EMAP - Hong Kong -- Big Success

The EMAP 2000 (Electronic Materials Packaging Conference) was held in Hong Kong from November 30 to December 2, 2000. There were 77 Technical Papers presented to 129 Conference attendees. Two full-day short courses and workshops that were held in conjunction with EMAP and these attracted 93 students. This conference attracted engineers from 12 countries and regions: China, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Romania, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the USA. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology hosted this meeting held at Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

The CPMT Board of Governors sent a delegation to this meeting as part of the ongoing Globalization efforts. In particular Tony Chan (Administrative Vice President), Bill Chen (Chair Professional Society Liaison), Al Puttlitz (Vice President Education), Rao Tummala (CPMT President), Paul Wesling (Publication Vice President), and C. P. Wong (former President) attended.

Rao Tummala was the Keynote Speaker on Opening Day with
"A New Paradigm...SOP, System on Package, for Microsystem of the Next Decade"

Paul Wesling was one of the Conference Luncheon Speakers with
"Multimedia Educational Modules in Electronic Packaging." He showed video clips from several of the courses.

Anthony Chan was the Grande Banquet Keynote Speaker with
"Growth in Telecom, Computer, Internet and their Impact on Packaging"

Albert Puttlitz was the speaker at the Annual General CPMT Meeting. This presentation included:
**CPMT Organization/Responsibilities
**Global BoG nominations/winners
**Programs for Chapters to use: Distinguished Lecturer, Chapter start-up funds, Best Chapter of the year award, Student Chapter support, ECTC possibilities.

Comments on Conference:
**The Conference was well organized. Dr. Annette Tseng, the Y2K Hong Kong Chapter CPMT Chair was one of the organizers. An Appreciation Award was presented to Annette Teng at the Grande Banquet. EMAP is 2 years old.

**Dr. Tsukada of IBM's Yasu Lab Japan was presented the Outstanding Performance Award.
**Dr. Ricky Lee is the new Hong Kong Chapter Chair for Y2001.
**First Place Student Paper Winner is Linda Chow, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The prize is a free trip to ECTC in Orlando Florida. Second place winner was Ivan Sham also of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Four of the CPMT delegates were on the Student Paper Judge panel: Bill Chen, Tony Chan, C. P. Wong, Al Puttlitz.
**The meeting organizers provided excellent hospitality
**The CPMT Board delegations to Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan fell within the approved $15,000 Budget.

Editorial:
The delegation from the CPMT Board to EMAP 2000 was excellently received and added value to the conference. As a Society, we should continue to send delegations to several international conferences that have both CPMT sponsorship and active local CPMT chapters.
---submitted by Al Puttlitz, Vice President of Education.

Pictures: EMAP Grande Banquet: Mrs. Tong, Prof. Pin Tong, Dr. J. S. Wu all of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Tea Break Sessions