|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It’s not just about RoHS compliance anymore …REACH … EuP … Sustainability … Halogen-Free … new regulations, new materials and new buzzwords will buffet your business and your bottom line over the coming year. Regardless of where you are in the electronics supply chain, these new regulations and requirements will impact your company. RoHS was a major change that caught the electronics industry by surprise. Don’t be caught unprepared again: more changes are coming and a solid grounding in the facts is your best defense. New Laws, Regulations, and Requirements Regardless of where you are in the electronics supply chain, new regulations and requirements will impact your company. These new regulations will affect every aspect of your product, from design, purchasing, manufacturing, marketing and end-of-life. This symposium will give you the latest on current and upcoming environmental regulations. RoHS was a major change that caught the electronics industry by surprise. Don’t be caught unprepared again: more changes are coming and a solid grounding in the facts is your best defense. This symposium will help you to get out ahead of regulation by reducing your environmental exposure now. IPC is gathering speakers from an impressive list of OEMs, EMS companies, PCB manufacturers, industry suppliers, academia and government officials. Throughout the event, you’ll hear about environmental issues from the perspectives of companies just like yours. Halogen Free You’ll also learn about what the major OEMs are doing to eliminate brominated flame retardants, PVCs and other halogen-containing materials from their products. The halogen-free movement will have a monumental effect on the materials, processes and products provided by the supply chain. In this follow up to the January Intel/IPC Halogen-Free Symposium, OEMs and members of the supply chain will outline their efforts, goals and technological challenges in developing halogen-free electronics. Who Would Benefit from Attending This conference was designed for members of the electronics supply chain. If you design, market, manufacture or supply the electronics industry–especially printed circuit board and electronic component manufacturers or EMS companies–this conference is for you. By bringing together leading executives and engineers from compliance, design and purchasing, the sum of this conference is truly greater than its parts. Not only will you benefit from our knowledgeable speakers, you will enjoy invaluable networking opportunities with your peers, customers and suppliers. If you are responsible for meeting your company’s environmental and product compliance goals, you need to attend this conference. Sponsorships are available. For more
information contact Fern Abrams at AGEnda
Registration and Hotel Information The IPC Symposium on Electronics and the Environment will be held at the Hyatt Regency, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139, +1 617-492-1234 Room Rate: $199.00(U.S.). For reservations please call 800-233-1234 or +1 617-492-1234 Hotel cut-off date: June 16, 2008 The cost of the symposium is $450 for IPC members and $550 for nonmembers. Your registration fee includes proceedings of the symposium, luncheons, refreshment breaks and a reception on Wednesday, July 16. We invite you to complete the registration form on the back of this brochure and attend this valuable symposium on electronics and the environment. |
Speakers Include Allen & Overy Apple Benchmark Electronics Design Chain Associates Indium Intel Lenovo Lowell Center for SGS TTM Tyco U.S. Environmental |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||