Conference on Electronics Water
November 7-8, 2007 
DoubleTree Hotel, Austin, TX

 

ULTRAPURE WATER--Austin, Texas  is a two-day conference on Microelectronics Pure Water offering an Executive Forum consisting of state-of-the-art technical papers, Training Workshops, and Table-Top exhibits.  Typical attendance is 200-300 individuals, mostly from the microelectronics industries.

 

Doubletree Hotel AustinHOTEL LOCATION--All ULTRAPURE WATER--Austin activities are held at the Double-Tree Hotel--Austin, Texas. For your convenience, we recommend that you stay at this hotel for the duration of the conference. TheDoubletree is located at the intersection of Interstate Highway 35 and Highway 290, just 20 minutes from Austin's airport.

 

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or just the Registration Form.

ROOM RATES-- Single or Double-$139(All rates subject to additional city taxes.)  When making hotel reservations, it is important that you mention theULTRAPURE WATER--Austin Conference. These special rates, as well as a block of rooms, are guaranteed only through October 16, 2007. Don’t miss out — phone in your reservations today at 512-454-3737, or 800-347-0330. Refer to Tall Oaks Publishing, or Ultrapure Water in order to obtain this special rate. Reserve on-line at www.austin.doubletree.com using UPW as the conference code.

* TRAINING WORKSHOPS offer training on various aspects of high-purity water for water treatment operators from the POWER GENERATION and  MICROELECTRONICS industries.  Click here for details on Training Workshops.

* Executive Forum

 

Final Program

Wednesday, November 7:

Moderator:  Mr. Allen Boyce, Intel

 

8:45 AM—Session Introduction

 

9:00 AM—Keynote Address:  A Preliminary Look at High-Purity Water Use Optimization and Two Wastewater Issues

Walter Worth, SEMATECH Fellow; and Jan Holsbrink, NXP Semiconductors (ISMI Assignee)

 

10:00 AM—Behavior of Boron Deposition and Removal in Wet Cleaning of Silicon Wafer

Drew Sinha, Ph.D., SUMCO USA

 

10:30-10:45 AM—Coffee Break

 

10:45 AM— Emerging Applications of High-Purity Water: Meeting Challenges of Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing

Bipin Parekh, Ph.D., Annie Xia, and Michael Clarke Entegris Inc.

 

11:15 AM— Progress on the Application of Electrocoagulation to Water and Reclaim Water Treatment
Dr. James Farrell, Dr. James Baygents, Matthew Schultz, University of Arizona; Steven Whitten, Arizona State University; Allen Boyce and Zoe Georgousis (presenter), Intel

 

11:45 AM-1:30 PM—Lunch Break

 

1:30 PM— A New Nonvolatile Residue Monitor for the Semiconductor Industry

David Blackford, Ph.D., Fluid Measurement Technologies Inc.

 

2:00 PM— New Trace Metal Analyzer for Automated High-Purity Water Quality Monitoring

Vladimir Dozortsev, Ph.D., and William T. Dietze, Ph.D., TraceDetect Inc. 

 

2:30 PM— Factors Affecting Part-per-Quadrillion (PPQ) Analysis of High-Purity Deionized Water

David Bollinger and Hugh Gotts, Ph.D., Air Liquide-Balazs Analytical Services

 

3:00-3:15 PM—Coffee Break

 

3:15 PM—2007 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) Ultrapure Water Update

Jeff Chapman, IBM; and Tracy Boswell, ATDF

 

3:45-5:00 PM—ITRS Discussion Session

 

5:00-7:00 PM—Reception in Exhibits Area

Thursday, November 8:

Moderator:  Mr. Dan Wilcox, P.E., Spansion

 

9:00 AM—Water Conservation Challenges in the Electronics Industry

Andreas Neuber, M+W Zander; and Vyacheslav Libman, Intel

 

9:30 AM— Comparing the Functionality of Available Recirculating Lab Faucets
Tom Sixsmith and Marty Burkhart, Georg Fischer Piping Systems; and Casey Williamson, Semtec Inc.

 

10:00 AM—Point-of-Use Particle Counting in High-Purity Water Applications

Bill Shade, Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions

 

10:30-10:45 AM—Coffee Break

 

10:45 AM—Analysis of Urea in Water in Non-UHP Water and UHP Water

Mary Havlicek, Ph.D., Balazs Analytical Services, Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP; Hugh Gotts, Ph.D., Air Liquide-Balazs Analytical Services

 

11:15 AM— Use of Optical Particle Counters for Monitoring Deionized Water

Ross Bryant, Particle Measuring System

 

11:45-1:15 PM—Lunch Break

 

1:15 PM—Combined Treatment of Semiconductor Fab Effluent— An Opportunity for High-Purity Water Recycling and Environmental Protection

Boris Eliosov , Libman Vyacheslav, and John Currier, Intel Corp.

 

1:45 PM—Detection and Quantification of Carboxylic Acids in High-Purity Water Using an On-Line TOC Analyzer

Terry Stange, Ph.D., Zhao Lu, and Emek Blair, Ph.D., Hach Ultra Analytics

 

2:15 PM—EDI System for BoilerMake-Up Water: Case Study

Avijit Dey, Ph.D., Omexell and consultant to Dow Water Solutions; Bill Loyd, Dow Water Solutions; and Nathan Roades, Madison Gas and Electric

 
 

* TABLETOP EXHIBITS--Exhibit hours:  Wednesday: 1:00PM-7:00PM; Thursday: 11:00AM–3:00PM.  Click here for an Exhibitor's prospectus.

2007 Exhibitors
(as of 10/19/07):
AMRI, INC. l ARKEMA INC. l ASAHI AMERICA INC. l BALAZS ANALYTICAL l CHEMTRACE l DEGREMONT TECHNOLOGIES-OZONIA l FISHER COMPANY l FLUID MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES l GRAVER TECHNOLOGIES LLC l HARVEL PLASTICS INC. l HEATEFLEX l KURITA AMERICA INC. l LANXESS SYBRON CHEMICALS INC. l METTLER-TOLEDO THORNTON INC. l SIEMENS WATER TECHNOLOGIES l TRACE DETECTl ULTRAVIOLET SCIENCES
Cancellations/refunds
Refunds cannot be granted on cancellations received after November 1, 2007. Cancellations prior to this date are allowed without penalty. There will be a $30 processing fee on all refunds. If you need to change your plans to attend, you may transfer your registration to another person at any time without incurring any penalty.

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TALL OAKS PUBLISHING INC.
Phone: 303-973-6700 (U.S.A.)
Fax: 303-973-5327

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