Events

17 October 2007 Events

SMART Group SA Seminars and Workshops

29 October 2007: Protea Hotel Stellenbosch

31 October 2007: Protea Hotel Midrand

Topic: Improving design for cost-effective assembly.

30 October 2007: Protea Hotel Stellenbosch

1 November 2007:M Protea Hotel in Midrand

Topic: Hand soldering/rework, oven profiling and BGA/QFP rework workshops.

Contact: Jacquie Janse van Rensburg, SMART Group SA, +27 (0)11 908 3030, [email protected], www.smartgroupsa.org

Airports Industry Showcase

31 October-2 November 2007: Sandton Convention Centre, www.airportshowcase.co

Topics: Facilitates networking between African airport role-players and African and international suppliers of products, services and technologies.

Productronica 2007

13-16 November 2007: Munich, Germany

Topics: International trade fair for the electronics production industry.

Contact: Southern African-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry, +27 (0)11 486 2775, [email protected]

IPC Designer Certification (CID)

19-20 November 2007: The Innovation Hub, Pretoria

Topic: Based on the leading IPC standards for PCB design, the Certified Interconnect Designer programme reinforces the knowledge gained by professionals over their many years of experience and good working practices.

Contact: Carmen Naicker, EDA Technologies, +27 (0)12 653 3323, [email protected]

Best practices in lightning protection and earthing

Various dates in November 2007

Various venues around South Africa

Topic: Effective application of sound engineering techniques to improve earthing and lightning protection. Presented by Wits University and Innopro.

Contact: Innopro, +27 (0)12 667 5151, [email protected]

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