North America   WESTEC 2008 Exposition & Conference       Date : March 31 - April 3, 2008 Venue : Los Angeles Convention Center   Los Angeles, CA, USA Show Type: Manufacturing         For more information, please visit: http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/get-event.pl?--001742-000007-020727--SME-           SouthPack         Date : March 19 - 20, 2008 Venue : Charlotte Convention Center   501 S. College St.   Charlotte, NC 28202, USA         For more information, please visit: http://www.devicelink.com/expo/spack08/index.html           EASTEC 2008         Date : May 20 - 22, 2008     Venue : Eastern States Exposition     W Springfield, MA, USA   Show Type: Manufacturing           For more information, please visit: www.sme.org/cgi-bin/get-event.pl?--001668-000007-020258--SME-       EWPT         Date : May 21 - 22, 2008     Venue : Milwaukee, WI, USA Show Type: Wires               Semicon West 2008         Date : July 16-20, 2007     Venue : San Francisco, CA, USA   Show Type: Microelectronics       For more information, please visit: http://wps2a.semi.org/wps/portal/_pagr/123/_pa.123/302       IMTS         Date : September 8-13, 2008 Venue : Chicago, IL, USA Show Type: Manufacturing     For more information, please visit: http://www.imts.com/       MD& M Minneapolis         Date : October 22–23, 2008 Venue : Minneapolis Convention Center   1301 Second Avenue South   Minneapolis, MN, USA Show Type: Medical Device/Equipment     For more information, please visit: http://www.devicelink.com/expo/minn07/general.html       ISTFA         Date : November 4-5, 2008 Venue : Oregon Convention Center   Portland, Oregon, USA Show Type: Failure Analysis     For more information, please visit: http://www.istfa.org/     ISTFA     Pack Expo         Date : November 9-13, 2008 Venue : McCormick Place   Chicago, IL, USA Show Type: Packaging Industry     For more information, please visit: http://my.packexpo.com/SPC-2-10022-75/PACK-EXPO-INTERNATIONAL-2008-FACT-SHEET.aspx