June 20–22, Plasma Etching and Reactive Ion Etching short course; Berkeley, CA. Contact: 510/642-4111; http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/enroll.

June 21–22, Integrated Yield Management Workshop; Singapore. Contact: 636/343-8642.

June 25–29, Technical Training Course on Plasma Processing; Cambridge, MA. Contact: 617/566-3890; http://www.plasma-processing.com.

July 15–20, International Conference on Tunneling Microscopy/ Spectroscopy and Related Techniques; Vancouver. Contact: http://www.nrc.ca/sims/stm01; stm01@nrc.ca.

July 16–20, Semicon West; San Francisco and San Jose. Contact: 408/ 943-7953; yhiga@semi.org.

July 17–19, FPD Manufacturing Technology Expo and Con-ference; Tokyo. Contact: +81 3 33498502; fax +81 3 33457929; ftj@reedexpo.co.jp.

August 23, Introduction to Statistical Process Control; San Jose. Contact: 636/343-1333; heather@pti-inc.com.

September 9–13, EOS/ESD Symposium; Portland, OR. Contact: 315/339-6937.

September 17, Semiconductor Processing Overview; Mountain View, CA. Contact: 650/369-7890; info@semiconductorservices.com.

September 17–18, Opto Southwest: Optoelectronics, Photonics, and Imaging; Tucson, AZ. Contact: 360/676-3290; jillm@spie.org.

September 17–19, Semicon Taiwan; Taipei. Contact: 408/943-6936, lrausch@semi.org; +886 3 5733399, iyu@semi.org.

September 19–20, Diskcon USA; San Jose. Contact: 408/492-1436; showgroup@idema.org.

October 2–5, BACUS Photomask Symposium; Monterey, CA. Contact: 360/676-3290; spie@spie.org.

October 8–10, International Symposium on Semiconductor Manufacturing (ISSM); San Jose. Contact: issm@meetingsplus.com.

October 15–18, electronicAsia/ World of Display Technology 2001; Hong Kong. Contact: +852 5211 5199; mmi_hk@mmiasia.com.sg.

October 16–17, Semicon Southwest; Austin, TX. Contact: 408/943-6954; vcollins@semi.org.

October 22–23, North American Orbital Welding Symposium; Rosemont, IL. Contact: 414/783-2732; mbaer@polysoude.com.

October 22–25, SPIE 2001 International Symposium on Micromachining and Microfabrication; San Francisco. Contact: 360/676-3290; spie@spie.org.

October 29–31, Photonics Boston; Newton, MA. Contact: 360/ 676-3290; roy@spie.org.

November 6–9, Productronica 2001; Munich, Germany. Contact: +89 949 20670; lotter@messe-muenchen.de.

November 9–11, Foresight Institute Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology; Santa Clara, CA. Contact: foresight@foresight.org.

November 26–30, Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting; Boston. Contact: 724/779-3003; http://www.mrs.org/meetings/fall2001/.

December 5–9, Semicon Japan; Chiba. Contact: +81 3 32225755; fax, +81 3 32225757; ksasaki@semi.org; 408/943-7992; mho@semi.org.

December 17–19, Micro/MEMS 2001; Adelaide, Australia. Contact: 360/676-3290; http://www.spie.org/info/au.