Nepcon Brighton

The UK's only dedicated electronics exhibition is happening in next week. With over 200 exhibitors and a seminar programmes.With the likes of the AFDEC quarterly dinner (taking place the evening before the first open day, Tuesday 10th); The REG seminars (organised by EW); the Key note address by Mark Kirstein of INSTAT/MDR- Wednesday 12pm; the ever popular Process technology seminars (Organised by The SMART Group) and the Smallpeice seminars. Not only that, but the show is also incorporating The SMART Groups lead-free seminar and workshop. Working in conjunction with associations such as: COG, AFDEC, Intellect, The SMART Group and TISA and journals such as EW, EMP, ED, EP&T, CIE, Global SMT, EM&T, MDT, UK EMC, The Engineer & New Electronics plus others such as Kellys & Dial, the show is set to offer you an unbeatable way to meet & network with new contacts - whilst at the same time updating yourself on the hottest industry topics.Nepcon Brighton is organised by Reed Exhibitions. In a turbulent market we have remained close to the ever changing market place, and have evolved and developed Nepcon to closely match exhibitors and visitors business objectives. At the same time our priority has been to give the best possible return on investment to provide exhibitors with a cost-effective, flexible and easy way to promote their products.Taking place at the Hilton Brighton Metropole this two-day electronics event covers all aspects of the industry: Production, Components, Test and EMC.Nepcon Brighton promises to combine the tradition and experience of Nepcon, the UK's most successful electronics exhibition, with the social attractiveness of Brighton in June. Focused on providing an easy-to-attend, inexpensive format, stand sizes will be capped & limited to shell scheme only.The SMART Group Lead-Free FeatureLead Free becomes a reality. Are you ready?SMART Group have been running lead free events over the past five years now with the ban on the use of tin/lead solders fixed every company must have a solution in place. SMART Group and Nepcon Electronics are providing for the first time lead free hands on solutions at the show.Delegates will be able to see and use production equipment using lead free alternative alloys featuring surface mount and through hole terminations. They will be able to witness many of the issues raised by what is the most significant change to happen in our industry in years.Delegates will receive:Hands on experience with different alloysTry lead-free soldering and reworkLead Free Process design check sheetsDefect Guide & Inspection CriteriaCD-ROM of Lead Free Process InformationSome of the examples show what issues can be faced if companies don't learn about lead free now. The change is coming and solutions must be implement.For further details on feature participation & attending this unique event contact leadfree@smartgroup.orgKey note Address by Mark Kirstein. (In-Stat/MDR)The State of the electronics marketMark Kirstein, Vice President and General Manager of research giant In-Stat/MDR, will deliver a keynote address at 12pm on Wednesday 11th June (in the Process Technology seminar theatre-ground floor), day one of the two-day show. This will focus on an analysis of advanced technical markets, offering both insights into them and forecasts for the direction in which they are headed.Reed Electronics Group SeminarsIdentifying growth applications for a changing chip marketElectronics Weekly have organised a short-programme semiconductor design conference which will run as a centrepiece feature of the show. Topics will include: In-car telematics and audio visual systems - The explosive growth of electronics audio-visual, PC-based and GPS navigation technology in cars is attracting the interest of both semiconductor and software system designers alike. Under-the-bonnet automotive semiconductors - This is recognised as a growth area for European semiconductor sales with some of the industry's largest suppliers seeing Europe as more advanced than the US in the use of under-the-bonnet electronics.Wireless multimedia on the move and in the home - It seems that GSM enhancements GPRS and EDGE are proving to be the key technologies for next generation multimedia mobile services, even before 3G appears. In the home wireless networking (802.11 and Bluetooth) looks like being an important market for silicon suppliers looking to develop their comms businesses. Digital TV and digital radio - With 500,000 users buying Freeview set-top boxes in the last four months and with digital TV threatening to become a mass market product, what are the opportunities for semiconductor firms?Component Obsolescence - End of line and difficult to source components are becoming a commercially important issue for manufacturers and suppliers in the commercial as well as military sectors.Presenting companies will include: Actel, Analog Device, Axicom, Cadence, COG, Fairchild, Fujitsu, IMEC, Mentor Graphics, Mezoe, Motorola, National Semiconductor, Philips, Wind River, Xilinx, Zetex.Process Technology SeminarsA winning combination of SMART Group, Smallpeice, Nepcon and EM&T magazine provide the biggest and best FREE technology seminars in the industrySMART Group's Technical Committee and Nepcon have put together short 25 minute seminars which focus on the latest issues and technologies within the electronics manufacturing industry.Running alongside this programme will also be a schedule of Smallpiece seminars, discussing electronics manufacturing productivity and efficiency, and investigating real-time issues. With 30 minutes between each presentation you can plan your meetings around the seminars you wish to attend and still have time to visit your current and future suppliers.Guaranteed quality presentations, the seminars always cover issues relating to current and future manufacturing challenges before anyone else.Registering for the Process Technology seminars will give you the opportunity to win one of the Purcon Ipro Reports "Electronics Industry Tracker" provided by Martin Deas of Purcon Ipro one the Nepcon Brighton speakers. This is a unique opportunity to learn how you can source the best products and services from around the world and what are the current industry trends and directions.See you in Brighton…