SMYRNA, GA – UP Media Group today announced several electronics industry experts will moderate must-see chats during the fourth annual VIRTUAL PCB, the industry’s only virtual conference and trade show for the printed circuit board design, fabrication and assembly markets. The two-day worldwide event takes place March 8-9, 2011.

On March 8, Marissa Oskarsen will tackle the intricacies of circuit board cost metrics in her chat, “PCB Pricing.” Also on March 8, Matthew Harms, a field application engineer at EMA Design Automation, will moderate “Schematic to PCB Constraint Management,” and David Wiens of Mentor Graphics will moderate “Implementing SI Validation.”

Other chats scheduled that day are procedures for handling PWB defects, board routing, manufacturing in Mexico, and constraint management, among others.
On March 9, chat topics include CAD-CAM techniques, PCB placement and design reuse, tin whiskers, cleaning and ECAD data sharing, among others.

Several assembly-related chats are scheduled as well. Werner Engelmaier, known industry-wide as “Mr. Reliability,” will moderate “PCB Solderability and Reliability,” and process expert Bob Willis will moderate “PCB Process Defects.” Other topics include solder paste inspection, AOI and cleaning.

New this year, VIRTUAL PCB will host several chats during Asia and Europe business hours.

Each chat lasts 30 minutes and is open to all VIRTUAL PCB registrants.

Features of the upcoming virtual event will include custom exhibit booths, live attendee-attendee and attendee-exhibitor communication, live and on-demand equipment demonstrations, real-time technical presentations, open “chats” moderated by industry experts, and much more.

A fully interactive, Web-based event, VIRTUAL PCB (virtual-pcb.com) incorporates all the critical features of a live event, while allowing PCB design, fabrication and assembly equipment and materials buyers and sellers to interact online. VIRTUAL PCB is supported by a proven software platform (provided by INXPO), and will be accessible on-demand for one month beyond the free two-day live event.

For more information about VIRTUAL PCB, visit www.virtual-pcb.com or contact Alyson Skarbek, show manager, at 404-665-7749 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..