THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM WILL BE HOLDING ITS NATIONAL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 15-17 IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA The Advanced Technology Program will be holding its 1999 National Meeting on November 15-17 in San Jose, California. The conference will feature in-depth workshops along six technology and economic tracks including: biotechnology, chemistry, information technology, electronics, materials and manufacturing, and economic assessment. A description of each of the five technical tracks will be published in the CBD daily. The fourth track summary is photonics and electronics. This track is aimed at providing an in-depth look into many of the leading-edge technology segments from the electronics and photonics industries. Each workshop will focus on the ongoing collaborative R&D work between these industries and the ATP, and will explore future collaborative research opportunities. The technical barriers and challenges that need to be overcome to enable next generation and generation-after-next electronics and photonics applications will also be explored. The workshops include: Microelectronics Manufacturing Infrastructure (MMI) (topics: materials, processing, equipment, design tools, measurement/test for manufacturing of semiconductor chips, packages, board interconnection, and assembly) Photonics Manufacturing: Results, Challenges and Opportunities (topics: manufacturing of compound semiconductor devices, material processing, simulation and modeling, package and assembly, and system requirements) Supporting Technologies for Semiconductor Lithography (topics: exposure techniques, masks, resists, metrology, inspection and repair tools, optics, alignment systems, ultraclean wafer transport, etc. for dimensions of 100 nm and beyond) Organic Electronics (topics: materials synthesis and processing, lifetimes, manufacturability, requirements) Advanced Wireless Communications: Are We Ready?(topics: current global status of research, development, and applications in wireless communications; wireless communications hardware; protocols, mobility and software) The ATP 1999 National Meeting will be hosted by the San Jose DoubleTree Hotel. For more information and to track schedule updates, visit the meeting website at http://www.atp.nist.gov/nationalmeeting/ Meeting registration is on-line at https://sales.nist.gov/conf/secure/CONF87/conf_register.htm or call Lori Phillips, (301) 975-4513, fax: (301) 948-2067. Media Contact: Michael Baum (301) 975-2763 michael.baum@nist.gov WEB: Advanced Technology Program, http://www.atp.nist.gov. E-MAIL: Advanced Technology Program, atp@nist.gov. Posted 11/04/99 (W-SN397937).

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