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58 SMT Magazine • March 2014 Show preview Professional Development courses Sunday and monday, march 23–24 Thursday, march 27 This year, 29 professional development courses are being offered, with each three-hour course focusing on a critical issue within nine specialized areas, including: assembly processes for lead free and tin-lead soldering; cleaning, coating and contamination; design; emerging technologies; environmental issues and com- pliance; PCB fabrication and materials; printed electronics; quality, reliability and test; and sup- ply chain/business issues. Course attendees will receive an instructional handbook to reinforce key information and use as a reference when they return to work. Among the instructors leading the courses are Rainer Thueringer, Ph.D., Technische Hoch- Real Time with… Interviews and Panel Discussions This year, I-Connect007 and the Real Time with... program returns to Las Vegas, Nevada to bring you complete video coverage of IPC APEX EXPO 2014. Last year, we brought you more than 150 interviews—and this year promises to be just as prolific. The Real Time with… team of editors, guest editors, and videographers will be working throughout this seminal event to capture the keynotes and bring you one-on-one interviews and panel discussions with the industry's top technologists, engineers, and business leaders as it happens! Visit Real Time with... for updated informa- tion about IPC APEX EXPO 2014. The PcB List—Find out what it's all about in the I-connect007 booth! Brought to you by PCB007, The PCB List is the world's most comprehensive online directo- ry of printed circuit manufacturers, anywhere. Buyers, specifiers, designers and others looking for a PCB fabricator will appreciate the intui- tive navigation, detailed search capability, and global reach of The PCB List. With a Showcase listing, a PCB fabricator can create a neat, orga- nized presentation that puts all pertinent infor- mation at a potential customer's fingertips. Drop by the I-Connect007 booth to see for yourself how easy it is to find a fabricator, or create a Showcase listing! schule Mittelhessen; S. Manian Ramkumar, Ph.D., Rochester Institute of Technology; Phil Zarrow, ITM Consulting Inc.; Jennie Hwang, Ph.D., Sc.D., H-Technologies Group; Ray Prasad, Ray Prasad Consultancy Group; Gerjan Diep- straten, Vitronics Soltec; and Mike Bixenman, DBA, Kyzen. Click here for a complete list of professional development courses and instructors.