Date: Saturday, March 21, 2026
Location: Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, San Antonio Texas
Preliminary Agenda, Subject to Change
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Registration, Technology Demonstrations, Posters and Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:05 AM Opening Remarks
8:05 AM – 9:25 AM Technical Session 1 – Design Basics Part 1
- Keynote: Current Capacitor technology and how it affects basic designs – Peter Blais, Director of Technical Marketing, YAEO
- Capacitor Selection for Resonant Converter Design – Dr. Mark Scott, University of Miami
9:25 AM – 9:45 AM Break
9:45 AM – 12:00 Noon Technical Session 2 – Design Basics Part II
- 3 Days to 30 Seconds Capacitor Array Design – Jake Michaels, YAGEO
- Designing for Environmental Compatibility – A Key to Sustainable Power Electronics (working title) - Luc Imperiali, ETH Zürich
- Electrolytic Capacitor Technology in multilevel inverters – Benjamin Dermeik, CapXon
- Panel Discussion
12:00 Noon – 2:00 PM Technology Demonstration and Poster Session
Technology Demonstrations:
- Calramics
- Hioki
- Würth Elektronik
- YAGEO
2:00 PM – 3:50 PM Technical Session 3 - Design Analysis and Futures - Part 1
- Keynote: Why Capacitors Do What They Do – David Zawacki, CalRamics
- Lifetime analysis of Electrolytics including Mission Profiles - MaryAnn Fulton, YAGEO
- Tired of the DC-Bias of MLCCs. How a model is created based on performance measurements of class 2 MLCCs – Frank Puhame, Würth Elektronik
3:50 PM – 4:10 PM Break
4:10 PM – 5:10 PM Technical Session 4 – Design Analysis and Futures - Part 2
- Switched-Capacitor Based Topologies and Circuit Techniques for High-Performance Power Conversion – Dennis Larsen, Skycore Semiconductor
- Panel Discussion
5:10 PM – 5:30 PM Closing Remarks
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Networking Hour
- Technology Demonstrations and Posters