ISPCE 2014 - 2014 Ieee Symposium On Product Compliance Engineering

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Category ISPCE 2014

Deadline: November 15, 2013 | Date: May 12, 2014-May 14, 2014

Venue/Country: Chicago, U.S.A

Updated: 2012-05-09 23:20:34 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

Forensics Track:

Papers and presentations on Forensics will include:

? The latest findings in failure analysis on new components and miniaturization of common products implemented by the electronics industry.

? Descriptions of failure analysis involving rare failure modes that are not commonly seen in any given product line.

? Developments in the general tools and techniques used for quality failure analysis of electronic and electrical products.

? Dominant failure modes for a given type of component, detailing causes and effects of these failure modes.

Large Format Lithium Ion Batteries Track:

Papers and presentations on large format lithium ion batteries will include:

? Battery technologies for vehicles.

? Current standards and activities around developing new standards for batteries.

? Potential failure modes and risks associated with large format batteries.

? Failure analysis techniques.

? What we can learn from past experience regarding battery safety.

EMC Product Compliance Track:

Papers and presentations on EMC product compliance will include:

? EMC Standards and Regulations

? PCB design for EMC compliance

? EMC shielding, grounding, filtering and layout considerations for compliance

? EMC Troubleshooting techniques

? EMC compliance and non-compliance case studies

? Smart Grid EMC considerations

? Transportation system EMC

? Electric Vehicle EMC

? Lightning Protection

? Electrostatic discharge protection

Medical Devices Track - “The impact of the new IEC 60601-1”:

Papers and presentations on Medical Devices will include:

? Risk Management process

? Essential performances

? Patient and Operator ? different requirements

? How to deal with the Collateral Standards

? Manufacturer opinion

? Consultant opinion

? Testing House opinion

Risk Assessment Track ? Are you ready for Risk Assessments in Standards??

Papers and presentations on Risk Assessments will include:

? Introduction to Risk Assessments and various techniques

? Introduction to CSA Z1002 Occupational Health and Safety based on ISO12100. How will it

affect Machinery Standards in Canada?

? Functional Safety and Machinery: Are Standards like ISO 13849‐1 and IEC 62061taking focus

away from other Risk Control Measures?

? New laws in member states of the EU affecting the Directives

? IEC62326 Hazard Based Standard

? Risk Assessments for Electromedical Equipment

? ISO Guide 51

General Track:

Papers and presentations in the General Track will include:

? Product Specific: Consumer, medical, computer (IT), test and measurement, power supplies, telecommunication, industrial control, electric tools, home appliances, cellular and wireless, etc.

? Hazard Specific: Electrical, mechanical, fire, thermal, chemical, optical, software, functional, reliability, risk assessment, etc.

? EMC / RF: Electromagnetic emissions, electromagnetic immunity, regulatory, Introduction to EMC/RF for the safety engineer and compliance engineer.

? Components: Grounding, insulation, opto-couplers, cables, capacitors, connectors, current-limiters, transformers, current-limiters, fuses, lasers, ferrites, environmental, electromagnetic suppression & protection, surge protectors, printed wiring boards, etc.

? Certification: Electromagnetic emissions & immunity, Environmental, Product safety, Processes, safety testing, regulatory, product liability etc.

? Standards Activities: Development, status, interpretations, country specific requirements, Laboratory Accreditation, etc.

? Research: Body physiological responses to various hazardous energy sources, unique safeguard schemes, electrically-caused fire, forensic methods etc.

? Environmental: RoHS, WEEE, EuP (Energy-using Products), Energy Star, Packaging Directives, REACH (Chemical), CeC, etc.

? Demonstration Papers: Demonstrations of product safety testing techniques including mechanical, electrical, fire, etc.