ISPCE 2014 - 2014 Ieee Symposium On Product Compliance Engineering

The IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society seeks original, unpublished papers and tutorials on all aspects of product safety and compliance engineering including, but not limited to:
Forensics Track:
Papers and presentations on Forensics will include:
? The latest findings in failure analysis on new components and miniaturization of common products implemented by the electronics industry.
? Descriptions of failure analysis involving rare failure modes that are not commonly seen in any given product line.
? Developments in the general tools and techniques used for quality failure analysis of electronic and electrical products.
? Dominant failure modes for a given type of component, detailing causes and effects of these failure modes.
Large Format Lithium Ion Batteries Track:
Papers and presentations on large format lithium ion batteries will include:
? Battery technologies for vehicles.
? Current standards and activities around developing new standards for batteries.
? Potential failure modes and risks associated with large format batteries.
? Failure analysis techniques.
? What we can learn from past experience regarding battery safety.
EMC Product Compliance Track:
Papers and presentations on EMC product compliance will include:
? EMC Standards and Regulations
? PCB design for EMC compliance
? EMC shielding, grounding, filtering and layout considerations for compliance
? EMC Troubleshooting techniques
? EMC compliance and non-compliance case studies
? Smart Grid EMC considerations
? Transportation system EMC
? Electric Vehicle EMC
? Lightning Protection
? Electrostatic discharge protection
Medical Devices Track - “The impact of the new IEC 60601-1”:
Papers and presentations on Medical Devices will include:
? Risk Management process
? Essential performances
? Patient and Operator ? different requirements
? How to deal with the Collateral Standards
? Manufacturer opinion
? Consultant opinion
? Testing House opinion
Risk Assessment Track ? Are you ready for Risk Assessments in Standards??
Papers and presentations on Risk Assessments will include:
? Introduction to Risk Assessments and various techniques
? Introduction to CSA Z1002 Occupational Health and Safety based on ISO12100. How will it
affect Machinery Standards in Canada?
? Functional Safety and Machinery: Are Standards like ISO 13849‐1 and IEC 62061taking focus
away from other Risk Control Measures?
? New laws in member states of the EU affecting the Directives
? IEC62326 Hazard Based Standard
? Risk Assessments for Electromedical Equipment
? ISO Guide 51
General Track:
Papers and presentations in the General Track will include:
? Product Specific: Consumer, medical, computer (IT), test and measurement, power supplies, telecommunication, industrial control, electric tools, home appliances, cellular and wireless, etc.
? Hazard Specific: Electrical, mechanical, fire, thermal, chemical, optical, software, functional, reliability, risk assessment, etc.
? EMC / RF: Electromagnetic emissions, electromagnetic immunity, regulatory, Introduction to EMC/RF for the safety engineer and compliance engineer.
? Components: Grounding, insulation, opto-couplers, cables, capacitors, connectors, current-limiters, transformers, current-limiters, fuses, lasers, ferrites, environmental, electromagnetic suppression & protection, surge protectors, printed wiring boards, etc.
? Certification: Electromagnetic emissions & immunity, Environmental, Product safety, Processes, safety testing, regulatory, product liability etc.
? Standards Activities: Development, status, interpretations, country specific requirements, Laboratory Accreditation, etc.
? Research: Body physiological responses to various hazardous energy sources, unique safeguard schemes, electrically-caused fire, forensic methods etc.
? Environmental: RoHS, WEEE, EuP (Energy-using Products), Energy Star, Packaging Directives, REACH (Chemical), CeC, etc.
? Demonstration Papers: Demonstrations of product safety testing techniques including mechanical, electrical, fire, etc.