The 13th annual PCB Design Conference West 2003, held March 15-19 at the San Jose Convention Center, received positive feedback from attendees and exhibitors alike regarding the five-day conference program of over 35 technical courses and the two-day product and service exhibition. The San Jose, CA-based venue, which is located in the heart of Silicon Valley, provided 1,482 attendees with an excellent setting for instruction, networking and face-to-face marketing opportunities.

"Trade shows and conferences in just about every market have been depressed in the last few years, so it is good to see that PCB design shows are following the same upward trend that we're beginning to see in other markets," said UP Media Group (UPMG, Atlanta, GA) president Pete Waddell. "We also are pleased that so many exhibitors have continued to include PCB West in marketing budgets that remain cautious and tight. Our exhibitors were enthusiastic about the quality of the attendee traffic on the show floor—to the extent that 72% of our 2004 exhibitors have already re-signed for 2005."

"DownStream Technologies decided to exhibit at PCB Design Conference West 2004 because the exhibition provides our company the most targeted access to the PCB design and manufacture professionals that we want to reach," said Rick Almeida, president of DownStream Technologies, an exhibitor. "We are very pleased with the leads that we were able to capture during the two-day exhibition and we've already re-signed for next year's show."

According to Waddell, PCB West conference attendees also were excited by the number and technical depth of courses taught during the five-day conference. Several special events were well attended and received praise from those who participated. These include the PCB Technology Forum and Welcome Luncheon, the Keynote Address by Mentor Graphics CEO Walden C. Rhines on "Breaking the PCB Design Process," the Opening Night Reception, the Pot O'Gold Party and Giveaway extravaganza and the PCB West Book Store, which featured participation by book publishers Prentice Hall and Wiley.

Dates for PCB West 2005 have been announced and the conference will be held March 7-11 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.

UPMG's next trade show is PCB Design Conference East 2004, which will be held Oct. 4-8 at the Radisson Hotel Manchester in Manchester, NH.

UPMG is a privately held company that specializes in magazine publishing and trade show and conference production. UPMG currently publishes two high-tech magazines: Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture and Circuits Assembly. In addition, UPMG produces two annual conferences and trade shows for the design and manufacture industry—PCB Design Conference West in the Silicon Valley area, and PCB Design Conference East in the Boston, MA, area. UPMG also hosts the PCB Design Conference Road Series of courses in cities throughout the U.S.

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