SAN DIEGO – SMTA’s deadline for submitting 300-word abstracts for the 2009 SMTA International conference is April 24.  

The event will take place Oct. 4-8 in San Diego.
 
Papers are sought in the following tracks: assembly, business, components, emerging technologies, PCB technology and process control.
 
SMTAI offers three $1,000 awards and a recognition plaque for Best of Conference Presentation, Best of Proceedings Paper, and Best International Paper.
 
Paper manuscripts and course workbooks are due July 31. Papers should be six to 15 pages (including graphics) and describe significant results from experiments, emphasize new techniques, or contain technical, economic or appropriate test data. Presentation materials and papers must be original, unpublished and non-commercial in nature.
 
For details, visit www.smta.org/smtai/call_for_papers.cfm.