PEACHTREE CITY, GA – NOVEMBER 10, 2025 – The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today issued a call for abstracts for the PCB West 2026 technical conference. The conference, the largest of its kind in Silicon Valley, focuses on training and best practices for printed circuit board designers and design engineers, electronics hardware engineers, fabricators and assemblers.

The four-day technical conference will take place September 29 – October 2 at the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center. The event includes a one-day exhibition on September 30.

Papers and presentations of the following durations are sought for the technical conference: one-hour lectures and presentations; two-hour workshops; and half-day (3.5-hour) and full-day seminars.

Preference is given to presentations of two hours in length or more, and no presentations of less than one hour will be considered.

Abstracts of 150-750 words and speaker biographies should be submitted to PCEA. Papers and presentations must be noncommercial in nature and should focus on technology, techniques or methodologies related to printed circuit board design, fabrication, assembly, test, components or packaging, and additive manufacturing.

Submit abstracts at pcbwest.com by January 23, 2026. No emailed abstracts will be accepted. Submitters will be notified by early April if their abstract has been accepted. Presentations are due August 28, 2026.

Speaker Benefits: Presenters of accepted abstract(s) for the 2026 program receive the following event benefits.

• Complimentary access to the online proceedings
• Complimentary pass to the technical conference
• Invitation to the Speaker Reception

For more information about PCB West, visit pcbwest.com or contact Conference Director Mike Buetow at 617-327-4702; mike@pcea.net.