MINNEAPOLIS -- Abstracts for the SMTA International 2006 conference are due this week. Proposals for short course are also being solicited. The deadline is Feb. 24.

Notifications of acceptance will be made April 14.

To submit a abstract online go to www.smta.org/smtai/call_for_papers.cfm. Papers should describe significant results from experiments, emphasize new techniques, and contain technical, economic or appropriate test data. Material should be original, unpublished and noncommercial in nature.