UP Media Group Inc. (UPMG, Atlanta, GA) has announced that PCB Design Conference West, the annual West Coast conference and exhibition for printed circuit board (PCB) engineering, design and manufacturing professionals, will return to the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, on March 7-11, 2005. Long held in Santa Clara, PCB West has been held at the San Jose Convention Center for the last two years.

"The San Jose Convention Center is a terrific venue and we really enjoyed holding the show there," said UPMG president Pete Waddell. "However, there are a lot of positives about the Santa Clara Convention Center that our attendees, exhibitors and staff alike appreciate. For example, the SCCC facility is located just off Highway 101 on Great America Parkway, which results in easy access from all parts of Silicon Valley by rail or car. Parking is free, and two great hotels—the Westin Hotel Santa Clara and Hilton Santa Clara—are literally only steps away from the convention center lobby."

Sponsored by industry trade magazines Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture and Circuits Assembly, PCB West annually provides attendees and vendors with a conference and exhibition for the design and manufacture of advanced circuits, printed circuit boards (PCBs) and related technologies.

PCB West will provide attendees with a five-day conference program featuring a three-day Technical Conference of short courses and papers and two days of in-depth Professional Development Certificate Curriculum courses. The two-day product and service exhibition will be held on March 8-9.

UPMG is a privately held company that specializes in magazine publishing and trade show and conference production. UPMG currently publishes Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture and Circuits Assembly. In addition, UPMG produces two annual conferences and trade shows for the design and manufacture industry—PCB Design Conference West and PCB Design Conference East in the Boston area. UPMG also hosts the PCB Design Conference Road Series of courses in cities throughout the U.S.

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