EDINA, MN – The 2021 Symposium on Counterfeit Parts and Materials will be held online Aug. 3-5, and SMTA and CALCE are requesting abstracts. The deadline to submit abstracts is Apr. 23.

Abstracts are invited in the following areas (but are not limited to): tracking through lifecycle (marking, optical labels, authentication techniques, applications of blockchain and other security methods); applications of AI and machine learning (supply chain surveillance, classification tools, machine vision); cybersecurity concerns associated with counterfeit parts and materials (examples of confirmed hardware trojans); experience from commercial industry (testing, EMS, consumer products, computers); inspection tools and techniques for detecting counterfeit parts (assembly-level counterfeits and their detection, side-channel tools for counterfeit detection); supply chain new areas of counterfeit concerns (materials, energy storage, batteries); electronic parts distribution (current stage and evolution over time); federal and defense procurement practices and their impacts on counterfeit management (SBD spend, COTS, internet exchanges); industry and international working groups and standards on managing counterfeit risks; assessment of current State of counterfeit mitigation (industry maturity today vs. three, five, and 10 years ago); legal and law enforcement (workshop on supply chain models – overlap with criminal activities, motivation of counterfeiters, additive manufacturing – counterfeit avoidance and counterfeiting); professional development courses.

Abstracts should include course objective, topics covered and intended audience for the workshop.

For more information, visit https://smta.org/mpage/counterfeit-call-for-abstracts.

To submit an abstract, visit https://smta.org/mpage/counterfeit-abstract-submission.

To submit a course outline, visit https://smta.org/mpage/counterfeit-course-submission.