i MAPS New England 53rd Symposium – May 4, 2027

at Boxboro Regency Hotel & Conference Center

Technical Program Chair: Professor Alkim Akyurtlu, UMASS Lowell

Co-Chair: Gregg Berube, Consultant

Call for Abstracts - The Leading Regional Confab on Microelectronics

Our Technical Committee seeks contributions that advance design, assembly, and reliability of microelectronic and microsystem packaging. If your technical work contains practical insights, or emerging approaches relevant to the microelectronics assembly and packaging community, we want to hear from you. Student Submissions are encouraged.

Focus Areas

Technical abstracts are encouraged from, but not limited to, the following areas:

• AI-Enabled Manufacturing, Metrology, and Scale-Up for Microelectronics Packaging

• Advanced Packaging Concepts - Heterogeneous integration & Chiplets

•   High-Density Interconnects and Emerging Substrate Technologies

•   AI-Enabled Additive Manufacturing for Electronics Packaging

•   Printed Electronics Materials and Additive Methodologies

•   Advanced Materials for AI Microelectronic Packaging

•   Optoelectronics and Photonics Integration

•   Power Packaging Materials & Concepts

Novel Session Formats

This year’s committee wishes to expand beyond traditional lecture presentations. Submitters may optionally indicate interest in creating or participating in:

•   Panel Discussions — Topic driven sessions featuring multiple experts offering complementary perspectives.

•   Technical Forums — Focused, interactive sessions designed for deeper exploration of emerging challenges or cross disciplinary issues.

• Keynote Aligned Sessions — Abstracts that connect to themes introduced by keynote speakers may be selected for integrated programming.

Submission Guidelines

• Abstracts should be 100–200 words, clearly stating approach, results, and significance. Also, include a 50-100 word Bio.

• Submissions must have technical merit and be free of commercial content.

• Indicate whether the work is best suited for an oral presentation, interactive poster, or one of the novel session formats.

• Include author names, affiliation(s), and contact information and if presenter is a student.

Submit to: abstracts@imapsne.org Deadline is December 31, 2026

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