(<=== click on the map, for a better view) We welcome you to Silicon Valley, the home of the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the Components, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society! We're quite active, with a regular series of Monthly Evening Meetings, a series of Luncheon Meetings, and a rich choice of technical and professional skills courses.

Upcoming IEEE/CPMT Society Events In the Santa Clara Valley   (Print out and post/circulate)

Monthly Technical Meetings: (everyone is welcome!)

Technical/Skills/Management Short Courses:

Meetings for 2010/2011: "Embedded Passives: Packaging Paradigm of the Future?" Jason Ferguson, Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center -- dinner Wednesday, September 9 "Design of High Density & 3D Packaging: Tools and Knowledge" Thomas Tarter, Package Science Services LLC -- lunch Thursday, September 23 "Good Things Come in Small Packages" Sandra Winkler, New Venture Research -- lunch Thursday, October 28 Downloadable Slides from Recent Talks (most recent last) "Winner Take All: How Competitiveness Shapes the Fate of Nations", Richard J. Elkus, Jr. (100 kB PDF) "Integrated RF-CMOS MEMS Solutions for Mobile Terminals", Jeffrey L. Hilbert, President, WiSpry, Inc. (750 kB PDF) "3D IC Integration: The Next Generation of Electronics", "Bill" Bottoms, Chairman, Third Millennium Test Solutions (1.6 MB PDF) "Large-Scale Print-Manufacturing of Complex 3D Structures", Arthur Chait, EoPlex Technologies, Inc. (2 MB PDF) "Thin is In: Thinning of IC Chips", Annette Teng, Ph.D., CORWIL Technology Corp. (800 kB PDF) "High-Reliability Through Silicon Via (TSV) Solutions for Image Sensor Packaging", Belgacem Haba, Ph.D., Tessera (1.2 MB PDF) "3D Accelerometer MEMS in a Context of Gaming and Healthcare", Ed Brachocki, Kionix, Inc. (2.2 MB PDF) Other Slides from Past Talks: See the CPMT Members-Only website.

Professional Skills Development and Management Classes: Contact Sue Smith, our course registrar, to receive the Course Flyer in the mail, and to be added to our email notification list for other Summer classes. Mastering Difficult Conversations [more] - July 13 at Trimble Navigation, Sunnyvale Managing Managers [more] - July 13-14 at TIBCO Software, Palo Alto Virtual Teams: Working Together Apart [more] - July 27 at TIBCO Software, Palo Alto Management Essentials [more] - August 5-6 at TIBCO Software, Palo Alto Presentation Skills for Engineers [more] - August 12 at TIBCO Software, Palo Alto

See our listing of Past Meetings and Courses.
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