June 21-23, 2006, Santa Clara, California, USA

Technical presentations are solicited for presentation at MIPE 2006. Relevant technologies include:

• Magnetic and optical devices in the form of rigid disk, flexible disk, or tape media
• Processing systems such as copiers, printers, digital cameras, scanners, and data servers
• Intelligent machines, biomedical equipment, and wearable systems

The following technical areas are indicative of the conference interdisciplinary scope: dynamics, vibrations, acoustics, tracking, friction, wear, lubrication, corrosion, contamination, thin films, contact mechanics, actuators, servo, motors and spindles, air flow, air-flow induced vibrations, heat transfer, image writing technologies (ink jet, thermal, laser printing, etc.), paper handling, roller mechanics, and image science.

Potential presenters should submit a one-page abstract for review. Please submit the one-page abstract to session organizers listed on the reverse side of the call for paper. Once the paper is accepted for presentation, the authors shall prepare a three-page extended abstract to be included in a conference abstract booklet. Presenters may also submit a full paper to be published in a Special Edition of Microsystem Technologies (impact factor: 0.732). Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed before publication.

The MIPE 2006 Conference will also host the following special features for conference attendees:

• a free copy of the Special Edition of Microsystem Technologies for each attendee with full and discount registration fees,
• a Best Paper Award,
• five Conference Fellowships to waive students' registration fees,
• reduced registration fees for students,
• discount registration fees for ASME and JSME members.

More detail information will be announced on the conference web site in due course.

Background of MIPE 2006:

In ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), the ISPS (Information Storage and Processing Systems) Division is the major division working on disk drives, tape drives, optical drives, etc. ISPS has it annual conference held at San Jose in June every year. In JSME (Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers), the IIP (Information, Intelligent, and Precision Machines) Division is devoted to information storage systems and other areas, such as precision machines and equipment. Similarly, IIP has its annual conference held in Japan. In year 2003, ISPS and IIP worked together to have a joint conference called MIPE (Micromechatronics for Information and Precision Equipment). The conference was held at Yokohama, Japan. Moreover, both ISPS and IIP merged their own annual conferences in 2003 into MIPE so that most people can attend. ISPS and IIP agree to hold the joint MIPE conference every 3 years alternating between US and Japan. Moreover, the Symposium on Frontiers of Magnetic Hard Disk Drive Technology and Tribology from ASME Tribology Division will be held jointly in MIPE 2006.