Product category: Exhibitions, Courses, Conferences and Training
News Release from: IMAPS-UK
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 24 January 2007

Conference to address
engineering skills crisis

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IMAPS-UK has published the speaker programme for its MicroTech 2007 conference and exhibition

Starting on 6th March, the two-day conference will focus on advanced microelectronics interconnections, allowing delegates to explore the future challenges and technologies of the industry. Speakers will include Indro Mukerjee, CEO of C-Mac MicroTechnology, who will be speaking on the panel at the Market Watch session, discussing the issue: 'Is the supply chain broken?'.

Mukerjee will outline the current challenges facing the UK engineering industry to recruit and retain skilled engineering students.

With reference to recent research from C-Mac on the state of the UK engineering skills gap, he will articulate the role that academics, industry bodies, and companies should play in inspiring the next generation of British engineers.

Additional speakers on the panel will be Chris Bailey from the University of Greenwich, Dr Kathryn Walsh from Director of the Electronics Enabled Products KTN, Mike Trenchard from the Components Obsolescence Group and Aubrey Dunford from Afdec.

David Lowrie of IMAPS UK, commented: 'The IMAPS-UK annual conference is now in its 35th year, and provides a fantastic platform for discussing all facets of the electronic industry's supply chain'.

'In particular, the current skills crisis we are facing is at the top of the agenda and I am confident that this year's event will stimulate inspiring discussions about what the industry can do to reverse the current trend'.

Mukerjee commented: 'As the head of a company with a long and proud British engineering and manufacturing heritage, I am extremely concerned about the future of British engineering if the apparent decline of engineering studies is not combated'.

'It is imperative that the industry and academia recognises that a collaborative effort is required to shape the future of UK engineering, and the IMAPS conference will provide an invaluable contribution in bringing this issue to the forefront of the industry'.

MicroTech is taking place at the Hellidon Lakes Conference Centre, Daventry, Northamptonshire on 6th and 7th March 2007.

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