SMTA announced that the program is finalized for the 20th Annual Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium. The event will take place February 2-5, 2015 at the Sheraton Kauai Resort on Kauai, Hawaii. The Pan Pacific promotes international technical interchange and provides a premier forum for extensive networking among industry professionals and business leaders throughout the world.
The technical sessions, with over 50 presentations, will include Power Electronics, Electronic Process, Emerging Technologies, Process Materials, Electronic Packaging, Failure Analysis and Reliability, Interconnect, Nano Electronic Packaging, and 2.5/3D Interposers.
On the afternoon of Monday, February 2, three keynotes will kick off the event:
Yasumitsu Orii, IBM Corporation will present "Perspective on Required Packaging Technologies for Cognitive Computing Devices;" followed by Kim Il Ung, SK CNC presenting "Memory Markets and Applications: Future Outlook;" and Shen Li Fu, Ph.D., I-Shou University will close the day with "Trends of 3D IC/3D Packaging for Mobile & Wearable Electronics." Additional keynote speakers include Horatio Quinones, Ph.D., FDCS LLC, who will present "In-situ Control Systems in Manufacturing" and Klaus-Dieter Lang, Ph.D., Fraunhofer IZM presenting "Advanced Integration Technologies for Cyber Physical Systems." On Wednesday, John Quackenbush, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of Public Health, will present "The Coming of Big Data in Health Care and Biomedical Research." Dongkai Shangguan, Ph.D., NCAP China, will keynote Thursday afternoon with his presentation "3D Packaging and System Integration." Kim Gu Sung, EP Works, Kangnam University, will make the final keynote presentation, “Low Cost Through Silicon Via (TSV) Technologies.”
View the complete program and register at the website:
http://www.smta.org/panpac. Please contact JoAnn Stromberg, joann@smta.org or 952-920-7682, with questions about the program. Promotional packages are available for companies wishing to have exposure for their products and services. Contact Erin Murray, erin@smta.org, for details.
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.