PCB West annually provides attendees and vendors with a conference and exhibition focused on the design and manufacture of PCBs, high density interconnect and other advanced circuits.

Printed Circuit Design & Fab and Circuits Assembly magazines are sponsoring the event.

The five-day conference program focuses on PCB engineering, design and fabrication. The conference is comprised of a 3-Day Technical Conference and a Professional Development Certificate program of one-day and two-day courses.

PCB West 2008 also includes a two-day exhibition of top industry vendors to be held on Sept. 16-17.

Papers and presentations of the following durations are sought for the 3-Day Technical Conference:

30-minute paper sessions

One-hour lectures, presentations or panel sessions

Two-hour workshops or panel sessions

Half-day (3.5 hour) seminars

Papers and presentations of the following durations are sought for a Professional Development Certificate program of in-depth courses:

One-day tutorials (7 hours of instruction)

Two-day tutorials (14 hours of instruction)

For consideration, please submit all abstracts by April 17 via the online form at: http://www.pcbwest.com/speakers/abstract.shtml or e-mail course titles, suggested course length, the target audience, short course abstract(s) and speaker bio(s) to Ronda Faries (rfaries@upmediagroup.com).

Papers and presentations must be noncommercial in nature and should focus on technology, techniques or methodology rather than on a company’s specific products.

If selected for PCB West 2008, final papers and presentations will be due in May.

Suggested paper and presentation topics include (but are not limited to):

High speed, high frequency and signal integrity

Component placement

EMI/EMC analysis

Thermal analysis

Lead-free processes (especially how they affect design and fabrication)

RF and microwave design

Packaging design

Mixed-signal design

Area arrays

FPGA design and implementation

Embedded passives and active devices

Flexible circuitry

HDI design and technologies

PCB design/layout basics

Component library creation and management

Design for manufacture, test and assembly

Design (including analog, digital and power supplies

PCB fabrication

Soldering

Surface finishes

Industry forecasts

Business and design/supply chain issues

For more information visit www.pcbwest.com.