GARDEN GROVE, CA – A call for abstracts has been issued for the Symposium on Counterfeit Electronic Parts and Electronic Supply Chain. The event will take place Dec. 6 – 8 at the Crowne Plaza Anaheim Resort.

This symposium will provide a forum to cover changes in the electronic parts supply chain on how an organization performs part selection and management through the whole lifecycle of the parts.

Topics include impact of supply chain changes on the component management practices: quality, reliability, manufacturability; electronic parts distribution: current stage and evolution; authentication techniques for securing electronic part supply chain; federal procurement practices and its impact on electronic supply chain; inspection tools and techniques for detecting counterfeit parts; new areas of counterfeit concerns: materials, energy storage, and industry and international working groups and standards on electronic part supply chain and counterfeit electronic parts.

The symposium is sponsored by SMTA and CALCE at the University of Maryland.

Three-hundred-word abstracts should be sent to diganta@umd.edu no later than Aug. 23. 

Presentations are due Oct. 28.

For more information, visit www.smta.org/counterfeit.