You are invited to submit an abstract for the First International Conference on Reliability of Electrical Products and Electrical Contacts (ICREPEC’2004) to be held at Changshu Hotel, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, P.R. of China August 28 - 31, 2004. It is organized by the Electrical Products Reliability Society of Chinese Electro_ technical Society (CES). Papers being presented in this academic annual meeting will involve research reports on the reliability of electrical products including electric power, electrical machinery, electrical apparatus, switchgear assembly, power electronics, power equipment, etc. Papers also will cover the basic theory of reliability, the theory of electrical contacts and their applications.

Persons who will attend the conference are engineers, scientists, managers of various companies and professors of the universities as well as people who are interested in the above topics. It is expected that participants will be expertise in the areas of mechanical engineering, electric power, post and telecommunications, electronics, space and aviation, and education, etc. Well-known experts and people from international academic societies and companies will also attend the conference. Therefore, this conference is represented a grand scope of meeting on the studies of reliability of electrical products and electrical contacts to enter the 21^st century.

During the conference, several prominent specialists will be invited to give lectures on various related topics. An exhibition of new electrical products and new technology in the theme area will be held concurrently.