he 2021 PSMA Annual Meeting will be held virtually on Tuesday March 23. 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. Regular member company representatives will participate in the election of four Directors to serve on the PSMA Board for a three-year term beginning immediately.

The meeting will include reports from the Executive Committee and each of the technical committees as well as stimulating discussions on new PSMA initiatives for 2021 and beyond. The APEC 2021 Conference Chair will report on the plans for APEC2021. There will also be an invited presentation from Liuchen Chang, President of IEEE PELS to review the society's activities and opportunities to continue to strengthen the relationship between PSMA and PELS. The detailed agenda is available at https://www.psma.com/2021_PSMA_Annual_Meeting_Agenda

The PSMA Annual Meeting is traditionally held in person during APEC. Since APEC has been postponed to June, the Board of Directors decided to hold the meeting virtually in March to maintain the standard timing.

One way to get more out of PSMA is to get involved with one of our active technical committees. The Capacitor, Energy Harvesting, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Industry-Education, Magnetics, Marketing, Power Packaging & Manufacturing, Power Technology Roadmap, Reliability, Safety & Compliance, Semiconductor and Transportation Electronics committees will all be presenting on the significant progress of the past year and their plans for the upcoming year. All of these committees welcome new members. You can see the schedule of upcoming meetings at https://www.psma.com/news/meeting-schedule. If there is a committee you are interested in, you are welcome to attend and monitor a committee meeting before making a decision to join the group. Participating in a committee is a great way to contribute added value to the subject, enhance your own knowledge, and network with your colleagues.

If you plan to attend the 2021 PSMA Annual Meeting, please email the Association Office at power@psma.com for joining information. We look forward to "seeing" many of you at this important meeting.

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