The Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Inc. (SEIPI) through the Association of Semiconductor and Electronics Manufacturing Engineers of the Philippines (ASEMEP) invites you to send in technical papers for presentation at the 20th ASEMEP National Technical Symposium.

Exciting cash prizes await the Best Paper for each category, Best Presenter and the Overall Best Paper Winners!

-Processes, Materials, Advanced Packaging, RoHS Initiatives

-Yield Improvement, Cycle Time Improvement, Equipment Utilization, Process Simplification, Cost Re-Engineering and Improvement, Value Engineering, Design for Manufacturability, Out-sourcing Strategies

-PCB/Substrate Technologies, Soldering Techniques, New Process Technologies, Hybrids, RoHS Alternatives, Hard Disk Drives, Flash Memory, Optical Disk Drives

-New Test Processes, Methodologies, Test and Measurements, Test Development, Product Development

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-Materials, Control Programs, Systems and Methods, Failure Analysis, Test and Audit Equipment

-Product Failure Analysis, Accelerated Testing

-TQM, TPM, FMEA, SPC, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing

-Training Methodologies-Computer Based Training Simulations, Knowledge Management Strategies

-Metrology and Calibration-Innovation in Equipment Measuring System.

-Facilities Engineering-Plant/Building and Grounds, EHS, New Technologies for Power Consumption Reduction, Waste Reduction, Behavioral Safety, etc

1. A maximum number of three (3) authors is allowed per technical paper entry.


2. Only 2 revisions will be accepted by the technical paper committee prior to the deadline specified.


3. Authors must obtain appropriate company clearance prior to submitting their entries. Submitted papers automatically become ASEMEP property.


4. All authors must submit completed technical paper entry and endorsement form and author checklist documents to asemep@seipi.org.ph.


5. Technical paper authors shall strictly follow the technical paper template and must submit the papers electronically in PDF format via email to asemep@seipi.org.ph. Technical Papers which do not conform to the technical paper template will automatically be rejected with an accompanying e-mail from the technical paper committee.


6. Authors of rejected papers must resubmit their entries in the correct format on or before the deadline specified.


7. The required file format is PDF (Adobe Acrobat) with one single PDF file for each submission.


8. The submission deadline for all technical paper entries will be on February 26, 2010. Late papers will not be accepted.


9. Paper presentation at the Symposium will be in electronic MS Power Point format (version 2003), also following a template to be e-mailed by the technical paper committee. Do not convert the Power Point presentation into PDF format.


10. Paper authors will be notified through email if their papers have been accepted by the technical paper committee.


11. All accepted technical papers and Power Point presentation must be submitted to asemep@seipi.org.ph. Papers that are submitted late will not be included in the CD version to be distributed