Symposium on Counterfeit Parts and Materials

Online Technical Symposium & Expo: August 04-06, 2020

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Tuesday, August 04
Session 1: Opening Session
Moderator: Diganta Das
Opening Talk Diganta Das, Ph.D. and Jaclyn Sarandrea
An Analytical Look at Counterfeit Risk Vernon Densler, SiliconExpert
COVID-19: Urgent Medical Supply Demand Creates Fertile Ground for Counterfeits Rosemary Coates, Blue Silk Consulting
Session 2: Supply Chain and Legal Moderator: Cameron Shearon
Legal Considerations Relating to Counterfeit Electronic Parts in the Defense Supply Chain Patricia Campbell, University of Maryland Carey School of Law
Evolution of Contractual Counterfeit Mitigation Since 2015 Kevin Sink, TTI, Inc.
Hardware Implants and the Trouble with 5G Sophia D'Antoine, Margin Research
Session 3: Inspection Moderator: John Radman
Counterfeit Cells and Batteries and Methods to Identify Them Judith Jeevarajan, Ph.D., Underwriters Laboratories
Testing Method to Identify Counterfeit Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors Stephen Saddow, Ph.D., University of South Florida/Global ETS
Adoption of Component Level Counterfeit Detection Techniques for Assemblies Diganta Das, PhD, CALCE / University of Maryland
Wednesday, August 05
Session 4: Research on Detection Moderator: Kevin Sink
Assurance: A Data Driven Approach Richard Ott, Ph.D., USAF AFMC AFRL/RYDT
Microelectronic Authenticity and Security, Evaluation, and Research Michael Azarian, Ph.D., CALCE/University of Maryland
Session 5: Traceability Moderator: Michael Ford
Practical Demonstration of Counterfeit Elimination Using IPC-1782A Internal & External Traceability Michael Ford, Aegis Industrial Software
IPC-1782A – A Standard Approach Enabling A Secure Supply Chain Cameron Shearon, Raytheon Technologies
Trusted Material Traceability in a Secure Supply Chain using IPC-1782A Craig Lax, Septillion Technologies Ltd & Radu Diaconescu, Swissmic SA
Session 6: Technology Solutions
Moderator: Diganta Das
Securing the Blockchain with Feature Prints David Ross, Alitheon
The Efficiency and Effectiveness of Counterfeit Detection Procedures Eyal Weiss, Ph.D., Cybord
Novel Approach to Anti-Counterfeiting with Protective Packaging Keith Donaldson, Engineered Materials, Inc.
Closing Remarks and Summary Diganta Das, Ph.D., CALCE / University of Maryland



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