COLLEGE PARK, MD – The SMTA issued a call for abstracts for the Symposium on Counterfeit Parts and Materials, which will take place here June 28-30.

Topics will include the impact of supply chain changes on component management practices: quality, reliability and manufacturability; solutions from OEMs; authentication techniques for securing the electronic part supply chain; inspection tools and techniques for detecting counterfeit parts; how distributors can prepare themselves to be part of the solution; non-electronics parts and materials - counterfeit detection and prevention; government and legal policies; law enforcement policies; information gathering and sharing, and new methods of counterfeiting: cloning, tampering.

Submit 200-300-word abstracts to http://www.smta.org/counterfeit/call_for_abstracts.cfm.

Include a title, author name and contact information.

The deadline to submit abstracts is Mar. 7. Presentations are due May 30.

For more information visit: http://www.smta.org/counterfeit/

The symposium is organized in conjunction with Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) at the University of Maryland.