COG - The Component Obsolescence Group 

IPC Designers Council 

Designers Council Membership It's important to note that when you join or renew your IPC Designers Council membership, we give you a $50 coupon to be used toward attending a design-related workshop or ... seminar, or the purchase of select IPC documents. This is like getting your IPC Designers Council membership for FREE! Unmistakably, the Designers Council Membership is designed to benefit both you and the industry. Join Today!   [More...] [Less...]

SMART Group - for the advancement of surface mount and related technologies 

Our news database contains 84 stories. Showing 1 to 6 Next Stories | SMART Group South Africa invests in the future SMART is offering South African University s Electronics Departments FREE Seminar places ... Date Added: 29 March ID: 151 Click for Full Story Stack, POP & All That Packaging Stuff SMART Group in association with IMAPS Proudly Announce Stack/Package on Package (POP) Assembly Workshop and Table Top Exhibition Date Added: 3/3/2008 ID: 150 Click for Full Story More SMART South Africa Events Manufacturing Process Improvement & Optimisation Seminars South Africa April 21-24 Date Added: 8 February 2008 ID: 149 Click for Full Story SMART Group February Workshops Booking Fast February workshops in Ireland and England focus on practical issues of rework and LGA Land Grid Array Design and Assembly Date Added: 8 February 2008 ID: 148 Click for Full Story SMART Group Lead-Free Defect Guide available FREE at Munich Show Meet SMART Group members at Productronica Hall A4 Booth 303 November   [More...] [Less...]

Boards and steering groups | Steering groups | Contact Centres | e-skills UK 

Boards and Steering Groups Contact Centres Special Interest Group Purpose and objectives The purpose of the Contact Centre Special Interest Group (SIG) is to provide a forum for: Dissemination of information ... on Contact Centre matters across the network Defining collective action where appropriate Ensuring that standards, qualification and frameworks continue to meet the needs of contact centres across sectors Context e-skills UK is the Sector Skills Council for IT and Telecoms and also act as the Lead Body for Contact Centres on behalf of the Skills for Business Network. In addition to responsibility for the workforce in outsourced Contact Centres and the IT & Telecoms sector itself, e-skills UK has responsibility for Contact Centre National Occupational Standards, Qualifications and Apprenticeship Frameworks. The Contact Centres SIG meets twice a year. Members The Contact Centre SIG is open to representatives of Sector Skills Councils with a particular interest in skills development f   [More...] [Less...]

Boards and steering groups | Steering groups | DDP for IT Diploma | e-skills UK 

Boards and steering groups Diploma Development Partnership (DDP) for IT Diploma Purpose and objectives The Diploma Development Partnership (DDP) Steering Group brings together representatives of the key ... stakeholders on whose collective action the Diploma depends. It will operate as a team which helps to help ensure the success of the Diploma. In particular, it will: Offer strategic guidance and support to the project team. Contribute expertise and provide access to relevant networks in support of Diploma development. Bring together a collective view across multiple stakeholder communities where required. Endorse key deliverables, including: The Diploma qualification; Sector specific Gateway and Centre Approval criteria; Plans for delivery, teaching and learning resources and professional development for teaching staff. The members of the DDP Steering Group will also: Provide insight into and moderation of the views of the communities they represent; Support communications and promotion   [More...] [Less...]

Boards and steering groups | Steering groups | ICT Skills Action Group | e-skills UK 

Boards and steering groups ICT Skills Action Group Message from Chair Peter Stacey – Head of Apprenticeships O2 UK Operations "It is a huge privilege for me to continue to act as Chair for this very influential ... team of ICT/Telecommunications & Call Centre professionals. The core of the group's objectives is to ensure Apprenticeships and qualifications meet the rigour and requirements within our Sector and that they are delivered with clarity and professionalism across the UK. The quality and quantity of group output ensures all participants benefit from shared best practice in delivering high quality programmes. We are focused on delivering highly trained young people that thrive within the vocational and educational framework of an Apprenticeship within our Sector across the UK." Purpose The purpose of the Information and Communication Technology Skills Action Group (abbreviated as ICT Skills Action Group or ICTSAG) is to bring together key employers and industry stakeholders from the   [More...] [Less...]

The Open Group - Making Standards Work 

The Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium, whose vision of Boundaryless Information Flow™ will enable access to integrated information, within and among enterprises, based on ... open standards and global interoperability .   [More...] [Less...]

Boards and steering groups | Steering groups | Industry Education Action Group | e-skills UK 

Boards and steering groups Industry Education Action Group Purpose and objectives The purpose of the Industry Education Action Group is to harness some of the educational activities carried out by IT and ... Telecoms employers, learn from them, and provide best practice and knowledge across a variety of e-skills UK projects to ensure maximum impact and success across each program. Context Many employers work directly with education today: forming programs, qualifications and accreditations that will help students build their knowledge of both technology and readiness for the working world. This activity can range from organisations who have their own Academy programs, where students complete the vendors' own qualifications through the existing educational system to companies who run programs to add 'additional benefit' to the education system today i.e. developing communication skills throughout schools. The role of the Group is to operate as a collective team to build upon all that great   [More...] [Less...]