Two programs are coming up mid-May.

IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced the findings from its monthly Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.

Deadline for abstracts is June 17, 2006 

The SMTA is pleased to announce the third annual SMTA MEDICAL ELECTRONICS SYMPOSIUM to be held on May 15-17 at the Sheraton Hotel Minneapolis South in Bloomington, Minnesota.

IPC-1752 outlines a supply chain materials declaration format and process that provides a simple, effective approach to collecting, tracking and disclosing product material content information.

The SMTA and Chip Scale Review invite you to exhibit at the International Wafer-Level Packaging Conference to be held November 2-3 at the Wyndham Hotel in San Jose, California.

iNEMI�s High-Reliability RoHS Task Force has published recommendations for Pb-free manufacturing of complex, thermally challenging electronic assemblies.

�MEMS Packaging Trends: From Production to Market � Large Volume Drivers for MEMS Technologies.�

SMTA Boston will be held May 9-11 at the new Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts, in conjunction with NEPCON East/Electro. 

IPC � Association Connecting Electronics Industries� honored Gene Weiner, Weiner & Associates, and Vern Solberg, Micro Electronic Engineering Services, with the 2005 Raymond E. Pritchard IPC Hall of Fame Award at IPC Printed Circuits Expo�, APEX�, and Designers Summit 2006 in Anaheim, Calif.

IPC � Association Connecting Electronics Industries� has announced the election of a new board chairman, vice chairman and secretary/treasurer plus nine board members. The officers and directors will serve through December 31, 2007. 

As rated by the attendees, the Best of Conference Award at the International Wafer-Level Packaging Conference (IWLPC) held in November 2005 was presented to Peter Salmon, SysFlex, Inc (Mountain View, CA).