being accepted through August 23, 2011.
Topics will include:
- Impact of supply chain changes on the component management practices: quality, reliability, manufacturability
- Electronic parts distribution: current stage and evolution
- Authentication techniques for securing electronic part supply chain
- Federal procurement practices and its impact on electronic supply chain
- Inspections tools and techniques for detecting counterfeit parts
- New areas of counterfeit concerns: materials, energy storage
- Industry and international working groups and standards on electronic part supply chain and counterfeit electronic parts
The conference is organized by SMTA in conjunction with the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) at the University of Maryland. This symposium will be valuable to quality and reliability manager, supply chain managers, brand protection specialists, inspectors, marketing and procurement policy makers, contracts and legal management, security specialists and government agencies. The focus is to provide relevant information to the professionals that can be used for solving problems today while planning for a different business and technology environment in the future.
Please provide an abstract (within 300 words) on any relevant topics to Dr. Diganta Das via email to diganta@umd.edu no later than August 23. Final presentations are due October 28th, 2011.
Abstracts are also accepted online at: http://www.smta.org/counterfeit/call_for_papers.cfm.
The SMTA membership is an international network of professionals who build skills, share practical experience and develop solutions in electronic assembly technologies, including microsystems, emerging technologies, and related business operations.
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