iNEMI will hold a Medical TIG Forum, open to the industry on Friday, November 14, 2008 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.  The iNEMI Medical TIG Forum is being hosted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at their White Oak Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD  20903, Meeting Room:  Building 2, Room F2047E.

The goal of the iNEMI Medical TIG Forum is to present to the industry the TIG’s process for the establishment of a minimum set of requirements for electronics components for application in life critical applications developed in the TIG’s Medical Component Reliability Project Review Project.  In addition, there will be review of the TIG’s validation process, being demonstrated in the Medical Reliability for MLCC Project, which is determining accelerated life test methods of long-term leakage and breakdown failures of Multi-Layer Chip Capacitors (MLCC).

Registration

Registration is required.  Please register ASAP (Foreign visitors take 10 days to process).

U.S. citizens:  click here to register

Foreign visitors:  download form to register (MS Word)
Email form to dtaylor@inemi.org or fax to +1 703-834-2735 if you are a foreign visitor.

All visitors must bring identification with them to the site:
     U.S. citizens:  Valid driver's license or passport
     Foreign guests:  Passport or other national identity source document

Tentative Agenda

9:30 am - 9:45 am
FDA Introduction

9:45 am - 10:00 am
iNEMI Overview
iNEMI Organization Structure & Background; Chuck Richardson, Director of Roadmapping (iNEMI)

10:00 am - 10:40 am
iNEMI Medical TIG Review
Purpose of TIG & Medical Project Goals, Boston Scientific
High-Reliability Substrates, Dyconex

10:40 am - 11:00 am
FDA
FDA's Perspective on Need for Test Standards and Collaboration, FDA

11:00 am - 11:15 am
Break

11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Medical Component Reliability Project Review
     Overview of Medical Industry Process, MLCC Project - Validation of Process
     Use Conditions Development
     Development of FMEA
     Review of Applicable Standards & Gaps

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Medical Component Reliability Project Results to Date
     Review of Capacitor Testing Trends, MSEI
     Presentation on Medical Component Phase I Results, NIST-Boulder
     Presentation on Medical Component Phase II Assembly, Testing, and DOE, Boston Scientific

2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Break

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Panel Discussion
     Cross Cutting Group Discussion on MLCC Reliability and Project Questions
     Group to Include Members from OEM, Government, Suppliers, and EMS Providers
     Tentative Panel Members:
          Boston Scientific
          Texas Instruments
          NIST
          Vishay
          Micro Systems Engineering, Inc.
          MED-EL
          Celestica, Inc.
Closing Remarks and Invitation to Participate, Chuck Richardson and David Godlewski (iNEMI)

Travel, accommodations, maps

Airports
     Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) (approx. 25 miles)
     Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) (approx. 27 miles)
     Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) (approx. 33 miles)

Map
Map of vicinity

Directions /  transportation / parking / hotels

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Press release:  iNEMI and US FDA Plan Forum on Component Reliability for Medical Electronics (10/17/08)

For more information about this meeting, contact:
     David Godlewski
     Manager of Deployment
     iNEMI
     Phone: +1 717-651-0522
     Email:  dgodlewski@inemi.org