October 21–23, GaAs IC Symposium; Monterey, CA. Contact: 800/810-4333; m.e.clemente@ieee.org.

November 3–7, International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis; Phoenix. Contact: 440/338-5151; cdec@asminternational.org.

November 4–6, Cleanrooms West; 603/891-9267; atdregistration@pennwell.com.

November 4–8, American Vacuum Society International Symposium; Denver. Contact: 212/248-0200; avsnyc@avs.org.

November 11–13, Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Expo (CS-MAX); San Jose. Contact: 516/576-2440; rfinneg@aip.org.

November 12–15, electronica 2002; Munich. Contact: +49 89 949200332; +49 89 94920319 (fax); mudhenk@messe-muenchen.de.

November 18–20, Plasma Etching and Reactive Ion Etching course; Burlingame, CA. Contact: 510/642-4111; www.unex.berkeley.edu/enroll.

November 20–21, Rockwell Automation Fair; Anaheim, CA. Contact: 612/455-1700; ekeiser@psbpr.com.

November 21–22, Reliability and Process Control for Advanced Processes course; Redwood City, CA. Contact: 510/642-4111; www.unex.berkeley.edu/enroll.

December 2–5, Army Science Conference; Orlando, FL. Contact: 757/357-4011; www.asc2002.com.

December 2–6, MRS Fall Meeting; Boston. Contact: 724/779-3003; info@mrs.org.

December 4–6, Semicon Japan; Tokyo. Contact: www.semi.org (expositions).

January 5–8, SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium; Pebble Beach, CA. Contact: 408/943-6981; nstewart@semi.org.

January 25–31, Photonics West; San Jose. Contact: 360/676-3290; spie@spie.org.

February 23–28, SPIE International Microlithography Symposium; Santa Clara, CA. Contact: 360/676-3290; spie@spie.org.

February 27–28, Advanced Microelectronic Manufacturing Symposium; Santa Clara, CA. Contact: 360/676-3290; spie@spie.org.