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InternatIonal ConferenCe on SolderIng and relIabIlIty May 13–15, 2014 Workshops: May 13 • Conference: May 14–15 Toronto Expo & Tech Forum: May 15 Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Airport • Toronto • Ontario, Canada ConferenCe overvIew Electronic products, particularly consumer products have become more complex with greater circuit density, finer lines and spacings and more functionality. Reliability issues continue to be a major concern for industrial, bio-medical, aerospace and automotive applications and require materials, manufacturing, test and quality engineers and scientists to be creative in planning for the future. Challenges such as the use of finer powders in solder paste, the greater need for heat dissipation, the use of novel components and technologies are included. Due to cost considerations, new low silver or silver free alloys are being studied. The use of tailored alloy systems, the variety of alloy choices, and smaller passive components are among the concerns being addressed. Now, a new group of engineers and scientists involved in the design and manufacture of (a) medical devices, and (b) monitoring and control instruments must be ready for the requirements of RoHS recast, also known as RoHS 2. This EU directive officially required that it be made into national laws by January 2, 2013 and these two new categories of electronics must become compliant by July 22, 2014. Soldering and reliability professionals need to come together to share their knowledge and their vision for addressing these challenges. Keynote addreSS May 14, 2014 | 8:50am A View of the Electronics Industry Process, Reliability, and Materials Research Landscape Martin Anselm, Ph.D., Manager AREA Consortium, Universal Instruments Corporation Today, the electronic industry's OEMs and CMs are forced to comply with market trends in technologies — due to part availability or cost, and reliability testing for validation. The term "reliability" is often misused, since these tests are evaluation or qualification tests — based upon internal or customer driven standard practices, or on industry accepted standards which do not always provide pass/fail criterion. These tests are employed as best guesses for the reliability of products in the field. This condition is primarily a consequence of limited materials understanding. We cannot ignore the current state of the economy and the evolution of business practices over the past two decades, paired with significant legislative changes, which contributes to the rate at which leaps in our understanding are being achieved. As a result OEMs and CMs have little time to perform fundamental research and often spend more time in support of individual product needs. As new materials and components become mainstream, manufacturing and "reliability" testing becomes less and less effective in producing predictable results in yield and reliability. The more fundamental research to understand the fundamentals of mechanics of failures, reliability and material properties falls on academia and consortia. Martin will discuss the current mainstream North American research landscape, reviewing some of the research groups in the industry and how each fits into the electronics market. Specific research topics will be used as examples to illustrate value for each program. TECHNiCAl COMMiTTEE laura Turbini, Ph.D., International Reliability Consultant, Program Chair Martin Anselm, Ph.D, Universal Instruments Bev Christian, Ph.D., BlackBerry Matthew Kelly, P. Eng, MBA, IBM Corporation Tim luke, Alpha Polina Snugovsky, Ph.D., Celestica, Inc. 5200 Willson Road, Suite 215 Edina, Minnesota 55424-1316 InternatIonal ConferenCe on SolderIng and relIabIlIty May 13–15, 2014 Workshops: May 13 • Conference: May 14–15 Toronto Expo & Tech Forum: May 15 Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Airport • Toronto • Ontario, Canada iN CONJUNCTiON WiTH SMTA TORONTO ExPO & TECH FORUM regISter onlIne at www.smta.org/icsr InternatIonal ConferenCe on SolderIng and relIabIlIty 1. 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