Volume 8, Number 4     March/April 2000

Events

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Jet Propulsion Laboratory participate as sponsors in the Third Annual Microelectronics Reliability and Qualification Workshop to be held October 31—November 1, 2000 at the Hilton Hotel in Glendale, California. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a forum for open discussion in all areas of microelectronics reliability and qualification for high reliability and commercial applications. General topics of interest include: reliability, qualification methodologies, reliability modeling and simulation, materials, special environments, advanced technologies and yield. The workshop is also sponsored by The Aerospace Corporation, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and IEEE Components, Packaging & Manufacturing Technology Society. For more information, visit http://parts.jpl.nasa.gov/workshop/home.htm.

The Small Business Tech Expo will take place October 31—November 2, 2000 in Seattle, Washington at the Meydenbauer Center - Bellevue. This Expo affords an unmatched opportunity to develop strategic partnerships and sell to thousands of small and emerging technology-based businesses, industry and government. These highly qualified decision-makers will be looking for new technologies, business partnerships, consultant services, marketing and accounting expertise and financing and investment opportunities. More than 4,000 technology managers, senior engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs are expected to attend the Small Business Technology Expo and other events of “Technology 2000,” including these two events: Technology 2000 National Technology Conference, America’s premier showcase of new and emerging technologies, sponsored by NASA and NASA Tech Briefs; and the National Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Conference, the nation’s largest source of early stage technology financing with over $1.2 billion in annual awards to small high-tech firms. A single badge will allow attendees access to all of the exhibits at no charge. For more information, visit http://www.zyn.com/sbexpo/. For more information about Technology 2000, visit http://www.t2kexpo.com/

NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas will host Inspection2000 on November 1, 2 and 3, 2000. For the fifth year, Inspection2000 will continue the spirited exchange of ideas between industry and business leaders, academicians, researchers and JSC experts. Inspection2000 provides an opportunity for NASA to share space technologies under development. Attendees enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at JSC’s state-of-the-art facilities, and hundreds of interactive exhibits on topics ranging from biotechnology to robotics and automation are on display. Leaders in manufacturing, medicine, petrochemicals, agriculture, education, pharmaceuticals, communications, information technology, and dozens of other fields find cutting-edge technology available at Inspection Day. For more information, visit http://inspection.jsc.nasa.gov/.