Fall MMRC Meeting Focused on Optoelectronics Packaging, Enabling Technology, Funding and Policy

Washington, DC � The Microelectronics Marketing Research Council (MMRC) Fall meeting will focus on optoelectronics packaging, covering such topics as relevant issues, enabling technology, and government policy considerations. Sponsored by the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS), the meeting, entitled �Optoelectronics Packaging: Issues, Enabling Technology, and Government Policy� will convene October 5-7, 2001, at the Westin Fairfax Hotel, Washington, DC. Program Chair is E. Jan Vardaman of TechSearch International, Inc.

Presentations will focus on the market for this exciting technology, including drivers for the growth of the optoelectronics industry, and government funding and policy considerations. Special emphasis will be given to international optoelectronics packaging roadmaps and trends, including development in China, and the �Wall Street� view of this potentially explosive industry. Issues such as requirements for low-cost packaging solutions, material and substrate needs, and assembly equipment automation requirements enabling the mass-production of low-cost packages will be addressed.

In 1987, representatives from the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) and the IPC met to form the Microelectronics Marketing Research Council (MMRC). The MMRC targets the industry�s marketing professionals through the IMAPS Organizational Member Community. It provides a forum for members to organize and support programs designed to analyze the technology and competitive elements impacting the microelectronics packaging marketplace. To find out more, please call Ann Bell at 202-548-8717 or e-mail her at abell@imaps.org. Prospective attendees can register online at http://www.imaps.org/registration/IMAPS2001.htm. Contact IMAPS at 611 2nd Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, U.S.A., E-mail: IMAPS@imaps.org.; Tel. 202-548-4001; Fax 202-548-6115; Home Page: http://www.imaps.org.