IEEE Wescon Files

From Walt Whipple, w.whipple@ieee.org, Los Angeles Council

• IEEE Region 6 Tutorials at Wescon (abstracts and bios)
• IEEE Wescon Tutorial Program Registration Form (Advance registration)
• IEEE Wescon Tutorial Program (Tracks in tabular form)
• IEEE Wescon Tutorial Program article in LAC eBulletin (Page 1 article)
• Wescon 2005--Open Source Abstract/Bio (arrived after publication deadline)
• Abstracts and Bios for Humphryes and Kostek .txt (arrived after publication deadline)
• IEEE eBulletin March 1 2005 (See pages 1 and 13....)

The Wescon web page is at www.wescon.com and contains mostly the San Francisco Bay Area Council and Wescon Conference events.  The Region 6 Tutorials will be added in due course.

Information on the Santa Clara Convention Center may be found at www.santaclara.org using the Conference Center selection on the home page.

The following are courtesy of Paul Wesling, editor@e-grid.net,   San Francisco Bay Area Council

Overview of all the various tutorials and short courses (5 pages, with various artworks that can be used in your publicity): [PDF]   [.doc]
Also in the SF Bay Area GRID.pdf (March issue):  www.e-grid.net/docs/grid0503.pdf (750kB)  (see pages 7 thru 11)
Region 6 Tutorials Tracks: [PDF]   [.doc]   (will be updated every few days, as needed)

Included is information on the following seminars and short courses (choose those you can publicize to your core groups):

• "Designs for the High-Speed, Broadband Information Age" (MTT half-day seminar on SiGe, RF-CMOS, SiC, GaN technologies)   [PDF]   [.doc]   [html]

• "Packaging and Test Technology for RFID" (CPMT half-day seminar on deployment, tags, antennas, standard package outlines, packaging) [PDF]   [.doc]   [html]

• 3 Control Systems Technology Seminars (CSS Short Courses: General Concepts of Motor Control; Understanding Robot Manipulators; Control System Design: A Review)   [PDF]   [html]

• 4 half-day Electromagnetic Compatibility Tutorials (EMC Chapter: Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Compatibility [html];   Fundamental Concepts of Signal Integrity & EMC Related to Printed Circuit Boards [html];   Testing for EMC Compliance - Approaches and Techniques [html];   Fundamentals of Grounding and Shielding for System Level Noise Reduction [html])   [html -- look for C1 thru C4]

• Lead-free soldering/electronics sessions (two half-day seminars: "Why Conversion to Lead-Free is Necessary and its Impact on Your Business" and "Impact of Lead-free Solder on Board Assembly and successful lead free implementation strategy").   [.doc]