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Bulgaria Chapter-Albert Wang, of the Illinois Institute of Technology and SSCS Distinguished Lecturer visited the SSC/ED chapters in Sofia and Varna, Bulgaria, in early August 2003. Marin Hristov of the Technical University of Sofia, Chapter Chair of the SSC Sofia Chapter, organized the visit in Sofia, which included general discussion of IEEE chapter activities and issues, as well as lab visits. In the afternoon, Wang delivered a Distinguished Lecture at Melexis, a major microelectronics company in Bulgaria. The lecture was very well received by an audience of approximately forty. Technical discussions followed the lecture. The next day Jordan Kolev of the Technical University at Varna hosted a chapter meeting with Wang presenting another Distinguished Lecture on ESD protection.