Reconnecting the Social Network

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If the past two years have emphasized anything, it would be the importance and value of face-to-face networking at events. Face-to-face interactions help create lasting relationships with new connections and help strengthen existing relationships with industry friends and colleagues.

Thousands of industry leaders, manufacturing innovators, and subject matter experts from across the globe will convene in San Diego for IPC APEX EXPO 2023, making it the place to be to help you connect with representatives from the entire electronics manufacturing supply chain. We have a full line-up of networking events planned for IPC APEX EXPO 2023 that you don’t want to miss.

Show Floor Reception

Tuesday, Jan. 24, 5 to 6 p.m.

The industry’s largest networking event, the IPC APEX EXPO Show Floor Reception, is your opportunity to network with industry colleagues and connect with the industry’s leading equipment manufacturers, suppliers, and innovators. Included in all registration packages, including the Event Essentials tier (Exhibit Hall-only registrations).

Ice Cream Social

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Satisfy your sweet tooth while networking with industry colleagues, subject matter experts, and the industry’s leading equipment manufacturers, suppliers, and innovators. Included in all registration packages, including the Event Essentials tier (Exhibit Hall-only registrations).

Newcomers Welcome Reception, Sponsored by SICK

Monday, Jan. 23, 5 to 6 p.m.

Maximize your time at IPC APEX EXPO with some advice from a few insiders while you enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres with your colleagues and learn how you and your company can get the most out of your attendance at IPC APEX EXPO 2023. Included in all registration packages, including the Event Essentials tier (Exhibit Hall-only registrations).

Women in Electronics Reception

Tuesday, Jan. 24, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

“Where Are All the Women in STEM?”

Emily Calandrelli, mechanical and aerospace engineer, host and co-producer of “Emily’s Wonder Lab” on Netflix, and executive producer and host of “Xploration Outer Space” on FOX will provide insights on how women in STEM can play a more active role in introducing young females to the opportunities available to them for a career in STEM. Included in all registration packages, including the Event Essentials tier (Exhibit Hall-only registrations).

Career Connections Networking Event (new this year)

Wednesday, Jan. 26, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

This networking event will provide an opportunity to meet your colleagues and peers in the electronics industry. Special guests from the Emerging Engineer program will lead a discussion on falling into your career by taking risks and looking for opportunities. Bring your questions and your colleagues to this event to either listen in or share your best (and worst) career decisions and how those decisions have both shaped where you are today and determined where you want to be in the future. Advance/separate registration required.

Alicia Balonek is senior director for tradeshows and events at IPC.

For more information about networking and other opportunities at IPC APEX EXPO, click here.

03/21/2023 | Dan Beaulieu, D.B. Management Group

I have always felt that automation has the potential to make a big difference in our PCB industry, especially domestically, where labor is at premium. For the past year, I have been looking for the story of how automation can and will make a significant difference in established PCB shops. I was fortunate enough to find that story in Multicircuits, located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Only a few short years ago, this company was considered a “plain vanilla” PCB fabricator holding its own in our industry; now it has suddenly assumed a true leadership position in the industry in terms of capability, technology, operations, and profitability.

03/07/2023 | Patty Goldman, I-Connect007

Dieter Bergman IPC Fellowship Award winner Curtis Grosskopf, a senior engineer at IBM, reflects on the evolution of IPC committees and the vital importance of their work, especially in collaboratively creating industry-wide standards to guide the work of professionals in every sector. This commitment to multidisciplinary cooperation is a mindset that should be fostered at the start of every career.

03/02/2023 | Nolan Johnson, I-Connect007

In his State of the Union address in early February, President Biden departed from his usual topics about education and the economy to mention the new CHIPS Act, as well as supply chain and infrastructure issues. For perspective on those remarks, Nolan Johnson chats with David Schild, executive director of the Printed Circuit Board Association of America (PCBAA).