AMSTERDAM – Experts from IBM and Siemens will keynote the Contamination, Cleaning and Coating Conference here in May, conference organizers announced today.

The conference is scheduled for May 22-24, 2017 at the Radisson Blu Airport Hotel in Amsterdam.

On May 23, Prabjit Singh, Ph.D., IBM Corporation, will provide his keynote presentation on the “Occurrence and Prevention of Electronic Hardware Failures due to Gaseous and Particulate Contamination in Data Centers.” He will offer a history of electronic corrosion and survey/occurrence of corrosion in data centers worldwide. The presentation will delve into Mixed Flow Gas (MFG) and Flowers of Sulphur (FOS) testing of hardware for corrosion propensity, recent advances in FOS testing for creep corrosion, effect of humidity on creep corrosion, effect of temperature and humidity on copper and silver corrosion, as well as conformal coatings and their testing. Dr. Singh is a Senior Technical Staff Member in the Materials and Processes Department in IBM Corporation with 38 years of experience in the metallurgical engineering aspects of mainframe computer power, packaging, cooling and reliability.

Ruediger Knofe of Siemens will keynote May 24 with his presentation titled “Cleaning of Electronics: Analysing Cleaning Results and Potential Damage Risks When Cleaning Process is Not Optimal.” The talk will highlight key objectives for cleaning of electronics including processes, cleaning agents, influencing factors, evaluation, and potential damage risks. Mr. Knofe currently works as a senior key expert engineer at Siemens, responsible for different material qualifications, reliability failure analyses and also cleaning processes for electronics.

The event is sponsored by SMTA and SMART Group and focuses on important and timely issues on contamination, cleaning and conformal coating in the manufacture of electronics. Visit  www.smta.org/contamination for more information.