ESD - Workshop 2003

This year the International ESD - Workshop was arranged from the 03^rd - 04^th June for the fifth time. Every year it is an important time for interested people and of course for experts of ESD.

Because of the numerous inquiries of the last year, the workshop took 2 days.

The numerous participants were able to inform themselves and to discuss with the speakers about interesting themes. The themes varied from information about new rules of ESD to new special materials for packaging and boxes.

The greeting was done by the firm owner, who is staff member of national and international standard committees and adept speaker at home and abroad: Hartmut Berndt.

As speakers Mrs. Anita Vaxman of Carmelstat from Israel, Mr. Hubert Bachmann and Mr. Dr. Rolf Geilenkeuser of AMD Saxony Dresden, Mr. Dr. Lücke of RTP Deutschland GmbH, Mr. Dr. Berlekamp of Klöckner Pentaplast, Mr. Christian Vogel of STFI Chemnitz, Mr. Gerhard Kraus of StoCretec and as well as Mr. Jürgen Magner of Polymer Institut could be welcomed.

Program of the 5^th International ESD - Workshop

*Top 1*	Construction of the "standard family" 61340 ELECTROSTATICS, ESD - standards: DIN EN 61340-5-1 and 5-2 (Hartmut Berndt Þ Secretary of TC 101 at IEC 101)
*Top 2.1*	ESD standards in practice (Hubert Bachmann Þ AMD Saxony Dresden)
*Top* *2.2*	Special test methods for the control of ESD steps (Dr. Rolf Geilenkeuser Þ AMD Saxony Dresden)
*Top 3*	The new American ESD standard ANSI/ESD S20.20 (Hartmut Berndt Þ Secretary of TC 101 at IEC 101)
*Top 4*	General requirements to packaging materials in the electronic industries, introduction/overview (Uta Berndt Þ B.E.STAT ESD competence centre)
*Top* 5	Conductive Compounds for ESD Applications in the 21^st Century (Anita Vaxman Þ Carmelstat, Haifa, Israel)
*Top* 6	Permanent ESD Protection Material (Dr. Lücke Þ RTP Deutschland GmbH)
*Top* 7	Transparent ESD packaging for the electronic industry (Dr. Berlekamp Þ Klöckner Pentaplast)
*Top* 8	Ionisation Systems (Adam Battrick Þ Meech, England)
*Top* 9	Requirements and tests with ESD control clothing (Christian Vogel Þ STFI Chemnitz)
*Top 11*	New conductive coverings (Gerhard Kraus Þ StoCretec)
*Top 12*	Experiences with the measurement of the resistance to ground of a person on reaction epoxy coverings (Jürgen Magner Þ Polymer Institut)
*Top* 13	Experiences with ESD control floors in the electronic industries, requirements to materials, measurement methods (Hartmut Berndt Þ Secretary of TC 101 at IEC 101)