SMTAI offers 24 courses, 100 technical papers and four symposiums, along with panel discussions, real-time chat rooms, and the opportunity to network with experts. View equipment from today's leading suppliers at the Technology Showcase. Participate in free forums and events each day. And experience the magic of Disney!

Here are just some of the FREE events you can look forward to:

Welcome Reception
Tuesday, August 19
5:00pm – 6:30pm, Exhibit Floor
A Mexican Fiesta! This is your opportunity to network with your colleagues and meet new friends. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and a drink. This is a great opportunity to continue unfinished business, or just relax and unwind after a busy day at the conference or in the exhibit hall.

Troubleshooting Yield Problems in a Lead-Free World
Tuesday, August 19 | 10:00am – 11:30am
Speaker: Ray Prasad, Ray Prasad Consultancy Group
SMT has been in use in high volume since 1985 and BGA has been in use in high volume since 1995. But even after all these years of high volume experience, less than 10% of companies have yield over 90%. That means 90% of companies are doing too much rework. This free session focuses on three major areas of defects in SMT: design, assembly and the quality of incoming materials, including surface finishes, reflow and some issues in lead-free wave soldering and their root causes.

Counterfeit Electronics
Tuesday, August 19 | 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Speaker: Don Trenholm, Custom Analytical Services
Counterfeit electronic components, which pose severe performance and reliability threats, are finding their way into commercial, military and medical assemblies and are causing a huge economic impact in these Industries. This presentation provides information relating to the electronic fraudulent/counterfeit components problem, and offers detection and prevention methods.

iNEMI Roadmap
Tuesday, August 19 | 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Speaker: Chuck Richardson, iNEMI
The 2009 iNEMI Roadmap covers at least 20 TWG (Technical Working Group) chapters grouped into five technology groups: Semiconductor Technology, Business Processes/Technologies, Design Technologies, Manufacturing Technologies and Component/Subsystem Technologies. Within the groups are the 20 chapter designations – including two new TWGs (Solid State Illumination and Photovoltaics). The roadmap also includes five product sector (PEG) chapters with associated product emulators. The presentation will go into what makes up the individual chapters and how the process works to culminate in a complete document.

DFM: What Can No Longer Be Ignored in Today's Electronic Designs
Wednesday, August 20 | 8:00am – 9:30am
Speakers: Dale Lee and Denis Jean, Plexus Corporation
Component packaging technology continues to decrease in size (length, width, thickness), interconnection density per unit area is increasing (thinner PCB’s, smaller lines and spaces), and functional performance is increasing (thermal, mechanical, electrical) at the same time assembly processes are changing to lead-free assembly and other legislated requirements.

Panel Discussion - 3D Stacked Packages: Which Way to Go
Wednesday, August 19 | 10:00am – 11:30am
Moderator: Gail Flower, PennWell Corporation
Co-Chair: Meredith Courtemanche, PennWell Corporation
Consumer markets demand smaller, lighter electronic devices with higher performance and more features. The continuous pressure to reduce size, weight, power consumption and cost while increasing the functionality of portable products or advanced ICs has driven innovative, small, cost-effective 3D-IC concepts with through-silicon via interconnects. Panelists from Yole Development, Semitool, Amkor Technology and the Georgia Institute of Technology share their thoughts on "which way to go."

Benchmarking - What Can You Gain From It?
Wednesday, August 20 | 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Speakers: Emmanuel Siméus, John Martinez, and Denise Tepe Raytheon Missile Systems; Charlie Minter, BPM/COE/Willcor, Inc.
These presentations will give you the components of a successful benchmarking effort, provide examples of benchmarking processes, share process pitfalls and lessons learned and identify benefits that your company can achieve. Begin a benchmarking strategic partnership with other SMTA members and participate in this interactive learning experience with one of the most powerful and effective improvement tools you can use.

Board Talk
Wednesday, August 20 | 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Speakers: Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall, ITM Consulting
The purpose of this forum is to cut through the marketing hype, the platitudes, and incompetent, unscientific baloney. To rise to an ethereal level of honesty and openness. To share our darkest fears and our greatest hopes. And, hopefully, to further the technical levels of our industry by being totally frank and honest. We are constantly dealing with materials, products and requirements that have never existed until…well maybe not until 10 minutes ago. We have to take chances, we have to brainstorm, we have to try “weird” things; we have to go for it. If we waited for thorough, analytical analysis of every new problem we would still be soldering with kerosene torches!

<< Back to SMTAI Show Central