he 2017 PSMA Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with APEC 2017 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, FL on Monday March 27. A buffet breakfast at 7:30 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 who received APEC Travel Support 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 2020. The detailed agenda for the meeting will be on the PSMA web site and will include reports from each of the technical committees and stimulating discussions on new PSMA initiatives for 2017 and beyond.

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.

Another way to get more out of your company membership in PSMA is to get involved with one of our active technical committees. The Capacitor, Energy Harvesting, Energy Management, Industry-Education, Magnetics, Marketing, Power Electronics Packaging, Power Technology Roadmap, Safety & Compliance, Semiconductor and Transportation Power Electronics committees all plan to hold open meetings during the week of APEC 2017. 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. Visit the PSMA website to see the schedule of PSMA meetings and events at APEC 2017.

The Magnetics Committee is co-sponsoring with PELS a second workshop"Power Magnetics @ High Frequency- Transforming the Black Magic to Engineering" the Saturday before APEC 2017 – March 25 at the Tampa Convention Center. Information on this workshop is available in a separate article in this issue of the Update and at www.psma.com/technical-forums/magnetics/workshop.

Be sure to visit us at the PSMA booth in the exhibition area during APEC. PSMA is again sponsoring the popular PSMA/ APEC Passport Program. Visit the booths of participating PSMA members in the exhibit hall to enter your name into a raffle drawing.

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 2017, visit us at www.psma.com.

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