(August 18, 2006) ORLANDO, FL — The IEEE Portable 2007 international conference on portable information devices (PIDs), co-located with IEEE’s ComSoc 802.16e Standards Symposium, announced a call for papers for its March 2007 program. IEEE PORTABLE 2007 brings packaging professionals together with other electrical, industrial, manufacturing, materials, mechanical, and reliability engineers and management to discuss challenges, attributes, and pitfalls in PID-related areas of engineering and applied science. The conference puts an emphasis on the interaction of hardware and software, functional and mechanical performance, reliability, and durability.