MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The 5th annual Medical Electronics Symposium will be held Jan. 29-31 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA, the SMTA says. 

The keynote presentation, titled The Imminent Revolution of Medical Electronics, will be given by Celeste Null, director of biomedical engineering, Intel Corp. on Jan. 30. 

The technical program will consist of six sessions and a plenary session.

The symposium will feature topics concerning patient care and technology, eco-compliance, reliability, optimizing component selection, ultra small SiP for medical applications, and benefits of lean flow manufacturing.

Two tutorials on automatic test equipment will be offered Jan. 31. The morning tutorial will cover Strategies for Comprehensive and Cost Effective Automatic Testing for Medical Electronics; the afternoon tutorial will continue with Utilizing DFT and BIST to Complement Automatic Testing of Medical Electronics.

The Medical Electronics Symposium, previously held in Minneapolis, will be co-located with the Medical Device and Manufacturing Expo West.

For details and to register, visit http://www.smta.org/education/symposia/symposia.cfm or contact Melissa Serres, melissa@smta.org.