SEMICON West is an important annual event for the SEMI International Standards Program, which is celebrating 35 years of service to the industry. More than 120 committee, task force, and working group meetings are planned for 2008, as well as standards programs, and standards education courses presented by the Standards Technology Group (STG).

Standards Committee Meetings Committee meetings are held Monday, July 14 – Thursday, July 17 at the San Francisco Marriott. View more information about when each committee is meeting. Standards on the Show Floor Visit our booth in West Hall, Level 2 Booth L-9 and meet the SEMI North America Standards Staff and the STG Training Experts. Learn more about how your participation in the standards program will benefit you and your company.
Standards Education
STG Presents Program Bundles
	STG Presents RAMP Program Bundle (includes four programs)
	STG Presents SECS/GEM/GEM300 Program Bundle (includes two programs)
Monday, July 14
8:00am–12:00pm	STG Presents: Equipment RAMP (Equipment Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Productivity): Basics and Metrics	San Francisco Marriott
1:00pm–5:00pm	STG Presents: Introduction to APC Technology and Standards - CANCELLED	San Francisco Marriott
1:00pm–5:00pm	STG Presents: The New RaP Standard—Concepts and Implementation - CANCELLED	San Francisco Marriott
1:00pm–5:00pm	STG Presents: Equipment RAM (Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability) Metrics Standard—SEMI E10	San Francisco Marriott
1:30pm–3:30pm	International MEMS Workshop	San Francisco Marriott
1:30pm–4:30pm	Is Static Charge Killing Your Reticles and Profits?	San Francisco Marriott
Tuesday, July 15
8:00am–12:00pm	STG Presents: Equipment Productivity Metrics Standard—SEMI E79	San Francisco Marriott
8:00am-1:00pm	SEMI NGF Workshop: Guidelines to Standards Process, Applied to Next Generation Factory	San Francisco Marriott
8:30am–12:00pm	STG Presents: EDA for Process Engineers	San Francisco Marriott
9:00am–5:00pm	STG Presents: SECS/GEM Standards Introduction	San Francisco Marriott
1:00pm–5:00pm	STG Presents: Equipment RAMP Improvement Process and Organization	San Francisco Marriott
2:00pm–5:30pm	Energy Conservation in the Semiconductor Industry: Obstacles and Opportunities for Energy Reduction in Equipment and Fabs (Co-Presented by SEMI and ISMI)	San Francisco Marriott
6:00pm–8:00pm	Standards Reception – Open to all. Come help us celebrate 35 years of service to the industry.	San Francisco Marriott
Wednesday, July 16
8:30am–12:00pm	Preventing Counterfeiting: Protecting Device Integrity Through Authentication	San Francisco Marriott
8:30am–5:00pm	Using Authentication to Improve and Protect Commonality Analysis Bundle	San Francisco Marriott
9:00am–1:00pm	Workshop on Semiconductor Equipment Assessment for Nanoelectronic Technologies (SEA-NET)	San Francisco Marriott
9:00am–5:00pm	STG Presents: GEM300 Standards Introduction	San Francisco Marriott
1:00pm–5:00pm	Protecting Parametric Device Information used in Commonality Analysis Platforms	San Francisco Marriott
Thursday, July 17
1:00pm–5:00pm	STG Presents: Equipment Productivity Tracking (EPT) (Cancelled)	San Francisco Marriott
Friday, July 18
9:00am–1:00pm	e-Manufacturing Workshop (Presented by SEMI and ISMI)	San Francisco Marriott

For more information on the SEMI International Standards Program, please see the SEMI International Standards Website

Since 1973, the SEMI International Standards program has facilitated the development of global industry standards, specifications, and guidelines for the semiconductor and FPD manufacturing industries, which in turn have contributed to the growth and success of these industries worldwide.