In order to fabricate electronic devices for long-term (>10  years) human implantation, dedicated device integration and encapsulation technologies should be applied in order to obtain an hermetic, biocompatible and biostable device capable to perform its intended medical function for the envisaged period of time. To obtain this goal, Maaike Op de Beeck is in charge of the development of the ‘FITEP’ technology platform (FITEP: Flexible Implantable Thin Electronic Package), comprising various research activities to define and test a series of integration and encapsulation technologies for electronic devices. Special attention has to be given to accelerated testing procedures of these techniques, since test durations longer then 10 years are certainly not desireable. Furthermore, considering the risk when fabricating human implants, the reliability and reproducibility of the technological process steps and the test methods, is of utmost importance and needs special attention too.