We are happy to announce the programme for the Annual Conference September 21-24 at Olavsgaard in Oslo. You will find all the information in this mailing, along with a Registration Form and Call for Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting is especially important this year, since ISHM-Nordic is to vote on accepting or rejecting the proposed merger of ISHM and IMAPS. The ISHM-Nordic Board are all in favour of changing the name to IMAPS Nordic, thus accepting the merger, as other chapters have done before us. Jim Drehle of IMAPS USA is addressing this further in his opening talk on Monday September 22.

We would also like to inform you that the 30th International Symposium on Microelectronics (IMAPS-ISHM 97) is held October 12-16, at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA, USA. For further information, we recommend the IMAPS USA web site: http://www.ishm.ee.vt.edu

The ISHM-Nordic web site will be moving in the autumn. Ericsson has kindly agreed to hosting the page, since the Secretary is no longer with IVF. A link to the new site will be available at the present site: http://www.ivf.se/ep/ishm/ We thank our present hosts for letting us in.

During July, vacation time, you will be able to reach ISHM-Nordic by email to Paul, or by fax to Katarina.

Looking forward to seeing you in Oslo!

For ISHM-Nordic,

Paul Collander, President and Katarina Boustedt, Secretary

Enclosures: Call for ISHM-Nordic Annual Meeting, ISHM-Nordic 34th Annual Conference Preliminary Programme and Registration Form, CARTS Scandinavia Information Leaflet