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From the Director SEMICON West
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SEMI Assists SESHA in Simulcasting Symposium For the first time, SESHA will stream the audio/video content of its annual Symposium live via the internet. The presentation slides and speaker's voice can be watched on your computer.. it's almost like being there! If you cannot come to Arizona for the Symposium, please join us by Simulcast... (More)
Now Available: SEMI Webcast on 2009 Global Swine Flu Pandemic Due to SEMI member and industry partner concern about the possible impacts of the 2009 Influenza Pandemic (Swine Flu or H1N1 Flu), SEMI hosted two separate webcasts, summarizing the pandemic and suggested approaches to respond to it... (More)
New EHS Pavilion at SEMICON West this Year New for 2009! SEMICON West (July 14-16) offers a distinct space for companies to showcase their EHS products and services. The EHS/Sustainability Pavilion, located in West Hall of the Moscone Center, is a great opportunity. SEMICON West draws over 40,000 professional attendees from the world's leading microelectronics technology companies... (More) Deadline Extended for SEMICON West Sustainable Technologies Award The SEMICON West 2009 Sustainable Technologies Award provides recognition of exhibitors who provide equipment, materials or services that contribute to sustainable improvement of the environment. The deadline for submission of an application is extended until June 1... (More) Look! EHS and Sustainability Events at SEMICON West 2009 The SEMI EHS Division announces its events lineup for SEMICON West 2009. Events address industry issues on sustainability, energy efficiency, and EHS. Noteworthy events include Strategic EHS Vision of the New Obama Administration and Energy Conservation Symposium... (More)
SEMI Participates in Carbon Accounting Symposium Bruce Klafter (Applied Materials) and Aaron Zude (SEMI) participated at the recent Enterprise Carbon Accounting Symposium held May 14. This one-day symposium provided ideas and solutions on the major issues facing large corporations and institutions around carbon accounting. SEMI partnered with Greentech Media and Groom Energy in presenting this event. The agenda included... (More)
SEMI Submits Comments to the UK on Proposed Changes to EU RoHS/WEEE In April 2009 as part of a larger proposal from the European Commission, a UK regulatory government agency (BERR) invited industry representatives to provide feedback on proposed changes to the EU RoHS/WEEE regulations. The SEMI RoHS Working Group submitted comments to BERR urging... (More)
Now Available: SEMI Webcast on the EU REACH Article 33 Requirements Article 33 of the EU REACH Regulation is challenging the global semiconductor industry in new ways. This webcast provided an overview of the requirements and summarize possible impacts to SEMI, ISMI, and ESIA members and industry partners. Speakers provided suggestions for compliance approaches... (More)
Pushing for Solid State Lighting to Reduce Global Energy Usage Some 200 attendees from across the supply chain gathered at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid State Lighting Manufacturing Workshop on April 21 – 22 in Virginia (USA) to start to hammer out a potential manufacturing initiative to bring down the costs of LEDs for general lighting. DOE targets the sector as one of the major ways to cut U.S. energy consumption, while strengthening the U.S. technology manufacturing sector... (More)
U.S. Government Energy Funding Available for High-Risk, High-Payoff Concepts The goal of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is to create transformational new energy technologies and systems through funding and managing research and development (R&D) efforts. ARPA-E will uniquely focus on high-risk, high-payoff concepts– technologies promising true energy transformations. ARPA-E is an organization within the Department of Energy (DOE)... (More) Events Calendar SESHA Annual International High Technology ESH Symposium and Exhibition May 18-22, 2009, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA Intersolar Europe 2009 May 2-29, 2009, Munich, Germany
July 13-16, 2009, San Francisco, California, USA
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From the Director