SMTA Issues Call for Papers for Symposium on Battling Counterfeit Electronic Parts

SMTA and CALCE of the University of Maryland announce that the 2nd Annual Symposium on Avoiding, Detecting, and Preventing Counterfeit Electronic Parts will be held on September 9-10, 2008 at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

Going beyond anecdotes and examples of counterfeit parts, this symposium focuses on the solutions available and under development by all sectors of the industry.

Topics will include:

Methodologies of affected industries mitigating chances of victimization

Efforts and initiatives that will affect the future of combating counterfeit parts

Supply chain management tools to mitigate counterfeit part risks

Tools being developed/used by part manufacturers for short and long term solutions

Inspection tools and techniques for detecting counterfeit parts

Impact of counterfeit parts on the military and avionics industry

Sources of counterfeit parts

Authentication techniques for securing electronic part supply chain

Interested participants should provide an abstract (within 300 words) on any relevant topics to Dr Diganta Das via email to diganta@umd.edu no later than June 30, 2008.

For more information about conference participation or registration, contact Melissa Serres Marx at Melissa@smta.org.

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