he 2015 PSMA Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with APEC 2015 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC on Monday March 16. A buffet breakfast at 8:00 a.m. will precede the meeting and individuals from member companies as well non-member guests are invited to attend and participate in a full agenda of topics of interest to the industry. At the meeting, you will have the opportunity to meet and interact with many of the students that were awarded APEC Travel Support grants to present their papers at the Technical Sessions. Regular member company representatives will participate in the election of four new Directors to serve on the PSMA Board for a three-year term beginning immediately and ending at APEC 2018. The detailed agenda for the meeting will be posted in the News & Information section of the web site and will include reports from each of the technical committees and stimulating discussions on new PSMA initiatives for 2015 and beyond.

Among the presentations will be summary reports on the recently completed publications of the 2015 PSMA Power Technology Roadmap and the Phase II Special Project of the Power Packaging Technical Committee on Current Developments in 3D Packaging with a Focus on Embedded Substrate Technologies. Both reports can be viewed at the PSMA Exhibit Booth in the Convention Center.

Members and guests are also invited to remain for the Board of Directors meeting that will immediately follow the Annual Meeting. Participation in these meetings will provide you with the opportunity to network with colleagues from other companies and to influence the direction of the PSMA and the power sources industry.

The best way to get more out of your company membership in PSMA is to get involved with one of our active technical committees. The Alternative Energy, Capacitor, Energy Efficiency, Industry-Education, Magnetics, Marketing, Nanotechnology, Packaging, Roadmap, Semiconductor and Transportation Power Electronics committees all plan to hold open meetings during the week of APEC 2015. All are invited to participate or to just drop in any of these committee meetings to hear and provide input as the committee activities are being planned for the coming year.

Be sure to visit us at the PSMA booth in the exhibition area during APEC. We look forward to a good turnout at the PSMA meetings and a very exciting week.

For the latest information on all of the activities planned during APEC 2015, visit us at www.psma.com.

If you or anyone in your company is interested in getting on the distribution list for future issues of PSMA UPDATE, please send e-mail to: power@psma.com. Be sure to include your name and the name of your company.