The EOS/ESD Association and STAHA, the Finish ESD Association, are organizing the 2nd European ESD Symposium for Factory Issues on the ferry between Helsinki (Finland) and Stockholm (Sweden). This is the first time that both organizations cooperate to hold a Symposium that is not touching the topics of on-chip protection or device testing problems but solely focusing on protection issues during handling, assembly, testing and transport. Since production people often have difficulties to get long distance travels approved this event is brought to the factories. To make it a European event, other independent ESD associations from Europe are helping to set this event up.

The EOS/ESD Symposium for Factory Issues is focused on discussing the issues and providing the answers to electrostatic discharge in electronic production and assembly. 

•Gain beneficial electrostatic knowledge 
•Learn solutions to electrostatic issues and obstacles 
•Discover new and emerging technologies 
•Network with ESD professionals 
•Develop valuable peer and industry contacts