What's on at Nepcon 2007 - 15th - 17th May, Birmingham NEC

What's on at Nepcon 2007 - 15th – 17th May, Birmingham NEC

As the UK's only national exhibition for electronics manufacturers, Nepcon has always occupied an important part of our event calendar. Featuring over 400 exhibitors from across the industry, Nepcon 2007 will provide visitors with an ideal platform to compare hundreds of products and services and delivers everything you need to stay one step ahead in today's competitive marketplace.  

Seminars at Nepcon
But these extensive business and networking opportunities are just one aspect of the show. In line with an ongoing commitment to education, the focus of Nepcon 2007 is also firmly fixed on discovery and learning. This year's show sees the launch of Nepcon's most comprehensive educational programme yet with three separate Seminar Programmes and three Daily Round Table Debates. Each Seminar Programme covers an important area of modern electronics manufacturing, so whether you are an engineer seeking practical, technical advice on reducing PPM defect levels from the printing process, or a senior manager looking at the possibility of entering the defence and aerospace markets, you will find something of interest.

To find out which seminar series is most relevant for you and your business, see below for your guide to the Nepcon seminars. 

SMART Group seminars
The ever-popular SMART Group Seminars represent a unique blend of valuable industry insights from this leading European trade association. Covering subjects such as the Impact of RoHS, Low Cost Manufacturing and New Product Introduction, the SMART Group seminars will be highly relevant to visitors from a range of industry backgrounds.

15 May 2007
11:00 A-Z of JTAG testing and its successful introduction
13:30 Component Obsolescence - Impact of RoHS on the industry
14:30 Implication of customer data on successful sub-contract assembly
15:30 Overview of the LEADOUT reliability projects

16 May 2007
11:00  Choice of base material & surface finish for PCBs - Not a piece of cake
13:30  Conformal coating - Achieving long term reliability improvements
14:30 Advantage of copper filled vias for HDI and through hole circuits
15:30 Land Grid Array (LGA) - Design and manufacturing success & failure

17 May 2007
11:00 Reducing PPM defect levels from the printing process
13:30 What's process control good for? Real data from real manufacturing sites
14:30  Making new product introduction (NPI) successful

DSEi seminars
New for 2007, this seminar programme is being held in conjunction with DSEi (Defence Systems & Equipment International Exhibition). Aimed at companies looking to enter the defence and aerospace markets as suppliers, the seminars will provide advice on how to overcome the challenges of these markets and conduct business with the Ministry of Defence.

15 May 2007
11:00 - 11:40 Increase Your Chances of Winning Business from a Prime Contractor
12:00 - 12:40 Technology and Innovation for Defence
14:00 - 14:40 How to be an Intelligent Supplier
15:00 - 15:40 Tools and Techniques used in Modern Defence Procurement

16 May 2007
11:00 - 11:40 The Roles of SMEs in Defence Procurement
12:00 - 12:40 How the Defence Industrial Strategy is supporting SMEs
14:00 - 14:40 Defence Standards: Bridging the Gap Between Industry and MOD
15:00 - 15:40 Military Aerospace Equipment and Restriction of Hazardous Substances Component Reliability

17 May 2007
11:00 - 11:40 Industry Perspectives on the Defence Industrial Strategy
12:00 - 12:40 How the Defence Industrial Strategy is Supporting SMEs
14:00 - 14:40 Mitigating Counterfeit Electronic Components in the Military Aerospace Industry
15:00 - 15:40 Continuous Improvement as the Foundation of SME - Prime Relationships

Electronics Yorkshire seminars
With so much red tape governing electronics manufacturing, the Electronics Yorkshire seminars will enable visitors to keep pace with the very latest regulations, directives and standards. With seminars including ‘WEEE – Are you ready?' and ‘China RoHS – You ain't seen nothing yet', this unique programme will bring visitors up to speed with evolving industry requirements.

15 May 2007
11:00 - 12:00 RoHS - One year on
12:00 - 13:00 Design for manufacture with IPC standards
13:00 - 14:00 WEEE - Are you ready?
14:00 - 15:00 China RoHS -You ain't seen nothing yet
15:00 - 16:00 Future challenges - Batteries, REACH & EuP

16 May 2007
11:00 - 12:00 RoHS - One year on
12:00 - 13:00 Design for manufacture with IPC standards
13:00 - 14:00 WEEE - Are you ready?
14:00 - 15:00 China RoHS -You ain't seen nothing yet
15:00 - 15:40 Future challenges - Batteries, REACH & EuP

17 May 2007
11:00 - 12:00 RoHS - One year on
12:00 - 13:00 Design for manufacture with IPC standards
13:00 - 14:00 WEEE - Are you ready?
14:00 - 15:00 China RoHS -You ain't seen nothing yet
15:00 - 16:00 Future challenges - Batteries, REACH & EuP

Interactive Round Table Debates
Debate the latest industry issues at daily round table debates located in Nepcon's Association Village. This brand new series of round table discussions will see a panel of renowned industry experts lead an open debate on environmental issues, low cost manufacturing and future technology challenges. Held in conjunction with the SMART Group, the event invites visitors to join in and voice their opinions.

15 May 2007
12:30 - Round Table Debate: Meeting environmental challenges
Ms Sue Knight (Chairman), Global Laser Solutions Ltd

16 May 2007
12:30 - Round Table Debate: Meeting low cost manufacturing challenges
Mr Graham Naisbitt (Chairman), Gen 3 Systems

17 May 2007
12:30 - Round Table Debate: Meeting future technology challenges
Mr Peter Grundy (Chairman), PG Engineering

Featuring all this and more, Nepcon 2007 certainly offers visitors plenty to see and do. Don't miss out on your opportunity to support the UK's electronics manufacturing industry – we hope to see you at the Birmingham NEC, 15th – 17th May!