he 2022 PSMA Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with APEC 2022 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX on Monday, March 21. For the first time in two years, the meeting will be held in person after meeting virtually in 2020 and 2021. 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 Attendance Support to present their papers at the Technical Sessions. The new Executive Committee will be introduced, and 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 and ending at APEC 2025.

The detailed agenda for the meeting is available on the PSMA web site and includes reports from each of the technical committees and stimulating discussions on new PSMA initiatives for 2022 and beyond. The APEC 2022 Conference Chair will review the progress on APEC 2022 and there will be a report on plans for APEC 2023 in Orlando, FL There will also be an invited presentation from IPC to review their activities and opportunities to continue to strengthen the relationships between PSMA and IPC.

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Members and guests are also welcome 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 become involved with one of our active technical committees. The Capacitor, Energy Harvesting, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Industry-Education, Magnetics, Marketing, Power Electronics Packaging, Power Technology Roadmap, Reliability, Safety & Compliance, Semiconductor and Transportation Electronics committees all plan to hold open meetings during the week of APEC 2022. 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 2022.

On March 19, the Saturday prior to the start of APEC 2022, PSMA and PELS will be sponsoring two workshops, the seventh High Frequency Magnetics Workshop -"Power Magnetics @ High Frequency" and the fifth Capacitor Workshop –  How Materials and Environmental Effects Influence Capacitor Performance". Information on these workshops is available in separate articles in this issue of the Update.

Be sure to visit us at the PSMA booth in the APEC hub, at the exhibition area during APEC. PSMA is again sponsoring the popular PSMA/ APEC Passport Program in the Exhibit Hall. Visit the booths of participating PSMA members to enter a raffle drawing for some great prizes sponsored by PSMA members Rubadue Wire, Premier Magnetics, Microchip and Navitas Semiconductor.

We look forward to a good turnout at the PSMA meetings and a very busy and exciting week.

For the latest information on all of the activities planned during APEC 2022, visit us at www.psma.com.

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