SMART Group welcomes Dr. Mike Osterman, Senior Research Scientist and Director of CALCE Electronic Products and System Consortium, Maryland USA

Dr. Mike Osterman join an exceptional line-up of speakers for this SMART Group Workshop to be held at the National Physical Laboratory on 15th June 2011.

The aim of this workshop is to completely demystify RoHS – what is it, when will it come onto force, what are the implications for industry, including scope and administration issues? These questions will be answered by the enforcer and speakers representing a cross section of industry.

The line up of speakers and their papers include:
‘Implication of the recent RoHS recast’ Chris Smith, NWML.

‘A US perspective on the critical lead-free issues’  Michael Osterman, Calce USA

‘Importance of combinational testing, vibration and thermal cycling’ Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls

‘A Pb-free alternative to high Pb solders for high temperature applications’ David Reece, Henkel

‘Lead-Free implementation  –  A Defence Subcontractor’s Perspective’ Charlie Cawthorne, MBDA

‘Conformal Coatings: Do they Stick?’  Chris Hunt, NPL

‘Procedures and Strategies for minimising the impact of counterfeit components’     Bob Willis, EPS

‘Avoiding delamination: managing the moisture level in PCBs’ Martin Wickham, NPL

‘The influence of whiskers in initiating and sustaining an arc’  Michael Osterman, Calce, USA

Question Time & general discussion will follow

Who should attend? Anyone affected by RoHS!

Including those affected by the RoHS recast, especially in categories 8 and 9, and wishing to develop and understand key aspects in lead-free implementation from a reliability point of view. Quality/ Design Engineers and Procurement will find much that is relevant and useful in attending this workshop. A number of other topics will be discussed and will give attendees an excellent overview of the current state of technology in implementing lead free.