ORLANDO – SMTA is seeking abstracts for the 2008 SMTAI technical conference.  Short course descriptions are also being solicited.  

The abstract deadline is Jan. 7. Papers will be accepted March 7, and manuscripts are due May 26. 

SMTA International will take place at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Aug. 17-21.

Papers should describe significant results from experiments, emphasize new techniques, and contain technical, economic or appropriate test data. Material should be original, unpublished and non-commercial in nature. Papers are being solicited in the following categories: emerging technologies, components, assembly, PCB technology, process control and business.

Please submit abstracts at www.smta.org/smtai/call_for_papers.cfm.