Call for Participation
IPC Technical Conference

The IPC Midwest Technical Conference is seeking technical experts to make presentations on the materials and processes that contribute heavily to the performance of printed board assemblies.

Benefits to You and Your Company
You — and your company — will be included in promotion of this unique regional event, which reaches tens of thousands of electronics industry contacts through e-marketing and direct mail. In addition, your inclusion in the conference proceedings and show directory results in additional visibility for months or years after the event. This is a terrific way to promote your expertise and a new channel to communicate with your audience — at virtually no cost.

Conference speakers and session leaders will receive full conference admission and access to the electronic conference proceedings at no charge.

Technical Presentations are sought in the following topic areas:

  • Adhesives
  • Cleaning Materials
  • Conformal Coatings
  • Design for Manufacturability
  • Design for Reliability
  • Design for Test
  • Electronic Materials
  • Fluxes
  • Handling and Storage
  • ICT
  • Incoming Inspection
  • Interconnection Performance
  • Moisture Sensitivity
  • Optical/Laser Inspection
  • Pick and Place
  • Potting and Encapsulation
  • Process Control
  • Printing/Jetting
  • Reflow and Wave Soldering
  • Selective Soldering
  • Solders
  • Solderability
  • Solder Mask
  • Testing
  • Tin Whiskers Risk Mitigation 
  • X-Ray Inspection

Technical Presentations
Abstracts for unpublished work must be submitted by Monday, April 2, 2012. These are to detail case histories, field data, new technologies or innovation, or research and findings. Abstracts should summarize problems and their resolutions, procedures utilized, results of experiment, and benefits to the industry. Formal papers are not required but will be included in the proceedings, if submitted.

Oral presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, plus an additional 10 minutes for questions and answers. Presentations must be noncommercial and focused on technology rather than a company’s product and must not have been previously presented.

If selected, speakers must provide an electronic copy of their presentation slides and an executive summary of the topic. Presentation slides must be submitted by Friday, July 6, 2012.

For more information about participation, please contact John Perry, technical conference director, at JohnPerry@ipc.org or +1-847-597-2818, or Toya Richardson ToyaRichardson@ipc.org or +1-847-597-2825.

Online Form for Paper Abstracts Only

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Abstract Paper Due Dates Deadline for abstracts: Monday, April 2, 2012
Deadline for executive summaries and presentations: Friday, July 6, 2012.

I would like to make a technical presentation and I have my company’s legal permission to present the paper.
Note: Papers focused on the company or company’s products are not appropriate and will not be accepted.

If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail from Toya Richardson within 2 business days,
please e-mail JohnPerry@ipc.org