SMTA International Schedule Finalized

The SMTA's annual conference, SMTA International, will be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida (Conference: October 7-11; Exhibits: October 9-11). The program will consist of over 100 technical papers, 26 tutorials, an Evolving Technologies Summit, and three focused symposia across six tracks: Manufacturing and Assembly, Advanced Packaging, Substrates, Soldering, Process Control, and Contract Manufacturing/Business Issues.

Over 130 leading edge suppliers will be featured in the first annual SMTAI Electronics Exhibition, which will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, October 9-10.

The Evolving Technologies Summit on Monday will feature sessions on Advanced Materials, Embedded Chip Packaging, and Package Interconnect Reliability. The Summit will conclude with an Evolving Technologies Panel consisting of experts from the user and supplier segments of the electronics industry.

The Contract Manufacturing and Lead-Free Symposiums will be held on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively. The Contract Manufacturing Symposium will consist of two paper sessions on Cutting Costs in the Supply Chain and Optimizing EMS Service Delivery. The Lead-free Symposium will feature paper sessions on Solder Joint Reliability of SAC Alloy Variants, Lead-Free iNEMI Projects, Advances in Lead-Free Solder Joint Reliability, and Lead-Free Case Studies. Additionally, a plenary session will be held on a China RoHS Update.

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