The IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society will hold its 2008 Symposium in

Austin Texas in 2008 on October 20-22.

Online Symposium registration is available now with early-bird discounts (through 5-Sep) and discounts for IEEE members.  If you'd rather fax or mail your registration use the offline registration form (.xls).  Join as an IEEE and PSES member at the half-year rate and the cost of attending the Symposium is the same as the non-member cost.  You'll get a half-year membership in PSES and the IEEE for free!  See the membership form for details.

The symposium is a forum for exchanging ideas, practical experiences, work experiences and business cards. The targeted audiences include but not limited to people involved with compliance engineering in these areas of interest:

Visit the 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Symposium sites for pictures and information from previous symposiums.

For more information contact: Gary Schrempp

Underwriters Laboratories are offering their HBSE seminar on October 23 and 24 and a medical 60601 seminar on October 23, both following the Symposium. A 25% discount will be available to persons attending the Symposium.  Both UL seminars will be held at the same hotel as the Symposium.  Details will be posted on the UL University web site in the near future.

Call For Papers

Important dates:

Intent to present and topic (e-mail) April 29, 2008
Draft e-paper June 1, 2008
Notification of Acceptance July 6, 2008
Complete e-paper and speaker registration August 17, 2008

Author information:

The IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society seeks original, unpublished papers and tutorials on all aspects of product safety engineering including, but are not limited to:

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

Safety Subjects:  Electrical, mechanical, fire, thermal, chemical, optical, software, functional, reliability, etc.

Components:  Grounding, insulation, opto-couplers, capacitors, transformers, current-limiters, fuses, power line filters, ferrite, environmental, electromagnetic emissions, electromagnetic immunity, regulatory, etc.

Certification:  Product safety, electromagnetic emissions, electromagnetic immunity, environmental, processes, safety testing, regulatory, etc.

Standards activities:  Development, interpretations, status, interpretations, country requirements, etc.

Safety research:  Body physiological responses to various hazardous energy sources, unique safeguard schemes, etc.

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

Draft e-papers may be submitted in Word or PDF format.  Please submit them to Bob Griffin ().

Draft e-papers for the Special Technical Program may be submitted in Word or PDF format.  Please submit them to Rich Nute ().

A formal paper is prepared according to IEEE publication standards and is peer-reviewed. Formal e-papers are published as the official proceedings of the Symposium. A formal paper is accompanied by an e-presentation version of the paper.

Acceptance of a formal paper, informal paper, workshop, or tutorial is based on the draft e-paper or e-presentation. Drafts of formal e-papers are peer-reviewed by select members of the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society. Acceptance is based on:

The completed and finished e-paper must be submitted in IEEE Xplore® PDF format.  Please refer to the instructions below and to http://www.ieee.org/confpubcenter for details on the submission format which has been updated as of February 2007.  The IEEE Xplore® Requirements for PDF are enforced, all conference articles submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore® must adhere to the IEEE Xplore® PDF specification for compatibility.  If you want your paper published in conference proceedings or in IEEE Xplore® you must insure it is in the proper format or it will be rejected.

Presentations that are to be optionally included in the conference proceedings should be in PDF or PowerPoint formats.  Presentations do not have to be in a specific format, only the paper does.

PSES 2008 has registered for use of the IEEE tool IEEE PDF eXpress™.  IEEE PDF eXpress™ is a free service to IEEE conferences, allowing their authors to make IEEE Xplore®-compatible PDFs (Conversion function) or to check PDFs that authors have made themselves for IEEE Xplore® compatibility (PDF Check function).  IEEE PDF eXpress™ will be available in the Spring.

Steps for submission:

1. Create your manuscript(s)
2. Proofread and check layout of manuscript (it is highly recommended that you do this BEFORE going to IEEE PDF eXpress™.)
3. Create an IEEE PDF eXpress™ account at http://216.228.1.34/pdfexpress/log.asp.  Use the conference ID:  pses08
4. Upload source file(s) for Conversion; and/or PDF(s) for Checking
5. Use IEEE PDF eXpress™ to attain IEEE Xplore®-compatible PDF(s). The site contains extensive instructions, resources, helpful hints, and access to technical support.  PSES 2008 specific instructions will be made available in Q2 2007.
6. Submit final, IEEE Xplore®-compatible PDF(s) to Bob Griffin ().  The deadline is 17-Aug-2008.  You must have your final paper submitted by the deadline in order to be published by the IEEE.  Late papers cannot be added to the proceedings or IEEE Xplore®.

Prospective authors, workshop organizers, and tutorial organizers should submit an “intent to present” e-mail (or e-mail attachment) describing the title, topic, objective, synopsis of the paper, expected duration of the presentation, and the type of paper, i.e., formal paper, informal paper, tutorial, or workshop. The “intent to present” is used for preliminary organization of the technical program, and to provide some initial feedback to the author on the paper and its position in the technical program. The “intent to present” does not commit the author or organizer to the paper or session. However, the “intent to present” will be taken as a strong indication that the paper or session will take place; the symposium will hold a place for the paper pending the draft e-paper and acceptance.

Flyer:

See the Call For Papers.

Contact:

Gary Schrempp ().

VENDOR/EXHIBITOR INFORMATION

• Ad Spec for Program - Print ad specifications sheet
• Focus Letter - For vendors and exhibitors
• Exhibitor Contract
• Promo Order Form
• Consultants Corner

We will again have a special area themed as “Consultant’s Corner”. The purpose of having this area is to allow attendees and regulatory compliance consultants to network and conduct business. There are many consultants in our industry and it is important that we provide a place where companies can recruit and find various consultants at the symposium.

There will be a table-top, seating area and a bill board indexing all of the consultants that are participating. Consultants can also display their brochures and other marketing materials at a designated table top. Since a traditional table top is typically too expensive for many consultants, the “Consultant’s Corner” will be a perfect and ideal place to do business with attendees representing various companies.

For more information, pricing and to reserve your area, please see the form or contact Thomas Ha, .

2008 PSES Steering Committee contact information:

Photos courtesy of the Austin Chamber of Commerce