ATLANTA -- A call for abstracts was issued today for PCB Design Conference East, the leading event for PCB design and manufacuturing on the East Coast.

PCB East will be held Oct. 10 to 14, at The Center of New Hampshire in Manchester, NH. It is produced by UP Media Group, and sponsoredby by Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture and Circuits Assembly.

Papers or presentations are being sought for the technical conference on such topics as:

- High speed, high frequency and signal integrity
- Lead-free processes and their effect on PCB design
- Impedance and crosstalk control
- EMI/EMC analysis
- Embedded passives and active devices
- Thermal analysis
- RF and microwave
- Packaging and components
- Area arrays
- FPGA design and implementation
- Flexible circuitry
- HDI design and technologies
- PCB design/layout techniques
- Component library creation and management
- Design for manufacture, test and assembly
- Design (including analog, digital and power supplies)
- PCB fabrication
- Soldering
- Surface finishes
- Industry forecasts
- Business and design/supply chain issues.

Papers will be 30-minutes in length, while lectures will be one hour, workshops two hours, and seminars 3.5 hours. Also sought: presentations for a Professional Development Curriculum of one- and two-day tutorials.

Abstracts of 100 to 300 words are due March 4. Visit www.pcbeast.com to submit online, or send via email to Andy Shaughnessy, ashaughnessy@upmediagroup.com.

The PCB East conference and exhibition is for designers and manufacturers of printed circuit boards and semiconductor packages.