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he 15th ANADEF Workshop (failure analysis and
failure mechanisms of electronic components)
was held June 7 to 10, 2016, at the sea resort Les
uquets in Seignosse, France, near the famous surfing
spot of Hossegor on the Atlantic Ocean. The workshop is
organized by ANADEF, the French Failure Analysis Society,
which meets biennially in a unique, friendly, and inter-
generational spirit. Training and sharing of experiences
and skills on solved and unsolved failure analysis (FA)
case studies, techniques, and tools as well as trends and
the future of FA are presented in a warm, friendly, and
informal but professional manner that includes extended
after-dinner exchanges.
As a record-setting year, the ANADEF Workshop gath-
ered 152 people from a wide industrial and university
The ANADEF 2016 Workshop attendees
The sea resort Les Tuquets
“Oasis Cristallin,” first prize in the ANADEF Photo Contest
ANADEF 2016 WORKSHOP REPORT
Alain Wislez, ANADEF Workshop President, Thales Group
alain.wislez@thalesgroup.com