Conference proves we are still maturing
21 February 2011
An interesting gauge of how the industry is progressing from a technical perspective can be gained by looking at what is happening at our leading events.
As a huge generalisation, you can probably get a good idea about the market conditions in the electronics industry over the past year by comparing the number of exhibitors at leading events – as the industry’s suppliers reinvest some of their turnover from the last year.
If you then compare the number of visitors it is a better indication of the mood in the market – as these are the people looking to invest in the coming months.
However, if you are looking to judge if technology is developing or stagnating then one of the best places to look (beyond the e-pages of EMTWorldWide of course!) is in the conference schedules of the main exhibitions.
The subject was bought to my attention this week as the IPC has just confirmed its conference programme for this year’s APEX exhibition in Las Vegas, taking place from 12-14 April 2011.
Featuring new research and innovations from industry experts around the world, the IPC APEX EXPO Technical Conference will cover more than 30 technical topics and promises to provide the industry with practical solutions and new opportunities for the future. The notion that the industry, from a technology point of view, is mature is clearly not true – there are still many problems to solve and progress to be made.
“It was as if the quiet of the past two years erupted in a gale force of some of the most remarkable research we have reviewed in a long time,” said IPC Technical Conference Director Greg Munie, Ph.D. “Clearly, our industry has been busy making progress and innovating. More importantly, the information will reveal new paths and solutions for companies to take.”
Over two-and-a-half days there will be 35 sessions comprising nearly 100 research papers. Included are topics such as counterfeiting, lead-free reliability, embedded devices, environmental issues, high speed/RF, moisture and laminates, solar power, and sustainability. In addition, the areas of soldering processes, head-on-pillow defects, design, reliability and stencil printing have multiple sessions dedicated to the topics due to the wealth of new information available.
We will be bringing you more information about the conference and the event as a whole in the weeks running up to it, but if in the meantime you would like more information and details of how to register, then visit: www.IPCAPEXEXPO.org.
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