Three Weeks Left to Register for Counterfeit Electronics Symposium

The 5th Annual Symposium on Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Electronic Supply Chain will be held November 30 - December 2 at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from and share your insights with government, industry and academia who are addressing the counterfeit problem.

Counterfeit Electronics Symposium Highlights:

• Keynote presentation "US Government Policies and Actions" by Andrew Kline, Office of the IP Czar

• Panel Discussions covering Federal Procurement and Electronic Distribution

• Presentations by NASA, the Government Accountability Office, Parker Aerospace, Boeing Defense, NAVSEA, ERAI, and more...

• Six workshop offerings:
  • IDEA Inspection Training Seminar

  • IPR Protection: First Line of Defense - Customs

  • Managing Electronic Part Obsolescence

  • Electrical Testing, Characterization and Qualification for Part Authentication

  • Material Level Evaluation and Characterization for Part Authentication

  • Part Manufacturer and Distributor Assessment

Who Should Attend:

This symposium will be valuable to quality and reliability managers, supply chain managers, brand protection specialists, inspectors, marketing and procurement policy makers, contracts and legal management, security specialists and government agencies. Our 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.

More info at http://www.smta.org/counterfeit