DURHAM, NC – The SMTA’s 3D/SiP/Advanced Packaging Symposium will be held Apr. 29-30 at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club, Durham, NC. 
 The symposium will provide research in the field of advanced packaging with particular attention to materials, manufacturing, assembly and Package/PWB reliability in a Pb-free environment. 
 Two-hundred to 300-words abstracts are being requested in the following areas: system in package; multi-chip packaging; materials/finishes/solder alloys; reliability; package on package; enabling technologies; die stacking/3D assembly; wafer-level packaging; bumping/flip chip on board; handheld electronics/miniaturization; 3D wafer level integration; 3D wafer level packaging; die/package/system co-design; modeling and simulation; drop/shock/bend performance, and infrastructure. 
  Please include name, company, mailing address, telephone number, fax, e-mail, and presentation title.
 The deadline for abstracts is Nov. 30. 
 Speakers will be required to submit presentation slides if selected.