Blogging from Antec

I'm at the Society of Plastics Engineers' Antec 2011 conference today in Boston. My head is just spinning a bit after sitting in on forums with names like "High temperature polyimide film for roll-to-roll copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) deposition." All good stuff, and thoroughly researched. I love how the Q&A after a technical presentation can be so specific -- or how sometimes an entire roomful of experts has no questions at all! SPE provided some facts and figures today about the conference:

• Experts will make more than 700 presentations at 108 topical sessions this year.
• Paper and presentation submissions were up 25 percent from 2010 levels.
• Student presentations have hit a 10+ year high.

If you forgot about Antec and still want to come, there's plenty of time. The conference continues Tuesday and Wednesday at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Next year, Antec will take place April 2-4 in Orlando, Fla., in conjunction with the NPE 2010 trade show.