Special report: WESCON ´74 program: Technical and business, too: Los Angeles is the place, September 10 through 13 the dates, for the Institute´s principal West Coast `happening¿

Continuing the emphasis on the practical, this year´s WESCON with its 27-session technical program provides a fair mix of ¿how to¿ and tutorial sessions, many of which are aimed at the end user in electronic and nonelectronic (agricultural and medical) fields. Many papers to be presented deal with ¿state-of-the-art¿ component technologies such as CCDs (charge-coupled devices), displays (liquid crystal and plasma), microprocessor ICs, and Gunn-effect and IMPATT microwave devices. Other papers deal with various marketing, management, and financial aspects of electronics.